Get a glimpse behind the scenes of the creation of Editor-in-Chief Patrick Ryan’s multigenerational epic, in this three-day class. Students will receive a copy of the book with a bookplate signed by the author.

One Story is an independent literary magazine. We are not supported by a larger organization or backed by a single funder. Instead, we rely on a a wide group of supporters who give large and small gifts year-round. With NEA funding at risk, your support is incredibly necessary this year.

One Story arrives in your mailbox in an envelope like a letter from a friend. Each chapbook-sized story introduces you to a new author. No ads, no images, just a great read.

Honoring the memory of author and former One Story Managing Editor Adina Talve-Goodman, this educational fellowship offers a year-long mentorship on the craft of fiction writing with One Story magazine. Applications are open now.

Learn tips and techniques for revising in this self-guided class. You’ll get five in-depth revision techniques to sharpen your work. By the end of the course you’ll have new skills, a helpful to-do list, and pages of new material to move your revision in the right direction.

Join Puloma Ghosh to ring in all hallows season with stories of houses visited by otherworldly entities and examine how they can be vessels for anxieties around family, death, memory, and society.

Read writers such as Ursula LeGuin, Kelly Link, Jorge Luis Borges, and Anna Kaval and explore how they use contextual cues (and clues) to create a sense of spatiality in their stories.

Hone your craft in 2025 with eight lectures on the craft of fiction.  In our next lecture, Becky Mandelbaum will discuss techniques for increasing tension in your work by putting pressure on characters.

Gift giving season has officially begun. Give One Story at our 2002 rate. They’ll get a new story each month. You’ll get year-round gratitude.

This self-guided class will answer your questions about how to present your work and yourself to the editors, agents, and selection committees on the other side of the submit button.

Be the first to get news and updates, to know when our submission period reopens, and to learn about new classes and opportunities.

One Story has been publishing since 2002. Our backlist contains names you may know, and some you may not. Browse our backlist and order for summer reading.

They will re-open in the fall.

One Story provides a free, open-source submission management system to other publishers at no cost.