News and Updates

Nature Is Wild: An Interview with Talia Lakshmi Kolluri

On April 27th at our Literary Debutante Ball, One Story will be celebrating nine of our authors who have recently published their debut books. In the weeks leading up to the Ball, we’ll be introducing our Debs through a series of interviews. Today, we’re talking to Talia Lakshmi Kolluri, author of  author of OS #291, “Let Your Body Meet […]

2023 Literary Debutante Reading

On April 13th at 7:30pm ET, our friends at Greenlight bookstore hosted a virtual reading with eight of our Literary Debutantes. Watch the event here!

Eight Points of View: an Interview with Laura Spence-Ash

On April 27th at our Literary Debutante Ball, One Story will be celebrating nine of our authors who have recently published their debut books. In the weeks leading up to the Ball, we’ll be introducing our Debs through a series of interviews. Today, we’re talking to Laura Spence-Ash, author of One Story Issue #188, “The Remains,”  and the novel Beyond That, […]

Accessing the Truth: An Interview with Josh Riedel

On April 27th at our Literary Debutante Ball, One Story will be celebrating nine of our authors who have recently published their debut books. In the weeks leading up to the Ball, we’ll be introducing our Debs through a series of interviews. Today, we’re talking to Josh Riedel, author of One Story Issue #261, “Midnight Sessions,” […]

A Little Contained World: An Interview with Richard Mirabella

On April 27th at our Literary Debutante Ball, One Story will be celebrating nine of our authors who have recently published their debut books. In the weeks leading up to the Ball, we’ll be introducing our Debs through a series of interviews. Today, we’re talking to Richard Mirabella, author of One Teen Story Issue #38, “Mold” […]

The 2023 One Story Literary Debutante Ball

One Story’s Literary Debutante Ball will take place Thursday, April 27th, 2023 at Roulette in Brooklyn. This year, we’ll be celebrating nine One Story and One Teen Story authors who have recently published their first books. We’ll also be toasting to three hundred issues of One Story, and honoring our Distinguished Alum Tania James.

Announcing the Winners of our Teen Writing Contest

We are elated to announce the winners and runners-up of our 2023 One Teen Story Teen Writing Contest! We received over 500 entries from teen writers across the globe, and narrowing it down was no easy feat. Each winner will receive $500 and publication in a forthcoming issue of One Teen Story.

Your Hearts, Your Scars

Announcing the publication of Your Hearts, Your Scars by Adina Talve-Goodman: a book about life, loss, chance, and gratitude.

Announcing Our 2023 Adina Talve-Goodman Fellow: Nathan Xie

Together with the Talve-Goodman family, One Story is pleased to announce our 2023 Adina Talve-Goodman Fellow: Nathan Xie.

9 Tips for Submitting to Literary Magazines

Submitting work to literary magazines is an important step in the career of any emerging writer. Why submit? Publishing in literary magazines can introduce your work to new readers, help you gain experience working with an editor, and get your work into the hands of agents and book editors. Submitting is also a relatively low-stakes […]