Join us for the One Story Debutante Reading April 9th!
Join us for an online reading and conversation with the 2026 Literary Debutantes, hosted by One Story and Adam Vitcavage of Debutiful. This year, our debutantes are: Senaa Ahmad (The Age of Calamities), Lily Berlin Dodd (The Last Ember), Stephen Fishbach (Escape!), Cay Kim (The Future Perfect), Elane Kim (Antibody), and Lior Torenberg (Just Watch Me). RSVP for this online reading & receive the […]
The Other Side of the Camera: An Interview with Lior Torenberg
On April 24th at our Literary Debutante Ball, One Story will be celebrating five of our authors who have recently published or will soon publish 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 Lior Torenberg, author of One Story […]
Introducing our 2026 Literary Debutantes
Each year at our annual fundraiser, the Literary Debutante Ball, we honor our authors who have published their debut books.
Announcing One Story’s 2026 Adina Talve-Goodman Fellow: A. Artemis Chen
Together with the Talve-Goodman family, One Story is pleased to announce our 2026 Adina Talve-Goodman Fellow: A. Artemis Chen. A. Artemis Chen (she/her) comes from multiple diasporas, but now lives in the Pacific Northwest with her partner and two cats. She is a graduate of the Clarion Writers’ Workshop and her short fiction has appeared […]
Claire-Emmanuelle Boucher on “The End of the World”
What do you do when your best friend is about to leave for college and it feels like the world is ending? Take a road trip together to a place called The End of the World, of course! Buckle up for an emotional ride with our Teen Writing Contest winner, Claire-Emmanuelle Boucher, author of “The […]
One Story Write-In
Join us for a free virtual Write-In on December 7, 2025, 4-5pm ET
Eliza Shannon on “Something’s in the Water”
In the contest-winning story “Something’s in the Water” by Eliza Shannon, Christine and two other teens are halfway across Lake Passamoonshine, trying to earn their summer camp swim badges, when things take a harrowing turn. Patrick Ryan chatted with Shannon about the inspiration behind the story, writing suspense, and her favorite horror books and movies.
A Kind of Greed: An Interview with Jackie Thomas-Kennedy
On May 16th at our Literary Debutante Ball, One Story will be celebrating seven of our authors who have recently published or will soon publish their debut books. In the weeks leading up to the Ball, we’ll be introducing our Debs through a series of interviews.
Watch the 2025 One Story Literary Debutante Reading
Watch six of our seven Literary Debutantes read from their debut books in an event hosted by us and Adam Vitcavage of Debutiful. Learn more about the readers below, and get your ticket to our Literary Debutante Ball, which is happening on Friday, May 16th, at Roulette in Brooklyn.