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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” and the novel Brother & Sister Enter the Forest (Catapult).

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.

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.

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

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

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 way to normalize the rejection process, a must for all writers. The submission process, however, can often be opaque. Here are nine steps to demystify it and help get you started on your submission journey.

On June 3rd at our Literary Debutante Ball, One Story will be celebrating seven 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 Lydi Conklin, author of One Story Issue #285, “Sunny Talks” and the short story collection Rainbow Rainbow (Catapult).

On June 3rd at our Literary Debutante Ball, One Story will be celebrating seven 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 Arinze Ifeakandu, author of One Story Issue #256, “The Dreamer’s Litany” and the short story collection God’s Children Are Little Broken Things (A Public Space Books).

On June 2nd, we gathered for a virtual reading with our Literary Debutantes, hosted by our friends at Greenlight Bookstore. Watch the event below, and visit this page to purchase their books directly from Greenlight: