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Announcing our first ever 9-month education program: the Short Story Collection Incubator with @lenavalencia.bsky.social! This online intensive is designed to help you complete, refine, & prepare your manuscript for publication. Deadline to apply=7/13. For complete details visit: bit.ly/49PmXQo
Rereading “Bayou” by Bryan Washington in this 2017 issue of @onestorymag.bsky.social. Man he knows how to tell a story 💚
In our new issue, Ruth Ozeki’s “The Typing Lady,” a woman meets a mysterious typist at the library and follows a trail of her words through a layered multiverse, exploring identity, ambition, loss, and the inner workings of the creative process.
To read more visit: bit.ly/4xdGUdN
Join us Saturday, June 27th for a writing field trip to Brooklyn Bridge Park & Jane's Carousel! Includes a guided tour, a craft talk by author Irina Reyn, a generative writing exercise & a reading of student work. This class is sliding scale & begins at $10. For details visit:https://bit.ly/4useBWh
Join us Saturday, June 13th for the next craft lecture in our 2026 Lecture Series: Write Deliciously: Elements of Beautiful Prose with Puloma Ghosh. You can sign up for this individual lecture for $25 or take the whole lecture series for $90 (includes 8 lectures). For details visit: bit.ly/3YRhhPE
So many great books by One Story authors are being published in June!
🎉Submissions are open at One Story until we reach our cap of 2000. Send us your short stories! For details on how & what to submit visit bit.ly/3GVpudM
We are excited to announce the winners of our 2026 One Teen Story Writing Contest! This year, we received nearly 900 entries from teen writers across the world. Each winner will receive $500 and publication on our website. To read excerpts & more about the winners & runner ups, visit: bit.ly/4x4wlcO
This six-week, 10-student class with @natmesnard.bsky.social of @scryptidgames.bsky.social invites you to explore interactive narrative writing and design in a workshop-style format. For details visit: bit.ly/4fz3N4Z
LAST CHANCE to sign up for our next online reading group! Led by One Story author Yohanca Delgado, students will discuss Daphne du Maurier’s 1938 classic novel Rebecca & the craft elements that fuel its mystery. To learn more & register visit: bit.ly/42LvakA #readinggroup #rebecca #daphnedumaurier