{{Short description|American literary magazine}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox magazine | image_file = One Story (magazine) cover tiger.jpg | image_size = 214px | image_caption = Issue #150 cover<br>"Tiger" by Nalini Jones | publisher = Maribeth Batcha | circulation = | frequency = 12 per year | language = English | category = Literature | company = One Story, Inc. | editor = Patrick Ryan | editor_title = Editor | firstdate = April 2002 | country = United States | based = Brooklyn, New York | website = {{URL|http://one-story.com}} | issn = 1544-7340 }} '''''One Story''''' is an American non-profit literary magazine publishing established, early-career, and emerging writers.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Brewer |first=Robert Lee |date=2021-10-11 |title=One Story: Market Spotlight |url=https://www.writersdigest.com/getting-published/one-story-market-spotlight |access-date=2026-03-08 |website=Writer's Digest |language=en}}</ref> It publishes 12 issues a year, each issue containing a single three- to eight thousand-word short story. The magazine was founded in 2002<ref>{{cite web|author=Zachary Petit|title=12 Literary Journals Your Future Agent is Reading|url=http://www.writersdigest.com/writing-articles/by-writing-goal/improve-my-writing/12-literary-journals-your-future-agent-is-reading|work=Writer's Digest|accessdate=December 4, 2015|date=May 12, 2010}}</ref> by writers Hannah Tinti and Maribeth Batcha.<ref name= "nyt">Smith, Dinitia. They offer up to $500 and 25 consumer copies of your story if your short story is accepted. They are continually searching for short stories that are strong enough to stand alone, and yet leave the reader satisfied. They receive over 100 entries a week. After submitting, it takes 8-12 weeks to be reviewed. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D03EED71F31F930A15750C0A9629C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all "A Little Start-Up Entertains, One Story at a Time"], ''The New York Times'', March 23, 2004. Retrieved March 18, 2008.</ref> It is headquartered in the Old American Can Factory, in the Gowanus neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY.<ref>{{Cite web |title=One Story |url=https://www.clmp.org/readers/publisher/one-story/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Community of Literary Magazines and Presses |language=en-US}}</ref> Despite having no backing from any university,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maher {{!}} |first=John |title=A Publishing Factory Grows in Brooklyn |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/81022-a-publishing-factory-grows-in-brooklyn.html |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=PublishersWeekly.com |language=en}}</ref> ''One Story'' is one of the largest circulating literary magazines in the country, with a readership of over 15,000 as of 2021.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2017-10-10 |title=Tom Hanks, Ann Patchett and the man in her basement |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/tom-hanks-ann-patchett-and-the-man-in-her-basement/2017/10/09/b41e109c-ad08-11e7-be94-fabb0f1e9ffb_story.html |access-date=2026-03-07 |newspaper=The Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":2" />
The magazine is published in a five-by-seven-inch, saddle-stitched format, with a single-color cover, resembling a pamphlet.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Hill |first=Katherine |date=May–June 2008 |title=Saving the Short Story: One Story From One to One Hundred |url=https://www.pw.org/content/mayjune_2008 |journal=Poets and Writers}}</ref>
''One Teen Story,'' a companion magazine written by and for teens, launched in 2012. Currently published three times per year,<ref>{{Cite web |title=One Teen Story – One Story |url=https://one-story.com/product-category/issues/one-teen-story/ |access-date=2026-03-08 |website=one-story.com}}</ref> the magazine explores themes and situations compelling to younger readers. ''One Teen Story'' sponsors a free writing contest for teens age 13-19.<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=https://mcblogs.montgomerycollege.edu/potomacreview/2012/02/21/an-interview-with-one-story-literary-journal/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=mcblogs.montgomerycollege.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=One Teen Story – One Story |url=https://one-story.com/read/one-teen-story/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=one-story.com}}</ref>
Notable authors published in ''One Story'' include Lauren Acampora, Weike Wang, Achy Obejas, Dave Eggers, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Tom Hanks, Ann Patchett, Joyce Carol Oates, and Aimee Bender.<ref>{{Cite web |title=One Story – One Story |url=https://one-story.com/product-category/issues/one-story/ |access-date=2026-03-08 |website=one-story.com}}</ref>
== History == ''One Story'' was founded with an initial investment of $3,000 from Maribeth Batcha.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Dinitia |date=2004-03-23 |title=A Little Start-Up Entertains, One Story at a Time |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/23/books/a-little-start-up-entertains-one-story-at-a-time.html |access-date=2026-03-07 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
For the inaugural issue, Batcha and Tinti asked mutual friend John Hodgman to submit a story. Hodgman agreed, and in April 2002, his "wry, genre-bending story," “Villanova or: How I Became a Former Professional Literary Agent,” was published under a gray cover as ''One Story''’s first issue.<ref name=":0" /> The first issue had a print run of 600 and cost about $1,000.<ref name=":1" />
== Awards == ''One Story'' has received a 2024 DAG Foundation Grant, a 2020 Whiting Award, a 2018 Firecracker Award, and a 2014 AWP Small Press Publisher Award. Editor Hannah Tinti won a 2009 PEN/Nora Magid Award. Stories originally published in the magazine have been awarded the O. Henry and Pushcart Prizes and have been reprinted in ''Best American Short Stories'' and ''Best American Non-Required Reading.''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Awards and Honors – One Story |url=https://one-story.com/about/awards/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=one-story.com}}</ref>
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