One Story

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One Story
One Story (magazine) cover tiger.jpg
Issue #150 cover
"Tiger" by Nalini Jones
Editor Patrick Ryan
Categories Literature
Frequency12 per year
PublisherMaribeth Batcha
First issueApril 2002
CompanyOne Story, Inc.
CountryUnited States
Based in Brooklyn, New York
LanguageEnglish
Website one-story.com
ISSN 1544-7340

One Story is a literary magazine which publishes 12 issues a year, each issue containing a single short story. The magazine was founded in 2002 [1] by writers Hannah Tinti and Maribeth Batcha. [2]

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  1. Zachary Petit (May 12, 2010). "12 Literary Journals Your Future Agent is Reading". Writer's Digest. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  2. 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. "A Little Start-Up Entertains, One Story at a Time", The New York Times, March 23, 2004. Retrieved March 18, 2008.