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Story is a triannual print literary magazine of short fiction based in Columbus, Ohio. Editorial: Travis Kurowski. Innovation: Vito Grippi. Telly: 717.815.2063.

Design & Illustration: Gabriel Dunmire. Editorial Assistants: Ashli MacKenzie and Tracy Chopek. Advisory Board: Frederick Barthelme, Jurgen Fauth, Roxane Gay, Jonathan Gottschall, Tao Lin, David Shields, Randi Shedlosky-Shoemaker, Jim Shepard, and Marion Winik. Special thanks to Debra Staley, Jaleasha Ruth, Daniel Helwig, Chad Linder, Sarah White Kurowski, Mary Dolheimer, and Bob Wolf. Published b

y York College of Pennsylvania, with the generous assistance of the Glatfelter Family Foundation. Printed by The Sheridan Press, Hanover, PA. Story is a biannual magazine devoted to stories of all kinds, focusing on a single theme each issue. Online: storymagazine.org. Office: 441 Country Club Rd., York, PA 17403. Email: [email protected]. Submissions are welcome year-round by mail and online via Submittable. Story is a proud member of CLMP.

08/12/2025

Help us in congratulating Jessica Francis Kane, bestselling author of Rules for Visiting, on her new novel, Fonseca. Jessica's story "Family Weekend" was published in Issue 15 of Story.

08/06/2025

Submissions to our 7th annual STORY Foundation Prize, judged by Deesha Philyaw, are opening soon. Swipe through to learn all the details. For any other inquiries, DM us or email [email protected]!

07/30/2025

New issue loading...We are pleased to announce the contributors and their stories for Issue 21 of Story!

Get excited to immerse yourself in "Heuristic" by Mir Arif, "People of Consequence" by Zoe Ballering, "Family Travel" by Grace Chao, "The Fires" by Angie Ellis, "Seekret" by Scott Garson, "Naked Man" by Max Kruger-Dull, "Perfectly Disgraceful" by Molly Patterson, "Neon Genesis" by Robert Ren, "There’s No One Quite Like Us" by Andy Roe, "Seekers" by Rob Roensch, and "Girl Dinner" by Anthony Varallo.

Keep an eye out for the release date, coming soon!

07/23/2025

Beach reads, backyard reads, anywhere reads. Wherever summer takes you, bring us along!

Now's a great time to subscribe: our next issue is coming soon!

Subscribe today to share your summer with Story: https://www.storymagazine.org/store/story-subscriptions/

07/16/2025

We are thrilled to announce that award-winning author Deesha Philyaw will be the guest judge for the 7th Annual STORY Foundation Prize this year! The winner receives a $1500 award and publication. Submissions open August 15!

Deesha Philyaw's debut short story collection, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, won the 2021 PEN Faulkner Award for Fiction, the 2020/2021 Story Prize, and the 2020 LA Times Prize: The Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction and was a finalist for the 2020 National Book Foundation Award for Fiction. Deesha is a Kimbilio Fiction Fellow, a Baldwin for the Arts Fellow, a United States Artists Fellow, and co-host of two podcasts, Ursa Short Fiction (with Dawnie Walton) and Reckon True Stories (with Liese Laymon). She is currently at work developing TV shows based on her short fiction.

Deesha's debut novel, The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman, is forthcoming from Mariner Books, an imprint of HarperCollins, in 2026.

07/10/2025

Just Posted: Story Fiction Editor Lacey Dunham's review of Joyriders by Greg Schutz. Read it here: https://www.storymagazine.org/greg-schutz-interview-joyriders-review/

Greg Schutz is the author of Joyriders (University of Massachusetts Press, 2025). Stories from Joyriders have appeared in numerous literary journals, including Story, Ploughshares, American Short Fiction, the Alaska Quarterly Review, and the Colorado Review. They've been nominated for three Pushcart Prizes, anthologized in New Stories from the Midwest, and listed among the distinguished stories of the year by both Best American Short Stories and Best American Mystery Stories. Greg can be found online at www.gregschutz.com.

07/03/2025

Subscribe today to make Story your summer reading: https://www.storymagazine.org/store/story-subscriptions/

06/25/2025

Read “Adam” by Jackie Sabbagh in Issue #20! Get a copy here: https://www.storymagazine.org/store/issue-20-autumn-2024/

Jackie Sabbagh is a writer living in Brooklyn, New York. Her writing has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best New Poets, and Best of the Net, and is published or forthcoming in POETRY, Gulf Coast, Ninth Letter, Black Warrior Review, Subtropics, SmokeLong Quarterly, and elsewhere.

06/23/2025

Read “Barracuda” by AJ Bermudez in Issue #20! Get a copy here: https://www.storymagazine.org/store/issue-20-autumn-2024/

AJ Bermudez is an author and filmmaker based in New York and Los Angeles. Her first book, Stories No One Hopes Are About Them, won the 2022 Iowa Short Fiction Award and was a 2023 Lambda Award Finalist. Her screenwriting has been awarded at Sundance, SXSW, the LGBTQ+ Film Festival, and elsewhere. She is a recipient of the Page Award, the Diverse Voices Award, the Alpine Fellowship Writing Prize, the Pushcart Prize, and the Steinbeck Fellowship.

06/18/2025

Read “Richard Chamberlain Comes to Tolerance” by Seth Borgen in Issue #20! Get a copy here: https://www.storymagazine.org/store/issue-20-autumn-2024/

Seth Borgen’s first book, If I Die in Ohio, received the New American Fiction Prize (judged by Lori Ostlund). His work has appeared in Harvard Review, Green Mountains Review, Water~Stone, the NoSleep Podcast, and elsewhere. He has received a number of honors and prizes including a grant from the Ohio Arts Council. In 2023, he served as a judge for the 2023 Flannery O’Connor Award. He received his MFA from the University of Mississippi. Seth teaches creative writing and writes full-time. He lives in Akron, Ohio.

06/16/2025

Issue 21 cover reveal! Coming Summer 2025! Stay tuned for more details...

06/12/2025

Read “My Sister’s Boyfriend” by Chloe Jensen in Issue #20! Get a copy here: https://www.storymagazine.org/store/issue-20-autumn-2024/

Chloe L. Jensen is a writing teacher and MFA candidate at Arizona State University. Her work has received support from the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing and is forthcoming in Story. She is the social media manager for Hayden’s Ferry Review as well as a copyeditor and bartender. Originally from Salem, Massachusetts, she has also been a financial journalist and has an MBA from the Berlin School of Creative Leadership. Find her online at chloeljensen.com.

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