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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.

11/19/2025

Autumn is a season of transition. Feel the winds of change in Justin Chandler's story "Oklahoma" in issue 19. Read more here: https://www.storymagazine.org/oklahoma/

Justin Chandler is a writer and teacher currently dividing his time between Cincinnati, Ohio and Atlanta, Georgia with his wife and daughter. His creative work has appeared in epiphany and Hobart.

11/15/2025

You have one month left to submit to our 7th Annual STORY Foundation prize! Submissions are open through December 15th. The winner will be chosen by the incredible Deesha Philyaw.

Submit here: https://www.storymagazine.org/submissions/

11/12/2025

New issue incoming! Bundle up and get ready for Issue 22.

Including stories by Lauren Acampora, Stephanie Coyne DeGhett, Alexander Fredman, Gwen E. Kirby, Maria Kuznetsova, Karin Lin-Greenberg, Annie MacConnel, Alexandra Magearu, Emily Nemens, Nicholas Petty, and Becky Tuch.

Preorder here: https://www.storymagazine.org/store/autumn-issue-22-fall-2025/

11/06/2025

Just Posted: Story Fiction Editor Jacqui Reiko Teruya’s review of “Origin Stories” by Corinna Vallianatos. Read it here: https://www.storymagazine.org/corinna-vallianatos-interview-origin-stories-review/

Corinna Vallianatos is the author of the novel “The Beforeland” and two collections of stories, “My Escapee,” winner of the Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction and a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice, and “Origin Stories,” out from Graywolf Press. She teaches at the University of Virginia and lives in Charlottesville, VA.

Jacqui Reiko Teruya received her MFA from Boise State University where she taught fiction and served as the Associate Editor for The Idaho Review. Her work has appeared in Best Small Fictions 2020 and 2021, The Masters Review, CRAFT, and Passages North. She lives in Portland, OR, where she is currently at work on a novel.

10/29/2025

It’s not a trick; treat yourself this Halloween with a subscription to STORY. Learn more here: https://www.storymagazine.org/store/story-subscriptions/

10/22/2025

Just Posted: Our Contest Editor Heather Aronson interviewed Deesha Philyaw, the judge for the 7th Annual STORY Foundation Prize. Read the conversation here: https://www.storymagazine.org/a-conversation-with-story-foundation-prize-judge-deesha-philyaw/

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 Book Prize: The Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction and was a finalist for the 2020 National Book 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 Kiese 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.

10/15/2025

Do you want to get published? We're accepting submissions!

Submissions are still open for the 7th Annual STORY Foundation Prize, judged by Deesha Philyaw. Submit before December 15th to be considered.

And don’t forget, our regular submissions are always open! Submit anytime to be considered for publication in the next issue of STORY.

Submit here: https://www.storymagazine.org/submissions/

10/11/2025

Read “There's No One Quite Like Us” by Andrew in Issue 21! Get your Copy here: https://www.storymagazine.org/store/summer-2025-issue-21/

Andrew Roe is the author of the novel The Miracle Girl, a Los Angeles Times Book Award finalist, and Where You Live, a short story collection. His fiction has appeared in One Story, Tin House, Glimmer Train, and The Sun. He lives in Martinez, California.

10/08/2025

Read “Naked Man” by Max Kruger-Dull in Issue 21! Get your Copy here: https://www.storymagazine.org/store/summer-2025-issue-21/

Max Kruger-Dull holds an MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. His recent work has appeared or is forthcoming in AGNI, The Greensboro Review, West Branch, The Minnesota Review, and elsewhere. He lives in New York with his boyfriend and two dogs.

10/07/2025

The Story team wants to offer our congratulations to Angie Ellis and Laura Venita Green on the publication of their novels, “A Snake and A Feathered Bird” and “Sister Creatures,” respectively. Both are out today and available for purchase!

Angie Ellis is a contributor to our most recent edition, Issue 21, with her story “The Fires.”

Laura Venita Green was a contributor to Issue 14 with her story “Stuck” and to Issue 17 with her story “Mama Prayed.”

10/04/2025

Read “Perfectly Disgraceful” by Molly Patterson in Issue 21! Get your Copy here: https://www.storymagazine.org/store/summer-2025-issue-21/

Molly Patterson is the author of the novel Rebellion, published by HarperCollins in 2017. She was the 2012-2013 Writer-in-Residence at St. Albans School in Washington, D.C., and her story “Don’t Let Them Catch You”, was the recipient of a Pushcart Prize. Her work has been cited as a Distinguished Story of 2019 in Best American Short Stories 2011. Her fiction has appeared in publications such as The Atlantic Monthly, Salamander, Shenandoah, Image, Barrelhouse, and The Iowa Review. Patterson’s nonfiction and essays have appeared in Michigan Quarterly Review, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Hairpin, and Shepard, among others. She earned her B.A. in English from Carleton College and her M.F.A. in Creative writing from Ohio State University. She has taught English and writing at The Ohio State University, The Writers Studio, and Sichuan Agricultural University. Patterson was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, and lived in China for several years. She currently resides in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, with her family and teaches writing and literature at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire. She is at work on a second novel.

10/01/2025

Read “Seekret” by Scott in Issue 21! Get your Copy here: https://www.storymagazine.org/store/summer-2025-issue-21/

Scott Garson is the author of Is That You, John Wayne?—a collection of stories. His fiction has appeared via Electric Literature, Threepenny Review, American Short Fiction, The Kenyon Review, Conjunctions, and others. He lives in central Missouri and edits Wigleaf.

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