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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.

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

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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.

06/10/2025

We’re excited to announce Sela Chávez as our new Reviews Editor! In the past, Sela has served as a Fiction Editor at Story. She will now be overseeing reviews of short story collections published at https://www.storymagazine.org/category/reviews/.

Sela Chávez has published flash fiction and book reviews in the San Antonio Current and . Her piece "A Beginner's Guide to Deathbeds" won Best Fiction in , and she is a former Emerging LGBTQ Voices fellow. Sela worked as a senior editor in the business world for more than a decade but is now following her heart toward developmental editing for marginalized voices. Originally from Las Cruces, New Mexico, and currently based out of Texas, Sela works at Story as the reviews editor. More at www.selachavez.com

06/04/2025

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

Marina Petrova is a writer living in New York. Her stories have appeared in Story, Mississippi Review, Gettysburg Review, Catapult, Pinch, Conium Review, and others. She is currently working on a short story collection.

06/02/2025

We're pleased to announce Kristin Tenor as our new Managing Editor. In the past, Kristin has served both as a Fiction Editor and Reviews Editor at Story. Kristin will be managing submissions and supporting our editorial team. We're thrilled to have her on board!

Kristin Tenor is the author of the flash fiction chapbook This Is How They Mourn (, 2024), which explores the liminal spaces that exist between unexpected loss and what remains. Her fiction has appeared in Best Microfiction 2024, Wigleaf, , , and various other literary journals and anthologies. Kristin's work has also been nominated for Best of the Net, Best Small Fictions, and the Pushcart Prize, as well as longlisted for the Wigleaf Top 50. More at www.kristintenor.com.

05/28/2025

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

Kim Samek is a half-Thai Emmy-nominated comedy writer and television producer whose short fiction appears or is forthcoming in Catapult, Guernica, Ecotone, Southern Humanities Review, Gulf Coast, Electric Literature, swamp pink, North American Review, The Threepenny Review, and ZYZZYVA. A native of Seattle, she lives in Los Angeles.

05/21/2025

Read “Chad and Theo” 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.

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