2026 Adina Talve-Goodman Fellowship 

Deadline: October 8, 2025

Each year, together with the Talve-Goodman Family, One Story awards one writer the Adina Talve-Goodman Fellowship. Honoring the memory of author and former One Story Managing Editor Adina Talve-Goodman, this educational fellowship offers a year-long mentorship on the craft of fiction writing withOne Story magazine. Our hope is to give a writer outside of the fold a significant boost in their career.

The fellow will receive:
 

• Access to One Story online classes.
• Admission to One Story’s Writing Circle.
• Stipend ($2,000) and free admission to One Story’s week-long summer writers’ conference, which includes craft lectures, an intensive fiction workshop, and panels with literary agents and publishers.
• A full manuscript review and consultation with One Story Executive Editor Hannah Tinti (story collection or novel in progress up to 150 pages/35,000 words).

Requirements: This fellowship calls for an early-career writer of fiction who has not yet published a book and is not currently nor has ever been enrolled in an advanced degree program (such as an MA or MFA) in Creative Writing, English, or Literature, and has no plans to attend one in the 2026 calendar year. We are seeking writers whose work speaks to issues and experiences related to inhabiting bodies of difference. This means writing that centers, celebrates, or reclaims being marginalized through the lens of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, age, class, religion, illness, disability, trauma, migration, displacement, dispossession, or imprisonment. All applicants must be at least 21 years of age as of January 1st, 2026. For more info, please read our FAQ.

Checklist: To apply to this fellowship you will need:
        1. A fiction writing sample (3,000-5,000 words)
        2. A personal statement (600-1100 words)
        3. Two professional references (No recommendation letters but please provide: Name, email, phone)
        4. A current resume (one page detailing any work or educational experience)

Deadline: October 8, 2025 at 11:59pm EST. There is NO FEE to apply for this fellowship. Winner will be announced in January 2026.  *If you have been published by One Story, if you have been a reader for One Story, or if you have ever been employed by One Story, you are not eligible for this fellowship.

One Teen Story Teen Writing Contest Submission Guidelines: One Teen Story publishes 3 stories a year and considers submissions from teen writers ages 13-19. For a list of writers we have published in the past and short samples of their stories, please visit our past issues page.

We’re excited to announce our newest One Teen Story Contest! Through December 1st, we’re asking writers ages 13-19 to enter their original, unpublished fiction. We are interested in great short stories of any genre about the teen experience—literary, fantasy, sci-fi, love stories, horror, etc. What’s in a great short story? Interesting teen characters, strong writing, and a beginning, middle, and end.

Guidelines:

• To enter, you must be between the ages of 13-19 as of December 1st, 2025.
• Short stories should be between 2,000 to 4,500 words and be the writer’s own original, previously unpublished work.
• Previously published stories and stories forthcoming at other publications cannot be considered. This includes stories that have been self-published online on personal websites or other publishing platforms, including blogs and school publications.
• By submitting your work, you are acknowledging that it is your own creation, that it has not been borrowed from any other person’s work (including film, video, and online content), that it has not been created with any assistance from AI tools or software, and that the characters and situations are of your own invention.
• Stories should have teens as their main characters and be about the teen experience.
• No entry fee is required.
• Only one submission per person.
• One Teen Story reserves the right to approve all final, edited content.
• A parent or legal guardian must sign a consent form for One Teen Story to publish the names of winners and honorable mentions who are under the age of 18 on our website and social media platforms.
• You must submit through Submittable.
• Proof of age must be provided by all winners and finalists.

For more information, please visit our website.

One Teen Story Teen Writing Contest Submission Guidelines: One Teen Story publishes 3 stories a year and considers submissions from teen writers ages 13-19. For a list of writers we have published in the past and short samples of their stories, please visit our past issues page.

We’re excited to announce our newest One Teen Story Contest! Through December 1st, we’re asking writers ages 13-19 to enter their original, unpublished fiction. We are interested in great short stories of any genre about the teen experience—literary, fantasy, sci-fi, love stories, horror, etc. What’s in a great short story? Interesting teen characters, strong writing, and a beginning, middle, and end.

Guidelines:

• To enter, you must be between the ages of 13-19 as of December 1st, 2025.
• Short stories should be between 2,000 to 4,500 words and be the writer’s own original, previously unpublished work.
• Previously published stories and stories forthcoming at other publications cannot be considered. This includes stories that have been self-published online on personal websites or other publishing platforms, including blogs and school publications.
• By submitting your work, you are acknowledging that it is your own creation, that it has not been borrowed from any other person’s work (including film, video, and online content), that it has not been created with any assistance from AI tools or software, and that the characters and situations are of your own invention.
• Stories should have teens as their main characters and be about the teen experience.
• No entry fee is required.
• Only one submission per person.
• One Teen Story reserves the right to approve all final, edited content.
• A parent or legal guardian must sign a consent form for One Teen Story to publish the names of winners and honorable mentions who are under the age of 18 on our website and social media platforms.
• You must submit through Submittable.
• Proof of age must be provided by all winners and finalists.

For more information, please visit our website.

One Teen Story Teen Writing Contest Submission Guidelines: One Teen Story publishes 3 stories a year and considers submissions from teen writers ages 13-19. For a list of writers we have published in the past and short samples of their stories, please visit our past issues page.

We’re excited to announce our newest One Teen Story Contest! Through December 1st, we’re asking writers ages 13-19 to enter their original, unpublished fiction. We are interested in great short stories of any genre about the teen experience—literary, fantasy, sci-fi, love stories, horror, etc. What’s in a great short story? Interesting teen characters, strong writing, and a beginning, middle, and end.

Guidelines:

• To enter, you must be between the ages of 13-19 as of December 1st, 2025.
• Short stories should be between 2,000 to 4,500 words and be the writer’s own original, previously unpublished work.
• Previously published stories and stories forthcoming at other publications cannot be considered. This includes stories that have been self-published online on personal websites or other publishing platforms, including blogs and school publications.
• By submitting your work, you are acknowledging that it is your own creation, that it has not been borrowed from any other person’s work (including film, video, and online content), that it has not been created with any assistance from AI tools or software, and that the characters and situations are of your own invention.
• Stories should have teens as their main characters and be about the teen experience.
• No entry fee is required.
• Only one submission per person.
• One Teen Story reserves the right to approve all final, edited content.
• A parent or legal guardian must sign a consent form for One Teen Story to publish the names of winners and honorable mentions who are under the age of 18 on our website and social media platforms.
• You must submit through Submittable.
• Proof of age must be provided by all winners and finalists.

For more information, please visit our website.