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Lena Valencia

@lenavalencia.bsky.social
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Author of MYSTERY LIGHTS: Stories (Tin House / Dead Ink Books 2024). Director of Edu. Programming at One Story. linktr.ee/lenavalencia

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One Story @onestorymag.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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 with One Story magazine. Deadline=10/13. For complete details visit: bit.ly/4gFUMHn
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Lena Valencia @lenavalencia.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Stuck behind a Waymo with the left-turn blues again
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Lena Valencia @lenavalencia.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Our niche panel on literary publishers that offer writing classes is coming to #AWP27 next year. Excited to talk educational programming with these folks in Chicago!🤓 conference.awpwriter.org/Conference_S...
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Lena Valencia @lenavalencia.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Back in NYC for a few days and it feels like all the subway ads are AI generated ads for random AI companies😵‍💫
a subway ad for a random AI company that reads: Vibe Direct: Your Next Video, and has an image of an avatar prompting Vibe Direct to "Create my day in NYC vlog" on the right hand side with a smiling woman "projecting (?)" said vlog from her laptop, which features classic NYC shots such as drinking a coffee on the subway and a selfie with a metro card
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Corey Farrenkopf @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Weird short stories for weird readers!!! Featuring: @lenavalencia.bsky.social @sarahpinsker.bsky.social @johnchrostek.com Nathan Ballingrud Karen Russell And some other dude :)
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Lena Valencia @lenavalencia.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
NYC! I'll be chatting with 'Pemi Aguda next week as part of the One Story Writers' Conference. The event is free and open to all!
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One Story @onestorymag.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Deadline to apply to our short story collection incubator with @lenavalencia.bsky.social is MONDAY JULY 20TH! This 9-month online intensive is designed to help you complete, refine, & prepare your manuscript for publication. For details visit: bit.ly/49PmXQo
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One Story @onestorymag.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
DEADLINE EXTENDED! Applications for our short story collection incubator with @lenavalencia.bsky.social are now due July 20th. This online intensive is designed to help you complete, refine, & prepare your manuscript for publication. For complete details visit: bit.ly/49PmXQo
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Richard Mirabella 🐝 @rpmirabella.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I'm so honored to be a part of this project, the brainchild of @joshriedel.bsky.social. Look at this beautiful zine with stories by these amazing writers (and somehow, I'm among them). Josh and Rebecca Ackermann did a wonderful job. Check out thirtycabins.com and preorder!
Me sitting outside in front of my screened in deck. I'm holding a copy of Thirty Cabins, which is navy blue with golden lettering.The list of authors which can also be found at Thirtycabins.com
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Lena Valencia @lenavalencia.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Maybe you need this today? medium.com/the-hairpin/...
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Chill Out, Eat Key Lime Pie
Chill Out, Eat Key Lime Pie Summer is so warm and beautiful, and everything is all sun and fun. Bad things don’t happen during this glorious season. No one has time to be depressed or stressed …
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Ryan Spencer @ryanspencerphoto.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Happy SOUTHLAND TALES Day to all who celebrate!
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Corey Farrenkopf @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Weird Books For Weird Readers!!! Featuring: @wnwagner.bsky.social @stephengrahamjones.com @juliaelliott.bsky.social @lenavalencia.bsky.social @kaychronister.bsky.social And some other dude :)
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One Story @onestorymag.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Applications are due July 13th for our Short Story Collection Incubator with @lenavalencia.bsky.social! This online intensive is designed to help you complete, refine, & prepare your manuscript for publication. For details visit: bit.ly/49PmXQo
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Lena Valencia @lenavalencia.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
These sessions have been such a joy! You can buy a single pass to our final virtual meetup (just $18!) here: one-story.com/product/sund...
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Sunday Shorts: “The Rest of Us” by Jenzo DuQue – One Story
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Lena Valencia @lenavalencia.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Last Sunday Shorts of 2026! Join us!
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Lena Valencia @lenavalencia.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Very excited to be teaching this short story collection intensive for @onestorymag.bsky.social starting September!
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One Story @onestorymag.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Join us 5/31 for our next SUNDAY SHORTS! In this class led by @lenavalencia.bsky.social, students meet once a month to read a past issue of One Story from our archives (silently) together, followed by a discussion & visit from the author. Our next read is "Cool City" by Chuck Augello. bit.ly/48ggFaO
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Lena Valencia @lenavalencia.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Have you ever taken or taught a long writing workshop (6-12 months) focused on assembling a short story collection? I'd love to chat!! DM me🤓
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One Story @onestorymag.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Join us 4/26 for our next SUNDAY SHORTS! In this class led by @lenavalencia.bsky.social students meet once a month to read a past issue of One Story from our archives (silently) together, followed by a discussion & visit from the author. Our next read is "Coach Ray" by Lillian Li. bit.ly/48ggFaO
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Kathy Daneman @kathy-daneman.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
The Rumpus offering microgrants: therumpus.net/2026/03/31/e...
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Lena Valencia @lenavalencia.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Last call for this class--all levels are welcome! All participants get a (digital) packet of collage material to print out and cut up.
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Lena Valencia @lenavalencia.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Excited to be leading a one-night course on using collage to inspire writing for @writingco-lab.bsky.social! Happening 4/9—still some spots left! www.writingco-lab.com/classes/maki...
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Making the Cut: Using Collage to Inspire Your Writing, a hybrid generative session with Lena Valencia — Writing Co-Lab
In this two-hour session, we’ll explore how techniques from the visual medium of collage can reinvigorate our writing practice.
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Lena Valencia @lenavalencia.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
This was so much fun! Thank you for having me! 💫
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
People of DC: You have **one more day** to see the fabulous display of Australian Aboriginal art, 'The Stars We Do Not See,' at the National Gallery, on the mall. www.nga.gov/exhibitions/... Free. And not to be missed. (Was jam-packed today. Join them tomorrow.)
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The Stars We Do Not See | National Gallery of Art
Mark your calendar for this once-in-a-lifetime exhibition of modern and contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art and design.
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Lena Valencia @lenavalencia.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Loved this creepy essay on ghosts and AI by the great @colindickey.com (which he read from at the Sept 2024 @ditmaslit.bsky.social) www.vqronline.org/fall-2025/es...
Graphic of a pull quote from Colin Dickey’s essay which reads “The ghost story, in other words, will always, on some level, fail to capture the haunting, just as the algorithm will always fail to capture the life—both are anathema to the very existence of the unpredictable and the messy.”
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Lena Valencia @lenavalencia.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
This will be a fun one!!
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Corey Farrenkopf @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Made another Weird Books for Weird Readers video! Cant go wrong with any of these book recs :) Featuring: Tamsyn Muir Robert Jackson Bennett Some guy who may or may not be typing this post B R Yeager @juliaelliott.bsky.social @lenavalencia.bsky.social
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One Story @onestorymag.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
It's time for another SUNDAY SHORTS! In this class led by @lenavalencia.bsky.social, students meet once a month to read a past issue from our archives together, followed by a discussion & visit from the author or editor. Our next read is 2/22: "Fear Itself" by Katie Coyle! Details: bit.ly/48ggFaO
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Corey Farrenkopf @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
It always bums me out that there aren’t more short story collections and anthologies being talked about on IG and TikTok… So I’m trying to fix that. Here are 5 great recs from: @nadiabulkin.bsky.social @undertow.bsky.social @sarahpinsker.bsky.social Nathan Ballingrud @lenavalencia.bsky.social
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Lena Valencia @lenavalencia.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
What are your favorite places to read/submit literary horror fiction? 👻
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Will Salmon @evilrobotbill.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Mystery Lights by @lenavalencia.bsky.social was one of my favourite books from last year. Vivid snapshot stories of strange lives on the edges of esoteric culture. It's on sale ATM via Dead Ink, who seem to have a knack for putting out brilliant and original writing. deadinkbooks.com/product/myst...
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Mystery Lights - Dead Ink Books
“Full of menace and delight.” Kelly Link, author of Get in Trouble “Where there is glamour, there is terror in this self-assured debut collection. In 10 eerie stories, Valencia leans into the horror ...
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One Story @onestorymag.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
LAST CHANCE to sign up for SUNDAY SHORTS! In this class led by @lenavalencia.bsky.social, One Story’s director of educational programming, students will meet once a month to read a past issue of One Story from our archives. First read is Jan 11th with Gina Chung! Visit bit.ly/48ggFaO 4 details
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Lena Valencia @lenavalencia.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
The first meeting is this Sunday! We’ll be reading “The Arrow” by Gina Chung.
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One Story @onestorymag.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Join One Story Co-Founder & Publisher @mbatcha.bsky.social & 5 One Story authors & editors for a generative fiction boot camp Jan 26- 30. This year’s instructors will be @kermichele.bsky.social, Maggie Love, @lenavalencia.bsky.social, Hannah Tinti & J. L. Zhang. Visit bit.ly/4pbSGQj for details
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One Story @onestorymag.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
In this class led by @lenavalencia.bsky.social, One Story’s director of educational programming, students will meet once a month to read a past issue of One Story from our archives, followed by a conversation with either the author or the editor of the issue. Sign up today! bit.ly/48ggFaO
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Ditmas Lit @ditmaslit.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Tomorrow! It’s our 9th Anniversary! RSVP here www.urbanebrooklyn.com/event-detail...
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One Story @onestorymag.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Led by @lenavalencia.bsky.social, this group will meet online once a month to silently read a chosen story from One Story's archives together, followed by a visit from the author or editor of the issue & a group discussion. For details visit bit.ly/48ggFaO #readinggroup #shortstories
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Lena Valencia @lenavalencia.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Congrats to Devour the Air (@ryanspencerphoto.bsky.social & Ben Lasman) on their debut LP!! Heavy music for heavy times🖤
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Lena Valencia @lenavalencia.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Now (actually) open for registration! 🫠
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One Story @onestorymag.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
In this class led by Lena Valencia, One Story’s director of educational programming, students will meet once a month to read a past issue of One Story from our archives. The meeting will end with a conversation with either the author or the editor of the issue. Sign up today! bit.ly/48ggFaO
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Lena Valencia @lenavalencia.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
NYC Friends: this is happening on Wednesday and I hope to see you! It will be my last Ditmas Lit as cohost😭 (I’m relocating to LA next week!)
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Ditmas Lit @ditmaslit.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Ditmas Lit is Wed. 11/19! We’re excited to welcome readers @leahumansky.bsky.social, Laura Venita Green, @deenaelg.bsky.social, and Eve M. Kahn. RSVP at www.urbanebrooklyn.com/event-detail...
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Lilly Dancyger @lillydancyger.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Hey wow whaddaya know, good things still happen!
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Lena Valencia @lenavalencia.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Tomorrow night in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn! 🎃
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Lena Valencia @lenavalencia.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
PSA: I got a message from Microsoft saying that my annual subscription was increasing by $30 to pay for their stupid AI tools. I went to my account and switched to a "Classic" subscription, which kept my rate the same. www.reddit.com/r/Office365/...
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From the Office365 community on Reddit: With the upcoming Microsoft 365 price increase from roughly 70 dollars to 100 dollars, you're still able to keep the old subscription. Here's how: (description)
Explore this post and more from the Office365 community
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Ditmas Lit @ditmaslit.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
The next Ditmas Lit is Wed. Oct. 22! We’re excited to welcome readers @megancummins.bsky.social, Tierney Oberhammer, @kaileepedersen.bsky.social, and Anna Rasche. RSVP at www.urbanebrooklyn.com/event-detail...
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Ditmas Lit | The Urbane
A monthly reading series in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, dedicated to showcasing a diverse range of emerging and established writers in all genres. Doors at 7:30, show at 8pm.
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Public Books @publicbooks.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
New at PB: @ryanspencerphoto.bsky.social interviews @jeannethornton.bsky.social about her new novel A/S/L (@sohopress.bsky.social), a book that reminds us: Forgetting isn’t freedom, forgiveness isn’t redemption, and in life there are no resets.
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“Conjuring and Reality”: An Interview with Jeanne Thornton - Public Books
“Pronouncing a sentence about a person, wrapping them up in your narrative, can be a very gracious action, or a cruel one, or probably most often both.”
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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Applications are OPEN! Split Lip Magazine is looking for volunteer Flash & Fiction readers. Apply right here before October 1! buff.ly/X3932x5
SLM is looking for flash and fiction readers. Apply online September 24 to October 1. splitlip.submittable.com
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Lena Valencia @lenavalencia.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Applications are open for @onestorymag.bsky.social's Adina Talve-Goodman Fellowship! This is a year-long educational fellowship for early career writers whose work speaks to issues and experiences related to inhabiting bodies of difference. one-story.com/learn/fellow...
A repeating typewriter graphic with light text against a green background that reads: 2026 Adina Talve-Goodman Fellowship. Apply by Ocotber 8, 2025. one-story.com
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Ditmas Lit @ditmaslit.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Ditmas Lit is Wed. 9/24! We’re excited to welcome Kerry Cullen, Patrick Ryan, Allison C. Meier, and @cherrylousy.bsky.social! RSVP at www.urbanebrooklyn.com/event-detail...
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Ditmas Lit | The Urbane
A monthly reading series in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, dedicated to showcasing a diverse range of emerging and established writers in all genres. Doors at 7:30, show at 8pm.
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