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Lena Valencia @lenavalencia.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"an incredibly nuanced situation"!!!!!!

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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😵‍💫

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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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Ryan Spencer @ryanspencerphoto.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Happy SOUTHLAND TALES Day to all who celebrate!

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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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Lena Valencia @lenavalencia.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Hi Blake! These sessions take place on zoom, so folks can join in from wherever.

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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 · 08/04/2026

I Do Everything I’m Told by Megan Fernandes Death & Exes by Sarah Bridgins

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Lena Valencia @lenavalencia.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

I'm interested if these are still available!

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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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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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