New York Story Night

New York Story Night is a literary community event based in Manhattan founded to provide creative writers, amateur and professional alike, a stage on which to share their stories and an audience with which to road test their works. Consider an open mic for stand-up tragedy, stand-up horror, stand-up drama if you will. A night of bedtime stories for adults.

For those who wish to share a story, please arrive before 7pm and sign-up for a reading slot. (Find Randy or Maria at the front of the second floor event space.) For those who wish to be an audience, get a drink, find a favored spot, chit-chat with fellow story lovers if you like!

At 7pm, reading sign-ups close and we beginning our story night. Each writer gets 20 minutes to share their story. If the story is under the 20 mins, the remainder of the 20 minutes becomes a brief Q&A for feedback or questions with the audience. We have a 10 minute intermission at the end of every hour.

Rules for stories:

• Stories must be under 20 mins (around 3,000 words)
• All stories must be written pieces
• Stories can be fiction or non-fiction but must be narrative driven
• No poetry, no essays

We encourage you to email us at newyorkstorynight@gmail.com if you have questions or concerns on if your story is a good fit for our event.

If you cannot attend this particular event but would like to be in tune with our next ones join our MeetUp group, check us out on Instagram @NewYorkStoryNight, or email us at newyorkstorynight@gmail.com to be added to our e-mailing list!

New York Story Night is a free event.

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