O.Henry Magazine

05/29/2025

In this month's feature, contributing editor Cynthia Adams takes a look at natural burials and speaks with Deborah Parker, board president and family liaison at All Souls Natural Burial Association in Greensboro. Learn more about what it means to have a green burial here and remember that it's never too soon to make "Best Laid Plans."
https://ohenrymag.com/best-laid-plans/
Illustration by Keith Borshak

05/27/2025

Today is PUB DAY for our friend, Kristy Woodson Harvey!!! We had the pleasure of seeing her today for her book release at the O.Henry Magazine Author Series at Grandover Resort & Spa, a Wyndham Grand Hotel. We cannot wait to dive into Kristy's new book, Beach House Rules!!!

05/27/2025

In this month's N.C. Surround Sound, Tom Maxwell takes us to Asheville to share how Citizen Vinyl "pressed into service" after Helene rolled through last September.
Read it here: https://ohenrymag.com/nc-surround-around-3/

05/22/2025

"Ever hear that phrase, 'We lost the battle but won the war?'" writes contributor Billy Ingram. He's talking, of course, about the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, which is reenacted each year. In this month's Wandering Billy, Billy spoke with Chip Cook, member of the 28-year-old Guilford Courthouse Fife & Drum Corps since 2021. Read the story here: https://ohenrymag.com/wandering-billy-101/
Also, we would like to take a moment to honor our country's fallen heroes who are the reason we celebrate Memorial Day this weekend. Thank you for your service.

05/21/2025

Our 2025 writing contest is still open. As announced in our April issue, it's something a little different. A faux-bituary. See the rules in the image below or in our April issue's Sazerac. Editor Cassie Bustamante took a gander at it and looks forward to reading yours. See hers below:

Pun Finished Business
Cassie Bustamante, editor of O.Henry magazine, has gone the way of the Oxford comma. Her family lovingly, begrudgingly, rolled their eyes as the very last pun slipped quietly out with her final breath. She leaves behind files “Untitled 1” all the way through “Untitled 73,” which never made it farther than a few sentences and are in no way useful to anyone. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Wikipedia.

05/20/2025

And one week until our Kristy Woodson Harvey launch event! We have just a few tickets left!!! https://ticketmetriad.com/events/ohenry-magazine-author-series-kristy-woodson-harvey-book-release-celebration-5-27-2025

We are officially 1 week to pub day for Beach House Rules!!!!

I am SO excited about this book!!!!

05/20/2025

In this month's ending, Woodson E. Faulkner shares a serendipitous meeting with a blind woman he offered his arm to. Read "A Visitation on Epiphany" here: https://ohenrymag.com/o-henry-ending-102/
Illustration by Harry Blair

05/15/2025

In "Growing Season," contributor Dawn DeCwikiel Kane takes us to Whitsett, where Patrick and Carrie Bertrand and their three kiddos are cultivating 42-year-old Maple Grove Flower Farm as new owners — living, schooling, working and playing all on the farm! Read their story here: https://ohenrymag.com/growing-season/
Photos by Photographers

05/13/2025

We can't wait!!!!

The Greensboro Bound Book Festival is partnering with O.Henry Magazine to present a full day of writer workshops led by three of the publication’s most celebrated contributors and two acclaimed Carolina authors!

On Saturday, May 17, head to the Greensboro Public Library Central Branch (Nussbaum Room) for a dynamic lineup of free workshops to spark the writer within:

🕙 10:00 AM – The Art of Memoir with Jim Dodson
🕦 11:30 AM – Using Poetry to Process Emotions with Ashley Lumpkin
🕑 2:00 PM – Little Known Ways of Getting Published with Sheri Castle
🕞 3:30 PM – The Funny Business of Writing with Maria Johnson
🕔 5:00 PM – Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Writing Fiction and Nonfiction with Ross Howell Jr.

05/13/2025

In this month's Life's Funny, titled "Type Cast," contributing editor Maria Johnson talks with typewriter poet Nich Graham, who will be at this weekend's Greensboro Bound festival click-clacking away on his Royal Safari. Read about how he landed there here: https://ohenrymag.com/lifes-funny-103/

05/09/2025

Give mom what she wants this weekend — a beach book getaway! Whisk her away to the book launch fKristy Woodson Harvey's Beach House Rules! At Grandover Resort & Spa, a Wyndham Grand Hotel, she'll indulge in a delicious coastal inspired lunch and dessert, hear the author herself speak, and come away with her own signed copy of the book on the very day it releases! Plus, she'll have hours to escape into this juicy beach read! Not many tickets remain, so hurry and secure your favorite maternal figure a seat soon at https://ticketmetriad.com/events/ohenry-magazine-author-series-kristy-woodson-harvey-book-release-celebration-5-27-2025
Huge thank you to Schiffman's Jewelers for supporting this event!