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Polyphony Lit Volume 18
Fall 2022, Winter 2023, Spring 2023 Issues
Over 200 high school students from around the globe comprise our Editorial Staff. Those listed below acted on 30 or more submissions to Volume 17. See Meet Our Editors page to learn more.
Executive Director
David Galloway
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Managing Director
Julian Riccobon
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Operations Manager
Shawn Waterman
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Editors-in-Chief
Christine Tsu
Jessica Kim
Shaliz Bazldjoo
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Genre Managing Editors
Cloris Shi
Grace Marie Liu
Karma Abboud
Kayla Phillips
Lauren Teh
Ralph Lam
Riya Bajpai
Sarah Fathima Mohammed
Susan Hong
Trini Feng
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Executive Editors
Alexandra Tan
Anna Olteanu
Ava Chen
Calista Wilk
Cynthia Wang
Demarie Hao
Diya Sreedhar
Eliza O’Keefe
Elliot Hui
Fiona Lu
Hannah Ling
Lauren Zhu
Mackenzie Duan
Madeline Chun
Marla Bingcang
Natalie Hampton
Nicole Guan
Nina Ballerstedt
Pablo Garcia
Ray Cheng
Sanya Tinaikar
Smile Jiang
Sophie Lin
Stephanie Chen
Will del Hierro
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Summer Contest Judge 2022
Aeman Chaudhary
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Summer Contest Readers 2022
Susan Hong
Calista Wilk
Trini Feng
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Latin Hertiage Contest Judges
Fiorenza Felice Fuentes
Julia Vaz
Lucia Moglia
Maria Hebling
Sarah Rosales
Fall Contest Judge
Claire Nam
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Fall Contest Readers
Cynthia Wang
Fiona Lu
Sanya Tinaikar
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Black History Month Contest Judge
Kayla Phillips
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Black History Month Contest Readers
Jiye Back
Sakinah Mohammed-Nur
Tapiwa Muvungani
Vidhi Taparia
Winter Contest Judge
Grace Marie Liu
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Winter Contest Readers
Cloris Shi
Demarie Hao
Diya Sreedhar
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Art Editors
Hamsini Mahadevan
Lauren Teh
Melody Wu
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Print Team
Christine Tsu
Jessica Kim
Shaliz Bazldjoo
Board
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Junior Board
Christine Tsu
Eileen Luo
Erin Yoo
Isabel Marks
Jessica Kim
Jiye Back
Maggie Yang
Sarah Fathima Mohammed
Shaliz Bazldjoo
Smile Jiang
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Governing Board
Katie Scullion
Donna Seaman
Carrie del Hierro
Lauri Scheyer
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Promotions
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Interns
Alivia Wynn
Kayla Fortino
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Promotional Artists
Alex Riccobon
Asha Gudipaty
Austin Liu
Ayah Al-Masyabi
Cecilia Yang
Emma Chen
Faith Zhang
James Wahl
Julian Riccobon
Maggie Yang
Melody Wu
Ruohan Zhang
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Online Education Consultants
Dan Chow
Katie Scullion
Graphic Design & Multimedia
Julian Riccobon
Melody Wu
Ralph Lam
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Senior Editors
Abigail Chang
Allison Xu
Althea Downing-Sherer
Annika Gangopadhyay
Anya Melchinger
Arthur Sadrian
Atreyi Basu
Carina Solis
Carmina Andrade
Celine Fong
Chloe Wong
Christian Kim
Claire Hagerty
Corina Yi
Divya Shankar
Eileen Luo
Elaine Peng
Elsa Eastwood
Elton Cao
Emerson Good
Emma Zhang
Erin Yoo
Eva Zheng
Evan Huang
Gigi Chen
Grace Lee
Graham Robbins
Haley Makowski
Jason Shim
Jesse Cai
Joy Su
Juliet Rotundo
Kate Kim
Laith Weinberger
Lilirose Luo
Lucia Moglia
Lucy Ramirez Vigil
Lukenine Suphakarn
Maria Hebling
Max Cui
Morouje Sherif
Oliver Cho
Qingling Shi
Rena Kim
Renee Chen
Rida Zulfikar
Rina Olsen
Rishi Damarla
Sakinah Mohammed-Nur
Sascha Chernesky
Sharon Zhang
Sophene Avedissian
Taylen Huang
Thanisha Chowdhury
Thomas Guo
Vivian Huang
Ziyi Yan
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Workshops
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How to Be a Literary Editor Teaching Assistants
Claire Nam
Giancarlo Riccobon
Nicole Guan
Nina Ballerstedt
Ralph Lam
Sarah Fathima Mohammed
Susan Hong
Tara Awate
Summer Editing Apprenticeship Teaching Assistant / Mentors
Christine Tsu
Eliza Mahon
Jessica Kim
Lauren Teh
Neeraja Kumar
Nicole Guan
Nicole Itkin
Nina Ballerstedt
Ralph Lam
Sarah Fathima Mohammed
Shaliz Bazldjoo
Toney Lombardi
Trini Feng
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Around the World of Poetry in 80 Days Contributors
Abigail Chang
Adesiyan Oluwapelumi
Amanda Rodriques
Antonia Escobar-Hoyos
Anuva Chowdury
Arthur Sadrian
Blanka Pillár
Chili Pramoda
Cloris Shi
David Galloway
Emilie Guan
Jess Walton
Jiye Back
Julian Riccobon
Khushi Talluru
Lucia Moglia
Maria Hebling
May Gong
Morouje Sherif
Neeraja Kumar
Nicole Itkin
Rafaela Pires
Rina Olsen
Sara Mirzoyeva
Sarah Fathima Mohammed
Shaliz Bazldjoo
Sharon Zhang
Tapiwa Muvungani
Tiffany Aurelia / Darmosusilo
Vidhi Taparia
Yolanda Wu
Ziyaad Shaboodien
Voices Blog
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Blog EICs
Nicole Guan
Riya Bajpai
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Blog Content Editors
Demarie Hao
Diya Sreedhar
Gyulim Kang
Marla Bingcang
Samantha Hsiung
Shaliz Bazldjoo
Blog Copyeditors
AnnaLise Sandrich
Marla Bingcang
Neeraja Kumar
Samantha Hsiung
Blog Web Editors
Jessica Kim
Melody Wu
Wake Up The War Is Here Guest Content Editors
Alexandra Tan
Claire Nam
Kayla Phillips
Cynthia Wang
Sanya Tinaikar
Wake Up The War Is Here Blog Writers
Atreyi Basu
Christian Kim
Eliza O’Keefe
Jiye Back
Melinda Wang
Rida Zulfikar
Sajiv Mehta
Shayl Khatodj
Wake Up The War Is Here Authors
Anastasiia Kolesnikova
Daria Starobilets
Kateryna Andriichuk
Oksana Bondarchuk
Olha Boniak
Yulia Tziurik
Wake Up The War Is Here Ukranian Translators
Alica Haida
Daria Bezzadina
Daria Moroz
Yaroslava Panko
Yuliia Mitiushyna
Yuliia Murashova
Junior Editors
Abby Gemechu
Adelaide Taylor
Aditi Singh
Alex Kapusta
Alex Riccobon
Alice Magowan-Garvin
Alice Shu
Alizeh Hammad
Allison Pham
Alyssa Wong
Andrea Li
Angelena Markova
Ani Skiles
Anita Pan
Anshul Sharma
Arim Lee
Arunima Juneja
Avani Sundaresan
Averie Lee
Becky Zhong
Benjamin Zhou
Charlotte Lucas
Chelsea Zhu
Chloe Cho
Christina Julien
Connor Kerin
Delia Rune
Derrick Kang
Dingzhong Ding
Dominic Anaya Gulaya
Elaina Bayard
Eleanor Gonzales-Poirier
Elena Chang
Elliot Kung
Emmi Sugino
Eric Chang
Erinn Huang
Ethan Kwak
Evie Oosting
Fiona Shen
Grace Chen
Grace Stephens
Grace Zhang
Hope Hansen
Ify Ikeji
Isabella Dunsby
Jayna Yoon
Jessica Walton
Jiye Back
Joanna Lam
Jonathan Wang
June Oh
Kaelyn Bouwens
Kate Song
Katherine Bernstein
Kruthi Duraisamy
Laila Hartman-Sigall
Lily Ha
Maggie Yang
Mahia Rahman
Manahil Fatima
Marcus Hsieh
Maya Rothbard
McLaine Leik
Mercuri Lam
Mia Garcia
Mikul Wyer
Morgan Maloney
Nahye Lee
Nicole Liao
Nicole Zang
Nora Gupta
Norah Vaudo
Ocean Teu
Owen Chin-Rust
Rachel Kim
Ray Zhang
Riya Murthy
Ruby Seidner
RW Ward
Sajiv Mehta
Samantha Yen
Sania Hammad
Sanra Lin
Shaams Nur
Shreya Birudavolu
Siddhu McLeod
Siya Mundra
Soa Andriamananjara
Sophia Zhang
Sophia Zheng
Sreya Nistala
Taili Gao
Tanvi Jeph
Tapiwa Muvungani
Teresa Zhang
Tiffany Darmosusilo
Timur Markowitz
Torsha Chakraverty
Vani Agarwal
Vicki Lin
Vivian Huang
Vivian Wang
Vivian Zhu
Xiao Bo Zeng
Zhang Junjian
Ziyaad Shaboodien
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Translators
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Arabic Translators
Jiye Back
Sakinah Mohammed-Nur
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French Translators
Jiye Back
Vidhi Taparia
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Hindi Translators
Sajiv Mehta
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Korean Translators
Grace Lee
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Mandarin Translators
Gloris Shi
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Marathi Translators
Sanya Tinaikar
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Portuguese Translators
Julia Vaz
Maria Hebling
Spanish Translators
Fiorenza Felice
Lucia Moglia
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