humor

Mar 157 min read

Editing Taylor Swift Lyrics Using Polyphony Guidelines

By Rishi Janakiraman It’s 6th-period Trig class when I overhear a group of girls erupt in laughter, their chairs leaning back while our...

Aug 29, 20235 min read

Editor Can't Decide Whether to Accept or Reject a Piece (Humor)

By Sreya Nistala After a week jam-packed with exams, essays, and group projects you had to carry, you finally find the time to settle...

Apr 9, 20218 min read

End at the Beginning, Begin at the End (That’s Right, You Heard Me)

By Giancarlo Riccobon Whoa, time out. You can’t just mess around with your story’s timeline. The only way to tell a story is in...

Dec 5, 20204 min read

Editor Replaces Every Word in their Commentary With Longer Synonym

By Ishita Shah and Nithya Ramcharan It’s Friday evening, and you’re spending the night at home. There are no after-school commitments or...

Oct 30, 20204 min read

Q&A - What has your greatest struggle with editing been?

By Brooke Nind, Anika Mukker, Eva Zheng and Daniel Boyko Brooke Nind My greatest struggle with editing has been crafting general...

Sep 1, 20203 min read

Poet Misreads Instructions; Accidentally Submits Piece Containing Only Personally Identifying Inform

By Yong-Yu Huang, Eva Zheng, and Neeraja Kumar WARNING: This piece is a work of fiction. Please do not include identifying information if...

Jul 29, 20203 min read

Q&A - Have there been any awkward moments in your Polyphony career?

By Pauline Paranikas, Yong-Yu Huang, Nithya Ramcharan, Brooke Nind, and Neeraja Kumar Pauline Paranikas: I don’t know if this necessarily...

Jul 29, 20206 min read

Daily Struggles of a Nitpicky Editor

By Julia Zacharski, Zoha Arif, Yong-Yu Huang, and Grace Zhang Your grandmother may have told you that perfection is like honey on a...

Jun 9, 20205 min read

Poet Submits Piece Containing Every Literary Device

By Zoha Arif They say that Einstein birthed the theory of relativity in the mystic dungeon of a Swiss Patent Office. They say that Isaac...

Apr 28, 20207 min read

What it Takes to Move a Reader to Tears Without Chopping Onions

By Zoha Arif Kids, behold Master Sensei, the CEO and Founder of the Fortune 500 Onion Ninja Industries. Master Sensei has been prosperous...

Mar 30, 20202 min read

Movie Review: The Kindergarten Teacher (2018, Maggie Gyllenhaal):What to do with a gifted child poet

By Maya Nalawade The Kindergarten Teacher, a 2018 film starring Maggie Gyllenhaal, brings up an essential question for any parent,...

Mar 26, 20206 min read

Editing a Famous Poem With Polyphony Guidelines

By Zoha Arif I ate a popsicle today -- blue raspberry, thank you for asking -- on the school bus because I felt like it even though, in...

Jan 4, 20206 min read

Poetry vs Prose: Battle of the Genres

By Daniel Boyko, Jennifer Wang, and Zoha Arif Some people eat paper. Some prefer poetry, others eat prose, and some are on a more diverse...

Jan 4, 20204 min read

Submission Manager Develops a Mind of its Own 100%

By Zoha Arif ***First and foremost, you must address this piece as “A Manifesto from Lord Bob” as that is its rightful title, but the...

Dec 1, 201811 min read

World falls apart as new reader pastes notes in wrong field

"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold." ~W.B. Yeats, "The Second Coming" Scenario #1: Your internal notes are essentially the same...

Sep 20, 20185 min read

Welcome to Voices! - Part 1

Meet Voices' co-founder, Riley Grace Borden. My name is Riley Grace Borden. Some call me Riley, and others, Riley Grace (I’m not going to...

Sep 20, 20185 min read

Welcome to Voices - Part 2

Meet Kelly Farley: At four years old, I loved the color purple—so much so that I skipped down the hall with purple markers in both hands,...