Fiction

Jul 14
3 min

Navigating the Slippery Slope of Writer's Block

By Mirabelle Jiang It’s that time of the day – your designated writing time! You open your laptop, ready to unleash all the ideas that...

Jul 8
5 min

Interview with Thanisha Chowdhury (Author of "Confessional")

Art by Yuchen Shi Introduction by Julian Riccobon Interview Questions by Grace Marie Liu Interview Answers by Thanisha Chowdhury...

Jun 10
3 min

Novels In Nature: An Unprecedented Approach to Combat Illiteracy

Photos by Jayden Cao Introduction by Julian Riccobon As Polyphony Lit continues to expand on a global scale, we regularly receive...

Mar 26
2 min

Winter Issue 2024 Inside Look

Art by Cecilia Yang Introduction by Julian Riccobon Video Clips by Cloris Shi and Andrea Granata Video Editing by Rowan Manley Polyphony...

Aug 14, 2023
3 min

Submitting to Writing Contests

By Grace Zhang Beads of sweat dripping down my neck, I slowly moved the cursor to the bottom of the screen to login. An explosion of...

Jul 31, 2023
3 min

The Time Traveller's Guide to Parallel Narratives

By Renee Chen Though only recently popularized in filmmaking by Hollywood directors, parallel storylines have long been used by novelists...

Apr 9, 2021
4 min

Q&A - How have your opinions on the genres changed since joining Polyphony?

By Hannah Ramsey, Nithya Ramcharan, and Anika Mukker Hannah Ramsey: When I first signed up to be a staff member for the magazine, I had...

Apr 9, 2021
8 min

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...

Feb 10, 2021
2 min

Q&A - How important are writing programs to an author/editor's abilities?

By Brooke Nind and Melanie Van Peenen Brooke Nind Writing programs are a wonderful experience and an opportunity for young writers to...

Dec 5, 2020
3 min

What shapes a writer more, acceptance or rejection?

By Brooke Nind, Nithya Ramcharan, Grace Zhang, and Neeraja Kumar Brooke Nind: Rejection is redirection. I know it’s cheesy and you’ve...

Dec 5, 2020
2 min

Editing Twist Endings

By Pauline Paranikas As you read your most recent Polyphony Lit submission, you find yourself growing increasingly confused. Something...

Oct 31, 2020
4 min

Editing Pieces with Poorly Planned Plots

By Melanie Van Peenen Perhaps Rudolf Clausius was wrong about entropy, or disorder, being the natural state of the universe. For...

Oct 31, 2020
7 min

Writing Prompts and How to Best Use Them

By Ishita Shah, Manal Nadeem, and Kyra Chiller I’ll go out on a limb here and predict that your creative process is anything but linear....

Sep 30, 2020
6 min

Genre Editor Q&A

By Pauline Paranikas, Daniel Boyko, Danielle Sherman, and Lara Katz We recently received the following questions from a writer: What...

Sep 30, 2020
2 min

Implementing Editorial Feedback

By Pauline Paranikas, Jessica Kim, and Daniel Boyko One of the most beneficial aspects of the Polyphony experience is receiving feedback...

Sep 30, 2020
8 min

Writing Three-Dimensional Characters

By Ishita Shah, Julia Zacharski, Suhanee Mitragotri, and Pelumi Sholagbade Perhaps the most remarkable feature of the human species is...

Sep 1, 2020
8 min

Writing To Make a Difference

By Alex Baker, Shelly Bhagat, Daniel Boyko, and Anika Mukker Alex Baker: How many of you out there know the feeling of writing something...

Sep 1, 2020
9 min

Getting Published as a Teen Part Two

By Ishita Shah, Lara Katz, Daniel Boyko, and Zoha Arif Last month, we covered the key difference between writers and authors, what...

Jul 29, 2020
8 min

Getting Published as a Teen Part One

By Ishita Shah, Lara Katz, Daniel Boyko, and Zoha Arif Sometimes I have a feeling that the geniuses who birthed the English language got...

Jul 29, 2020
7 min

Editing a Piece in a Style/Genre You're Unfamiliar With

By Hannah Ramsey, Daniel Boyko, Kate Jeong, and Suhanee Mitragotri Introduction Billy Lombardo has forwarded you the submission "xxx” by...