By Erin Yoo Creative nonfiction can sometimes be a difficult genre to pinpoint. It requires the use of traditional narrative elements as...

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...

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...

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

By Jiye Back Poetry is a unique and expressive form of writing that has been used for centuries to convey a range of emotions and ideas....

Episode 9 of Wake up, the War is Here: Watch Reflect Empathy's interview with young writers from Ukraine.

Episode 8 of Wake up, the War is Here: "Let the car spin with the snowflakes. Get out quickly. Silently. Never really become refugees."

By Kruthibha Duraisamy Edit as if the piece is yours. This one piece of advice allowed me to start crafting commentary that encourages...

Episode 7 of Wake up, the War is Here: "War — three letters that took Him away from me, took lives of thousands of people, destroyed cities"

Episode 6 of Wake up, the War is Here: "Now it is very difficult to let people go, even for a short time and not far away."

Episode 5 of Wake up, the War is Here: "Life is not what “was” and what “will." Life is what IS, it’s happening now!"

Episode 4 of Wake up, the War is Here: How do you define the Russia-Ukraine War?

Episode 3 of Wake up, the War is Here: "My Ukraine is covered in smoke and dust, burned by the sun, exhausted and withered."

Episode 2 of Wake up, the War is Here: "Everyone heard it well and clear, so loud that car alarms went off."

Episode 1 of Wake up, the War is Here: "I was ashamed to write anything about the war because I didn't suffer as badly as the others."

By Brooke Nind and Sanya Tinaikar Brooke Nind: Since joining Polyphony, I’ve grown as both a writer and an editor. When I joined staff as...

See how young writers think about writing the best feedback for their peers!

Are you more of a fiction fan, or a nonfiction aficionado? Find out how young writers feel about writing "realistically."

By Yong-Yu Huang There are so many opportunities to enter your work in writing contests––many geared towards students are even free!...

By Sophene Avedissian and Daniel Boyko Sophene Avedissian: No matter how long I wait for the words to spill out of me, my fingers stay...