By Claire Tang How in the world do you give feedback feedback ? When I first started editing for Polyphony, one of the most daunting...

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

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...

By Ruby Seidner As  Junior Editors for Polyphony Lit, we are responsible for writing both Specific and General Commentary for each...

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 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....

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...

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...

By Giancarlo Riccobon Hands-down, a literary listicle is the laziest, most derivative, most cynical thing that a web publication can...

By Anika Mukker Your computer pings with the sound of an email bringing you your next forwarded submission. While logging into...

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

By Ishita Shah, Kate-Yeonjae Jeong You've just finished a masterpiece. One that will be remembered for the next millennia to come; that...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

By Kate-Yeonjae Jeong, Brooke Nind, Grace Zhang, Shelly Bhagat, and Daniel Boyko Kate-Yeonjae Jeong: As a writer, there always comes a...