By Daniel Boyko and Pauline Paranikas One of the biggest parts of being a Genre Editor is providing feedback to previous editors. Writing...

By Lara Katz If we’re being honest about it, there are three types of Polyphony submissions: submissions that are so terrible it’s hard...

For some editors, opening Submission Manager and seeing the genre listed as “fiction” strikes fear deep into their hearts. Maybe it’s...

Your commentary is written. Your feedback to previous readers is done. All you need to do is forward the submission. You click “recommend...

What if you disagree with what previous editors have written in the internal notes? You read their elaborate explanations of why a piece...

By Pauline Paranikas As an executive editor, I spend most of my time on any given submission editing previous editors’ comments and...

By Cia Gladden and Jennifer Wang I’m a writer. It’s easy to think it while I watch my classmates suffer through draft after draft of...

By Alex Jones and Adil Alvi Advice on avoiding condescension, getting in the reader’s head, and helping young thinkers produce their...

Ahh, the classics. Every genre has its own issues, its own tropes and cliches. Romance novels have meet-cutes, fantasy novels have...

Prior to the thrill of receiving their Submission Manager account and their very first submission, all Polyphony Lit editors undergo a...

As editors and readers for Polyphony Lit, we know our primary duty is to help our own rising generation of literary artists feel...

Have you ever worried that you were being too harsh with your commentary? Three Polyphony editors are here to help. One of the most...

It’s a conundrum that all editors face at some point – how can you improve your editing skills when you don’t know what your strengths...

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

By Grace Yue Editing others’ work can be a humbling experience. You look at his or her writing and think, I could never write anything as...

by Ore Amosu A Polyphony editor's worst nightmare: not knowing what to comment. You know the feeling you have when you can’t open a...

Sometimes we forget that writing is human. Our authors' comments remind us that it is. By Kelly Farley Because Polyphony is based on...