By Daniel Boyko, Yong-Yu Huang, and Lara Katz Billy Lombardo has forwarded you the submission "xxx” by [blind]. Please visit...

By Daniel Boyko and Zoha Arif So, you’re in the mood for something spicy. Something extravagant, a piece in which the English language...

By Daniel Boyko, Sally Park, and Nishka Dalmia So, a submission magically appears on your Submission Manager, and you’re prepared for the...

By Daniel Boyko and Lara Katz Lara Katz: Before I started editing for Polyphony, I didn't have an editorial process. When I completed...

By Giancarlo Riccobon Okay, maybe a more accurate title would be, “Show, Don’t Tell, Except for When You Need To Tell.” But that’s not as...

By Daniel Boyko, Yong-Yu Huang, and Zoha Arif March 24, 2020. A wild Tuesday. Scattered rain. Afternoon: mildly cloudy. I wish for the...

By Anya Chabria and Daniel Boyko If you work for Polyphony Lit, you’re more than familiar with this message from Billy: “With Polyphony...

By Daniel Boyko and Maya Nalawade Ignorance is bliss. Better safe than sorry. Play your cards right. A fish out of water. What do all of...

By Pauline Paranikas and Yong-Yu Huang Polyphony commentary is almost like a clay mug. There are many different styles and ways to make...

So… Life is weird right now. If you’re like us, school has been cancelled and you’re sitting at home working through whatever online...

By Jessica Kim [In conjunction with “Editing a Piece That Frustrates You”.] Grammarly is indeed a lifesaver. It corrects “response for”...

By Sarah Nachimson, Nayu Shimo, and Yong-Yu Huang Grammarly would make my life so much easier. Maybe I should just plug this piece in for...

By Sally Park and Nishka Dalmia (Nishka) ‘Creative non-fiction’ is a paradox in itself. While people tend to think that creative...

By Giancarlo Riccobon, Vivien Song, Zoha Arif, Jessica Sidrak, and Maya Nalawade While it would be nice to think of us editors as...

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...