Rina Olsen is the author of Third Moon Passing and a Genre Managing Editor at Polyphony Lit.

Introduction by Aigerim Bibol Poems by Alina Shevchenko Empathy is paramount to creating a shared humanity and mitigating crisis . Please...

Every email I opened for a year began with the dreaded words: Thank you for submitting...unfortunately...

Writing poetry is much like a puzzle: it intricately puts poignant life experiences into words.

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...

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

Introduction by Natalia Arruda "The lights" and "The Cat" by Kateryna Lenets Empathy is paramount to creating a shared humanity and...

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

Introduction by Claire Tang "16.02.22" by Frantsysk Rizdvianskyi Empathy is paramount to creating a shared humanity and mitigating...

By Riya Bajpai A few months back, I recall receiving that dopamine-inducing notification in my inbox from Polyphony saying that I was...

Introduction by Renee Chen "Train Car" by Vita Grinechko Introduction What is war? When it comes to war, we tend to think of the big...

By Taili Gao What I love the most about writing is that it has no limits. We are free to invent our own worlds according to our own...

Introduction by Julian Riccobon "Birthday" by Sviatoslav Odarchenko Introduction Think back to the earliest birthday you can remember....

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...

Introduction by Claire Nam "Bloomworld" by Mykyta Ryzhykh Introduction Oftentimes, media and mass attention is loudest at the crux of the...

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

By Nicole Liao The college application process—half a year of extremely stressful grueling work—is, sadly, something all of us have to...

Introduction by Oliver Li "There's no such thing as a miracle, Maria said" by Diana Kondratovets Previously published in the Reflect...

Episode 11 of Wake up, the War is Here: "But there is more to me than my bones; there is power and legacy to my dust."