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Issue I: Look Up At The Stars October 2022 What do the stars symbolise for you? What are you reminded of when you look up at the stars? For RTS's first online issue, we invited artists to submit pieces that revolved around the stars, whether this was through a character, metaphors, symbolism or more. We asked them to let their imagination run wild and send us their best work!! Our contributors went above and beyond with their pieces for this theme. Click the link below to read their beautiful works! Read Now Contributors Poetry Art Prose Creative Non-Fiction Ines Mueller The Stars Comfort Me Laila Asberry Starshaped Shumi My Stars Were Falling And I Caught The Biggest One Zehra Shehzad His Star Yue Hua As The Starlight Shines Through The Leaves A T Rahme Dots Zehra Shehzad Let The Stars Shine Caroline Chou From The Lectern Of Nyx Featured Indie Authors Makayla Jade Captured Dystopia Ishleen Singh Freedom For Eternity Dystopia

About Us Welcome to Rewrite The Stars! Run by teens for teens, we are a literary magazine aimed at uplifting youth and marginalized creators. We believe that artists have the power to change the world and rewrite the stars, if you may. There are many young teen writers out there with beautiful words who dream of being published but unfortunately don't get the right platform to. The formal publishing world is looking for the kind of writing that doesn't come naturally to teenagers, because we are kids and can't be expected to know everything about the world. There seems to be no platform for teenagers to write about issues and things they care about, or include humor and sarcasm in their stories when all anyone ever wants is emotionally resonant prose and poetry that makes you cry. Don't get us wrong - we love crying - but we want to celebrate optimistic and heartwarming writing too! Where do you go if you want to relax and read work that makes you smile? Enter Rewrite The Stars Review. At RTS, we will treasure EVERY piece sent to us, by publishing it in our magazine or giving you detailed feedback and resources that helps you improve. Trust us with your submissions <3 Moreover, we hope this becomes a space where readers and writers can come together and spread joy of the craft. Whether through our issues or blog posts or features, we want to celebrate creativity. We believe that everyone can reach the audience they deserve. All we ask for is your support. Help spread the word about our magazine, send us your pieces, and engage in our activities. We look forward to reading all your wonderful pieces!!!

Issue III: Kindle The Flame April 2023 Everybody has a fire within them, whether this be one of passion or fury. What are the flames that burn inside you? What is the inferno that keeps you awake on the darkest of nights? What does fire symbolize to you? What warms you from the inside out- or makes you want to burn down the world? What kindles your flames? For RTS's third issue, we invited artists to submit pieces that revolve around fire, whether this be literal or figurative. We asked them to let their imagination run wild and send us their best work! This issue brings you wonderful pieces by contributors, ranging from all genres and types - from formatted to free verse, greek mythology to contemporary, this issue has it all! Click the link below to read their beautiful works. Read Now CONTRIBUTORS COVER DESIGNER Tazkia Sinan POETRY Zia Adora Flicker Christian Ward The Passion Shamik Banerjee Tomorrow Teresa M March 8th Kelli Weldon Perseids Elisabeth D The Greatest Flame Kanishka Kataria Between Us Let the Silence Scream Ghosty The Fourth Sumo Schadenfreude Ines Mueller Pyrophobia Ollie Shane You Say, You Want A Revolution Carline Chou Aflame Nai How To Cook Up Success Madison Jugram a letter to an alcoholic I called my grandfather Vastriane Reignite Kimberly I Am Ignited PROSE Shivi Sharma Did I Imagine It Jiayin Tang Kitchen Tiles Franzzine Delacroix The Fuel To The Fire Of Passion Isha Gandi The Show Must Go On Jack Morris The Origin Of Chaos Allison Kwan How to Remember "Home" Shu J Liu Burning Bridges, Building Walls ART I N Shimbuku o'foxy eve o'bite Austin Lubetkin the tower of ambition FEATURED INDIE AUTHORS E.D Bridges Strings on Me (Fiction)

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Issue IV: Song Of the Earth July 2023 The Earth is our home, our protector and our solace. Nature is the birthplace of all life that has ever existed in this universe. What does this vast and seemingly infinite sphere of life mean to you? Sand underneath your toes, foliage caressing your cheek. The sun setting behind a mountain, a rainbow dispelling the gloomy clouds. Everybody has their own idea of nature, of what the natural world is, and what it means to them. Tell us your story. Show us your image of nature. In honor of World Environment Day on June 5th, we're using RTS's fourth issue to celebrate nature in all its glory. We asked our readers to submit pieces that revolve around the natural world and its connotations for them. We hope this issue gives you peace as you explore various different artistic interpretations of nature and the earth :) Read Now Contributors Poetry Art Arryn Liu Good Intentions, Earth Song Teresa M Medina Soil and Soul Nai Not Quite Sunflowers Elisabeth Flett Cailleach, aberdeen beach, 5 pm Nethi earth. Elisabeth D i wish i could heal you Cyrus Berry he is my world Olajide Overcomer You Can Not Hear The Earth Speak Kiran Emerald Dreams Vastriane The River of Rue Shamik Banerjee To A Fountain Ava Palmer Pondering MG Melody of Agony Maggie Shay Jordan Plants Get Tired, Too Tapasya Bhardwaj Sorry Prose Sophia Wang i want to see the stars one day Jake Malaya The Last Words of the Mud Nymph Grace Symphony of Freedom My Soul's Designs One Breath Granata Andrea Perennial Love Creative Non-Fiction Sunny Solaris Mother Nature's Revenge Smrithi Senthilnathan The Dimnishing Influence of Nature in the Digital World R S Cynefin, Gaia's Lament Featured Indie Authors Kia Ayesha Sinan Ambition MC Pending Untouchable

Swiftie Summer Showdown Welcome to the collaborative contest organised by Rewrite The Stars Review, Evanescent, The Elysian Chronicles, Abducted Cow and Petrichor Gazette. The categories are from Taylor Swift's albums (from Taylor Swift to The Tortured Poets Department). Each piece is to be based on any one of these categories (please note that pieces should be inspired by the albums, not directly about them or about the artist, Taylor Swift). Submission Guidelines Font: Times New Roman Font Size: 12 point Line spacing: 1.5 spacing with line breaks for new paragraphs Format: doc or docx Maximum lines (poetry): 50 Maximum words (prose): 3500 Age Restrictions : 13 to 25 year olds Type of submissions allowed : Either prose (fiction, creative non-fiction) or poetry Previously published pieces and simultaneous submissions are not allowed. Albums we'll be reviewing Midnights Lover Reputation Judges and Prizes A special mention piece (either prose or poem) will be chosen from each album. 13 pieces overall will be selected for the final round which the guest judges would read. More details about the Judges and Prizes will be revealed very soon! Submission Dates Submissions open: June 1st, 2024 Submissions close: July 31st, 2024 Maximum submissions: 2 (regardless of the album or prose/poem) Submissions are closed! Submissions Closed

Issue IX: Welcome To Wonderland Welcome to Wonderland. In the quiet whimsy of our need for entertainment, the carnival was born. For lovers and loners, dreamers and despairers, Wonderland welcomes you to put away your worries for a night as you partake in the revelry surrounding you. Amidst the tents and stalls and games and rides, every person who comes to Wonderland will be able to find their place and leave with happy memories and experiences. At Wonderland, anything is possible and nothing is as it seems. For this issue, we want you to explore what Wonderland means to you, figuratively or literally. We're looking for stories, poems, essays, artwork, and photography that capture the mayhem, madness, and magic of carnivals. Whether it's the bright lights of the Ferris wheel, the eerie silence of the funhouse, or the strange characters lurking amidst the shadows of the tents, we want to see your most imaginative and vivid interpretations. Evoke the thrill of the ride, help us feel the taste of cotton candy on our tongues, and transport us to a strange, surreal world where reality bends and twists all in its path. Show us, in your own words, what a carnival represents to you. Subs Open Sep 01, 2024 Subs Close Oct 01, 2024 What are you waiting for? Submit now! Submit

MEET THE TEAM Every successful organisation has a number of people working hard behind it. We take this opportunity to introduce you to our wonderful magazine team who strive hard to get each issue of Rewrite The Stars Review out into the world to make publishing a reality for all of you! EDITOR IN CHIEF Meet our beloved founder and editor-in-chief who brought RTS to life! Smrithi Senthilnathan she/her MANAGEMENT Director Varshha (she/her) Varshha is a 19 year old human from Chennai, India, who procrastinates by staring at the stars on the terrace and reading romance books. Loving all things dystopian, she is an artist and a writer who can never seem to write/draw for the genre. If she’s not reading random facts on the internet or watching the ISU championships, she is probably imagining her living in a dystopian future. DEPARTMENT HEADS Meet our department heads who, with their commitment to perfection and dedication to supporting young writers help make our founder's vision for RTS a reality. Director and Head of Staff and IT Varshha (she/her) Varshha is a 19 year old human from Chennai, India, who procrastinates by staring at the stars on the terrace and reading romance books. Loving all things dystopian, she is an artist and a writer who can never seem to write/draw for the genre. If she’s not reading random facts on the internet or watching the ISU championships, she is probably imagining her living in a dystopian future. EDITORS Meet the editors who not only review your submissions but also edit and refine it to make it the best possible version of itself! Editor Briar (she/her) Briar has been writing poetry since highschool and is based in Australia. She has completed a Diploma of Arts. She enjoys many forms of storytelling including film and games. BLOG These are the people who incite your curiosity and offer their advice with their weekly articles <3 Content Writer Milica (she/her) Milica is a freshman in high school with a passion for reading and writing. She enjoys spending her evenings sipping a peach iced tea and typing away at her laptop screen (sometimes even staring at a blank page). Ever since she was 9 years old, Milica’s been fighting her writer’s block while consuming books at a dangerous rate of about 50 per year. Mysteries and thrillers are her guilty pleasure and as much as she reads them she also writes them. GRAPHIC DESIGN Here are the people without whom your pieces would not be presented how they deserve to be :) Graphic Designer Harjot Sangha (she/her) Harjot Sangha is a rising senior in high school who believes heavily in the power of words to inspire change and influence lives. As such, she finds great enjoyment in the acts of reading and writing. Additionally, she enjoys finding new ways to connect to people from learning new languages to listening to new music! SOCIAL MEDIA AND MARKETING They're responsible for giving you guys our latest updates and expanding our fanbase so we can reach more people <3 Social Media Volunteer Arshia Abid (she/her) Arshia Abid is from Pakistan and currently resides in the city of Peshawar. She is an undergraduate student who adores literature and literary magazines. She has a bookstagram, which she has filled with trendy reels, posts and rants about her favourite books. NEWSLETTER We've expanded our base to Substack to give us a space to elaborate more on what we're currently doing! Meet the team behind our bi-monthly newsletter that includes updates on everything RTS. Newsletter Curator Ellie Kim (she/her) Ellie is an aspiring teen writer, born and raised in America but currently living in Thailand. She loves spending her days with her cats, writing, and reading. From writing sad poetry to romantic prose, Ellie is a swiftie and Gracie Abrams fan at heart, always found with a song in mind. Currently working on her first novel dubbed Project. SS, Ellie is a part of Vellichor Literary Magazine, Girlhood Magazine, Bardics Anonymous Magazine and a few others where she writes, edits and organizes! WEBSITE AND IT Always wonder who designed this sleek and accessible website? Here they are! Website Volunteer Chaitra Shidhalingannavar (she/her) Chaitra is a high school sophomore from India who loves computer science and literature. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in the GAEA Anthology, The Imperfect Zine, The Cleverly Creatives among many others. When she's not writing, she can be seen at the dojo, practicing for her next belt exam.

Issue II: Beyond The Shores January 2023 What do the shores symbolize for you? What is your safety line, beyond which is the vast and unknown ocean? And what does it mean to you to cross the comfort of the shore and venture beyond? For RTS's second issue, we invted artists to submit pieces that revolved around the shores, whether this be literal or figurative. We asked them to let their imagination run wild and send us their best work! This issue brings you wonderful pieces by contributors, ranging from all genres and types - from haiku to free verse, science-fiction to historical fantasy, this issue has it all! Click the link below to read their beautiful works. Read Now Contributors Poetry Art Prose Creative Non-Fiction Maitri Sheth Love and Hate, Shores and Waves Camismila Whispers of the Waves of the Past Ines Mueller The Nightmarish Beach Laila Asberry I Dream Of Dry Oceans Yue Hua As The Ocean Meets The Sand Lucy Claire Summertime Tragedy M. Dickson My Love, My Sea Anika Garg Rebirth Mehek Tripathy Touch of Darkness Blen A Seashell Of Passion Jason Wu Defender Of The Shores Allison Kwan Rebirth Featured Indie Authors Suelite Constance Ten Past Two Lara Jane Robinson The Granger Girls

POETRY Miguel Barrios After Tag E.S Merritt Game of Hearts Z. Hutchings Survive--Stay Alive, Winner Takes All and The beauty of a game Robin Pearson Snakes and Adders Nabiha Nostalgic Nights Ila. S Open Settings?, Nintendo Switch Controllers and Blocky Heart W.E Everhart Digital Odyssey: A Gaming Journey Phoebe B.H Mercury Monopoly Christopher Arkwright Pokémon is my faith in humanity Nitika Sathiya Rummy M.S. Blues where a kid can be a kid Devon Webb NPC EJM the game of being a teenage girl MG Doll House (Staff Contribution) PROSE Ellen Alfredson I am no expert at chess Adia Reynolds 8-bit-Arachnid Ander Miftari Blind Man's Bluff Alice Game Over Zara Pearce The Game of Life Arianna Kanji Inhumanity 101 CREATIVE NON-FICTION Georgia Hope 51 Standard (Minus an Ace) ART Audrika Chakrobartty Game Fuel

YPW Literary Magazine Fair Young Poets Workshops is hosting a community-wide Literary Magazine Fair for young poets between the ages of 13-22 featuring a variety of youth-led literary magazines and writing community members. We hope to bring a stronger sense of inclusion and accessibility to the submission process while bridging the distance between submitters and magazines through this event, while cultivating new connections and passions. What? Join a diverse, passionate community of young writers for a literary magazine fair hosted by Young Poets Workshops! 8 literary magazines/presses are represented throughout 4 panels and workshops over the span of 48 hours, complete with an expedited response period and raffles! Literary organizations being represented arc Fleeting Daze Magazine, kith books, Eucalyptus Lit, and Winged Penny Review. There will be two youth-run literary magazine panels answering questions about their magazines, submissions, and more, a workshop by Rewrite the Stars on submitting for beginners featuring a submit-a-thon, and a panel by kith books on challenges for queer and disabled writers/publishers and holding your own in the publishing process. Throughout these events, the expedited submission period of 48 hours will allow all registered attendees to submit to the following literary magazines for an expedited response/feedback: kith books, Sophon Lit, Fleeting Daze, healthline zine, Rewrite the Stars Review, Eucalyptus Lit, and Winged Penny Review. A raffle for 4 mini-grants of $25 each will be hosted throughout the fair for all attendees. When? Event Schedule: Saturday, August 17th 2024 9:00 a.m. EST Expedited Submission Period starts (ends 9:00 a.m. EST August 19th) 11:00 a.m. EST Rewrite the Stars Workshop 3:00 p.m. EST Youth Lit Mag Panel 1 — Rewrite the Stars, Fleeting Daze, healthline zine, Aster Lit Sunday, August 18th 2024 3:00 p.m. EST Youth Lit Mag Panel 2 — Winged Penny Review, Eucalyptus Lit, Sophon Lit 7:00 p.m. EST kith books panel Who? Open and free to all young poets aged 13-22! How to register? Register now at the Eventbrite link given below. We can't wait to see you there! Register

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