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!   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! Submissions Reader Zeina Sherif (she/her) Zeina Sherif (she/her) is an Egyptian rising junior in high school and a passionate reader and writer. Since she was young, she has been a voracious reader, and that led her to have a love for all things literary. Apart from reading and writing, Zeina spends her time watching Netflix, debating in MUN, and learning all about psychology. BLOG These are the people who incite your curiosity and offer their advice with their weekly articles <3 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 :) 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! EVENTS Always wonder who designed this sleek and accessible website? Here they are! Chantal (she/her) Chantal (Cece) is a graduating communications student who enjoys reading, writing, and watching musicals and anime. She loves daydreaming about the fictional worlds in her head and loves contributing to platforms where writers can share their voice to others. Cece also loves engaging in events management and marketing campaigns, so she hopes to help more people fall in love with RTS! 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. 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! SOCIAL MEDIA The credits for the design of the amazing posts on our socials! Aarika (she/her) Aarika is an aspiring author in high school who loves reading and writing. She’s the editor in chief of The Bold Mag and is a graphic designer at Ink and Butterflies Magazine. She’s also been published in Tree Ring Literary and will be published in Quaint Literary and The Clio Mag for their collab issue with RTS. When she’s not crashing out about the next plot point in her stories, she’s playing her trumpet, learning German, hanging out with her friends, or listening to music WEBSITE AND IT Always wonder who designed this sleek and accessible website? Here they are! Chaitra Shidhalingannavar (she/her) Chaitra is a high school junior from India who loves computer science and literature. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in The Imperfect Zine, The Cleverly Creatives and the Mosaic Lit Journal among many others. When she's not writing, she can be seen at the dojo, practicing for her next belt exam.

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Rewrite The Stars is a literary magazine for every teen writer or artist who dreams of publication! Read our latest issue: Issue XI: Sanguine Sojourn Life is a journey of mountains to scale and valleys to traverse, and ‘Sanguine Sojourn’ catches our writers in the moments they wander into the unknown, admiring the view along the way. ‘Sanguine Sojourn’ holds poems and stories of adventure, memories worth keeping, finding hope when it feels like there is none, and exploration of self identity. Through every experience and every new soul we bond with or leave behind along the way, we are constantly growing into the person we are meant to be. Issue XI documents these cocoons of introspection, and keeps the flame of ‘Sanguine Sojourn’ alive with the turn of every page beyond the horizon of literature. Read Now Check out our blog: Not Your Typical Horror Novel Looking for a horror novel that’s more than just jumpscares and gore? Stephen Graham Jones' The Only Good Indians might just be that. Skylar Edwards Aug 27, 2025 3 min read A Book Review on The Vegetarian by Han Kang When we hear the title The Vegetarian by, one assumes it’s literally about vegetarians. However, that's just the tip of the iceberg. Prisha Aug 21, 2025 4 min read Finding The Right Words Writing can be challenging, especially when it comes to choosing the perfect word. This post explores ways to expand your vocab as a writer. Skylar Edwards Jun 30, 2025 3 min read Subscribe to receive the latest updates about our blog posts, call for submissions, and more! Thank you for subscribing! We'll see you in the stars <3 Contact Us Email: rewritethestarsreview@gmail.com Blog: blog.rewritethestarsreview@gmail.com Events: events.rewritethestarsreview@gmail.com If someone contacts you claiming to be us from accounts that are not listed above, please report it to us immediately. Submit Thanks for submitting!

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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

Rewrite The Stars Review's Ninth Magazine Issue! Issue XI: Sanguine Sojourn April 2026 Life is a journey of mountains to scale and valleys to traverse, and ‘Sanguine Sojourn’ catches our writers in the moments they wander into the unknown, admiring the view along the way. ‘Sanguine Sojourn’ holds poems and stories of adventure, memories worth keeping, finding hope when it feels like there is none, and exploration of self identity. Through every experience and every new soul we bond with or leave behind along the way, we are constantly growing into the person we are meant to be. Issue XI documents these cocoons of introspection, and keeps the flame of ‘Sanguine Sojourn’ alive with the turn of every page beyond the horizon of literature. Read Now

Rewrite The Stars Review's Seventh Magazine Issue! Issue VII: Arcane Arcades April 2024 Throughout history, humans have found ways to entertain themselves. The oldest board game in the world, Mancala, was invented in 6000 BCE. Europe during the Middle Age was filled with games of skill and outdoor games. There's even archaeological evidence to suggest prehistoric people played some form of games. No matter where you're from or how old you are or what you do in life, you would have played games. Video games, word games, traditional games, online games, board games... the list is endless. In this issue, we wanted to talk about these games. What do these games symbolize for people? Are they merely a respite from the grueling days of mundanity? Are they a form of connection to our community, and a way for us to bond with the people around us? Do they remind us of lives once lived, moments we'll never get back again? Do people like words and love giving our brains mental challenges? We wanted to hear about this source of entertainment. We asked our readers to choose a single game, or talk about games as a whole. We asked them to write as an observer, or from the point of view of inside a game itself. Our readers went above and beyond with their works. We hope this curation of pieces reminds you of games you have played with your loved ones, times forever enshrined in your memories. Take the opportunity to immerse yourselves in the arcades of games our pieces will explore. Happy or sad, funny or serious, silly or stupid, we have it all. Read Now CONTRIBUTORS 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 FEATURED INDIE AUTHORS Pavla Leitgebova The Deadliest Wish Sera Amoroso The Makria Cycle-Torsion

Submit now! Issue XI: Sanguine Sojourn 'Tis the season to be jolly, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la... 'Tis the season to... embark on a sanguine sojourn... fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la... Don we now our gay apparel, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la... Deck the halls with boughs of holly, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la! In the spirit of keeping the Christmas cheer alive and entering the new year with optimistic energy, we bring to you a theme that promises to keep the whimsy alive within your soul. Behind the veil of our eleventh issue, adventure awaits. From the river to the sea, your heart may travel to where it desires through your words and your art. We seek work that explores untraversed lands and breaches the boundaries of the unknown, both literally and metaphorically. We crave your adventures, the ones beyond the line where the sky meets the sea. So tell us, O traveler, what your sanguine sojourn looks like. And take us on a journey like no other. Subs Open Jan 05, 2026 Subs Close FEB 15, 2026 Submissions Closed!

Rewrite The Stars Review's Ninth Magazine Issue! Issue IX: Welcome to Wonderland April 2025 Welcome to Wonderland. For this issue, we asked submitters to explore what Wonderland means to them, figuratively or literally. We asked for stories, poems, essays, artwork, and photography that captured 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 wanted to see your most imaginative and vivid interpretations. Our contributors 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. Read on to see in their own words what a carnival represents to them. Read Now CONTRIBUTORS POETRY Riddhi Iyer To be Human (Staff Contribution) Aurora Skye Vessel Ezra Mukami Untitled Jaiden Geolingo Here, Grief Angela Acosta Approximation of Latin American Diya Kapoor the big thing that lives in the sky Nirmit Mittal To Gaza Lydia Rae Bush Risk Ruth Towne Sweets to the Sweet Gabby Parkinson Lost in Translation Ray Shubert Purpose Mia Jevtic sentenced to your love Rah Royal the first twelve years of my life Liv Gamble How To Exist Nina Stadermann Reverie Muskan Gupta Poof and Gone Milan Singh Blur AC. Sandglass Just Talk Alexys K. Beautiful and Human Ruby Dyan My Day Wong Eu Kenn Michelangelo's Sculpture Sundos Hejazi art of life/life of art Kit Thurston-Mathews A Kitten's Offering Aunezti Burk What Day Is It? Rowan Through the artist's lens Nevaeh Phillips Life doesn’t end Chloe we were Urja Srivastava an understanding of the human experience Inaya Aly Khan Lunacy in a Fifteen Year Old Zoe Moon Xoxo Yuvika Gupta The Life Express Chloe Ho Chamber Music Maryam Majid I don't believe in atoms (I want to touch something) Jessamine Jin Infinities Cora McCullough Is Kindness Words Or Actions? Liv L. Ascend Bryan Duong Milstead faded gleam, renewed dream Halley Kunen Engine Flitting Malcolm Wernestrom it's a dog eat dog world Ivy J My Eurydice Friends W. E. Everhart Humanity weeps Asad R. Unexpected Transmission layla h. your best girl Rahil Najafabadi The Correspondence PROSE Isabel Loytty Highway Shannon Tran Grief & Bliss Elizabeth Butler Unnatural Selection E. Syson Seventeen Years (and an Extra Few Weeks) Alana Rodrigues Birch, Law of the Wild Aleeza Aneel who? me? Kiara Turner My Angst and Me Nusayba Bokhari Seeds alarminglytired (Nyx) As The Zephyr Wind Blows Claire M.M. A Ferryman's Fate Soraya Saros Crop of Prometheus Madison Cossaboom We Are The Fish Meagan Da capo sunny Our Paths Will Cross Again, I Promise Aki Rayne The Man by the Pond Arianna Kanji to be human is to wait Andrea Balingit The Exam Svara Carmel Narasiah Enough Alin Sengjaroen Tenderly Yours Phoenix Eddolls Death's favourite mortician Roukia Ali "The Old Brag" Ara Djati When Light Refracts Kaitlyn Fan Headed Towards Home FJGCSABA What are we defined as? How? Robert Aden Lonergan STRAWBERRY MILK CREATIVE NON-FICTION Kai Existential Espresso Kaitlyn Abrielle McCormick Eden Sydney Lynn A Letter From Ireland Zainab Ansari older and bigger Sophia Quintana The Numbers Game Clara Salo Meaning in Platonic Forms Elizabeth Maxwell What's next? Julia Vellucci Roses and Resilience ART Yasmin Kareem The depths within Desi Distel Northside gang:) Tehya Metzinger The Lake Sleeps Under the Willow Mitra Arianfar Lingering Touch PHOTOGRAPHY Sophia Liu Invisible China FEATURED INDIE AUTHORS Pavla Leitgebova The Deadliest Wish Sera Amoroso The Makria Cycle-Torsion

Join Us Rewrite The Stars is currently hiring! We are currently open for the Graphic Design, Social Media & Marketing, and IT Departments. Scroll down for a full list of the positions that we currently have and the respective guidelines for the same. If you apply when we are closed for applications, we offer no guarantee that you will be accepted to the team. However we are constantly looking for new and innovative ideas so shoot your shot! Please note that as we are a volunteer-run magazine, we appreciate enthusiasm and interest in our magazine and how much time you can dedicate to us rather than your experience. So if you don't have much experience with these platforms, but are eager to learn and explore, please do sign up! We do expect a minimum of 2-3 hours per week though, and thus if you are hired we expect you to keep up to the commitment you signed up for. We look forward to reading your applications! Apply now! Our Positions Thank you for your interest in joining the RTS team! The positions we have are listed below. Please note that we expect you to dedicate at least one hour a week towards working for RTS. Positions: Content and blog articles writer: For our blog, we post articles twice a week. These articles are opinionated pieces related to literature, books, and writing, or writing and publishing tips for young writers. They include book reviews, personal narratives, and creative non-fiction relatable to a teenage audience. The content writer will have to write these pieces regularly, with a minimum of two pieces a month. They will also need to regularly communicate with the Head of Content regarding edits. [Currently Closed] Marketing and social media officer: For this post, you will have to make social media (Instagram) posts once a week. These posts will either be excerpts of pieces of writing from our issues, or blog articles posted on our magazine. You will have to have a decent knowledge of the Instagram algorithm, SEO strategies, and be able to market our magazine well. The social media posts must also be formatted and designed well, so as to be eye catching. Graphic designer: The graphic designer will have the most amount of work during the publication of the issue. We expect our graphic designers to be well equipped with Canva and be able to design aesthetic issues in a short period of time. We estimate that designers will have to create at least one page a day during the issue release months, however this is subject to change depending on the number of pieces we choose to publish. IT and website curator: For this position, you will have to be equipped with Wixsite as this is where our website is hosted. You will have to have knowledge of software and technology, and be equipped with SEO and growth policies. Every week you will need to upload the blog pieces written by our writers to the website, and also market it to increase traction for the website. The website must be updated regularly with news about issues, contests, and change to submission guidelines. Staff writer and editor: For RTS, the staff writer will write fiction/poetry pieces for the magazine. As the editor, your job is to review the pieces submitted and edit them to better suit the issue. Editors will also provide detailed feedback for each of the pieces submitted. [Currently Closed]

Issue VI: Dreams of a Caged Bird January 2024 "I know why the caged bird sings." ⸺ Maya Angelou The society we live in is structured in such a way that everybody is chained or caged in some way or the other. Maybe it's a personal restriction, or maybe there are other factors in your community. Maybe you've been chained for a while and it all feels so much and you just want to be free. This issue is for you. In this issue, we asked our singing caged birds to tell us their dreams. We asked them to talk to us about what chained them and what bogged them down. We asked for all those fears and worries, hopes and dreams. We asked them why they sang. We asked them why they dreamt. Issue V was about embracing those childish fantasies and whimsical delusions. Issue VI, we wanted them to embrace those dreams in reality. Find joy in our real world, and find those reasons to live for. Dream big, dream wide, and dream free. Read Now Contributors Poetry Prose Afra March Cairo Evans the musings of a worm Ellen Alfredson Lovely little bird, dream on dream on! Genevieve Laprise In The Dark Sumo Caged spark within Kyra Allyson starved Ray Shubert Heard Phoebe B. H. Mercury The road is long Creative Non-Fiction Heetal Binwani Life Cycles Art Kate Waters Sandbox Fatima Shad Caged Lovebird Devon Webb My Dignity Tatum Bunker I Plucked My Own Feathers Michelan "Mi-I-Mi" Le'Monier When Did You Last Look At Heaven? Elisabeth D. Watching you from afar Overcomer Olajide Dreams in Broken Bottles Shu J. Liu dreams of a high-achieving dove , yet no more than a pigeon Alex Gemstones Barricade Boys Serennus - V. Morina The colors of dreams T. A. Jones Write You Into Oblivion; Black Phoenix Eli Ernst-Fontaine Escapism Cheryl Tan Rainbow Sister Zac Hudson The parakeet dreams of being a cassowary Ellie Coul Tick, Tick, Tick Leslie Teel Exploding Kittens and the Experiential Ferris Wheel Adia Reynolds So Falls the Cuckoo Bird Ayumi Inoue Outside the Zoetrope Owl The Bird and the Girl Roukia Ali Laney is Leaving Varshha (Staff Contribution) Trapped In My Mind Prose Lauren D. Fulter Cheeseburgers and Dragons Kathryn Harry The Boy and the Butterfly Net Arianna Kanji My Perceived Affliction Maryam Hedayat Drained Success Alice An Ode to the Lost Teresa M. Medina Elephant Featured Indie Authors Lucy Gould The Rescure Yageen Faiz Novel Writing Guide

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