The Phoenix Art & Literary Magazine

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  • The Phoenix Art & Literary Magazine

    NCTE Award Winning Literary Magazine

    What: The Phoenix Club organizes The Phoenix, our high school's annual literary publication.
    When: Every Thursday at 3:15pm
    Where: The Writing Center
    Why: If you love writing and/or art and would like to review/submit literary/artistic works
     
    Mission: The mission of The Phoenix is to provide an outlet for individuals  to create, read, view, and edit, original literary and artistic works by Manhasset Secondary School students. The Phoenix aims to maintain a diverse membership, giving all students the chance to express themselves openly and interact with others with varying perspectives. The ultimate goal of The Phoenix is to produce a distinguished, state-of-the-art literary magazine, distributed to student and staff members in May, and recognized at the annual Writer’s Reception.

    We encourage all types of literary/artistic contributions to The Phoenix! All work must be submitted through our Canvas classroom. To join, use the code https://manhasset.instructure.com/enroll/P8J7TC . If you have any questions about submissions, contact Mrs. Greenberg (Karin_Greenberg@manhassetschools.org).
     
    Staff 2019-2020 
     
    Co-Advisors
    Mrs. Greenberg
    Mr. Novak
     
    Editor-in-Chief
    Elizabeth Wu
     
    Literary Editor
      Ralph Matamoros
     
    Assistant Literary Editors 
    Serena Mancuso
    Gwendolyn Seto
      
     Art Editor
    Anjali Gauld
     
    Public Relations Director
    Eunice Choi
     
    Secretary
    Ralph Matamoros
     
    Treasurer
    Gwendolyn Seto
     
    Student Senate Representative
    Anjali Gauld
       
     
     
     
    What students have said about The Phoenix:
     
    Why I love Phoenix:
    The club is a fun and safe space where people can express themselves through writing and connect with others. Members can freely discuss stories, topics, and ideas, all while eating delicious munchkins from Dunkin Donuts, provided at every meeting.
             --Kristin D'Angelo, graduated (member 2014-2019)
     
     
    Why I love Phoenix: 
    Because it gives students the opportunity to have a creative outlet, where they can express themselves and share their ideas. We can publish our works and have other people read them. This club has helped me develop and improve my writing skills, and I enjoy spending time with my friends. 
             --Adriane Kong, graduated (member 2013-2017)
     
     
    Why I Love Phoenix:
    Writing can open doors to new outlets that a person may have never discovered about himself otherwise; creativity lies dormant in the hearts of everyone, but it takes a writer to take the confusing waltz of ideas in his head and turn them into breathing, tangible works of art. I think that, in Phoenix, we’re able to better discover and explore the many different melodies in ourselves that let us write creatively. Many perceive writing as being a concrete form with no room for liberality, but through the creative writing we do in Phoenix, I’ve learned how to create my own chords to represent myself through my writing. To me, Phoenix represents a hospice that relieves my stress, a place where I can just weave together my thoughts on a clean, blank page with endless possibilities.
             --Allison Lee, graduated (member 2012-2016)
     

    Why I love Phoenix:
    What is there not to love? Every other Thursday afternoon, a group of students get to bond over something they are so passionate about. Creative juices flowing, yummy munchkins munching; releasing our inner most thoughts on the keys of the keyboard. Typing away, zoning everything else out, our minds are focused on making whatever we are writing, the most creative and the best piece we have ever written. Doing what we love and enjoy the most, getting lost in ones words and imagination is what occurs in the world of Phoenix. 
             --Noor Nanda, graduated (member 2011-2015)