In musical terms, an overture is an orchestral composition forming the prelude or introduction to a musical piece. Much like an overture in music, this creative writing program will serve as an introduction to the landscapes of creativity, self-expression, and imagination.
Mission: Overture strives to inspire imagination, foster literary and artistic talent, and promote creative growth by teaching middle school students how to develop their own creative writing or art styles through mediums not offered at their own schools.
Winter 2016 Issue released!
Be sure to check out pieces by our members in "Mountains and Molehills," featuring a beautiful cover photo by Pratap Pereira. This issue is sure to impress with our writers' and artists' individual takes on a classic idiom that represents taking a minor issue and drastically inflating it.
Read the issue here: https://tinyurl.com/mls5hyh
March/April Issue released!
Take a moment to read "Salt and Pepper" featuring a beautiful cover photo by Michelle Lang. This issue is sure to impress with the wonderful explorations of dualities that our writers and artists created through their work.
Read the issue here: http://bit.ly/20oJpmJ
Art Issue 2015 released!
Check out "Cardamom and Cloves" featuring a fantastic cover photo by 7th grade staff member Alisa Lu. This special edition Art Issue pushed our artists to step outside of their comfort zone with the help of guest workshop leaders Alekhya Surepeddi, Shiva Vemireddy, and Sophia Ling.
Read the issue here: http://bit.ly/1WChEFu
Winter Issue 2015 released!
Check out "Saffron and Ginger" with a beautiful cover photo by Michelle Lang. We're incredibly proud of the work done by our staff this year to make this issue a fantastic start to the year.
Read here: http://bit.ly/1ndxA5q
Check out two incredible issues, newly released by Overture Literary Magazine. The first is our Winter Issue, "Silver Linings," featuring a cover photo by Ronan Manoj and prose, poetry and art by our staff. Read it here: http://bit.ly/1Dn7jZ4
The second is our Special Edition: Art Issue, "Out of the Blue" with a cover photo by Michelle Lum! For this issue, we'd like to thank Mira Thekdi and Michelle Lang for presenting small workshops to help the staff step out of their comfort zone and explore different art forms. Read it here: http://bit.ly/1yuIAdK
Both issues represent hours of hard work by our dedicated members and the caliber of each piece is outstanding. We hope you check them out because you are sure to enjoy them!
As the holidays approach and you're looking for a good book to cozy up to, look no farther than Overture's first issue of the 2014-2015 school year! "With Flying Colors" boasts nearly 40 pages of excellent writing and art and the longest staff list ever. The editors are looking forward to an excellent year.
Read it here: http://bit.ly/1zFwlOK
Need some good summer reading? Check out "Spilled Milk," our Summer 2014 issue. We are especially proud of this issue because it reflects how much everyone has grown this year as artists and writers.
Read it here: http://bit.ly/1pTrRS8
Check out "When the Cows Come Home", our March/April Issue! The editors would like to congratulate our writers for improving so much from the beginning of the year.
Read it here: http://bit.ly/1rznGpQ
Thank you Hima Rajana for the beautiful cover photo!
Part of today's writing activity was defining love without using clichés, and our kids impressed us with incredibly creative definitions. For us as editors, love is receiving a beautiful Valentine's Day card signed by each of our kids. Happy Valentine's Day from Overture!
The Miller Middle School branch is proud to announce this special, exclusively art edition of Overture!
Check it out here:http://overtureliterarymagazine.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/art-issue-louder-than-words-2014.pdf
Thank you to Sneha Mohidekar for the gorgeous cover photo!
The Miller Middle School branch of Overture has released our first issue of the school year. Check out our October/November 2013 issue here: http://overtureliterarymagazine.com/issues-main/issues/
Thank you to editor Hima Rajana for the beautiful cover photo!
10.10.13
This group shares a laugh while discussing a piece during the editing workshop.
2013-2014 Co-editors Hima Rajana and Indu Pereira are excited to invite all Miller Middle School students to apply for this year's Overture staff. Come out and say hi at Miller's annual Welcome Back BBQ on Thursday!
The Miller Middle School Branch of Overture is proud to announce our 10th issue. Check out the Summer 2013 Issue here:
http://overtureliterarymagazine.com/issues-main/issues/
Thank you to Pratap Pereira for a beautiful cover photo!
The Hopkins Junior High January/February issue of Overture has been released! Check it here: http://overtureliterarymagazine.com/issues-main/hopkins-branch-issues/
Miller Middle School's March/April issue of Overture has been released! Check it out here: http://overtureliterarymagazine.com/issues-main/issues/
Thanks to Jack Takahashi for a wonderful cover photo!
While you're waiting for our March/April issue to be released, be sure to check out our last issue, Accelerando, by going to http://overtureliterarymagazine.com/issues/ if you haven't already!
We are excited to announce that Overture is now officially a multi-branch magazine, with 2 Bay Area branches in operation. Join us in welcoming Hopkins Middle School in Fremont to the Overture community, and check out their Prelude issue here!
http://overtureliterarymagazine.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/joined_document_2.pdf
Miller Middle School's January/February issue of Overture has been released! Check it out at www.overtureliterarymagazine.com/issues.
We hope you enjoy!
Miller Middle School's first issue of the year, the November/December issue, has been released! Be sure to check it out at http://overtureliterarymagazine.com/issues/!
Here are pictures of our staff members participating in writing/art activities as well as editing sessions. You can learn more about specific activities and workshops by visiting the "Meeting Summaries" tab of our website here: http://overtureliterarymagazine.com/meetings/.
Here are pictures of our staff members participating in writing/art activities as well as editing sessions. You can learn more about specific activities and workshops by visiting the "Meeting Summaries" tab of our website here: http://overtureliterarymagazine.com/meetings/.
Now on the front page of India West!
http://indiawest.com/news/6537-silicon-valley-students-pioneer-middle-school-literary-mag.html
Young students who want to express their creative writing and artistic sides can look to a new initiative, Overture Literary Magazine, co-founded by the two of us: Roopa Shankar, an incoming freshman at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and Kimberly Tan, a senior. We both hail fr...
Overture Literary Magazine was featured in Bay Area's Siliconeer Magazine! View pages 40-41 to read the story. Congratulations to all staff members for making this program so successful!
http://www.siliconeer.com/Siliconeer-WebEdition-FlashPDF/index.html
Great showing at Overture's informational meeting for the 2012-2013 school year!
Successful first Overture informational meeting for prospective members today! We had more students than we had chairs, so many ended up clustered on the floor.
This year is off to a great start already!
We have reached our goal of 200 likes!
Thanks to everyone for their support; we look forward to having another great year!
The Overture Literary Magazine team!
Adviser Hiroko Niksch, Co-Founders Kimberly Tan and Roopa Shankar, and 2012-2013 Co-Editor Hima Rajana
We are at 153 likes!
Special thanks to Miller Middle School Assistant Principal Amy Steele for being our 100th like, San Jose District 1 Councilmember Pete Constant for being our 125th, and University Of Santa Clara student Shaanika Subramanyam for being our 150th!
Cover Photography for Cadenza, June 2012 by Jack Takahashi;http://overtureliterarymagazine.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/june-2012-cadenza1.pdf
Biography: Jack Takahashi is a Senior at Lynbrook High School. His interests include research and medicine, photography and film, ballroom dancing, male fashion, and music. He enjoys traveling around the world to bring home unique and culturally significant photographs. His photography gear constitutes a lot of his most prized possessions and he plans to make photography a lifelong hobby. He also hopes to one day become fluent in French and German. His favorite books are L'Étranger, To Kill a Mockingbird, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Ender's Game, and a large collection of non-fiction.
Cover Image Description: To take this photo, I used two high-powered flashlights to create dramatic backlighting. The mixture of blue and white light with the mahogany wood creates a discordant, yet interesting mood. I also used a very wide-aperture lens to achieve the shallow focus needed to isolate the sheet music from the rest of the scene. This photo also uses harsh contrast and leading lines to create a balanced feel. Incidentally, the sheet music is the virtuosic piano solo at the beginning of Beethoven's Chorfantasie, which is essentially a cadenza.
Contact E-mail: [email protected]
Check out Overture's feature in Mochi Magazine from a couple of days ago at http://mochimag.com/2012/06/guest-post-overture-literary-magazine-inspires-asian-american-students-to-explore-their-creative-side/.
Be sure to read and "like" it!
In the heart of Silicon Valley, Lynbrook High School is a math and science powerhouse with an 82 percent Asian American student population and an Intel Science School of Distinction commendation under its belt. With a school so concentrated in math and science, are there any literary opportunities? ...
Major updates from the Overture team!
#1: Check out the new design on our website at www.overtureliterarymagazine.com!
#2: A blog site for Overture has been launched: www.overtureliterarymagazine.tumblr.com. This will be a blog specifically for Overture staff members and will contain tips, tricks, and suggestions about topics such as creative imagery, avoiding clichés in writing and art, overcoming writer's block, and more.
#3: Have you always dreamed of leading a magazine or working directly with younger kids in the areas of art and writing? Start an Overture Literary Magazine branch at your local middle school for the 2012-2013 year! A toolkit of resources is currently being produced to help lead you through the development process. E-mail [email protected] for more details if you are interested!
Our final issue for the 2011-2012 school year is HERE! Our June issue is themed "Cadenza," and showcases our staff members' talent, growth, and undeniable potential. Congratulations to all Overturians for a successful year--getting our official webpage (www.overtureliterarymagazine.com) to 4000 views in over 8 countries--and thank you to the community for all of its support of our program!
View the issue HERE: http://overtureliterarymagazine.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/june-2012-cadenza1.pdf!
June staff group photo!
Here is a compilation of all our cover images for published issues!
Here is a compilation of all our cover images for published issues!
Here are pictures of our staff members participating in writing/art activities as well as editing sessions. You can learn more about specific activities and workshops by visiting the "Meeting Summaries" tab of our website here: http://overtureliterarymagazine.com/meetings/.
Here are pictures of our staff members participating in writing/art activities as well as editing sessions. You can learn more about specific activities and workshops by visiting the "Meeting Summaries" tab of our website here: http://overtureliterarymagazine.com/meetings/.
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