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Sine Theta Magazine is an international quarterly print creative arts magazine by and for the Sino diaspora. Est. 2016. http://patreon.com/sinetheta
Celebrate ALL THAT GLITTERS at our sinθ #35: “SHINE 耀” reading event! Join us online at 9pm ET on September 14.
With Juliana Chang / Sarah Chin / JoAnna Mak / Dylan Tran / @emmakexinwang.bsky.social / Sui Wang / Chelsea Zhu / Zixuan (Angel) Xin / Vicki Xu
Register: forms.gle/5VywbB9TyoRV...
With Juliana Chang / Sarah Chin / JoAnna Mak / Dylan Tran / @emmakexinwang.bsky.social / Sui Wang / Chelsea Zhu / Zixuan (Angel) Xin / Vicki Xu
Register: forms.gle/5VywbB9TyoRV...
September 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Celebrate ALL THAT GLITTERS at our sinθ #35: “SHINE 耀” reading event! Join us online at 9pm ET on September 14.
With Juliana Chang / Sarah Chin / JoAnna Mak / Dylan Tran / @emmakexinwang.bsky.social / Sui Wang / Chelsea Zhu / Zixuan (Angel) Xin / Vicki Xu
Register: forms.gle/5VywbB9TyoRV...
With Juliana Chang / Sarah Chin / JoAnna Mak / Dylan Tran / @emmakexinwang.bsky.social / Sui Wang / Chelsea Zhu / Zixuan (Angel) Xin / Vicki Xu
Register: forms.gle/5VywbB9TyoRV...
Front cover by Elisha Zhao. Back cover by JESS HUAN HU.
August 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Front cover by Elisha Zhao. Back cover by JESS HUAN HU.
Thank you to all our contributors for sharing your work with us!
August 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Thank you to all our contributors for sharing your work with us!
— Fiction contest winner Vicki Xu experiments with the fleeting innocence of childhood in “Haven” accompanied by illustration by staff contributor Juliette J Wu.
August 25, 2025 at 1:08 AM
— Fiction contest winner Vicki Xu experiments with the fleeting innocence of childhood in “Haven” accompanied by illustration by staff contributor Juliette J Wu.
— Poetry contest winner Zixuan (Angel) Xin charts the waters of devotion and sacrifice in “沉鱼.”
August 25, 2025 at 1:08 AM
— Poetry contest winner Zixuan (Angel) Xin charts the waters of devotion and sacrifice in “沉鱼.”
This year’s annual writing contest was judged by Muriel Leung (poetry) and Weike Wang (fiction).
August 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
This year’s annual writing contest was judged by Muriel Leung (poetry) and Weike Wang (fiction).
— @isabel.li creates a tableau of queer intimacy and cosmic presence; another of their illustrations paints a DJ in pulsing energy and vibrant colors.
August 25, 2025 at 1:06 AM
— @isabel.li creates a tableau of queer intimacy and cosmic presence; another of their illustrations paints a DJ in pulsing energy and vibrant colors.
— Emma Kexin Wang’s “Mosquito Bites” explores life changes and the process of settling into a new normalcy.
— Sarah Chin’s speculative fiction examines glory and loneliness; Sui Wang turns to burnout and art in “Appetizer,” a story seeped with existential undertones.
— Sarah Chin’s speculative fiction examines glory and loneliness; Sui Wang turns to burnout and art in “Appetizer,” a story seeped with existential undertones.
August 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
— Emma Kexin Wang’s “Mosquito Bites” explores life changes and the process of settling into a new normalcy.
— Sarah Chin’s speculative fiction examines glory and loneliness; Sui Wang turns to burnout and art in “Appetizer,” a story seeped with existential undertones.
— Sarah Chin’s speculative fiction examines glory and loneliness; Sui Wang turns to burnout and art in “Appetizer,” a story seeped with existential undertones.
— Editor-in-chief Jiaqi Kang profiles Yaya, a Chinese French artist, filmmaker, and creative facilitator; together, they discuss somatic awareness and its intersection with art.
August 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
— Editor-in-chief Jiaqi Kang profiles Yaya, a Chinese French artist, filmmaker, and creative facilitator; together, they discuss somatic awareness and its intersection with art.
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In the issue:
— Staff contributor Chi S. Tsu meets with London-based embroidery artist Nicole Chui to talk about embroidery collages, football, and heritage.
In the issue:
— Staff contributor Chi S. Tsu meets with London-based embroidery artist Nicole Chui to talk about embroidery collages, football, and heritage.
August 25, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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In the issue:
— Staff contributor Chi S. Tsu meets with London-based embroidery artist Nicole Chui to talk about embroidery collages, football, and heritage.
In the issue:
— Staff contributor Chi S. Tsu meets with London-based embroidery artist Nicole Chui to talk about embroidery collages, football, and heritage.
On the dancefloor, multicolored light glances off a disco ball. In space, a star flares and bursts and collapses into a supernova. Everywhere, the gnawing desperation to be the best and the brightest.
sinθ #35 “SHINE 耀” features the winners and shortlistees from our seventh annual writing contest.
sinθ #35 “SHINE 耀” features the winners and shortlistees from our seventh annual writing contest.
August 25, 2025 at 12:40 AM
On the dancefloor, multicolored light glances off a disco ball. In space, a star flares and bursts and collapses into a supernova. Everywhere, the gnawing desperation to be the best and the brightest.
sinθ #35 “SHINE 耀” features the winners and shortlistees from our seventh annual writing contest.
sinθ #35 “SHINE 耀” features the winners and shortlistees from our seventh annual writing contest.
Thank you to all our wonderful contributors for sharing your work with us ❤️
Sine Theta is a volunteer-run publication. We are dedicated to keeping submissions free and paying contributors an honorarium. If you can, please consider supporting us: patreon.com/sinetheta
Cover by Yan Jiang.
Sine Theta is a volunteer-run publication. We are dedicated to keeping submissions free and paying contributors an honorarium. If you can, please consider supporting us: patreon.com/sinetheta
Cover by Yan Jiang.
May 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Thank you to all our wonderful contributors for sharing your work with us ❤️
Sine Theta is a volunteer-run publication. We are dedicated to keeping submissions free and paying contributors an honorarium. If you can, please consider supporting us: patreon.com/sinetheta
Cover by Yan Jiang.
Sine Theta is a volunteer-run publication. We are dedicated to keeping submissions free and paying contributors an honorarium. If you can, please consider supporting us: patreon.com/sinetheta
Cover by Yan Jiang.
New poetry by Katherine Oung and Lydia Wei evokes ghosts and AI girlfriends; moving poems by Chrystal Ho and Jack Xi speak to ecological devastation.
“代臆 I Wrote Not From Muroday to Warnight” by Cela Xie and “神主牌 (Spirit Tablet)” by Alan Tran deftly entwine poetic form with content.
“代臆 I Wrote Not From Muroday to Warnight” by Cela Xie and “神主牌 (Spirit Tablet)” by Alan Tran deftly entwine poetic form with content.
May 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
New poetry by Katherine Oung and Lydia Wei evokes ghosts and AI girlfriends; moving poems by Chrystal Ho and Jack Xi speak to ecological devastation.
“代臆 I Wrote Not From Muroday to Warnight” by Cela Xie and “神主牌 (Spirit Tablet)” by Alan Tran deftly entwine poetic form with content.
“代臆 I Wrote Not From Muroday to Warnight” by Cela Xie and “神主牌 (Spirit Tablet)” by Alan Tran deftly entwine poetic form with content.
Yuyang (Lily) Wei’s oil paintings “Flavours of Exile” and “Study of Tapirs” play with perspectives and the interconnection between animals and urban living.
Naomi Maya Leung infuses cyanotype photography of plant shadows with personal lineage and rites of connection.
Naomi Maya Leung infuses cyanotype photography of plant shadows with personal lineage and rites of connection.
May 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Yuyang (Lily) Wei’s oil paintings “Flavours of Exile” and “Study of Tapirs” play with perspectives and the interconnection between animals and urban living.
Naomi Maya Leung infuses cyanotype photography of plant shadows with personal lineage and rites of connection.
Naomi Maya Leung infuses cyanotype photography of plant shadows with personal lineage and rites of connection.
Digital artwork from Staff Contributor Juliette J Wu conjures urban abundance with intricate textures and stark lines.
Starr Jiang’s “Migrant Matter” captures rhythms of loneliness and strength in a singular figure; Yan Jiang’s “Self Portrait” evokes a whirl of gouache landscapes.
Starr Jiang’s “Migrant Matter” captures rhythms of loneliness and strength in a singular figure; Yan Jiang’s “Self Portrait” evokes a whirl of gouache landscapes.
May 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Digital artwork from Staff Contributor Juliette J Wu conjures urban abundance with intricate textures and stark lines.
Starr Jiang’s “Migrant Matter” captures rhythms of loneliness and strength in a singular figure; Yan Jiang’s “Self Portrait” evokes a whirl of gouache landscapes.
Starr Jiang’s “Migrant Matter” captures rhythms of loneliness and strength in a singular figure; Yan Jiang’s “Self Portrait” evokes a whirl of gouache landscapes.
For our student spotlight, Junior Editor Erika Jing chats with JESS HUAN HU about their attention to colors and understanding the world and lived experiences through art-making.
May 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
For our student spotlight, Junior Editor Erika Jing chats with JESS HUAN HU about their attention to colors and understanding the world and lived experiences through art-making.
Editor-in-chief Jiaqi Kang sits down with Chinese Artists and Organizers (CAO) Collective 离离草 co-directors huiyin zhou and Laura Du. They discuss art as a form of political organizing, the personal legacies of interconnectedness, and centering creative practices around rituals of care.
May 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Editor-in-chief Jiaqi Kang sits down with Chinese Artists and Organizers (CAO) Collective 离离草 co-directors huiyin zhou and Laura Du. They discuss art as a form of political organizing, the personal legacies of interconnectedness, and centering creative practices around rituals of care.
Senior Editor Yue Chen chats with Madeleine Thien about Thien’s forthcoming novel The Book of Records and cultural histories, memories, and the artist’s responsibility to protest.
May 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Senior Editor Yue Chen chats with Madeleine Thien about Thien’s forthcoming novel The Book of Records and cultural histories, memories, and the artist’s responsibility to protest.
Dust clings to your shoes as you make your way through the debris. sinθ #34 “WASTELAND 荒” rises, bursting with art, poetry, fiction, and conversation. Wade through ruins of the past and present. Contemplate what the future will or should look like.
sinetheta.net/34
sinetheta.net/34
May 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Dust clings to your shoes as you make your way through the debris. sinθ #34 “WASTELAND 荒” rises, bursting with art, poetry, fiction, and conversation. Wade through ruins of the past and present. Contemplate what the future will or should look like.
sinetheta.net/34
sinetheta.net/34
sinθ is an international print creative arts magazine by and for the Sino diaspora, established in 2016.
In December we released sinθ #33 "ENCOUNTER 遇”. This issue catalogs interactions with the world around us, exploring passions and possibilities. Grab your copy now: sinetheta.net/33.
In December we released sinθ #33 "ENCOUNTER 遇”. This issue catalogs interactions with the world around us, exploring passions and possibilities. Grab your copy now: sinetheta.net/33.
February 6, 2025 at 11:40 AM
sinθ is an international print creative arts magazine by and for the Sino diaspora, established in 2016.
In December we released sinθ #33 "ENCOUNTER 遇”. This issue catalogs interactions with the world around us, exploring passions and possibilities. Grab your copy now: sinetheta.net/33.
In December we released sinθ #33 "ENCOUNTER 遇”. This issue catalogs interactions with the world around us, exploring passions and possibilities. Grab your copy now: sinetheta.net/33.
Join us this Sunday November 11 at 8 PM EST for INTERLUDE, a writing space exploring music and musicality in poetry. INTERLUDE will be led by our wonderful Senior Editor Laetitia Keok. This space is free, online, and open to all.
RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 5, 2023 at 1:04 PM
Join us this Sunday November 11 at 8 PM EST for INTERLUDE, a writing space exploring music and musicality in poetry. INTERLUDE will be led by our wonderful Senior Editor Laetitia Keok. This space is free, online, and open to all.
RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🔊 Come MAKE SOME NOISE for sinθ #28 “SOUND 音" with a Zoom reading! Noise will ring out on Saturday September 2 at 5pm PDT — full timezone breakdown below.
Featuring: Roy Wang / vicki xu / Luke Tan / Vivian Si Zeng, Lily Deng, Audrey Tian / Elizabeth Han
RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/make-some-...
Featuring: Roy Wang / vicki xu / Luke Tan / Vivian Si Zeng, Lily Deng, Audrey Tian / Elizabeth Han
RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/make-some-...
August 30, 2023 at 3:06 PM
🔊 Come MAKE SOME NOISE for sinθ #28 “SOUND 音" with a Zoom reading! Noise will ring out on Saturday September 2 at 5pm PDT — full timezone breakdown below.
Featuring: Roy Wang / vicki xu / Luke Tan / Vivian Si Zeng, Lily Deng, Audrey Tian / Elizabeth Han
RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/make-some-...
Featuring: Roy Wang / vicki xu / Luke Tan / Vivian Si Zeng, Lily Deng, Audrey Tian / Elizabeth Han
RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/make-some-...