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Launched in 2020, The Weight Journal is an online literary space for the best poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction by high school students. Editor Matthew Henry ("MEH") is a Pushcart Prize nominated poet and the author of Teaching While Black (Main Street Rag, 2020). Read an interview with him about The Weight Journal in Frontier Poetry.
Source: https://www.theweightjournal.com/
Categories: Magazines and Literary Journals, Resources and Contests for Students and Educators
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Deadline: Apr 1, 2025
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