ABOUT
“The weight of this sad time we must obey,
Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say."
― William Shakespeare, King Lear
It was widely circulated on social media that Shakespeare likely composed Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, and King Lear in the midst of the Black Death.
Taking its title from the ending of Lear, The WEIGHT is a literary journal for high school students who may similarly find themselves in need of a creative outlet. Everyone has something heavy to get off their chest.
We welcome all sorts of creative writing: poetry, slam, flash fiction, short fiction, creative non-fiction, hybrid, and whatever else you have.
Content Warnings: Because the topics covered by our writers are ones that weigh upon us, some of these works may activate an upsetting or unpleasant memory or feeling in our readers.