To make the submission process easier for everyone, we have created a new submission management system through Google Forms. This will...

The Weight Journal is back open for submissions or this season. Please read our submission guidelines (carefully) and send us your best...

Every year The Weight Journal goes on hiatus for the summer. We are accepting our last round of submissions for our June drop. Send us...

Coming back from our summer hiatus, we have accepted some great pieces of writing for this new season of The Weight Journal. Those will...

We are excited to announce that Jared Beloff (poetry) and Carrie Esposito (fiction) have joined the team at The Weight Journal ! What...

Every year The Weight Journal goes on hiatus for the summer. We are accepting our last round of submissions for our June drop. Send us...

Fresh off our summer hiatus, The Weight Journal is back. You've been writing all summer, we've be getting ready for your submissions....

Every summer The Weight Journal takes a bit of a break. Currently we are reading for our last drop of accepted submissions before we head...

tl:dr Writing poetry center-aligned drives (most) modern poets and editors crazy. We at The Weight Journal will still read them, but we...

Robin Moten​ has just joined The Weight Journal's editorial staff! ​Robin (known to loved ones as Robbie) has recently been busy writing...

All-in. Hybrid. Remote. We're still trying to figure this new world order out, but that has not stopped pens from capturing snapshots of...

The school year is officially underway: in-person, hybrid, and remote. Somehow we're all keeping our heads (barely) above the rising...

"As a platform for emerging poets, our mission is to provide practical help for serious writers. The community lifts itself up together...

"New Lit on the Block: The Weight Journal" Learn about how we got started, who we are, and where we're going. Click here to read the article

Author and blogger Yvonne Ventresca asked our editor-in-chief a few questions on The Weight Journal and advice for writers young and old....

While submissions are still open for all students and on all topics, we are currently interested in works that are focused on matters of...

When you're done reading the three new works we've published today, learn a little about our staff.

Click here to read our interview with "poet, blogger, and advocate for the literary arts," Trish Hopkinson! We were thrilled to talk...

Our Twitter account is now up and running! We will be using it to share our accepted works, as well as publishing opportunities outside...

We are looking to publish complete works that carry some "weight" or gravitas. Writing that leaves the reader a bit stunned, stopped in...