The Filament Magazine is a literary magazine published by students in Creative Writing classes. It compiles creative works from AHS students and focuses on original art and writing.
The type of material the Filament publishes is broad. It can be fiction or no-fiction. Most of the time they publish what has been submitted. The most common works are poetry, plays, personal essays, and short fiction.
“We’d love to eventually include comics/cartoons and short screenplays,” Filament Magazine adviser Soo Jin Lee said.
The Filament Magazine also produces Poetry Slams and Coffee House. Coffee House is an open-mic type event which has students go up on stage and perform their work. This can be anything from music and comedy to poetry and dance.
This year the Filament Magazine will be published online and will come out around June 11. It is normally around 40 pages.
Due to Covid-19, the Filament staff was unable to publish last spring. Virtual learning also created challenges for the staff.
“Luckily, we have been able to meet online, and so it has worked out fine. This was the first year having two classes of Creative Writing instead of just one. In a way, that has worked out well. We have more people writing pieces for the magazine,” Lee said.
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