We are community-crafted.
Welcome to Well-Crafted, our behind-the-scenes bulletin, where we share all things craft and curation, events and announcements.
We’ve always said that we are only as strong as our community, and we mean it: without contributors, without readers, without audience members and supporters, we wouldn’t be who we are as an organization today. But what does it actually look like to champion art in a capitalist society? How do we make good on our ethos of community care in an industry that so often thrives on a scarcity mentality and competition?
Since we began in 2015, we’ve thought deeply on all of these issues, and though we’re always a work in progress, there are definitely a few things that we’ve gleaned over the years that we thought might be worthwhile to share. With this column, which we’re calling “Well-Crafted,“ we’ll share insight into the work that happens behind-the-scenes at TSW: why we do what we do in the way we do it. This space will also keep you up-to-date on our offerings, like upcoming (virtual) events, as well as news about our contributors and their work. This is also a space where we’ll spill some tips and tea: how to write a cover letter (that doesn’t cover up your voice), why we don’t read “blind” (and why you maybe shouldn’t either), and how to survive as a literary nonprofit in the world today. You’ll also get to see what TSW staff members are reading, watching, and listening to. Because for us, transparency is key to ensuring that we all thrive in this literary landscape that we share.
- All posts
- Announcements
- Anthologies 2023: On Permanence
- Anthologies 2023: On Rivers
- Anthologies 2023: On Tending
- Anthologies 2023: On Work
- Behind the Scenes
- Magazine: Spring Edition
- Magazine: Winter Edition
- News
- On Process
- poetry
- Resources
![Deadline extended for “On Queer Family”](https://www.theseventhwave.org/wp-content/uploads/Website-•-Feat-Image-19-300x300.png?x50507)
Submissions to "On Queer Family" have been extended to 7/28.
![Deadline extended for “On Gaming”](https://www.theseventhwave.org/wp-content/uploads/Website-•-Feat-Image-18-300x300.png?x50507)
Submissions to "On Gaming" have been extended to 7/25.
![Our 2024 Community Anthologies are open for submissions](https://www.theseventhwave.org/wp-content/uploads/Website-•-Feat-Image-17-300x300.png?x50507)
On Endings, On Queer Family, On Gaming, and On Prayer are open for submissions until 7/18.
![12 TSW writers to read for Pride Month](https://www.theseventhwave.org/wp-content/uploads/Website-•-Feat-Image-11-1-300x300.png?x50507)
In celebration of Pride Month, TSW is sharing 12 pieces written by queer-identified writers and poets published within our past…
![Who is home in publishing? (Part 1)](https://www.theseventhwave.org/wp-content/uploads/Website-•-Feat-Image-14-300x300.png?x50507)
The lights are on, the profits are coming in, but is there a conscience in the building? A three-part series.
![“On Prayer,” curated by Para Vadhahong](https://www.theseventhwave.org/wp-content/uploads/5-1-300x300.png?x50507)
To whom do you pray for nourishment and justice in the face of oppression?
![“On Gaming,” curated by dezireé a. brown](https://www.theseventhwave.org/wp-content/uploads/4-300x300.png?x50507)
How have video games helped you survive our present world and envision new ones?
![“On Queer Family,” curated by Isaiah Yonah Back-Gaal](https://www.theseventhwave.org/wp-content/uploads/3-2-300x300.png?x50507)
What are your impossible queer dreams?
![“On Endings,” curated by Xu Li](https://www.theseventhwave.org/wp-content/uploads/2-1-300x300.png?x50507)