Deadline extended for “On Queer Family”
Submissions to "On Queer Family" have been extended to 7/28.
Deadline extended for “On Gaming”
Submissions to "On Gaming" have been extended to 7/25.
Our 2024 Community Anthologies are open for submissions
On Endings, On Queer Family, On Gaming, and On Prayer are open for submissions until 7/18.
“On Prayer,” curated by Para Vadhahong
To whom do you pray for nourishment and justice in the face of oppression?
“On Gaming,” curated by dezireé a. brown
How have video games helped you survive our present world and envision new ones?
“On Queer Family,” curated by Isaiah Yonah Back-Gaal
What are your impossible queer dreams?
“On Endings,” curated by Xu Li
What are the different gestures an ending can hold?
Introducing our 2024 Editors-in-Chief
Xu Li, Isaiah Yonah Back-Gaal, dezireé a. brown, and Para Vadhahong
Issue 17: The Cost of Waiting is here
We’re excited to introduce 16 new voices to the TSW community. The beginning of a new season marks the arrival of many things long-awaited. Graduations, arrivals, departures, and quietude. Get-togethers, travel plans, verdicts, and new commitments made. It’s a moment ripe for change and movement, which is why we’re so thrilled to — at long last — share the work of our 16 contributors for Issue 17: The Cost of Waiting. And, as the saying goes, this was well worth the wait. Within this issue, you’ll read about one contributor’s experience waiting in the liminal space of government bureaucracy; simmer on poems about climate change and grief and the loud…
A huge thank you to our editorial team
Our editorial team has been working closely with our Issue 17 contributors to bring their pieces to life. At the Seventh Wave, our annual magazine is at the heart of everything we do, which means our editorial team is the heartbeat that keeps it thrumming. Beginning in 2020, we expanded our team from a core group of three to a larger team of 12; since then, we’ve brought on numerous past contributors to serve as editors for the magazine, a tradition that we see as a way for writers and artists to keep paying it forward. For Issue 17: The Cost of Waiting, we enlisted the help of our brilliant…