Publications

Community Anthologies

In an era when so many literary magazines are closing their doors, we’re dedicated to building more platforms for our communities’ voices. Each year, we bring on four editors-in-chief to produce their own Community Anthologies — mini issues that showcase 6-8 writers or artists, each tethered to a topic of the editor’s choosing.

Our Anthologies

Each anthology has its own unique focus and aesthetic, curated by the editor-in-chief.

Process

We provide all the necessary tools and guidance for community members to edit their own mini-issues.

Our editors-in-chief work as a cohort, supporting each other as they curate their calls for submission, edit their contributors’ pieces, and finally, publish their individual anthologies. The process is laid out in month-long segments, with group and individual check-ins, as well as communication platforms for everyone to stay in touch between meetings. By sharing our knowledge and our resources, we are empowering the next wave of editors to dream big and learn how to curate their own mini-issues without the logistical hurdles of having to start their own publication.

Publications

“Seventh Wave’s approach to publication is truly radical in the best of ways.”

Our issues explore topics that encapsulate the most pressing social issues of our times.

The Magazine

Our Spotlights help make the act of writing more approachable, highlighting each maker’s inspiration and process.

Spotlights

“There is a different feeling to being published as part of a cohort, all writing toward the same theme.

“Whatever that feeling is — community, care, solidarity, grace — Seventh Wave, in its gestures, is holding this space, a space where our words can not only sit side by side but as part of a shared vision.”

— David Naimon, 2023 “On Rivers” Community Anthology contributor

Our contributors