Digital Residencies

Our digital residencies are meant for the writer or artist who is interested in process rather than publication.  It doesn’t matter where you are in your arc as a writer (or artist) today — whether you are newly dipping your toe into poetry or have several short story collections under your belt — so long as you are curious to expand upon your literary tool kit, and to be an active participant throughout the program. As this is a digital residency, we also highly encourage folks from outside the US to apply.

One thing to note is that The Cohort is currently only open to Seventh Wave alum, meaning that you had to have been previously published with us or gone through one of our other digital residency programs in order to partake. If you have any questions regarding eligibility for The Cohort, please reach out to us at residency@seventhwavemag.com.

Narrative Shifts costs $895 per resident, which is roughly $125 per session, plus the final bonus session, which is technically an eighth session. For each cohort, there will be two fully-funded scholarship seats. We also offer some additional financial aid, but this depends upon the number of requests and the size of our scholarship fund at that time. Payment plans are available.

The Workshop costs $450, or about $90 per session, plus an optional one-on-one with your facilitator. There is limited financial aid available for this program, but payment plans are always offered for any participating resident to help offset costs.

The Cohort costs $295, or about $25 per session. There is no financial aid available for this program, but limited payment plans are available to help offset costs.

For Narrative Shifts, each cohort consists of 12-16 residents, with two Seventh Wave facilitators always in the room. We currently run three concurrent cohorts for each intake. There is one intake in the spring and one in the fall.

For The Workshop, there are 7 residents per cohort, each led by a single Seventh Wave facilitator, with several concurrent cohorts for each intake. The number of cohorts will vary each year. This program runs in the summer.

For The Cohort, there are 6-8 residents per cohort, each led by a single Seventh Wave guide who will help kick off and close out each session. There are three date/time options for each intake, with the possibility of multiple cohorts running during a given time slot. This program takes place at the start of each calendar year in the winter, from January through April.

In addition to the weekly sessions, each digital residency also includes a number of great resources to help bolster your experience. For both Narrative Shifts and The Workshop, there are optional one-on-one sessions with your facilitator, during which time you could chat about a specific piece or project, or just your creative process  at large. Narrative Shifts features a bonus session, where we bring in an established author of the cohort’s choosing for a casual conversation and craft talk, as well as an optional feature on our Spotlights column.

Each residency comes with resource packets and/or guides for you to return to after the program’s end, and anyone who goes through one of our digital residency programs is also then eligible to apply for an in-person residency in the future.