While our magazine is a publication, we view our community anthologies as a program: a cohort-based storytelling platform. Below are some details on how the program works: Frequency. We will be publishing four community anthologies per year. The anthologies will publish at the end of the year, around the same time. Each anthology will showcase the work of 6-8 writers/artists. Process Timeline. Applications for EICs will open in March of the same year. TSW will select four EICs by the end of April, and the EICs will meet monthly, working in a cohort together with TSW, as they develop their call and work toward publication. The EICs will select their contributors — either via invite-only or an open call on TSW’s Submittable page — by the end of July, and will then work with their seven contributors over the course of two months. The issues will publish collectively in November-December of the same year. Anthology Topic. Each community anthology will follow the title convention of, “On ____.” For example, “On Work.” Each EIC will also develop a one- paragraph call that provides context for the topic. Each EIC will also write an “Editor’s Note” to introduce the issue when it is published. Visit any of our Community Anthologies to see examples of these items. Stipends & Budget. EICs receive $1,000 to curate their issue, and contributors receive $100 for publication. Each EIC also has a $250 stipend they can offer to a featured artist to help curate featured imagery for their anthology. Alternatively, the EIC could curate their own artwork, and keep that stipend for themselves, thus bringing their stipend to $1,250. The total budget, then, for one community anthology is therefore $1,850-2,050 ($1,000 for EIC, $100 x 6-8 for contributors, and $250 foe featured artist/EIC). EICs are welcome to raise additional funds for their issue to host events, etc., and if support is needed, TSW will act as a fiscal sponsor (we do charge a 10% fee on all funds raised). TSW Resources. TSW Director of Programs Bretty Rawson will oversee the program and work directly with the EICs from selection to curation to publication. EICs will get hands-on experience working in TSW’s editorial system, which includes using Trello, Slack, and Google Drive. TSW will also support the publication of each issue, helping EICs with design and social media awareness campaigns.