2022 residency - call for proposals

The Wendy’s Subway Residency Program supports a variety of projects at the intersection of literature, the arts, and publishing. This stipended residency provides artists, writers, independent publishers, and small-scale arts organizations with focused time to research, experiment, and develop creative projects, public programs, and publications over three months. Residents receive a $600 stipend as well as an additional stipend of $1,000 to produce public programs and further funds and in-kind resources to develop a publication.

Residents become key-holders at Wendy’s Subway during the course of their residency with 24/7 access to the library and workspace. Beyond this time, residents receive yearlong Supporter-level membership to Wendy’s Subway.

Residents are invited to develop projects that manifest through three key areas of Wendy’s Subway programming. These include:

*****Developing 2-3 public programs, including talks, workshops, screenings, performances, and more (in accordance with COVID-19 safety guidelines).

*****Conceiving and developing a publication with Wendy’s Subway during the residency period. Past publications have taken the form of annotated bibliographies, quick zines, edited transcripts stemming from public programs, commissioned reflections, and ephemera and research undertaken over the course of the residency. Each publication is printed in an edition of 150-300 copies and distributed by Wendy’s Subway.

*****Exhibiting a special collection of printed matter and producing creative interventions in the reading room. The collection on display is acquired by Wendy’s Subway as part of the Residency Archive.