The American Dissident

A Journal of Literature, Democracy & Dissidence

In the Samizdat Tradition of Writing against the Machine

Submission Guidelines
Somos satíricos porque queremos criticar abusos, porque quisiéramos contribuir con nuestras débiles fuerzas a la perfección posible de la sociedad a que tenemos la honra de pertenecer. [We're satirical because we want to criticize abuses, because we'd like to contribute with our diminutive force to the possible perfection of society, to which we belong.]
—Mariano José de Larra

Send three poems (one-page max each), an essay (1,000-word max) and/or cartoons written in English, Spanish, or French stemming preferably from PERSONAL EXPERIENCE and INVOLVEMENT (write what you know!) and possibly from CONFLICT WITH POWER, no matter how small or local. Do not be afraid to NAME NAMES, an excellent form of quality control.

DO NOT INDICATE YOUR AWARDS, TITLES, AND/OR PUBLICATIONS, but provide instead a short biography of personal dissident information, including what enabled you to neutralize indoctrination (leftist or right-wing) and when perhaps you stood apart from your friends or colleagues to “speak the rude truth.”

EMAIL SUBMISSIONS ONLY FROM SUBSCRIBERS! Include an SASE. Consider subscribing or at least purchasing an issue: Subscription $18/year (individual), $20/year (institutional), and copies $9 each. The American Dissident is not publicly funded. The National Endowment for the Arts, Massachusetts Cultural Council, and Concord Cultural Council do not offer EQUAL OPPORTUNITY for public funding to all nonprofits.

Before sending a submission, read The American Dissident FOCUS. Be critical! The American Dissident not only brooks, but encourages criticism! Sections of this very website have been altered thanks to such criticism.