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Voices That Vanish: On the Disappeared and the Silenced

The Pasticheur: Literature, Art, & Ideas   /   Deadline: 07/01/26

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Editorial Note
On 30 August, the United Nations marks the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, honoring those who have vanished and affirming the right to truth and remembrance.
This issue of The Pasticheur joins that observance by calling attention not only to those who have been forcibly taken, but also to those silenced, erased, or forgotten by power, indifference, or time.
We invite artists, writers, and thinkers to explore the condition of disappearance in all its forms: the lost body, the censored voice, the buried archive, the quiet extinction of languages, and the persistence of memory that resists being undone.
We seek work that dares to listen where silence has been imposed, that reimagines mourning as testimony, and that transforms absence into presence through creative act and ethical attention.
What We Seek
Submissions are welcome in English (works in other languages should include an English translation).
We welcome:
• Visual art and photography addressing erasure, invisibility, or resistance to forgetting.
• Literary and philosophical texts that engage with memory, trauma, and truth-telling.
• Creative nonfiction and hybrid forms that recover voices, histories, or places made to disappear.
• Short films (under thirty minutes) exploring silence, loss, or reappearance.

Fees

None

Requirements

Email submissions addressed to Jorge R. G. Sagastume (editor@the-pasticheur.com) with the subject line "Voices That Vanish – Submission."

Include a short cover letter, an author or artist bio (80–100 words), and your work.

Evaluation Criteria

Peer Evaluation

Contact Information

Jorge Sagastume
PO Box 1773
Carlisle, PA 17013

P: 7172154632
W: the-pasticheur.com
E: sagastuj@dickinson.edu