Call for Papers
We invites thinkers, strategists, creatives, and practitioners to submit written and other works that explore the role of culture in national strength, public morale, and narrative power.
This goes beyond theory. We’re building tools for storytellers, policymakers, and builders across sectors who understand that imagination is infrastructure.
What We’re Looking For
We welcome original work that is sharp, grounded, and strategically relevant—whether drawn from cultural practice, national service, creative experience, or intellectual inquiry. Ideal submissions blend clarity with conviction and offer insight into how stories shape strength.
Suggested topics include (but are not limited to):
Narrative Deterrence: How storytelling serves as soft power and strategic signal
Cinematic Statecraft: Authoritarian investments in media as instruments of control
Morale Through Story: Narrative as emotional infrastructure for free societies
Cultural Infrastructure: Platforms, pipelines, and institutions that protect creative freedom
First Amendment in Practice: Cultural freedom as a national asset, not just a legal right
Freedom to Create: How artistic risk-taking can heal division, defuse polarization, and renew shared meaning
Western Values on Screen: Dramatizing freedom, responsibility, dissent, and the pursuit of truth without didacticism
Frontier Mythmaking: Reimagining American identity through stories of space, innovation, and defense
Media Simulations & Strategic Imagination: Fiction as rehearsal space for doctrine, ethics, and national purpose
The American Narrative: How it fractured, where it’s headed, and what might reunite us
We are especially interested in work that resists easy binaries (left vs. right, optimism vs. critique) and instead makes space for stories that are pluralistic, complex, and culturally generative.
How to Submit
Complete the form below.
Accepted pieces may be published in our Quarterly Journal or featured in briefings, convenings, or other publications and outlets.
Deadline: Rolling submissions, with priority given to entries received before September 5, 2025.