The Mania Begins.

The Court Was Questioned

Every documented cultural shift has occurred after a change has come. During the Salem Witch Trials, 19 women were tragically executed under the accusations of witchcraft — a notably terrible part of American history, plaguing the barriers of religion, law, and the patriarchy. More than 200 women were prosecuted.

The hysteria only ended when more prominent, respected citizens were accused. Inducing a cultural shift where eyebrows were raised towards not the accused — but towards the persecutors. The court was questioned. The authority the court once held was diminished.

Salem Mania Follows That Shift

Salem Mania follows the height of the cultural shift. The cultural shifts of the world, across various fields, shall be documented here. Authors, writers, researchers, and thinkers will all have the opportunity to trailblaze this cultural shift.

Salem Mania is a publication for the community, by the community. We serve the culture, the people — as ordinary people are the people to make the drums of history change from cymbals to snares.

• 2.2Film, Music, Culture, Literature, Opinion, Poetry — and beyond — shall all be represented.
• 2.3No advertising. No paywalls. No institutional backing. No single editor with final authority.
• 2.4Writers retain full copyright. Publication on Salem Mania grants display rights only.
• 2.5The Salem Mania codebase is open source (MIT License). The brand is not.

The SDPRP

At Salem Mania, the work is found in the quality of articles. Each article on Salem Mania answers the question — why must this exist? All reviews follow the Standard Democratic Peer Review Process. Each piece of work is held to the same standards of quality.

The standard belongs to the community, not to any individual's taste or jurisdiction. When a piece passes, it passes because the community decided it earned its place.

• 3.1Quality of Writing — does it move? Is the prose doing real work?
• 3.2Cultural Impact — does it matter beyond the writer's own perspective?
• 3.3Why It Must Exist — could anyone else have written this?
• 3.4Relevance — does the culture need this now?
• 3.5Originality — is this a voice no one else has?

Submission ≠ Publication

Everyone who decides to submit to Salem Mania must understand: submission does not equal publication. A Salem Mania byline should be synonymous with qualified writing.

Salem Mania's ultimate goal is for the Salem Mania byline to mean something. All writing is held to the same standard. All decisions are final.

The Next Generation of Writers

Salem Mania is here to document the power writing can hold. Writing is the oldest system of information for distribution. Writers should not be disregarded — they should be held higher.

Salem Mania is here to document the next generation of writers who will lead us into the next era. When eyes are shifting away from the prosecuted and onto the prosecutors.