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The Mercury: The Student Art & Literary Magazine of Gettysburg College began in 1893 and is currently published annually in both physical and digital form. All Gettysburg College students are invited to participate and submit their work. Student editors are elected annually by the entire staff. Submissions will open October 1, with a deadline of January 2 for the 2024 edition. Submissions are reviewed and chosen anonymously by the staff. The magazine is published in April.

The Mercury accepts submissions of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, artwork, and photography. See the Submission Guidelines to answer your questions about how to submit your work.

Current Year: 2023

Complete Issue

Fiction

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Creepy Crawlies
Georgia K. Kirkendall

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Not One to Blame
Beatrice Slevin-Trigo

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Where We Parted
Katherine C. Cornet

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Stardust
Georgia Kirkendall

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Watched
Natalie M. Dolan

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A Slice
Aiden Ludka

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Animal Planet
Emily O'Hara

Nonfiction

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My Longest Friend
Mikelyn G. Britt

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The Market
Kelly Smolik

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Calloused
Hannah Crowley

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Codes of Dress and Stress
Theodore J. Szpakowski

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Craft Elements
Emily C. O'Hara

Poetry

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Letter from Campus
Beatrice Slevin-Trigo

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Fairy House
Hannah Crowley

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Great Tree
Andrew B. Casher

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The Dreamer
Mikelyn G. Britt

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how I love
Marisa Conners

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#weightlossjourney
Mikelyn G. Britt

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The Sword
Xiao-Yu Chen

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Eréndira
Julián Sánchez-Melchor

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Lycidas Hath Fallen
Rory J. Wainwright

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Paranormal Activity
Aly Leia Wein

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Sun
Hannah Crowley

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Think of Me
Beatrice Slevin-Trigo

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Starved
Aly Leia Wein

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abroad
Aly Leia Wein

Artwork

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My Mexican Heart Unravels
Julián Sánchez-Melchor

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Series
Lauren A. Chu

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Brooklyn Bridge at Night
Christopher Pareja Garcia

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Hudson Yards (2020)
Christopher Pareja Garcia

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Hazel Eyes
Luca Espana

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Requiem (Still Life)
Emma L. Wylam

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Seaside
Luca Espana

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Eye Study
Hannah N. Preble

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Gentle Giant
Luca Espana

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Study of Rembrandt
Hannah N. Preble

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Sunlight in Florence
Hannah Rinehart

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Godly
Luca Espana

Editors

Editors-on-Chief
Noelle Muni
Hannah Rinehart
Editors
Adrianna Ashcraft
Archer Castle
Lauren A. Chu
Laken Franchetti
Aly Leia Wein