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To submit a work (the "Work"):

1. you must be the Author(s) and/or copyright holder (if different from the Author(s));
2. the Author(s) must have approved the Work for publication;
3. the Author(s) must have agreed to submit the Work to The Mercury;
4. the Work must have been completed while the Author(s) is an undergraduate;
5. the Author(s) must accept full responsibility for the content of the Work, including the reuse of copyrighted materials within the Work that fall outside the realm of Fair Use;
6. the Work must be the Author(s) original work and must not contain any libelous or unlawful statements, infringe on the rights or privacy of others, or contain material or instructions that might cause harm or injury or any individual or group;
7. the Work must not have been previously published and is not under review elsewhere pending the completion of the editorial decision process at The Mercury;

By submitting the Work, you certify that the above are true.

If The Mercury agrees to publish the Work, the author(s)/copyright holder retains ownership of the work. The author grants the Gettysburg College English Department and The Cupola a non-exclusive license to print, publish, reproduce, and/or distribute the Work in print and online, and to market the Work.

Please be aware that after an issue of The Mercury is published, individual works cannot be revised or removed. Search engines (such as Google and Google Scholar) will index work in The Mercury and your work will be findable on the open web now and in the future.

Each article submitted will undergo the Journal's editorial decision process. The Mercury is not under any obligation to publish the Work. We will send you notices at the email address associated with your account. Editors of The Mercury agree to evaluate and peer-review all submissions in a prompt manner and communicate decisions and desired revisions to the author. Administrators of The Cupola agree to fulfill any/all duties mentioned in the journal’s policies. If any part of the journal’s policies or submission agreement is found to be invalid, the remainder of the policies and submission agreement remain valid and enforced.

Any submission received after the December 31 (11:59PM) deadline may be evaluated for the following year's issue.

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