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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: 2024

Complete Issue

Fiction

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Fishing
Antonio D. Giordano

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Door in the Trees
Greer E H Garver

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Blue Dome Blue Sky
Luca Espana

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Unraveling Familiarity
Katherine C. Cornet

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Just Like Jesus
Georgia Kirkendall

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Tacit, Tacet
Jacob Krebs

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Rock in the Storm
Aubrey Mandichak

Nonfiction

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Growing
Hannah Crowley

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The Lowest Point
Archer A. Castle

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Familiar Flesh
Bethany N. Shifflett

Poetry

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Memorial
Ainsley C. Green

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Moth
Noelle G. Muni

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2019
Emily O'Hara

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sunday
Aly Leia Wein

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Verses
Andrew B. Casher

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Deliverance
Archer A. Castle

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Memento Mori
Erin Scanga

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Mother
Cassidy Haines

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Who Has Stolen the Kids Away?
Julián Sánchez-Melchor

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Echo
Andrew B. Casher

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The Questioning
Beatrice Slevin-Trigo

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My Dear Autumn
Chloe E. Hanousek

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What's In A Deadname?
Theodore J. Szpakowski

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A Math Problem
Cameron M. Fleming

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To Be (Native) American
Julián Sánchez-Melchor

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The Dish-Doer
Cyndy Basil

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Mona Lisa
Emily O'Hara

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I Have To Finish That!
Ainsley C. Green

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Hematite Ring
Beatrice Slevin-Trigo

Artwork

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You Will Be Ok
Ellie Bentz

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Serenity
Diptiman Das

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Rouge's MiniWorld
Julián Sánchez-Melchor

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Anthropoid
Diptiman Das

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Reimagine Tradition
Julián Sánchez-Melchor

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Apocalyptic Skies
Luca Espana

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Decay
Diptiman Das

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In My Head
Ellie Bentz

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Mr. Macaw
Luca Espana

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Mary's Gold
Julián Sánchez-Melchor

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Agony
Luca Espana

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Philly's Girl
Luca Espana

Editors

Editors-in-Chief
Noelle Muni
Adrianna Ashcraft
Editors
Archer Castle
Laken Franchetti
Cassidy Haines
Emma Wylam
Contributing Editors
Ella Beam
Isabel Coupe
Cameron Fleming
Cassidy Haines
Chloe Hanousek
Georgia Kirkendall
Sage McHattie
Layken Ridenour
Erin Scanga
Beatrice Slevin-Trigo
Kenzie Smith
Alice van Etten