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Submissions are now open for the 56th edition of The Dulcimer! Fill out the Google Forms below to send us your work!

2023-2024 Literary Submissions
2023-2024 Visual Submissions

Guidelines for Submissions

  • The deadline for submissions is February 10, 2023.
  • ALL Mercer students and faculty are allowed to submit! You do NOT need to be on the staff to submit!
  • We accept submissions in English AND Spanish!
  • We only accept submissions from current Mercer University students and faculty.

*We’ll let you know via email if your work has been accepted after the deadline has passed.

Submissions We Accept Include:

  • Poetry
  • Short Stories*
  • Flash Fiction
  • Memoirs*
  • Photography
  • Paintings
  • Graphics
  • Digital Art
  • …and more!

*The word limit for literary submissions is 3,000 words.


Acceptance Rate For The Publication (2020-2021):

Verbal Submissions: 34%