VCU’s Medical Literary Messenger


Call For Submissions

The Medical Literary Messenger is now accepting submissions for our first publication since our redisign and adoption of Submittable.

The Medical Literary Messenger encourages submissions from the VCU Community and from authors outside the organization. We seek original, thought-provoking, and unpublished work related to medicine, illness, and the body.

We consider simultaneous submissions, but please inform us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere. We do cannot consider any work that has appeared elsewhere on the internet or in print. MLM is run by volunteers, who are primarily medical professionals at VCU. Please extend a bit of grace when it comes to response times!

All submissions should be made electronically through Submittable. Please review our guidelines below.

https://med-lit.vcu.edu/


Submission Period
January 1, 2026 - April 1, 2026


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