Submissions
MCC students, The Metropolitan accepts your submissions year round with a deadline for each year’s issue. We seek high quality writing of all types–academic and literary writing, including descriptive, narrative, expository, and persuasive works, as well as creative prose and poetry, and more! Keep in mind that you do not need to be a professional writer, artist, or photographer to submit your work here. As you polish your work, we suggest you keep readers in mind, browse selections in our archive, and talk with others about what you’ve written–you might want to consult with the Writing Center. Simultaneous submissions are allowed for the Metropolitan, and you are also allowed to submit to the Metropolitan multiple times! Know that the magazine is only 32 pages in length, and longer submissions may go online.
The 2022 General Submission deadline is extended to Wednesday, February 15, 2023
*Editors read during the Winter and selections are made in the Spring
Tuition and fees remission prizes* for the top 3 writings:
13.5 credit hours ($900.00)
9 credit hours ($600.00)
4.5 credit hours ($300.00)
Tuition and fees remission prizes* for one GED Student’s writing:
4.5 credit hours ($275.00)
Tuition and fees credit prizes for visual art:
Two $150.00 tuition and fee credits
*Tuition and fees remission must be used within a single quarter within one year of award notification*
To consider your work for publication, we need a signed consent form and an electronic copy of the submission. For visual art, see below. Submit your work by following these steps:
1. Complete the consent form
- Click HERE to fill out and submit an online consent form.
2. Prepare the electronic copy of the work
- (If you need help, visit the Writing Center or call Cindy Catherwood at 531-622-4683)
- Type your name, phone number and e-mail address in the body of your message, and send the file as a .docx attachment to metropolitan@mccneb.edu
1. Obtain a hardcopy consent form from any MCC Writing Center, or print a copy of the form, available HERE
- Complete the form and sign and date at the bottom.
Send the consent form to us by way of campus, by fax: (402) 403-1690, or mail the consent form to:
The Metropolitan
c/o Cindy Catherwood
Room 233, Connector Bldg., South Omaha Campus
Metropolitan Community College
P.O. Box 3777
2. Prepare the electronic copy of the work
- (If you need help, visit the Writing Center or call Cindy Catherwood at 531-622-4683)
- Type your name, phone number and e-mail address at the top of your work or in the body of your message, and send the file as an attachment to metropolitan@mccneb.edu
Omaha, Nebraska 68103-0777
Visual Art chosen from the Student Art Exhibition:
- Scan or digitally photograph the item at high resolution–we like TIFF or JPEG–and prepare a separate file that contains your contact information, the work’s title, and the media/medium.
- Email the files, or save them to a flash drive and mail to us. Label the drive with your name and the title of the work.
- To mail the files: Attach the flash drive copy of your work to the consent form, and send these to
The Metropolitan
c/o Cindy Catherwood
Room 233, Connector Bldg., South Omaha Campus
Metropolitan Community College
P.O. Box 3777
Omaha, Nebraska 68103-0777
The Metropolitan is published electronically and in print in the Spring. Reproduction of this magazine is permitted as long as the magazine is not sold and the entire text remains intact. Copyright © 2001-2004, the metro writer; 2005-2019, The Metropolitan. All literary and artistic works are Copyright © 2001-2019 by their respective authors and artists.
For additional information about Metropolitan Community College’s copyright policies, refer to the following website: Copyright information