The Greatest Literary Project of All Time

We are looking for creative work, but only good creative work. Give us God, give us god, give us man, give us people & make us laugh. If you can make us cry, do so, if you want to lament loss of pets & family, do not. We enjoy smiling & the bizarre sensation of the rabble-rouse. We want to feel, & we want to want, & we don't want Cheap Trick jokes inserted here, unless they are awesome. We are strict & unbiased; we value aesthetic above morality; we want to read a good piece as much as our readers, so write one before submitting. Potential publishees may find it helpful to peruse a copy. For the paltry sum of $10 (which is, actually, only two cups of Starbuck's espresso drinks and a pack of cigarettes), an example of the fine work accepted by our genius editorial staff can be purchased here.

We read submissions all week, with open minds & eager taste. We will be prompt in responding with the disposition of your piece, but give us a couple months of procrastination time and a lunch buffer.

Rejection should not be taken personally, only because we don't know you, & therefore cannot judge you personally. Get to know us before submitting if you wish to take rejection as personal bias.

The (&) does not enjoy fluffy and cute. Unless it is kittens. Do not send us kittens.
Also do not send material espousing or attempting to confirm your particular spiritual beliefs. The (&) holds all religions in equal contempt.

You will not be paid, because we are not paid. We have little funding, & we promise we are poorer than you. Do not compete with our poverty. We will take this personally.

Bribery in the form of beer is acceptable, & bribery in the form of coffee is encouraged

Fiction submissions should be lined up in single file, like frightened little children awaiting the lap of Santa Clause, attached in a .doc file or other widely readable format. Fiction submissions should have no discernible genre. While the fiction editor enjoys writing that plays with form and conventions, it is widely known that each time a vampire story is written, somewhere an orphan dies.

Poetry can be sent in bouquets of up to five, attached or in the body of an e-mail. As always, aesthetic trumps subject matter. Poetry is probably not the proper venue through which to vent your frustration over the loss of your latest relationship or anger at the opposite sex. For every nature poem received, the poetry editor wil refuse to recycle something.

Nonfiction submissions should not be terrible.

The (&) is always open for submissions of cover art, so long as the piece is some representation of the (&) character. Be imaginative, be creative. Surprise us.

Send your submission to

ampersandsubmit@gmail.com

with genre and word count in the subject line.

Submissions sent to the editor's email will be dispatched, execution style, with one merciless "delete" to the forehead. Next of kin will not be notified.

Ampersand Books does not accept unsolicited manuscripts. If you would like to be considered, submit a sample first to the Review and hint, delicately if you can, that there is a manuscript afloat and, further, that there may be beer involved.

The (&) claims First North American Serial rights. We generally do not republish material, unless it is awesome. Online publication is fine, blogs are fine, little bitty college-oriented literary reviews nobody reads are fine. All rights revert to the author upon publication, but The (&) reserves the right to publish content online, in future anthologies, and for inscriptions on monuments when domination of the world is achieved.