About the Journal

And. A word used over 13 billion times in the English language. How common, how mysterious? Ampersand Quarterly strives to dissect the mystery of “and,” through the forces that yoke two words together & the bizarre but vital spaces between them. After all, the journal’s namesake – & itself – comes from the slurring together of “and per se and,” itself a ligature of ideas. 

Send us your most genre-bending, weird, luminous, wild-with-life works. We are looking for writers from diverse backgrounds who share our curiosity for the Ampersand & the same fearlessness to explore the conjunction of wildly contrasting concepts. 

If you want to submit a piece that, at first glance, seems to drift away from our two given words, whether with imagery or its reflective center, go for it! So long as you can convince us how your piece inhabits the liminal space between the two, your work has found a home. & yes, we look forward to reading your writing.

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Minghan Zou is a writer and poet originally from Shanghai. His writing explores themes of isolation, identity, natural wonder, and culture. His work appeared in or is forthcoming the Kenyon Review Young Writers Anthology, the Exeter Asian Magazine, Beyond Words, and Tap Into Poetry. His work is also forthcoming in the Eunoia Review, Temple Lit Mag, and The Academy of the Heart and Mind. Outside of poetry, he hosts two radio shows and listens to music.

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Alicia Medina (she/her/hers) is a junior at Phillips Exeter Academy. Her poetry and prose are a voyage through the vivid, the complex, and the incongruous, a playground for words, stories, and human connection—all rooted in her Colombian and Panamanian experiences. Her work appears in Phillips Exeter Pendulum Magazine and is forthcoming in the Euonia Review. She is also an editor of the Blueberry Magazine and Polyphony Lit Magazine. In her spare time, she enjoys reading classic love stories under the glow of an autumn sun, running amidst snow-blanketed forests, and eating sweets with her younger brother.