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The number of issues of Ampersand per year depends on participation by Star Trek fan artists and writers. It is likely the number will be from 2-4.

Issue 3 will probably be online around February/March 2007. Watch the home page for news updates.

Acceptable submissions can be:

• Art - traditional or digital media, including photomanipulations
• Stories - any length, including drabbles (100 word fics), vignettes, short stories, novellas and novels
• Poetry
• Filks
• Essays - possible topics include observations on the Star Trek characters and their relationships (bear in mind that this is a friendship/platonic relationship/character focussed zine), personal experiences of fan fiction reading/writing. Check with the for topic suitability.

If you wish to submit an item that you think does not fit into one of the above categories, or you are unsure of the eligibility of your work, the editor.

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All submissions will be accepted at allthatiam (at) gmail.com. Email subject headers should indicate that it is an Ampersand submission and what type of work it is.

• Submissions must be rated from G to PG-13. Higher rated pieces (e.g. for violence or other mature situations) will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

• The focus of Ampersand is on the characters and/or their friendships. Every story should depict either a friendship, or a character study of some kind. In either case, stories should involve one or more of the regular seven Star Trek characters [Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scott, Uhura, Sulu, Chekov] in a main character role.

• The main relationship in stories must be a platonic one. No explicit sexual situations will be accepted, although background romantic relationships can be implied. Ask if you aren't sure. The intention is to keep this zine as "gen" as possible; there are other places for stories of the romantic variety.

• Art can be in either .jpg or .gif format, and preferably no more than 200Kb in size. If you have something larger (e.g. a wallpaper) email the editor.

• Written work can be submitted in .doc, .txt, .rtf, or email format. Please include the following information at the top of your story:

TITLE:
AUTHOR:
RATING: (G-PG-13)
CHARACTERS: (include the coding for character friendship, e.g. K&S)
GENRE: (story/poem/filk/drabble - you can also state whether it's humour/angst/hurt-comfort etc.)
SUMMARY: A sentence or two about your fic.
DISCLAIMER: You don't own Star Trek. Confess here.
OTHER Any other information such as author notes, acknowledgement of beta readers.

If you are unsure how to properly code your story, feel free to ask.
Some common character codes are: K (Kirk), S (Spock), Mc (McCoy), Sc (Scott), U (Uhura), Su (Sulu), C (Chekov), Ch (Chapel).

• All written work should be checked for spelling and other errors. Having someone else read over your work (i.e. a beta reader) is a good idea.

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• Submissions to Ampersand can not have been published previously on the internet.

• Items that are accepted can not be published elsewhere for 2 months from their appearance in Ampersand. After the 2 month exclusivity period, the author/artist is free to publish their work in other places.

The submission rules are subject to change without notice at any time. Please check this page before submitting art or written work to Ampersand.

Changes to the submission rules, the submission and publishing dates and any other relevant information will be available on this site.

If you have any questions about anything on this page, feel free to me.