Ambit was started in in London in 1959 by Dr. Martin Bax and it continues to be a 96 page, perfect bound, quartetly of the best new poems, stories and pictures.
We print emerging writers alongside the most recent or more experimental work of established writers - our alumni ranges in fiction from William Burroughs to Jonathan Lethem and in poetry from Fleur Adcock to Peter Porter and Judy Brown. 
The late J G Ballard, whose condensed novels first appeared in Ambit in the 1960s, was our fiction editor for many years and Carol Ann Duffy cast her eyes over the poetry for a time.
Eduardo Paolozzi and David Hockney had their art published in Ambit during the formative periods of their careers and pictures still keep coming from Ralph Steadman, Posy Simmonds and Sir Peter Blake.
We do not publish criticism, essays, articles or long reviews because we like to give as much space as possible to the work itself, leaving you to make up your mind about what you like and what you don't. Ambit is never dull, and always gets a reaction; as Carol Ann Duffy says, 'Ambit continues to surprise, exasperate and delight.'
Ambit is, and has been, such an integral part of the arts scene that our back issues have become collector's items. We hope you enjoy browsing the Ambit archives on this Poetry Library website. If you're tempted to subscribe, details follow. If, having got a feel for the style of the magazine, you'd like to submit material for publication, please see our author's guidelines below.
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