Howl-worthy words & art from Switzerland and beyond.

The Woolf is an online magazine of new writing and visual art. Published twice a year out of Switzerland, we welcome short fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry and visual art from anywhere in the world. As long as it makes us howl.



The ultimate ranking of the world's liveliest indie literary magazines, curated by author and editor Charlie Fish. These are the passion projects; the kaleidoscopic cutting edge.

FISH List of Lively Indie Literary Magazines 2026

Publications with ultra-short stories under 400 words selected for this anthology series. The definitive collection for the microfiction form.

Lit Mags Featured in Best Microfiction Anthologies

Best Microfiction, edited by Meg Pokrass and Gary Fincke, celebrates the art of the extremely brief narrative. These publications have editorial teams with particular sensitivity to the craft.

Literary Magazines That Nominate for Best Microfiction

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Yellow plus blue. A land, a lime. Envy. Inexperience. A movement, warning and light. Green is the prompt for Issue 10. 

Green

Yellow plus blue. A land, a lime. Envy. Inexperience. A movement, warning and light. Green is the prompt for Issue 10. Send us your "greenest" visual art (up to 5 images with <150-word statement). But please, no cruelty to animals…and, come to think of it, no wolves.

Yellow plus blue. A land, a lime. Envy. Inexperience. A movement, warning and light. Green is the prompt for Issue 10. Send us your greenest flash fiction (<1000 words). But please, no cruelty to animals…and, come to think of it, no wolves.

Yellow plus blue. A land, a lime. Envy. Inexperience. A movement, warning and light. Green is the prompt for Issue 10. Send us your greenest fiction (<2000 words). But please, no cruelty to animals…and, come to think of it, no wolves.

Bury a thing, swallow a secret, keep yourself out of sight. Hunt it down, chase higher ground, try to do something right. Hide/Seek is the prompt for Issue 11. Send us your most compelling creative nonfiction (&lt;2000 words). But please, no cruelty to animals…and, come to think of it, no wolves. Be sure to visit our website to get the lowdown on the rest of the submission guidelines.

Hide and Seek

Bury a thing, swallow a secret, keep yourself out of sight. Hunt it down, chase higher ground, try to do something right. Hide/Seek is the prompt for Issue 11. Send us your most compelling flash fiction (&lt;1000 words). But please, no cruelty to animals…and, come to think of it, no wolves. Be sure to visit our website to get the lowdown on the rest of the submission guidelines.

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