About

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 Woolf is run by a lean group of writers, artists, and lovers of writing and the arts. One of us was once called a “future destroyer” at work, like that’s a bad thing. If getting this beast out into the world counts as a form of destruction, we’re all for it.

Susan, Coeditor & Creative Director
A Swiss native and Celtic spirit with a New York family, Susan is a multilingual communications professional, business executive, and language and tech nerd with a global mindset. In true polymath style, she typically juggles a multitude of projects at any given point in time with dozens of open tabs in her mental browser. She has written, ghostwritten and edited for several publications in English, German, French and Italian. She has also been a Woolf board member since 2016 and founded Invictus, the one-off literary and arts journal.

DB, Coeditor & Creative Director
DB was a contributing editor of the previous Woolf and coeditor of Invictus. Her short fiction, essays and offbeat profiles have appeared in Fictive Dream, Litro, Stanchion Zine, Roi Fainéant, Ellipsis Zine, Bending Genres, Idle Ink, FlashFlood, Reflex Fiction, Split Lip Magazine, Offshoots, The Weeklings and NBHAP. By day, she is an independent copywriter. By night, she marvels at others’ creative genius, especially when it’s shared with The Woolf.  

Kristen, Coeditor & Creative Director
Kristen was walking down the street, silently counting her steps, when she got a call from DB insisting she (Kristen) join her (DB) in a new (renewed) creative venture. Being a terribly obedient friend, Kristen did as requested and is now part of this amazing thing called The Woolf. She is still in awe of being in such brilliant company (D.B., Susan and Roz), and is convinced she was only invited because she makes them laugh (a bit), has outlandish ideas (constantly), swears too much (often), and dons wigs during Zoom calls (sporadically). A lover of stories and those who tell them, conceptual art, 80s alternative music, driving (too fast) and spending (too many?) hours at flea markets (preferably alone).

Roz, Front Desk
If Roz had her way, she wouldn’t even be mentioned here. She handles a lot of the queries and sometimes even social media posts but tries to avoid the spotlight. Old school, really. Roz might not even be her real name. 

David, Staff Photographer (title?)
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The Woolf you’re reading was launched in 2021, but our roots go back to 2012. The original Woolf was founded by authors JJ Marsh and Libby O’Loghlin to connect the growing community of English-speaking writers and publishers in and around Zurich. The digital newsletter soon became a packed arts and culture quarterly that also hosted competitions, events and workshops. When the founders decided it was time to lay the beast to rest in 2019, a few of the more impulsive longtime contributors begged to differ. And here we are.