An award-winning online journal of very short fiction -- under 1000 words.

Joined August 2009
such a good read
new new: "Holding It," by C. Landau: wigleaf.com
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new story up in wigleaf!!! ❣️
new new: "Punching in a Dream," by Amy DeBellis: wigleaf.com
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Excited to be included in the @Wigleaf Top 50! Thanks to @thecitronreview for having published this little story 🍬
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Holy smokes I made the Wigleaf Top 50! 😭💗
What’s better than the ghost of Twitter? The Wigleaf Top 50 [Very] Short Fictions 2026, edited by Andrew Porter 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
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Glad to have made the @Wigleaf top 50 list! Thank you @authorsudha @rawlitmag @DelGeo14 for giving this piece a home 🙏
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I can’t believe I have a story in the @Wigleaf Top 50! Kim told me and I thought she was mistaken, lol. Thank you so much @authorsudha and @AndrewPorter01, and to the @xraylitmag crew for publishing Strange Is The Meat wigleaf.com
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This is such a good story!
Announcing... our 2026 @MythicPicnic fiction winner! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 ➡️➡️➡️ €335 (read this if you haven't yet)
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benstarr@benjaminstarrJun 20
Two pretty perfect micros @Wigleaf
new new: Last of season! TWO MICROS, first-pubished fiction by Jenna Tyrrell 🙌 : wigleaf.com
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Wouldn't it be so nice if Hunter Biden used his new platform to support emerging writers/artists by shouting out the literary magazines that publish them? I'd love to see him post about the work in @Wigleaf @splitlipthemag @onestorymag @epiphanylit @SmokeLong etc💜
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one of the best parts of being friends with writers is when you get to share their excellent work far and wide. read Tongues right now you won't regret it
new new: "Tongues," by Julian Shen: wigleaf.com
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Some micros open into a whole new dimension when you listen to them in your head in full voice.
new new: "October," by Hana Widerman: wigleaf.com
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Short/flash fiction, CNF, other strange things under 1k words. Open until June 2! matchbooklitmag.com/guidelin… Dare you.
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Today I'm feeling cured, to read a writer this good.
new new: "Fledgling," by JoAnna Novak: wigleaf.com
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"I'm four. My brother, Chris, is about two. We kneel at the foot of the carpeted stairs, stuck inside our waiting." New CNF: "Self-Portrait with Death" by Scott Garson aka @garson_scott matchbooklitmag.com/mb/garso…
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HE DOESN’T MISS (he just gets better, folks)
new new: TWO MICROS, by Benjamin Niespodziany: wigleaf.com @neonpajamas
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Two new micros (and a postcard) on Wigleaf today! One of my very favorite journals.
new new: TWO MICROS, by Benjamin Niespodziany: wigleaf.com @neonpajamas
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Our MAY ISSUE is finally here. 🌼 WORDS by: E.P. Tuazon, @rennyxgong, Mary Liza Hartong, & Despy Boutris. ART by: Christopher Dunlap. PLUS: @CRSantantasio interviews Kate Broad. ✨️ Enjoy it all right here: buff.ly/pUBKe7b
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my tiny story posted yesterday 🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉
new new: "Collapsible," by Devika Kaul: wigleaf.com @ufo_devi
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Go read my roommate story on wigleaf! wigleaf.com
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Just like, in case you are interested: Submission open May 25 to June 2. Just sayin. matchbooklitmag.com/guidelin…
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