Published quarterly, it featured fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction, plus an interview with a writer and book reviews.

In 2012 it was announced that Wet Ink was closing down due to financial reasons with issue 27 being their last publication.

[2] Wet Ink published: • fiction • poetry • creative non-fiction • opinion/commentary • author interviews • book reviews Works published in the magazine by established writers include those by Thomas Shapcott, Michael Wilding, Kevin Brophy, Nigel Krauth, Ken Ruthven, Ouyang Yu, Marcelle Freiman, Nicholas Jose, Tim Sinclair and Brian Edwards.

Authors interviewed included Frank Moorhouse, Susan Johnson, Gail Jones and Tim Sinclair.

The Editorial Advisory Board included Thomas Shapcott, JM Coetzee, Eva Sallis, Ioana Petrescu, Nigel Krauth and Judith Rodriguez.