The results are in! Here are the results for our Spring Fox Tales Contest with theme, Montage of Misfortunes! The Black Fox team is exhausted but thrilled to have read some outstanding work. A heartfelt thank you to all the writers who submitted their work for us to consider. Many of us are writers too and we know the contest submission trenches can be tough. We are so honored that you shared your work with us. It was a pleasure to read every submission. Congratulations to our winner, the longlisted writers, and of course, every fearless writer who sent work in!
Winner
Zelime Lewis for “Brew”
Longlist
Carla Schick for “Reasons for Surviving”
Bonnie Shao for “an airbag deploys in less than 1/20th of a second”
Emily Hoover for “Lines Composed on the Morning After You Left Me,” and “The Match We Lit”
Emillia Nunn for “Trying to Love a Tree in August”
Lynne Schmidt for “Windshield Glass”
Emily Harris for “la mia luna, before”
Morgan Rose-Marie for “He Knows: The Dog Dies in This One”
Suzette Bishop for “Sparkling Ice Plains”
Harrison Hamm for “Eulogy for the Pomegranate”
We hope our contests are a way for writers to challenge themselves and stretch their writing muscles. If you’re up for a challenge be sure to check out our contest page to see active contests. Thank you all for allowing us to read your work!
