Can we have your attention, please? We finally have the results ready for our 2025 Winter Prize with theme, Rise or Ruin! As usual, you all have blown us away. The Black Fox team had the best time reading these submissions and we were all very impressed. We will always be so glad that you all found the courage to send your work in to us and it’s something we will never take lightly. A gigantic thank you to all the writers who submitted their fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for us to consider. Congratulations to our winner, the longlisted writers, and of course, all the submitters who took a chance on themselves. Remember: Keep writing no matter what.
Winner
Nailah Mathews for “best fiends”
Longlist
Miranda Scotti for “The Department of Lost Books”
Wendy Scher for “Bartering with the universe after my mother’s funeral”
Debbie Gilbert for “Dream Reality”
Caiti Quatmann for “columbus day”
Dorit d’Scarlett for “Brightest Flame”
Megan Trihey for “Low Bar”
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!
