Announcing The Black Fox Writing Academy’s May workshop! Once you’ve written the novel and decide to seek representation, it can be tough knowing where to start with crafting the right materials for your submission! What goes into a compelling query letter and…
April 2024 National Poetry Month Prompts
Here at Black Fox HQ, we LOVE National Poetry Month! Every year, we try to share a few prompts to get you inspired! We could always use a little more poetry in the world, right? Below is a compilation of…
April Poetry Workshop: Poetic Forms with Heather Lang-Cassera
Join Black Fox Literary Magazine and Heather-Lang Cassera via Zoom for a 2-hr. exploration of poetic forms including the awdl gywydd, pantoum, and more. Throughout this generative writing workshop, poets will read and write in an encouraging online environment. Participants…
Issue #26 (Winter 2024) is Here!
We are so proud to present Issue #26 of Black Fox Literary Magazine! With each new issue, we aim to showcase the diverse talents and voices that make our literary community so vibrant and inspiring. As you flip through the…
Results of Our Rhapsody of Regret Prize!
We would like to sincerely thank all the writers who entered their work for consideration in our Rhapsody of Regret Prize! We recognize the tremendous amount of willpower and bravery that comes with sending your work out into the world,…
5 Questions for Mathieu Cailler
Mathieu Cailler is the author of seven books: one novel, two short story collections, two volumes of poetry, and two children’s titles. His stories, poems, and essays have appeared in over one hundred publications, including the Saturday Evening Post and the Los Angeles…
A Review of DeWitt Henry’s Restless for Words by Elizabeth Gauffreau
I found DeWitt Henry’s poetry collection Restless for Words an accessible and relatable exploration of both language and “the problems of the human heart in conflict with itself” (to quote William Faulkner). Reflection on the book as a whole engaged…
Secrets Beneath Our Skin by Suzanna C. de Baca
Winner of the Fox Tales “Art of Deception” Contest *Note: We’ve posted a screenshot of the winning poem for the sake of keeping the exact formatting. Secrets Beneath Our Skin
How to Write a Saturation Poem by Jennifer Jean
For years, I’ve been trying to write an ekphrastic poem about Gustav Klimt’s posthumous portrait Ria Munk III. I’ve tried every kind of approach to an ekphrastic that I know: describing the artwork, writing from the viewpoint of an object…
Canary: Selected Poems by Rebecca Faulkner
Winner of the Fox Tales “Music” Contest *Note: We’ve posted screenshots of the winning poems for the sake of keeping the exact formatting. Giant Steps Canary after Liz Phair Rebecca Faulkner is a London-born poet based in Brooklyn. The author…
As I Loved You by Kris Faatz
Winner of the Fox Tales “Music” Contest Dad’s guitar bites back. That’s why Grace never could play it, even when Dad tried to teach her before he left for France, so you can play for me when I come home,…
Announcing the Results of Our Fox Tales Music Contest
We had some amazing submissions for our first ever Fox Tales Contest! The theme for this contest was music. Over and over, we are amazed by all the talented writers who share their work with us. Thank you to everyone…