In this edition of Inside the Den, we’re pleased to spotlight Cassandra Brown, who joined the Black Fox team in May 2024. An avid reader, poet, and literary scholar, Cassandra brings both creative sensitivity and analytical precision to the submissions…
Results of Our Feast Prize (Summer 2025)!
We hope it was worth the wait! The results are in for our 2025 Summer Fox Tales Prize with theme, Feast! We were hoping to read submissions that would make us hungry and submitters didn’t disappoint! We were in complete…
Inside the Den: Cee Pugsley
For this edition of Inside the Den, we’re thrilled to celebrate two years with Cee Pugsley, one of our most trusted fiction readers. Cee brings a remarkable level of insight and consistency to the fiction queue, offering thoughtful, incisive feedback…
2025 Pushcart Nominations
It’s hard to believe that it’s time for another round of Pushcart nominations! As always, narrowing this list down to six continues to be a challenge for us. We are proud of every single contributor, however, we can only select…
Results of Our Mixed Messages Prize (Spring 2025)!
We know you’ve been waiting and the time has finally come! The results are in for our 2025 Spring Fox Tales Prize with theme, Mixed Messages! As usual, you all exceeded our expectations. The Black Fox team enjoyed the interesting…
The Tyranny of the Blank Document: How to Escape It by Gargi Mehra
In almost every movie or show featuring writers, you’ll see it—that one scene with the awkward pause as their fingers hover over the keyboard. A cursor ominously blinks onscreen, its on-and-off motion magnifying the intense whiteness of the blank page….