A resident of the West for most of her adult life, DeAnna Beachley has grown to love the Mojave Desert and the Colorado River Basin. She is a bird watcher, hiker, teacher, historian, poet, and essayist. Her poetry and essays have appeared in Red Rock Review, Sandstone & Silver, The Nature of Our…
Kadupul Flower: Kimberly Vargas Agnese on Poetry, Poverty, and Environmental Justice
Kadupul Flower by poet Kimberly Vargas Agnese will be released in October 2025, published by Green Writers Press. Agnese is an accomplished Chicana poet whose work has been featured in publications such as Anacua Literary Arts Journal, The Seventh Wave,…
Pocketful of Words by Pamela S. Nolf
“Have you a few moments?” my mom asked on the phone. “Sure, what’s up?” “My phone is telling me ‘nearby device scanning.’ Is that something I should be worried about?” “Probably, let me do some research online. Hmm, you need…
May Class – Distillation and Transplantation: A Guide to Processing Trauma through Fiction
Announcing The Black Fox Writing Academy’s May Class! Join us for Distillation and Transplantation: A Guide to Processing Trauma through Fiction with Mary Shaver. This class will be held live via Zoom and will NOT be recorded. Class Description: Writing about trauma…
2025 National Poetry Month Prompts
Happy National Poetry Month! We couldn’t end the month without leaving you with a few prompts. The wonderful thing is that you can use these prompts for inspiration beyond National Poetry Month—and you can even use them to write in…
Results of Our Fragments of Time Prize (Fall 2024)!
Attention, everyone! The results are here for our Fall Prize with theme, Fragments of Time! The Black Fox team was so happy to read all your incredible submissions. It takes a lot of guts to send your work out for…