Since July 2023, prose reader Rachel Gonzalez has brought her thoughtful eye and passion for storytelling to the Black Fox submissions queue. Whether she’s championing fresh voices or noting the quiet power in a well-crafted scene, Rachel approaches each piece…
Inside the Den: H. Rae Monk
At Black Fox Literary Magazine, our team is the heartbeat behind every issue—from the first story in the slush pile to the final selections on the page. In our new series, Inside the Den, we’re inviting readers behind the scenes…
A Conversation with DeAnna Beachley
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…
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…
How to Support Small Presses for Small Press Month
Did you know March is Small Press Month? If you didn’t, now you do! I am planning to support a few of my favorite presses this month by purchasing copies of their journals/published books. I thought it might be a…
2025 Winter Writing Prompts (Part 2)
The tackling of writer’s block continues even as winter winds down! We have a second batch of winter writing prompts as promised. We’ve really enjoyed posting prompts, so be on the lookout for spring prompts next. If you do end…
A Review of Lauren Kate’s What’s in A Kiss by Mary Sophie Filicetti
Lauren Kate, author of the richly envisioned, best-selling YA fantasy Fallen series, has applied her talent for world-building to What’s in a Kiss, a literary romance for adults. As in Fallen, Kate’s fast-paced plot manages tension and expectations as it…
A Review of Zack Rogow’s Hugging My Father’s Ghost by Wendy Mannis Scher
Inside a curtained photo booth, a father and his 3-year-old son—a camera flash-captures their smiles and laughter: a mini-eight portrait-souvenir of a joyful moment spent in New York’s Time Square. It’s 1955, the same year this father, 36-year-old Lee Rogow,…
2024 Pushcart Nominations
Another year, another round of Pushcart nominations! As always, narrowing this list down to six is incredibly difficult. We wish we could nominate all of our contributors. Alas, we cannot. We are proud of each and every one of you…
2024 Autumn Writing Prompts (Part 2)
We’re continuing to help banish your writer’s block this fall with a second batch of our autumn prompts! If you’ve been waiting for part two, here it is! We hope to keep posting prompts, so be on the lookout for…