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…
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….
Agent Alchemy Feedback Program with Literary Agent Leah Pierre is Back!
Black Fox Literary Magazine’s literary agent feedback program, Agent Alchemy, is back! Every novelist faces hurdles when shaping their manuscripts or on their road to representation. Who better to offer you craft-based insight on your pages than a literary agent? Black Fox…
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…
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…
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 1)
There will be no writer’s block on our watch this winter! We have a new batch of winter prompts as promised. We hope to keep posting prompts, so be on the lookout for part two next. If you do end…
Announcing the Black Fox 2025 Winter Prize: Rise or Ruin
Black Fox is accepting submissions for our winter writing prize. The theme for this round is “Rise or Ruin.” We are open to loose interpretations of the theme in any genre, as always. Good reputation or bad? Reputations can mold destinies,…
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…
September Class – It’s Complicated: Entry Points for Loaded Relationships with Kayla Degala-Paraíso
Announcing The Black Fox Writing Academy’s September Class! Join us for It’s Complicated: Entry Points for Loaded Relationships with Kayla Degala-Paraíso. This class will be taught via Zoom and attendees may decide to attend live or register to receive the recorded class. …
Results of Our Fairy Tale Remix Prize!
The wait if finally over! Here are the results for our Fairy Tale Remix Prize! The Black Fox team read through so many innovative submissions. A sincere thank you to all the writers who submitted their work for us to…
The Results for Our Secrets Unraveled Contest!
A heartfelt thanks to all the writers who entrusted us with their work for our Secrets Unraveled Contest! Even if your name isn’t listed on this page, please know that the team was honored to have read your work! We…