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…
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…
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,…
Results of Our Portraits of Failure Contest (Summer Fox Tales)!
Annnnd it’s official! The results are here for our Summer Fox Tales Contest with theme, Portraits of Failure! The Black Fox team is ready for a much needed winter break, but we’re thrilled to have read some stellar work. A…
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,…