Thank you for your interest in Black Fox!
Important: Please only submit to one category per submission period, unless you are submitting blog posts, artwork, work to a BF contest, or applying for a feedback program.
We are closed to general free submissions and will open free submissions again on January 1, 2025. Paid services/categories, blog posts, contests, and art will remain open during our closed periods. We will consider those specified submissions for the current issue. In the event that an issue becomes full, we will roll accepted pieces to the following issue. If you find that you are not able to submit for free during our open period, that means we have reached our submission limit for the month.
Black Fox Literary Magazine is a print and online biannual publication featuring quality fiction of all styles and genres, poetry, nonfiction, art, and photography. Our Summer issue is published at the end of July, and the Winter issue is published at the end of January.
Summer Issue Submission Period: January 1, 2025—May 31, 2025.
Winter Issue Submission Period: July 1, 2025—November 30, 2025.
Please view our submission guidelines underneath the "Submit" section of our website before submitting your work. Reminder: submit in only ONE category per period (with the exception of art, blog posts, and paid subs). Please DO NOT submit work before it's ready. Take your time and polish your work to the best of your ability before sending it in. No changes can be made to your submission after we receive it.
Accepted contributors for our issues are paid $20 each.
Our current issue can be found here. Print copies can be ordered through The Black Fox Shop.
A response time of 2 weeks is guaranteed. Please make sure your manuscript is double-spaced with 12 point Times New Roman font. Fiction submissions should be no more than 5,000 words. Poetry submissions should be no more than 3 poems (poetry does not need to be double-spaced). Author's name, and page number should appear in the top right-hand corner of every page. Please visit our submission guidelines underneath the "Submit" section of our website for more details.
This category is for consideration in our print issue. Accepted contributors to our issues are paid $20 each.
Please DO NOT submit work that isn't ready. Take your time and polish your work to the best of your ability before sending it in. No changes can be made to your submission after we receive it.
A response time of 4 weeks is guaranteed. Please make sure your manuscript is double-spaced with 12 point Times New Roman font. Fiction submissions should be no more than 5,000 words. Poetry submissions should be no more than 3 poems (poetry does not need to be double-spaced). Author's name, and page number should appear in the top right-hand corner of every page. Please visit our submission guidelines underneath the "Submit" section of our website for more details.
This category is for consideration in our print issue. Accepted contributors to our issues are paid $20 each.
Please DO NOT submit work that isn't ready. Take your time and polish your work to the best of your ability before sending it in. No changes can be made to your submission after we receive it.
Donations help us with administration costs and with paying contributors. We are also hoping to make it to AWP each year, and donations can help with this. You may submit fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and blog posts to this category. Donations cannot be refunded. This is entirely optional and writers can still submit their work at no cost. Thank you for continuing to support Black Fox.
Make sure to read our submission guidelines before submitting. We expect a clean copy formatted with 12 pt Times New Roman font. Fiction and nonfiction should be double-spaced. Please DO NOT submit work that isn't ready. Take your time and polish your work to the best of your ability before sending it in. No changes can be made to your submission after we receive it.
This category is for consideration in our print issue. Accepted contributors to our issues are paid $20 each.
Receive editorial feedback (in the form of a letter) on your prose or poetry from one of our editors. Our goal is to help you better understand your writing by providing suggestions for how to strengthen your work.
- Please make sure your manuscript is double-spaced with 12-point Times New Roman font. Spacing guidelines are flexible for poetry.
- Fiction submissions should be no more than 5,000 words.
- Poetry submissions should contain no more than three poems.
- Author's name and page number should appear in the top right hand corner of every page.
- Please review our submission guidelines underneath the "Submit" Section of our website for more details.
*Please note that submission fees are nonrefundable.
We are looking for artwork to be featured on the covers of our issues. Please send your best artwork, including drawings, photographs etc. Please do not send more than five pieces of art at a time. If submitting multiple pieces, we prefer images to be in one document. Review previous covers to get a feel for our tastes. Artists are paid $30 for cover art.
The Black Fox blog is always looking for contributors. We are particularly interested in articles on the craft of writing, book reviews, book news, and publishing news. If it's writing, book, or publishing-related then this is the place for it. If we like your article, we'll publish it on our blog.
Blog posts should meet our general submission guidelines and be 1500 words or less. Please DO NOT submit work that isn't ready. Take your time and polish your work to the best of your ability before sending it in. No changes can be made to your submission after we receive it.
Black Fox Literary Magazine is on the hunt for a few good readers! Readers can expect to spend 4-5 hours per week on submissions. More specifically, we assign 10 submissions per week to prose readers and 15 submissions per week to poetry readers. Our reading team positions are voluntary at this time. Black Fox readers are sometimes invited to select classes through the Black Fox Writing Academy or our sister company, Writer’s Atelier.
Black Fox readers are responsible for reading submissions in their entirety, analyzing them from a craft standpoint, and assessing if they’re a good fit for Black Fox. We place much trust in our readers, as they essentially make recommendations to our editors for publication.
A few notes: Readers from historically marginalized communities are strongly encouraged to apply. Please also note that readers cannot have submissions under consideration while reading for Black Fox. If you have a submission under consideration, please withdraw it or wait until a later date to apply.
Potential readers should fill out our application and attach a resume/CV, cover letter, and a writing sample, preferably in the same category you wish to read. We will close applications once positions have been filled.
Thank you so much for considering Black Fox as a magazine worthy of your time. We can’t wait to hear from you!