Fierce Minds with Gentle Footprints

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About
Yawning Fox Press

Yawning Fox Press is a micro-press devoted to work that lives at the boundary between the human world and the more-than-human one. We publish fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and hybrid forms that attend closely to place, ecology, and the shifting terrain where wilderness and civilization meet. Our aim is to support writers who explore these thresholds with nuance, curiosity, and an eye for what is unraveling and what is still possible.

How We Read

  • VISION

    We seek writing that approaches the natural world with attentiveness, respect, and a strong sense of place.

    We seek work shaped by thoughtful inquiry and open to formal experimentation.

    We seek manuscripts that illuminate our ecological relationships and the forces shaping them.

  • APPROACH

    We read with precision, intention, and clarity of craft.

    We attend to work that resonates with our focus on the human–wild interface.

    We welcome hybrid and cross-genre forms when they meaningfully advance the work’s inquiry.

  • DISTINCTION

    We offer a clear editorial focus on literature rooted in ecological awareness.

    We cultivate an intentional publishing pace supported by close reading and long-term author care.

    We champion inventive or genre-bending work that serves the mission.

Our
North Star

We believe the stories we most need now look directly at our changing planet and ask how we might live with greater attention and humility. We are drawn to writing that listens to the land, notices what is fading, and traces the quiet exchanges between humans and the wild. This principle shapes every editorial decision we make.

The Values That Guide Our Publishing

  • Walking the Fault Lines

    We are drawn to work that moves between the feral and the familiar, dwelling in the charged spaces where wilderness brushes against civilization.

  • Unsettling Old Stories

    We seek writing that loosens the myths of human control, inviting new humility, curiosity, and ways of seeing.

  • Recovering Lost Wisdom

    We champion voices that revive ecological memory and ancestral ways of knowing—reminders of what the world has not forgotten.

  • Deep Belonging

    We nurture work that imagines more generative ways to live within, not above, the living world.

  • Speaking with the More-Than-Human

    We honor language that listens to and communes with foxes, rivers, fungi, fog—with all that lies just beyond human reach.

Meet the Team

Our Editorial Board brings literary discipline, ecological insight, and global perspective to the press. They guide our vision, uphold our standards, and help shape the long arc of Yawning Fox Press.

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Looking Toward 2027

We are building a focused, sustainable list of books that reflects our mission. Our work now centers on strengthening our editorial processes, expanding our community, and preparing for the release of our first titles in 2027. We aim to publish a small number of works each year—books we can support fully and carry into the long term.

“Walking, I am listening to a deeper way.”

— Linda Hogan