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Yawning Fox Press

Publishing hybrid, prose, and poetic works that surprise, challenge, and delight

Submissions are open until June 15
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With ecological awareness,

Yawning Fox Press lingers on quiet paths where primal forces menace the edges of civilization and something astonishing stirs at the edges of sight.

We seek to rediscover the natural world and our place in it

We publish carefully. With soul. And a long view.

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First Book Arrives in 2027

We create books, essays, folios, and chapbooks in digital and print media.

We’re seeking writers whose voices are rooted, resonant, and a little unruly — especially those channeling the more-than-human world or recovering lost ways of knowing.

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Our Editorial Team

Led by an international editorial board of writers, artists, and dreamers, Yawning Fox Press is small by design—meticulous, deliberate, and unabashedly drunk on words.

  • A smiling woman with short red hair wearing a yellow patterned scarf and a black top.

    Jess Bowers

    Author, Editor & Educator

  • A middle-aged man with light blonde hair and a beard, wearing glasses and a red sweater, sitting indoors near a window with bright sunlight.

    Andy Hoffmann

    Founder, Elik Press

  • A woman with long brown hair, glasses, and a light-colored shirt, smiling against a blurred background of city lights at night.

    Marnie Powers-Torrey

    Book Artist & Letterpress Printer

  • Silhouette of a person's head and shoulders against a light purple background.

    David Sumner Smith

    Editor-at-Large

  • A woman with long dark hair smiling at the camera.

    Lisa Birman

    Poet, Novelist & Editor

  • Close-up of a middle-aged woman with curly brown hair, smiling gently, resting her chin on her hand, in an indoor setting with yellow decorations in the background.

    Amanda Barusch

    Managing Editor

  • Portrait of a young woman with long wavy red hair and blonde highlights, looking directly at the camera with a neutral expression. She has light skin with freckles, blue-green eyes, and is wearing a black sleeveless top.

    Sydney Trauba

    Emerging Writer

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“The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome ecstatic experience...”

— Emily Dickinson