Literary Integrity
A nonprofit poetry press creating space for bold work and authentic voices.
We champion powerful voices, honor creative integrity, and create meaningful opportunities without financial barriers.
About Us
Dedicated to Artistic Integrity
Lit Fox Books is a selective nonprofit press that values bold literary work and refuses to charge submission fees.
To support low-income authors in the greater Austin area and emerging authors everywhere. In addition to publishing their books, we support poets by providing fee-free programs, including a poetry book award, a quarterly poetry series, as well as a poetry residency for Austin-area writers.
Book Collection
by Len Lawson
NEW NAMES FOR STARS
by Danielle Ryle
PHILOMEL, WHOSE REPUTATION PRECEDES HER
by Carroll Beauvais
PREVERBAL
by Kyle McCord
WHAT TO DO IN A TIME OF IMPENDING DOOM
Forthcoming titles
Our upcoming titles reflect Lit Fox Books’ commitment to preserving artistic vision while introducing powerful new voices to the literary community.
- Award-Winning Voices
- Distinct Perspectives
- Carefully Curated
Author Interviews
Insightful dialogues with today’s literary voices
Will Cordeiro is the author of the poetry collection Trap Street (Able Muse, 2021) and the fiction collection Whispering Gallery (DUMBO Press, 2024). Will is also coauthor of a rock opera, Pop Goes the Ferret (produced at Coconino Center for the Arts, 2024)
Carroll Beauvais’ poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Prairie Schooner, Mid-American Review, Wisconsin Review, Delta Poetry Review, NELLE, and elsewhere. A finalist for the Brittingham and Felix Pollack Poetry Prizes from the University of Wisconsin Press.
Get in Touch
Reach out to us for poetry series submissions, nonfiction manuscripts, potential collaborations, donation inquiries, or any general questions about Lit Fox Books, our publishing programs, and upcoming opportunities. We welcome thoughtful communication from writers, readers, and supporters who want to connect with our mission.
Danielle Ryle was fostered in floodplain and found refuge in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, writing poetry as survival. Her work has appeared in Seneca Review, Appalachian Review, and Cordella among others, as well as her chapbook Fetching My Sister.