Sofawolf Press

Sofawolf Press
Leading the team in quality anthropomorphic fiction!
Author(s)	Owners: Jeff Eddy, Tim Susman
Website	http://www.sofawolf.com/ LiveJournal: http://sofawolf.livejournal.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/sofawolfpress/
Status	Active
Launch date	October 1999
End date	Ongoing
Genre	Publishing company

Logo as of 2009

Sofawolf Press is an American small press company in St. Paul, Minnesota that primarily publishes anthropomorphic fiction. They are one of the most prominent publishing houses within the furry fandom. The majority of their material is created by members of the fandom themselves, though several of their publications have received recognition from outside the fandom.

Sofawolf Press has been in business since 1999. Representatives attend a range of conventions both furry and other, including Anthrocon, Midwest FurFest, Further Confusion, RainFurrest, Rocky Mountain Fur Con, Gaylaxicon, CONvergence, and San Diego Comic-Con. They were Guests of Honor at Eurofurence 20 (2014).

Sofawolf and its publications have been presented with several awards from both furry and non-furry organizations, the 2009 Rainbow Award (Out of Position) , and several Ursa Major Awards. They have also been nominated for the 2006 Eisner Award (Digger), the 2010 WSFA Small Press Awards (New Fables) and the 2011 WWA Spur Awards (Sixes Wild).

Since late 2022, the Sofawolf Press Twitter account has been largely inactive and as of June 2024, the website has no products in stock. According to the official Sofawolf Press account on Mastodon, submissions are not being accepted while the team "figures out what the future looks like for publishing."

In 2024, Sofawolf Press launched Sofawolf Academy, a program to help writers and storytellers within the fandom hone their skills and connect with one another. Base membership is free, while additional paid levels will be introduced at a later date.

Products

The varied content published by Sofawolf Press includes periodic publications such as Anthrolations and Heat, anthologies of furry fiction (including two set on the fictional planet of New Tibet), and also full-length novels such as Kyell Gold's Volle and Out of Position series. The company also regularly anthologizes webcomics, such as Ursula Vernon's Digger, and publishes full-color graphic novels, such as those by Blotch.

Available titles

(Presented in alphabetical order.)

• Artistic Visions, series of publication, each focusing on the art of a well-known artist
• Black Iron, an Ironclaw novel by Ted MacKinnon
• Digger Volumes 1 to 8, a complete anthologized webcomic by Ursula Vernon
• Dog's Days of Summer, a graphic novel by Blotch
• Fur-Piled Volumes 1 to 5, an anthologized webcomic by Leo Magna
• Heat, a yearly adult mixed-media anthology edited by Alopex
• Hot Dish, Volume 1, anthology of novellas edited by Alopex
• I.S.O. 1 to 2, a complete anthologized webcomic by Vince Suzukawa
• New Fables, a fiction anthology series edited by Tim Susman
• Nordguard, a graphic novel series by Blotch
• Out of Position and Isolation Play, a series of modern gay romance novels by Kyell Gold
• Sixes Wild: Manifest Destiny, a straight western romance novel by Tempe O'Kun
• Sofawolf Press Fursuit Calendar 2007 and 2009
• Thousand Leaves and Seventh Chakra, a suspense series by Kevin Frane
• Volle and its sequels, a series of fantasy novels by Kyell Gold
• Waterways, a modern gay romance novel by Kyell Gold
• Why Coyotes Howl, a novel by Watts Martin
• X, an erotic anthology themed on the ten commandments, edited by Kyell Gold.

Discontinued titles

• Best in Show, edited by Fred Patten
• Game of Kings by Roz Gibson

External links

• Behind the Sofa - An interview of Jeff Eddy and Tim Susman by Phil Geusz in Anthro.
• A survey of furry story sites | Flayrah - An assessment of the current state of the furry publishing industry and the online story archives of the fandom by Watts Martin for Flayrah.