Rightardia @rightardia.bsky.social Retired AF intelligence officer (Mustang)
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Sonya Gildea @sonyagildea.bsky.social John McGahern Literature Award | DLR Emerging Writer In Residence 2024 | Poetry Ireland Introductions | Cúirt New Writing Fiction Award | Art Council Literature Bursary Award |
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Chris Emery @chrisemery.me Poet. Five collections from Arc and Salt, most recently Wonder (2025). Manchester-born, Irish citizen, living in Cromer. I publish other people’s books at Salt. Newsletter: chrisemery.me
Alas Furihata アラ降旗 @junfurihata.bsky.social Poems translated from Japanese by AI. Trial.
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Janey N @janenash.bsky.social Short story writer and poet -author of the Paynes Grey Detective Series. Ex-Clinical hypnotherapist, psychotherapist, teacher. BLOG:- mahjongmania.substack.com #Bp1 #author #poet #hypnotherapist #psychotherapist #blueheelerowner
Paul E Nelson @ryukanski.bsky.social Poet/interviewer Paul E. Nelson, son of a labor activist father & Cuban immigrant mother. Born on Chicago’s west side in 1961, he founded the Cascadia Poetics LAB & the Cascadia Poetry Festival. https://paulenelson.com https://cascadiapoeticslab.org
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Sandy McIntosh @sandymcintosh.bsky.social Author of twelve volumes of poetry, a Chinese cookbook, and three computer software programs.
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Tristan Moss @tristan-moss.bsky.social Poetry, Art, Politics and Pedagogy
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Jon Doble @jon26.bsky.social Cornwall based and lover of poetry. Two volumes so far: “Caged Birds & Spirit Levels” 2022 and “My name is …. (displaced poems for invisible people)” 2023. Available on Amazon.
Sherri Martin @livewonderstruck.bsky.social Poet. Finding light in unexpected places — especially dark ones. Southern NJ.
NW Hicks @nwhicks.bsky.social More beard than human. Just another poet trying to find his way.
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thelonghand @thelonghand.bsky.social Screenwriter. Poet. Professor.
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Any Pascual | indie author & poet @anyespiritual.bsky.social My new book “Verses till midnight” out now!
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Betty Stanton @fadingbetty.bsky.social EdD, MFA, poet, author, speech & debate coach, director, teacher, editor, rpg nerd, game designer, bad at social media, located in Oklahoma
@gaylourdes.bsky.social @gaylourdes.bsky.social A sweet romantic with too many ideas. Insides on the outside. And sci fi! Words and languages! They/them
Richard Jordan @rich-jordan.bsky.social Poet, mathematician. Poems published or forthcoming in Southern Poetry Review, Rattle (Rattle Prize Finalist), Gargoyle, Tar River Poetry, Rust & Moth, New York Quarterly, Valparaiso Poetry Review, Sho Poetry Journal. Assoc. Editor @ Thimble Lit.
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Summer 2026 issue out now!
𝑬𝒍𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑹𝒂𝒅𝒕𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒓 @tarot-secrets.bsky.social 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨, 𝐈'𝐦 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐞. German-English author, writer, painter & artist. Born in the late '50s.
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Kashawn Taylor @kashawntaylor.bsky.social Writer. Teacher. Student.
Prison Journalism Project.
Gotham Writers Workshop.
book: subhuman. out now.
Robert Burns Poetry Bot @robertburnsbot.bsky.social A delightful bot sharing snippets of Rabbie’s classic works. Poems of romance and radical liberalism.
Hayden Scott @haydenascott.com Liberal and friendly writer from London who decided it would be fun to explore the world for a bit. If not teaching you'll find me reading, travelling, writing, and wandering around imaginary worlds from my book - in my head, obviously.
Carlos Po @helpimteaching.bsky.social Horror writer and science podcaster. Mainly I talk biology but subject to change!
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J. D. Nelson @madverse.bsky.social poet
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Sarah Nour @sarahnour.bsky.social 🇱🇧 It's pronounced SAHR-uh (she/her)
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Angela Joynes @angelajoynes.bsky.social She/her Short Fiction writer, 🇨🇦 in TN. Pub in ILANOT REVIEW, WEST TRESTLE REVIEW, FICTIVE DREAM,SUSURRUS, SOUTH 85+. BA,MD, Certificate Creative ✍️, Nom Pushcart, Best Microfiction, Best Small Fictions
In Three Poems @inthreepoems.bsky.social Each episode is a conversation in three poems with a different guest poet, examining how poems connect us and how they communicate with each other.
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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social Story Teller, Word Juggler, all round good egg,
Poet from the North of England.
ADHD, cPTSD, LGBTQ+ Ally (I'm sure I have more letters)
Anti Fascist, quite left wing
Part of the #PoetsOfDoom collective
Pippa @pippaesque.bsky.social Prune Juice Editor. I write short things and long things. Zines, poems, art. I like birds.
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Bryan Borland @bryanborland.bsky.social Poet / Writer / Publisher of Sibling Rivalry Press / Very Gay / 🦁 / Latest Books: Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry Finalist Brotherful & Listen, Kid: Selected & New Poems 2010-2026 / Editor of Assaracus: A Journal of Gay & Queer Poetry
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Alien Buddha Press @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social Alien Buddha Press has been publishing emerging writers and artists since 2017. Open for submissions at abuddhapress@yahoo.com
Hannah Flynn @hannahflynn-poetry.bsky.social 🩷💜💙 Poet | 🧬 Science Editor
Liminal bodies
Political as personal
Victoria Spires @victoriaspires.bsky.social linktr.ee/victoriaspires
BotN, Pushcart & Forward nominated. Shortlisted/commended in various comps: Winner Alpine Fellowship Poetry Prize
Finalist Mslexia Women's Comp
Rube Goldberg Machine out with Shadow and Sax.
Robert Pegel @bobopegs.bsky.social Husband and father. Poet and dreamer. Debut poetry chapbook available now from Bottlecap Press.
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Patricia Falvey @patriciafalvey.bsky.social 🇮🇪🇺🇸Bestselling author of five Irish historical fiction books. Born in Ireland, living in Dallas. CPA. Former Managing Director @PwC. My latest book 🇮🇪🇦🇺The Famine Orphans available wherever books are sold. Get your copy today! https://linktr.ee/patriciafalvey
Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social Poet, New York Times bestselling author of Paleolithic Era novels, nonfiction writer, award-winning screenwriter.
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Daryl Farmer @darylfarmer.bsky.social Writer, poet, bicyclist. Gentle spirit, but capable occasional mayhem. Author of BICYCLNG BEYOND THE DIVIDE and WHERE WE LAND. Creative writing Prof at U of Alaska Fairbanks.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
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Elizabeth Osmond @bethosmond.bsky.social Poet and Neonatologist.
Debut pamphlet “Hatchery” published with V. Press - you can buy hatchery here https://vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/hatchery.html?m=1
https://linktr.ee/elizabeth.osmond
MrDeek @joedecam.bsky.social Visual Artist, set designer, teacher, poet, soccer player/fan
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Peter Kaczmarczyk @pkaczmar.bsky.social Poet. Author of More Than a Whisper and several chapbooks. #Vinyl lover. Library Cataloger. Co-creator of the Captain Janeway Statue. Unpaid Cat Herder https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSJLQ8DF?ref #vss365 #writingcommunity #poetry
Eleanor Holmes | Eliot North @eleanorholmes.bsky.social Previously @eliot_north on Twitter/X. ND mum-doctor-writer of poetry & prose. Living in Valencian Country, working as NHS GP Weston-super-mare.
#Moth Hybrid Mini-Book Ethel Zine - second edition 🚀 July 2026
Pubs below 👇
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Craig Beaven @craigbeaven.bsky.social 4 books of poetry, most recently In Arcadia (Rane Arroyo Chapbook Series) and Teaching the Baby to Say I Love You (Anhinga Press Poetry Prize.) Poems in Pleiades, Tin House, Hollins Critic, Western Humanities Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, etc. PhD Houston
Steve McOrmond @stevemcormond.bsky.social Author of four books of poetry, most recently Reckon (2018). New chapbook with Baseline Press: https://www.baselinepress.ca/#/jacaranda-trees-mexico-city-steve-mcormond-2025
Mike Piero 🏳️🌈 @mikepiero.org Writer. Novelist. Poet. Game Studies Scholar. Writing in J Journal, Midway Journal, Rain Taxi, Moveable Type, Impost, Sandy River Review, & Trash Cat Lit. *Views are my own.* Monarch and Best Small Fictions noms. More at www.mikepiero.org. He/Him. Bi. 🩷💜💙
Medha Singh @medhawrites.bsky.social Poet, editor and translator. Edinburgh. SciencesPo, UoE / TEDx / New Writer Awardee ‘23 (Scottish Book Trust). www.medhawrites.com
Jasmine Elmer @jasmineelmer.bsky.social 📖 Author | Goddess with a Thousand Faces & Slay (2026)
🌙 Myth, history, magic & the feminine reimagined
🔥 Feminist rants likely
Creative Writing at NEIU @neiu-cw.bsky.social Home of Northeastern Illinois University’s Creative Writing Minor, The 82 Reading Series, and more!
https://www.neiu.edu/academics/colleges-departments/arts-and-sciences/departments/english/student-groups-and-honor-society/82-writers-reading
Lauren Stoolfire @sunsoar25.bsky.social Librarian, Reader, Book Blogger, Postcrosser, Geek, Cat Lover, INTJ, Leo, She/Her
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Megan Savage @meganloverdesavage.bsky.social Writer, Community College Faculty, Fig Companion, Carolyn Moore Writers House Residency, PDX OR
Work in The Rumpus, Tahoma Literary Review, Sixth Finch, Portland Review, Subtropics, etc.
Called: “Story Witch,” “Pure Light in Human Form”
Kirsten Arcadio @kharcadio.bsky.social 📚 Reader and writer of speculative fiction and psychological thrillers.
✍️ PhD graduate of creative writing.
🏫 Digital Marketer at Morley College London.
📖 Currently querying my new speculative thriller.
Garrett Carr @garrettcarr.bsky.social The Boy From the Sea is out now and translated into over a dozen languages. “Full of lightly worn wisdom and wit. It is a joy" – Sunday Times. www.garrettcarr.net
White Winged Doves: A Stevie Nicks Poetry Anthology @whitewingeddoves.bsky.social White Winged Doves: A Stevie Nicks Poetry Anthology, co-edited by Collin Kelley and Megan Volpert, is forthcoming from Madville Publishing in May 2026. Preorder: https://madvillepublishing.com/product/white-winged-doves/
Kim Whysall-Hammond @kimwhysallhammond.bsky.social Poet, scientist, artist. Lifelong Science Fiction fan. SFPA. My debut pamphlet ‘Messages from the Road’ is available from Palewell Press. https://palewellpress.co.uk/bookstore/lost-wellbeing/mftr/
Cruz Villarreal @oldvato.bsky.social Poet, non-fiction writer, proud Chicano, Latino, if it speaks Spanish I dig it
Peter Devonald @pdevonald.bsky.social Multi award-winning poet /screenwriter | Winner Broken Spine's Reader’s Choice Award 2025 | Winner Loft Books Poetry 2024 | Winner HoHx2, Waltham Forest & FofHCS | Second Shelley Memorial & N2tS 2024 | Nominations BoNx2, Forward Prize & Children's Bafta
M Nesce Drake @nesce.bsky.social SFF writer, fan, and dork - now published in Gallus: A Glasgow SF Writers' Circle anthology! (it's NESH-uh but I actually answer to Maggie) she/her. Disabled.
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Michael Running @michaelrunning.bsky.social Therapist, partner, poet; astonished by it all. Oregon ➡️ Scotland ➡️ 台灣 ➡️ Oregon www.michaelrunning.care
Graham Woodruff @grahamwoodruff.bsky.social poetry and politics, dogs and dancing
AAUP @aaup.org The American Association of University Professors champions academic freedom, advances shared governance, and organizes faculty to ensure higher education's contribution to the common good.
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Maureen Aitken @maureenaitken.bsky.social Author of The Patron Saint of Lost Girls, winner of the Foreword Review INDIE Gold Prize, The Nilsen Prize; a Kirkus Star, and a Foreword Review Star. Stories in Missouri Review, Prairie Schooner, New Letters.