Brick Hut Press ~ Christian @bhchristian.bsky.social A sanctuary for all souls.
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Daily Stage Play Festival Contests @stageplaycontests.bsky.social Submit to these contests via Submittable. Full feedback on every submissions. Winners get their play performed by professional actors and made into a promotional video.
https://festivalreviews.org/daily-stage-play-contest-deadlines/
Daily Novel Writing Festivals @novelfestivals.bsky.social All of these contests give you 3 options to submit: Full Novel; 1st Chapter; Performance video readings.
https://festivalreviews.org/daily-novel-festival-contests/
Action/Crime/Mystery Film & Screenplay Festival @crimemystery.bsky.social This festival now takes place every single month, giving filmmakers 4 tiers to showcase and promote their film. In-person public events also take place.
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www.crimemysteryfestival.com
Horror Underground Film Festival @horrorfilmfestival.bsky.social Various options to submit to the Festival. A HYBRID model. Cinema screenings for audience feedback video.Blog and podcast interviews. And bonus Virtual screening (optional!).
https://filmfreeway.com/horrorunderground
https://festivalforhorror.comi
LGBTQ+ Toronto & LA Film Festival @lgbtlatoronto.bsky.social Monthly festival showcasing the best of LGBTQ+ films and screenplays from around the world, using the audience feedback format.
https://lgbttorontofilmfestival.com/
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Howard Aiken 📚 @howard-aiken.bsky.social Blogger, writer, and reader. Looking for an agent for my real-world (no dragons) 14th-century historical fiction trilogy "Cruz Espada."
Blog: https://unexpectedangles.wordpress.com
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Write4Eddie @write4eddie.bsky.social Scurrying through the mire of existence. #AmQuerying a novel about a trip through the lives of ancestors.
NYC! 🏙️
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George Cecil Linton-Salmon 🇯🇲🇬🇧🇳🇬 @apexalphaoo7.bsky.social Windrush baby, X escapee, Director of a CIC, Writer, Oral historian, Activist, Educator, Anti Brexit, Arsenal supporter who worked on the Emirates. Married, Straight. Jamaican By Luck, British By Choice, African By God.
Waiting For Life AFTER Trump.
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ELTON CHIJIRI @eltonchijiri.bsky.social I am the Zimbabwean artist Sculptor do the African Stone sculptures, Wood sculptures, Metal sculptures, Crafts and Batiks. All my sculptures are the African original sculptures. All Sculptures i posted is AVAILABLE for SALE.
Email: chijirielton2@gmail.com
Name Here @namehereok.bsky.social Quotes from what I’m reading, watching, etc. I find myself collecting my favorite quotes, poems and art for no real reason, so I’m putting them here now.
Bufo Calvin @bufocalvin.bsky.social I'm here to #GrowTheJoy with games (including #TVThemeGone & the #EyedentityGame), pictures, and information!
JornalistaJosenildoMelo @josenildonmelo.bsky.social Estudou direito. Bacharel em Serviço Social. Licenciado em Filosofia. Acesse diariamente https://www.gazetahora1.com/ Jornalismo de Qualidade!
TP Blakewell @tpblakewell.bsky.social This is an old account from 2025 when the 1st edition of Light Up The Darkness was published. The posts herein are associated with that edition only and have nothing to do with the completely different 2026 2nd edition on LightUpTheDarknessBook.com
Daily Submittable Deadlines @submittabledaily.bsky.social Best writing and poetry festivals to submit to each day on submittable.
https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/projects
Suno Hits @alien-shit.bsky.social This page is for promotional use only
Gavin Chait; @gavin.whyqd.com I am a data scientist, researcher, engineer, sometime-traveler, and African SFF author.
I am fascinated by the frontiers of human progress: innovation vs ignorance; wealth vs poverty, migration vs stasis.
I also drink a great deal of coffee.
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Book tour inquiries: contact@book-shelfie.com
@gavreads @gavreads.co.uk Reader of SF&F, mainly. *Libraries have ebooks that you can read on your phone. Est. 2005
Mr. E @blueskyreposts.bsky.social Repost every single post
Jacqueline Crooks @jacquelinecrooks.bsky.social Born in Jamaica 🇯🇲 Riddim Lover
Shortlisted: Women’s Prize, Jhalak Prize, Authors’ Club 📚 Top debut The Guardian FIRE RUSH book available to order
Flipturns 🏊♀️ 📷 🦋 @flipturns.bsky.social 🏊♀️ swim teacher , 🐕 animal care tech, 🎸 musician/music therapist, 🧠 mental health tech, science &k elementary Ed. I care about people, animals, and the environment. Dealing with genetic diseases. I refuse to let them still me. 💙 JUST KEEP SWIMMING 🏊♂️
Nikhil Singh @clubded.bsky.social Author-TATY WENT WEST(Rosarium US/Jacaranda UK/Kwani KE) CLUB DED/DAKINI ATOLL(Luna Press UK)
Artist-SALEM BROWNSTONE(Walker Books UK/Candlewick US)
Music-Witchboy
Rep: SARAH SUCH LITERARY AGENCY
BSFA/multiple Nommo finalist
ASFS charter member
NOWA @nowanj.bsky.social The Network of Writers & Artists (NOWA) supports authors and professional communicators. We love books, authors, artists and creativity! #booksky
www.NOWA.org
Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann @irishpen.bsky.social Defending readers and writers. A partner of PEN International.
Xueting C. Ni 倪雪婷 (she, they) @xuetingni.bsky.social Award-winning author 🇨🇳🇬🇧 :queer and geeky, writes non-fiction about Chinese cultures, curates and translates genre fiction (scifi, horror, fantasy, wuxia). snowpavilion.co.uk
AvaTeedro.com @avateedro.bsky.social 🚫DMs - Ava writes propulsive, upmarket and historical fiction that explores friendship, family ties, and love.
UtushimiTwandi @utushimitwandi.bsky.social OTTW |University of Pittsburgh Press @upittpress.bsky.social
TMB| @JacanaMedia
AMDNCWYD |Wayfarer Books @wayfarerbooks.bsky.social
SHIPIKISHA |Dzanc Books
MMF Scholar
Rep @PontasAgency
PhDing | UMN
Fiammetta Rocco @fiammettarocco.bsky.social Runs the International Booker Prize. Demon reader of books from other lands. What unites us is stronger than what divides us
Uncanny Valley Comics @uncannyvalleycomic.bsky.social A Nairobi-based, mostly-online comic book store focusing on comics, stories, & art from Africa & the Diaspora.
Oh! And we also publish! (…only a couple comics so far, but we’re working on it…😁)
https://linktr.ee/uncannyvalleycomics
Olivier Mannoni @oliviermannoni.eurosky.social Traducteur littéraire, auteur ("Traduire Hitler", "Coulée brune" "Retour aux souches", et prochainement "La Pensée piétinée", éd. Héloïse d'Ormesson), Fondateur de l'Ecole de Traduction Littéraire. Dans les hauteurs pyrénéennes.
Lee Matthew Goldberg @leematthewgoldberg.bsky.social Author of 16 📚 including ANCESTOR, MENTOR and the GREAT GIMMELMANS.
Lit Rep: Josh Getzler @ HG Literary
Screenwriter and publisher of Fringe Press.
Native New Yorker. LeeMatthewGoldberg.com
International Journal of Young Adult Literature @ijyalnews.bsky.social An international journal focusing on the theory, critical interpretation, literary history, and cultural production of young adult literature.
Joshua Palmatier/Zombies Need Brains @joshuapalmatier.bsky.social Joshua Palmatier is an epic fantasy writer and the founder of the small press Zombies Need Brains. ZNB does NOT use AI imagery in its covers and does NOT accept AI-generated stories. Visit the store: https://zombies-need-brains-llc.square.site
Stephen Embleton @stephenembleton.bsky.social From KwaZulu-Natal to Oxford.
Academic Visitor to Oxford Uni 2022
2024 Nommo Award Winner Best Novella: “Undulation”.
YA urban fantasy “Bones & Runes”
SF novel “Soul Searching”
Sauúti Collective (@sauutiverse.bsky.social)
He/Him
stephen.embleton.co.za
V. G. Anderson, MFA @vandersonauthor.bsky.social Best-Smelling (sic) Author, Editor @nightowlfreelance.bsky.social, Artist, Activist, Zany Wife, Dog Mom 🐾 Pinball, Pool & Pastries. 💜 Stand with #Ukraine #ResistTyrany
Website: vganderson.com
Alexandra Naa Aduwah Lyyli Ankrah @alexankrah.bsky.social Public policy bod: working NHS, former Barrister-believer in social justice & being human together-Christian striving to be awake/WOKE & living life standing on Truth. Chair NBAA charity & member of The Liberal Democrat Campaign for Race Equality.🇫🇮🇬🇭🇬🇧
Book and Lounge @bookandlounge8.bsky.social Celebrating Black literature, showcasing emerging and established talent.
https://linktr.ee/bookandlounge
Rosario Arias @rosarioariasuma.bsky.social Professor of English Literature, University of Málaga; President of Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies, and President of VINS Society💜📚🪴🎼👻
Ariana Hashtrudi @ahashtrudi.bsky.social Middle East News Editor at https://Maghrebi.org, a non-partisan MENA news site
@pensouthafrica.bsky.social @pensouthafrica.bsky.social 
Chris Louttit @drchrislouttit.bsky.social Victorianist, Dickensian, adaptation scholar. Teaches at Radboud University in NL. Edits English Studies @englishstudies.bsky.social. He/him
Nyasa Books @nyasabooks.bsky.social Independent publisher.
LisaSigMaxx she/her 🇨🇦 @lisasigmaxx.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Here to make pretty for the healing affect. Singer-songwriter, poet, nature lover, photographer; parenting coach; democratic pacifist Mama, Amma (grandma), lover of life, chronic illness warrior.
All poetry and photo posts © me
© lisa k sigurgeirson
Elleke Boehmer @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social Writer, reader. To the Volcano 2019, Postcolonial Poetics 2018, Ice Shock 2026, Southern Imagining 2026. FAHA 2025. FRSL 2019, FRHistS 2019 http://ellekeboehmer.com
Steve @adriel1819.bsky.social BA (Honours) English Literature. Always learning and trying to make a small dent in a vast array of worldly knowledge...
Jennifer Mills @jennifermills.net.au Writer, reader. On Kaurna land.
Books incl SALVAGE, A Concise Compendium of Wonder, The Airways, Dyschronia &c
Chair @asauthors.bsky.social, opinions my own
Gailgil @gailgil.bsky.social Reader writer interviewer
Jayne Bauling @jaynebauling.bsky.social South African YA author. Here for books and cats.
Mandi Smallhorne @mandirainbow.bsky.social Freelance writer and journalist passionate about the climate crisis, health and social issues.
Florian G. Kern @floriangkern.bsky.social Associate Professor, political scientist, Dep of Gov, Univ of Essex, governance in Africa, mixed methods, Visiting Senior Fellow LSE Dep of Methodology; ESRC MCCRA; East Westphalian
https://sites.google.com/site/floriangkern
Haiku Book @haikubook.bsky.social Writing from London England, I love photography and these are my own photos. I write Haiku poems, and travel. I play ragtime guitar
Charl Blignaut @poptartology.bsky.social Writer, reader, editor, poptart, flaming queer. 
Christine Bode 🇨🇦 @bodaciouscopy.bsky.social Book Editor supporting indie authors by editing their words with uncommon magic! 🪄 | Writing, editing, publishing tips & more on my blog: bodaciouscopy.com/blog | Poet
Free Flash Fiction @freeflashfiction.bsky.social Authors / Writers / Lovers of Words...
Got a flash fiction story within 500 words, of any interpretation, on any theme, that our readers should read? #flashfiction
https://freeflashfiction.com/
Ivor W. Hartmann @ivorhartmann.bsky.social Zimbabwean publisher, editor, writer, visual artist.
Anthology series ed./pub: African Roar, AfroSF, and the ZamaShort imprint launched 1st May 2025 @zamashort.com
Penny Haw @pennyhaw.bsky.social Author of The Woman and Her Stars, Follow Me to Africa, The Invincible Miss Cust, The Woman at the Wheel, The Wilderness Between Us and Nicko. Dog walker. Runner. Former journalist.
More detail: linktr.ee/PennyHaw
David Atkinson @davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.social (he/him) Prize-winning Irish poet writing in English & Ulster Scots. Pushcart nominated. MA from MMU. Archival poetics: Islandmagee Witch Trial & Irish War of Independence
Richard de Nooy @richarddenooy.bsky.social Author of novels, short stories and non-fiction in Dutch and English | currently dabbling in screenwriting | prone to curiosity and enthusiasm | Will accept money to write. | https://linktr.ee/richarddenooy
Nicola Spurr @nicolaspurr.bsky.social Interested in journalism, literature, freedom of expression and human rights. Born in Jo’burg, now in London.
Sands @revsodhi.bsky.social Wander soul | Spiritual l Poet l
Interested in #poetry || #books #vss #WritingCommunity | #art #photography
Masters of Science follow #space #tech & #AI ||
love sports #tennis #golf riding #motorcycles
Colleen Higgs @colleenhiggs.bsky.social Writer, publisher, interested in the magic of ordinary life.
Live in Cape Town, South Africa
https://colleenhiggs.substack.com/
Michael Everon @mikhaeleveron.bsky.social Author | Game-maker | Fate-hacker
Debut novel: The Eternal Games
Don’t play by the rules. Rewrite them.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DPBGKCJK
Barry Maher @barrymaher.bsky.social Author, speaker. No SALES DMs please.
Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social “For a nod to the nabir is better than a wink to the wabsanti.”
James Joyce, ‘Finnegans Wake’.
“Agenbite of inwit”
https://substack.com/@jackehill- M Michael C @michaelc777.bsky.social
Lena - Poet and Questioner @lena1370.bsky.social Poet, Questioner and Walker in darkness
Haiku Poems @haikupoems.bsky.social Welcome to the haiku poems collection 📖✒️
Death Wizard @deathwizard.bsky.social Novelist. Professional writer. Former journalist. Lifelong Dem. Science rocks!
@evebrowning.bsky.social @evebrowning.bsky.social Philosophy prof, able to bore people on any abstract topic. Aghast at the horror show that is U.S. politics. Fleeing into books, walks, horse time, and viola. None of this is working at the moment.
Clickworlddaily · by Jon @clickworlddaily.bsky.social ✍️Writing for those who feel deeply, but quietly.
Moments that linger, questions that stay. Nurse grad, postgrad in HR & Soc. Serv. Manag, working in HR.
Collector of silences, seeker of meaning.
🌐 clickworlddaily.com 📘my book amzn.to/4opWiz9 (affiliate)
Nick Wilford - Speculative Fiction Author @nickpwilford.bsky.social Speculative fiction author, making the impossible reality | Freelance editor and formatter | THE BECALMER out now from Creative James Media | Linktree: https://t.co/DgWLVKN03N
Raymh @rayhourigan.bsky.social Public servant,
Writer of poetry,
Tinkerer of collages,
Mostly writing haiku these days,
🇮🇪 living in 🏴
Only on Bluesky.
David Karlsen @vonkarlsen.bsky.social Prose writer and poet. BA (Hons) Humanities, Literature. Non-binary. Interests: The Arts, Natural History, Geology. Vegan. Francophile. EU
©️David Karlsen [All poetry, prose and photographs]
Paintings belong to the artist I repost. 🚫 Chat.
Fiona Zerbst @fionazerbst.bsky.social Resisting the global rise of Fascism. Social impact writer. PhD in Creative Writing. Sixth book of poetry, Understorey, coming out February 2027 (uHlanga Press). Librettist and amateur artist. 🇿🇦 LLMs are a scourge. 🚫 NO AI SLOP
Daily Short Story Deadlines @shortstorycontests.bsky.social Submit your short story to the relevant genre. All of these contests are guaranteed acceptances. Your story gets a video performance reading made!
https://festivalreviews.org/daily-short-story-contest-deadlines/
WILDsound Feedback Festival @wildsoundfestival.bsky.social Telling stories through film and conversation. WILDsound showcases the best of new films & screenplays from around the world in a daily film festival.
www.wildsound.ca
https://filmfreeway.com/WILDsoundFilmandWritingFestival
Dr Lizzy Attree @lizzyattree.bsky.social Trusts Officer @tht.org
Writer, lecturer, critic. Lit Tutor @CityLit
Co-founder #KiswahiliPrize
www.lizzyattree.co.uk
Blood on the Page: Interviews with African Authors writing about HIV/AIDS https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-4438-2077-6
Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social Publisher of South African poetry and literary excellence since 1996.
https://deepsouth.co.za/