Twist in the Tale @twistinthetale.bsky.social A writing community like no other, filled with wonderful people. Up next is Twisted Tournament on 18th August https://twistedtournament.com/register-for-contest
Whimsy @whimsyfiction.bsky.social A monthly microfiction contest celebrating the lighter, more peculiar side of storytelling. Yes, our alpaca travels by quill 🦙🪶
https://www.whimsyfiction.com/
Niagara Falls Poetry Project @niagarapoetry.bsky.social Poetry of & about Niagara Falls & Niagara River – the waterfalls, the city, the history, the stunters etc. Also poetry written by Niagara poets. Curated by retired librarian Andrew Porteus @acporteus.bsky.social . Website at niagarapoetry.ca
Catwoman=^..^= @catwomannow.bsky.social Writer of satirical flash fiction. Making others laugh is my passion. The serious side of me writes about mental health issues and exposing the rampant hypocrisy in society. I love blowing people’s minds with simple truths.
Chloe Paige @chloepaige.bsky.social 📚 Writer of many things. Reader of even more things
🏆 Winner of the Elegant Literature Award, The Booby Prize & NYC Midnight
✏️ Found here and IG: @chloepaigeauthor
Ramona @holyramona.bsky.social Lecturer, storytelling addict, serial mispronouncer. All views are my own
Joan Dempsey @joandempsey.bsky.social Novelist, reader, writing teacher & retreat host, run an online community for novelists, ❤️ all creatures, ❤️ art, meditate and practice Qigong daily, ❤️ Maine. https://joandempsey.com/ and https://gutsygreatnovelist.com/
Reedsy 📚 @reedsy.bsky.social A community of 1,000,000 authors & publishing professionals. We help authors create and market their books.
https://reedsy.com
How to Write a Novel Course: https://reedsy.com/learning
Reedsy Studio: https://reedsy.com/studio/write-a-book
Creative Future @creativefutureuk.bsky.social We make the arts more diverse. We work nationally with underrepresented creatives & specialise in working with writers through our Writers' Award. #CFWA
www.creativefuture.org.uk
The Village with All of the Flash Writers @heyflashvillage.bsky.social The VILLAGE 🏘 is a place where the world 🌍 feels a tiny bit smaller. Founded by SMOKELONG for the Global Flash Community
Follow 150+ flash publishers.
Read editor interviews.
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Suzanne Elvidge (she/her) @suzannewriter.bsky.social Science/medical writer, blogger (The Widow's Handbook), monologues & short fiction
Dancing in Heaven, a collection of women's voices from the 1980s AIDS crisis, published Dec 2025 by Reconnecting Rainbows Press
B of LGBTQIA+
www.thehouseofcorrection.com
Amanda @akscotland.bsky.social Co-host of the Not Quite Write Podcast and judge of the Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction.
Writes in the tiny spaces in between.
The Failing Writers Podcast @failingwriters.bsky.social A podcast for anyone who’s ever dreamed of being a writer… then got distracted by a video of a cat being frightened by a cucumber.
https://podfollow.com/the-failing-writers-podcast
Bardsy.com @bardsy.com Authors:
Bardsy works with you from notion to novel, taking you to where you want to be.
Our comprehensive system adapts to your unique needs.
Between directed writing groups, personal coaching, tools and community, your progress is guaranteed *
Helen Rye @helenrye.bsky.social Writer, editor. UEA Prose MA and fledgling PhD researcher. Won some writing things. Published some writing things. @smokelong.bsky.social senior ed. She/her. AuDHD
Renard Press @renardpress.com 🍃 An award-winning climate-positive indie publisher of classic & contemporary fiction, non-fiction, poetry & theatre. Also home to Hay Press.
renardpress.com
linktr.ee/renardpress
David Clémenceau Author @d-clemenceauauthor.bsky.social Father. Storyteller. Lifelong scholar.
Published in USA, UK, India, Canada, Australia.
Words with Welter at University of Baltimore, Idle Ink, Dark Rose Press.
Corinne Leigh Clark @corinneleighclark.bsky.social Reader/writer of Gothic Horror. Card carrying member of the Ghost Club. Serving up The Butcher’s Daughter with David Demchuk May 2025, at a bookstore near you. 🔪🥧
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/
S. Bhattacharya-Woodward @storyshaoni.bsky.social Writer/reporter. Shortlisted Dinesh Allirajah Prize 2025. 3rd place DRFWritersPrize 2020 and BristolPrize2019. Agent: Matthew Turner, RCW Literary Agency
European Network of Short Fiction Research @ensfr.bsky.social We aim to provide a forum and resources for European-based researchers into the practice, criticism and transmission of short fiction in its diversity of forms and to facilitate collaboration in both critical and practice-led research.
Manchester Review @manchesterreview.bsky.social The Manchester Review is an online literary journal that brings together the best of new international writing.
https://www.themanchesterreview.co.uk/
Elegant Literature @elegantliterature.bsky.social A short fiction magazine, award, and school exclusively for upcoming writers to start their career. Posts by editor Creag Munroe.
elegantliterature.com/links
Cheshire Novel Prize @saranaidinecox.bsky.social www.cheshirenovelprize.com
New Millennium Writings @newmillwritings.bsky.social Awarding, publishing, and paying writers since 1996.
All writers welcome, regardless of experience.
No restrictions on style or subject matter.
Writing Awards Deadline: 6/30/25
www.newmillenniumwritings.org
newmillenniumwritings.submittable.com/submit
@bathshortstory.bsky.social @bathshortstory.bsky.social 
Mike Scott Thomson @mikescottthomson.bsky.social Writer, with short stories published here and there. Works in broadcasting as a day job. Likes learning languages (🇪🇸🇩🇪🇸🇪🇵🇱), making things. Online at www.mikescottthomson.com
The Bath Novel Awards @bathnovelaward.co.uk International prizes for emerging writers
✨The Bath Novel Award | Prize £5,000 | C/d 31 May
✨The Bath Children's Novel Award | Prize £5,000 | C/d 30 Nov
www.bathnovelaward.co.uk
KM Elkes @kmelkes.bsky.social Author. Ginger. Potty mouth. #workingclasswriter Award-winning short fiction writer. Editing debut novel. Also writing tutor & editor.
http://linktr.ee/kmelkes
https://kmelkes.substack.com
Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social Writer
@bathflashaward.bsky.social @bathflashaward.bsky.social 3 times a year Flash Fiction Award. £1460 prize fund. Anthology. Founded in 2015. 32nd Award results out now. 33rd Award open. Judge Writer and writing tutor . Alison Woodhouse Closes June 7th 2026
Stroud Short Stories @stroudshortstories.bsky.social Currently closed for submissions. Next event November 2026.
Twice-yearly live lit event for Glos & South Glos writers. Established 2011. Run by John Holland. Website https://stroudshortstories.blogspot.com
Short Story Comps @shortstorycomps.bsky.social Posts and reposts about short story / flash / micro competitions in the UK and beyond.
Kevlin Henney @kevlin.bsky.social consultant · father · he/him · human (very) · husband · itinerant · programmer · keynote speaker · technologist · trainer · writer
Anita Karla Kelly @anitakarlakelly.bsky.social Playwright, poet, rest advocate, ME,
bi-sexual, mental health, script reader.
Niamh Mac Cabe @niamhmaccabe.bsky.social Writer, artist, stylite.
Fair to middling spinster.
Magpie apologist.
Good at everything.
Northwestern Ireland.
Also Instagram, and X.
https://niamhmaccabe.wixsite.com/mysite
Nastasya Parker @nastasyaparker.bsky.social Writer with stories in The Phare, Funny Pearls, and featured in Stroud and Bristol Short Story Anthologies. Immigrated from New England to Old. I work in secondary education. Inexplicably drawn to not entirely pleasant characters.
Diane Simmons @scooterwriter.bsky.social Co-Directs NFFD.NIFs: ‘Finding a Way' (Ad Hoc Fiction), ‘An Inheritance' (V.Press), ‘A Tricky Dance’ (Alien Buddha Press), ‘William Prichard & Co’ (Arroyo Seco Press) & Bereft of Reason’ (V. Press). www.dianesimmons.co.uk
Crowvus @crowvuslit.bsky.social Greetings. Do stop by and say hello.
Proud publishers of books for all audiences.
We are currently open for novel submissions
#NewRelease: Child at the Pantry Door
Karl Bunyan @karlbunyan.bsky.social Self-unemployed programmer, lawn bowls player, lapsing cyclist, previous start-upper, dabbling in a few mobile games
Katy Wimhurst @sylphsea.bsky.social writer, visual poet.
An Orchid in my Belly Button (Elsewhen 2025) https://books2read.com/AnOrchidInMyBellyButton
Fifty One Trillion Bits (Trickhouse Press)
100% housebound #mecfs and #POTS #disability https://
whimsylph.wordpress.com
C L Raven @clraven666.bsky.social We are the nightmares that haunt your dreams.
We are the whispers that fuel your screams.
Horror & true crime writers, dark tourists and professional poledancers.
Sarah Doyle @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social Poet, reader, workshop leader, weather watcher, moon gazer. Pre-Raphaelite Society Poet-in-Residence. Widely published, inc. Something so wild and new... (2021) & (m)othersongs (2023), V. Press.
Web: sarahdoyle.co.uk
https://buymeacoffee.com/poetsarahdoyle
Crappy Living @crappyliving.bsky.social In the country but not Country Living
Comedy, history, folklore, edgeland weirdness 👍🏻
Runs Dialect for rural writers with partner in crime @jlmmorton
https://www.dialect.org.uk/
Admin for Stroud Association of Mythical Entities ✨
Universal Basic Income 💥
Amanda Huggins @troutiemcfish.bsky.social Writer I Editor
Winner of 3 Saboteurs/Kyoto City Mayoral Prize/BGTW New Travel Writer of the Year/Colm Toibin & H E Bates Short Story Awards
Placed: Costa/Harper's Bazaar/Fish/Bath/S/list Bridport
New novella - The Blue of You - Oct '25 - Northodox Press
Tim Albert @timalbert.bsky.social Idealist. Resisting obsolesence. Former scribbler and actual small word enthusiast (insert hyphen at will).
Books include: WInning the publications game; Mostly we had it good; Two Summers: Nixon and Trump by Greyhound Bus.
www.timalbert.co.uk
Maura Yzmore / Fiona Embers 😱🥵😎 @maurayzmore.bsky.social Author of dark short fiction (as Maura Yzmore) and spicy romance (as Fiona Embers). HWA. Math nerd. Opes in the Midwest. Maura's short-story collection DANGLING out October 1 from Anxiety Press. Buy Fiona's books at https://books2read.com/fionaembers.
Sherry Morris 💙🇺🇦💛 @uksherka.bsky.social Prize-winning flash & short story writer in the Scottish Highlands. Words in Longleaf Review, Fictive Dream, TBQuarterly +BBC Scottish Voices. Presents Sherry's Shorts on Highland Hospital Radio: https://bit.ly/4kUFZYq Published work: Uksherka.com
Tim Craig @timcraig.bsky.social Manc | Writer of short fiction | ‘Now You See Him’ Long List Edge Hill Prize 22, short list Int Rubery Prize | multiple placed Bath Flash Award | prev winner Bridport Prize flash.
Gareth L. Powell / G.L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social Award-winning author of more than 20 books. Writes science fiction as Gareth L Powell and horror and mystery as GL Powell. Repped by Lucienne Diver.
🔗 Mystery and Horror - https://www.glpowell.com
🔗 Science Fiction - https://www.garethlpowell.com
Rhiannon Lewis @rhiannonlewis.bsky.social Author, My Beautiful Imperial, I Am the Mask Maker and other stories, shortlisted for Wales Book of the Year 2022, The Significance of Swans
Richard Hawking @atthefieldsedge.bsky.social Adrian Bell's Seasonal Quartet 'A Countryman's Notebook' with
@FoxedQuarterly (2021, 2023 + 2024) / 'At the Field’s Edge' with
@crowoodpress (2019) www.adrianbellsociety.co.uk
OTB 🇺🇦🇬🇱 @oliverkennett.bsky.social Author 🖋. #BathSpaUniversity MA Creative Writing alumni 👨🎓. Musician 🎸🎤. #3dPrinting lover 🤖. totally Blind 👨🏻🦯..
LEGEND!!
Stephen Oram @stephenoram.bsky.social Writing near-future fiction. Working & speaking on #AppliedSciFi & #SciComm.
"We Are Not Anonymous" - latest novel
"Brain Fruit" - latest novella
NUDGE THE FUTURE: it's ours and it's up for grabs...
https://linktr.ee/stephen_oram
Joyce Bingham @joycebingham.bsky.social Writer of short stories and flash fiction. Words in Molotov Coctail, Ellipsis Zine, Raw Lit and others. Green fingers and plant whisperer.
Sabotage Reviews @sabotagereviews.bsky.social Sabotage likes to review poetry & fiction zines, pamphlets, spoken word… Runs the annual Saboteur Awards (on hiatus in 2024). #sabawards #indielit sabotagereviews.com (website under maintenance)
Writing Room Org UK @writingroomorguk.bsky.social A welcoming online home for all creative writers, established 2013. We help people write fiction, memoir & poetry. Friendly courses, small classes, hosted live online. Writing drop-in groups & events. Patron of Writing Hannah Lowe. www.writingroom.org.uk
Trish Hopkinson @trishhopkinsonpoet.bsky.social Poet and Literary Advocate - Linktree: https://linktr.ee/trishhopkinsonpoet
Website: https://trishhopkinson.com/
David Perlmutter @davidperlmutter.bsky.social Canadian white male autistic writer. Author of America 'Toons In: A History of Television Animation and The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Also author of speculative fiction, superhero fiction and anthropomorphic ("furry") fiction.
Cranked Anvil *OPEN for submissions* @crankedanvil.bsky.social Writing Prizes | Indie Press | New Writing | Est. 2012. | https://crankedanvil.co.uk/ | EIC: Paul Dunn https://bsky.app/profile/pauldunnwriter.bsky.social
Mel Ciavucco @melciavucco.bsky.social Integrative counsellor, writer, speaker & trainer. MNCPS (Acc.)
Eating disorders, weight stigma & body image, and domestic abuse.
www.melciavucco.com
Alexandra Walsh - Author @purplemermaid25.bsky.social Author of The Marquess House Saga, The Wind Chime, The Music Makers, The Forgotten Palace and The Secrets of Crestwell Hall.
All things history are my passion.
@BoldwoodBooks
@SapereBooks
@KeaneKataria
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/
New Writers @newwritersuk.bsky.social Through our website (https://newwriters.org.uk/) and the socials, we aim to discover and promote new writing talent from the UK and across the globe. 
SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social Dedicated to bringing the best flash narratives to the web, by widely published authors or those new to the craft. Est.2003. Paying up to $150. www.smokelong.com. No Trump supporters. Follow also @heyflashvillage.bsky.social
Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social A fabulous festival of books, writers, words and ideas! In-person, online and in the community year round, and also on X, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, YouTube and Spotify.
https://www.mklitfest.org/
Not Quite Write @notquitewrite.com 🎙️ Not Quite Write Podcast | notquitewrite.com
🏆 Join our international flash fiction writing comp AU$4k in prizes + publication | notquitewriteprize.com
Hobeck Books @hobeckbooks.bsky.social Trad Values, Indie Spirit. Family-run independent publisher of thrillers, crime, and suspense. Publishers: Adrian Hobart and Rebecca Collins.
Paul Nash | Paul atten Ash @northseanavigator.bsky.social WRITER:
Sampler (Black Cat Press 2027)
'Searchlight Seasons' (Atomic Bohemian 2024)
Instagram: @north_sea_navigator
campsite.bio/northseanavigator
Killer Shorts @killershorts.bsky.social 🪓THE WORLD’S #1 HORROR SHORT SCREENPLAY COMPETITION
⚰️Submit at killershorts.com 💀 #horrorfiction #writers #screamlist
Mark Rutterford @markrutterford.bsky.social Writer-Performer.
Stories. Love. Props.
Badgers. Lucy. Daylight and fresh air.