Daily Novel Writing Festivals @novelfestivals.bsky.social All of these contests give you 3 options to submit: Full Novel; 1st Chapter; Performance video readings.
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@conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social Art: Nikki Friede
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Donald A. Sansom @donaldasansom.bsky.social Science fiction writer from Canada living in Europe. Author of the novel Slide-Backers. Short fiction has appeared in Starfarer's Cafe, The Accidental Time Travelers Collective III, and Tickled by Thunder. 🚀 |🪐📚 🚀 Sci-fi |🪐📚 #Author #fiction #WeirdFiction
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Irene Edwards @irene777abc.bsky.social 💫 Retired teacher turned children’s author.
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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social Historical Fiction Author from Pembrokeshire, Wales 🏴 www.tonyriches.com Visit my #Writing #Blog The Writing Desk https://tonyriches.blogspot.com/ #Podcast https://tonyriches.podbean.com/ #Tudors #Elizabethan #HistoricalFiction
Alan Godfrey Maps (3,900+ publications and counting!) @alangodfreymaps.bsky.social Reprinted Old Ordnance Survey Maps across Britain & Ireland introduced by specialist authors.
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WomenRiseUp2026 @womenriseup2026.bsky.social #BLM
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Paul Gundlach @paulsgundlach.bsky.social Quirky 70+ year senior with youthful sensibilities. Kind, cool, complex, in that order. Watch 300+ sunrises a year. Ad man at Y&R; Wharton MBA.
Carla Martin/Carlabela1 @carlabela1.bsky.social Trained/worked for the BBC on the Humanitarian side of journalism Now supporting the arts Brought up surrounded by music Loved drama school Studied History of art. Love dogs theatre film art music of varying genres/science/Love the EU/NHS/so much more :)
Go4Know @go4know.com 🔥 Blog by Dariusz Majgier. AI, fun facts, science & brilliant ideas:
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Long_Painter @longpainter.bsky.social Energetic & colorful landscape paintings for those building a contemporary collection capturing all the best feelings of travel.
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Ambabheg @ambabheg.bsky.social Scotsman exploring overlooked light and shadow, using unexpected perspectives to create fine art photography.
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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social Quondam Prof. English Language & Literature. PhD: Monstrosity. Queer history. Gothic. 𝔄𝔯𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔦𝔠 𝔈𝔫𝔤𝔩𝔦𝔰𝔥. Editor, Shakespeare: New Voices. https://linktr.ee/drianmccormick
Jordana Greene - Writer (Pen name) @jordanagreene.bsky.social Tree-hugging, happily wed #cat lover #dystopian #poetry #romance #scifi #fantasy #climatechange #BLM #writingcommunity
POETRY book coming. 1st Indie dystopian novel available on KU. Trad pub under 2 other names. HUMAN writer.
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social Reader, Europhile, gardener, stargazer, painter, foolish fashionista, determined optimist, lifelong vegetarian & Olympian daydreamer
Tairāwhiti Doc @tairawhitidoc.bsky.social US (Oregon) immigrant in (Gizzy) Aotearoa/New Zealand 🇳🇿.
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Daily Screenplay Festival contests @dailyscreenplays.bsky.social Daily Screenplay Contest Deadlines
All of these top screenplay contests offer full feedback on each submitted works.
https://festivalreviews.org/daily-screenplay-contest-deadlines/
RiddleyThomas @0ffkilter.bsky.social She/Her: I do it because
I can.
✨Storyteller
✨Images/Poetry/Words/Art my own.
* Ars Gratia Artis.
* Living on Wurundjeri Land. Traditional owners of Naarm. Part of the Kulin Nation.
(Manna Gum People).
📍Melbourne Australia.
Serina Hartwell - Author @serinahartwell.bsky.social Award winning author of The Hidden Saga
Step into my world and let me take you on a journey...
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Susan @thrumstextiles.bsky.social I weave and spin, living on northern Vancouver Island, BC 🌲 🇨🇦 My loom is a 16 shaft Megado 90 with a compu-dobby.
Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com Founder-Owner of @weareravenous.com
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Queens, NY
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Tips to jaya@weareravenous.con
David @incnaturalist.bsky.social David | Wildlife photoblogger | check out my wildlife blog 👇
Incidentalnaturalist.com
Barbara Henderson (new WIP 6831) @scattyscribbler.bsky.social Author. Scottish historical fiction and eco- adventures for kids. 2x Young Quills Winner. 🎭 Teacher, ✝️, 🏴 🇩🇪, Highlands.
www.barbarahenderson.co.uk
Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info Public health experts resisting harmful policies, fighting disinformation, and defending public health from within CDC.
Not official CDC—but close enough for transmission.
Proudly #AltGov
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Lu Rotsen @lurotsen.bsky.social Abstract painter sharing original works and creative processes. Follow for vibrant art inspiration.
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#LA #contemporaryart #art #painting #contemporarypainting #abstract #landscape #nature #Expressionism
Muy Marcottage @muymarcottage.bsky.social Artist, storyteller, eco-feminist based in Rome, retired cosmic goddess, artforhousewives.blog
PaintSewGlueChew @paintsewgluechew.bsky.social London based designer & maker, blogging & selling on Etsy.
Slave to Willow the border terrier.
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Blog: Paintsewgluechew.com
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Mary Jo @sandspurs.bsky.social Active Feminist in the 1980s. Democratic Socialist (with Bernie Sanders) in the 2020s
Save Redland Library @saveredlandlibr.bsky.social A group campaigning against the closing of Redland Library in Bristol. We want to retain a library service for all communities and all areas of Bristol.
Morné @simplelifeguy.bsky.social An all-around nature guy who enjoys spending time outdoors.
Photos are my own unless I reposted it.
I am an amateur photographer sometimes with a camera or with a phone.
Coffeeaddict
Enjoy working with wood.
No DM's please
Vanishing and Endangered Cultures @nowaykgn.bsky.social With each indigenous group that becomes assimilated, another unique culture vanishes. It is easy to dismiss what we do not understand. We are all different; we are all the same.
www.vanishingculturesphotography.com
caasbrey @caasbrey.bsky.social C. A. Asbrey is a Scottish mystery author. Fan of all things Victorian, obscure, forensics, jaywalking, ordering the best meal, and dropping out of society.
https://caasbrey.com/
https://www.facebook.com/mysteryscrivener/
Jim Dixon @jimdixonwriter.bsky.social Write for The Times, my book is Scattering Plenty, work with brilliant conservation charities & I sell books. Progressive liberal, never very impressed by political right. Represented by Northbank. Leisure time by rivers and immersed in culture and nature
Nicola Allan 💫 @nicola-allan.com 🦉 Artist, Writer, Astrologer
🌲 The Wild Way Tarot Deck → Pre-Order Now!
🌙 Astrology Consultations → Books Open ✨
📍 Aberdeenshire, Scotland 🏴
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Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
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Postscript (Book Formatter, Cover Designer and Socials Post Maker): https://book-shelfie.com/postscript
Hal Cruttenden @halcruttenden.bsky.social Comedian and actor on tour in 2025!!!! I don’t have much time for work as my whole day is spent on social media, laughing and crying.
The Ghost Monk @theghostmonk.bsky.social Enthusiast of British (mainly) ghostlore, folklore and vintage ghost and weird fiction. Collector of old magazines. Also keen on prehistoric monuments, old churches and suchlike. Am decidedly Q. All scans/photos my own (unless stated). Runs #SpookySunday
Martyn Warren (he/him) @martynwarren.bsky.social Professional UX Design Lead, unprofessional insect illustrator, nature-lover and wannabe DJ (AuDHD). He/Him.
www.martynwarren.com
Euan Taylor Author @euantaylorauthor.bsky.social The Hard Times: Prison Diaries: A book about crime, punishment, rehabilitation, greed, and putting a newspaper to bed before the editorial team gets locked up: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hard-Times-Prison-Diaries-ebook/dp/B0DPVH8HFF/
Graham Bartlett @gbpoliceadvisor.bsky.social 🚔 Advising authors, TV writers, doc makers.
✍️ Award-winning crime writer: BAD FOR GOOD, FORCE OF HATE & CITY ON FIRE. Repped by DHH Literary Agency.
🤓 Mentor with Jericho Writers.
🕵️♂️ Retired police C/Supt.
🔗 https://linktr.ee/grahambartlett
McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net The official Bluesky feed of McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, & McSweeney's Books.
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Mark Walters @mark-walters.bsky.social Archaeologist in Wales, UK. Into: Sound & Music, Photography, Botany, Birds, Dragonflies, Palaeontology, Astronomy, Art, Ancient History, Numismatics, Gaming, Border Collies & walks in the hills
Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social Archaeologist | Permanent Representative of the Director, Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg | Adjunct lecturer State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart | Private account, views are mine 🖖
Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social Passionate about archives, archaeology and the medieval past.
Oscar Lozada @oz-of-the-ancients.bsky.social Prehistoric archaeologist and hunter-gatherer of interestingness 🏹🌾 | Sharing my love of all things ancient 🏺🏛️ | PhD student at Cambridge studying the Neanderthals of Shanidar Cave, Iraqi Kurdistan
https://linktr.ee/oz_of_the_ancients
MAHSA Project @mahsa-project.bsky.social University of Cambridge: Mapping Archaeological Heritage in South Asia Project
Documenting the endangered archaeology and heritage of South Asia and publishing this information in an Open Access Arches geospatial database.
https://linktr.ee/mahsaproject 
Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social Investigating the Iron Age and Roman period in Dorset and SW Britain. Bournemouth University #HillfortsWednesday Posts (mostly) by Miles Russell
Wendi M Lindenmuth BS, MPH @wendilindenmuth.bsky.social Writer, Author, Editor, Artist, Sexy and Nerdy, Nature Lover, Cyclist, Hiker.
https://www.healingforwardwithwendi.com/love-letters-for-your-body
Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social 📸 Photographer | capturing life's candid moments with my camera 📸
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#RealStreetPhotography #Photojournalism|
Skilled in unobtrusive, authentic #storytelling
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Iain MacGregor @iainmacgregor1.bsky.social Pub Director NF, @HoZ_Books | FRHistS | Author | Rep: @APowerAgent & @pastpreservers | Words: Guardian, Spectator, BBC History, The Critic, The Washing Post | Views my own
Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social I write novels (eg The Power, new novel is The Future), I make games (eg Zombies, Run!), unorthodox Jew. not-getting-into-pointless-arguments-on-the-internet is an act of revolution. However complex you think things are, they're more complex than that
Mark M @podglaze.bsky.social Celebrating the infinite diversity of the human experience. Pro-democracy, Cat lover, Liberal. Music lover, avid reader, bon vivant. I will not be quiet in the face of ignorance, stupidity, misogyny, or racism.
DON’T OBEY IN ADVANCE!!
School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social #1 UK children's booklisting website according to Ubersuggest. We recommend children’s and YA books to teachers, parents, librarians and schools. Free resources, free reviews and no paywall. #GoAllIn
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Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine @doorisajarmag.bsky.social Quarterly literary magazine of #poetry, short #fiction, #nonfiction, #drama, #art and #bookreviews with cadence and personality to take readers on a journey.
https://www.doorisajarmagazine.net/
Poets & Writers @pw.org Official account of Poets & Writers, the primary source of information, support, and guidance for creative writers since 1970. Sign up for our newsletter: at.pw.org/newsletter
ALCS @alcs.co.uk We're the Authors' Licensing & Collecting Society. Nobody else in the world does exactly what we do. We've been championing writers and making sure they get paid for secondary uses of their work since 1977
www.alcs.co.uk
Bloodhound Books @bloodhoundbooks.bsky.social 📚 Indie book publisher of page-turning reads
Bridport Arts Centre @bridportarts.bsky.social Art & Exhibitions | Books, Writing & Literature | Classical | Comedy | Family | Film | Gigs | Performance. We are a charity serving audiences since 1973.
https://linktr.ee/bridportarts
Dr Alan Montgomery @classicalalan.bsky.social Historian, artist, tour guide and FSAScot. A lover of legend and folklore.
Buy my art and my books here: https://linktr.ee/classicalalan
Richard Branson @richardbranson.bsky.social Screw it, let's do it.
Proof it's the real me: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rbranson_richard-branson-richardbransonbskysocial-activity-7267516793689124864--I14
Here's my blog: https://www.virgin.com/branson-
Jaqualyn Johnson @jaqualyn.bsky.social Native Wisconsinite who loves writing, reading, swimming, yoga and letting soft whispers of nature restore energy. Here for the long haul to love and learn.
😈Miss Hell Batkeeper😈 @mishellbaker.bsky.social Author of the Arcadia Project trilogy, mother, vidyagamer, dungeon master. Terminal cancer, incurable optimist. AI used me, but I don't use AI.
Enjoy life. Be someone you would love. Make things better.
I talk about games and storytelling here.
Gallery365 @gallery365.bsky.social Daily community photo stories , bringing people together via photography.
Worldwide participation.
Creativity ,friendship ,wellbeing , and community through shared support in daily prompts and practice.
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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social Award-winning photographer and writer. Big Issue Top 100 Changemaker 2026.
Website is https://marcdavenant.com
Jason Croot @jasoncroot.bsky.social Bradfordian, actor and author of the Bradford Back in the Day Memories Series: Bradford, Eh? & Bradford, Ye What? and the nostalgic football book Bradford or Leeds, Eh?
https://www.jasoncroot.com
Martin Nutbeem @martinnutbeem.bsky.social Digital Education at University of Bristol. Digital Accessibility & Students as creators. Views my own.
Sci-Fi n' Horror n' Comics oh my!
Video games on easy mode.
Eclectic music tastes.
He/Him, cishet, jaded.
Punch up, not down. Not American.
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social BBC Russia Editor, Moscow
Todd Jackson @tdjacks.bsky.social Photographer in Vero Beach Florida
For images in HDR go to
https://www.instagram.com/tdjacks
or
https://www.threads.com/@tdjacks
Val McDermid @valmcdermid.bsky.social Writer, broadcaster, civil(sometimes) partner, mother, lesbian feminist, lover of libraries, vocalist with the Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers. Once described as the ‘gobby shop steward of crime fiction’. Www.valmcdermid.com @quineofcrime on Insta
Rob Edmunds @robedmunds.bsky.social I'm a writer of three novels, the most recent about the conflict in Burma during World War II. My previous two novels are both about the ancient Numidian King Masinissa, set during the Second Punic War. 🏴
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https://linktr.ee/robedmunds
Sanat Tarihi @sanatintarihi.bsky.social Art historian
Lara Maiklem FSA - The London Mudlark @londonmudlark.bsky.social Found in the Thames by mudlark Lara Maiklem, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and bestselling author. NEW BOOK OUT NOW: https://bit.ly/3WqTsyu
Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social Artist, Scientist, Woodland Ecologist, Statistician, Historian & former Research Scholar at the RIA | Art from Dublin, Ireland 🌈 He/Him | Sé/é
Buy my work here: https://robertbohan.etsy.com
Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social Masters degree in Archaeological Practice at Birkbeck, University of London. Volunteer at Ham House, Richmond. Here to share my love of archaeology.