shome dasgupta @shomedasgupta.bsky.social Author of The Seagull And The Urn (HarperCollins India), and most recently, Cajun South Brown Folk (Belle Point Press). Represented by Teffanie Thompson of Falkin Literary. 2019-2025 Series Editor of The Wigleaf Top 50. Lafayette, LA. shomedome.com
Plague Circus Press @plaguecircus.bsky.social Micro press and magazine
https://plaguecircuspress.com/
Erin Dorney @erindorney.bsky.social Sober bi writer in Western NY
Books: "Yes I Am Human I Know You Were Wondering" (Autofocus), "I Am Not Famous Anymore: Poems after Shia LaBeouf" (Mason Jar Press)
www.erindorney.com
New World Writing Quarterly @newworldwriting.bsky.social NEW WORLD WRITING QUARTERLY began life as Mississippi Review Online. We invite submissions the first two weeks of January, April, July and October, and publish in those same months. Read more at https://newworldwriting.net/
Axel @sadboyslowjams.bsky.social writer, artist, co-editor of Taco Bell Quarterly
kolcow.neocities.com
Sarp Sozdinler @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social Writer, Designer • Words: Kenyon Review, Electric Literature, Masters Review, Fractured, Los Angeles Review, HAD, Hobart, X-R-A-Y, Maudlin House • Rep'd by Mina Hamedi / Janklow & Nesbit • Editor at The Bulb Region
sarpsozdinler.com
The Bulb Region @bulbregion.bsky.social An online literary journal dedicated to prose, poetry, comics, essays, humor, hybrid, and everything in-between.
www.bulbregion.com
Samuel Day Wharton @fakeourway.bsky.social (re)lapsed poet / winemaker / jack of some trades
mostly poetry / some wine stuff / a dog or two / hopefully not too much politics
Sacramento CA
Tracie Renee (she/her) @tracierenee.bsky.social Librarian in sort-of Chicago.
PW book reviewer.
#Amquerying #SCBWI writer/poet.
Winner: #50PreciousWords, Highlights scholarship, ElegantLit, IAmWritingMG.
HM: #PBParty.
WTMP mentee, RisingTalent finalist, BOTN.
https://linktr.ee/tracie.renee
hannah eve @hannaheve.com writer. poet. founder/editor of @therebis.com, an annual print anthology that celebrates the depth & diversity of tarot, one card at a time.
besides #tarot, mostly #poetry, the cosmos, music, eroticism & parenting a witchy child
hannaheve.substack.com
Pool Party @poolpartymag.com Mag + Readings + Books. PDX-based. {READING 2.10 @grandgesturebooks} Fiction @kevinmaloney.net | Poetry @brianstephenellis.bsky.social | EIC femmeintheory.bsky.social
@laurenlavin.bsky.social @laurenlavin.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/laurenlavin
nick farriella @nickfarriella.bsky.social writer/idiot, rules for escaping (stories)
www.nickfarriella.com
Eric Subpar @ericsubpar.bsky.social Poet from Washington State. Could talk all day about movies and the NBA.
https://linktr.ee/ericsubpar
Debut Novel GHOULS IN LOVE coming 2025 from Pig Roast Publishing.
Beach Sloth @beachsloth.bsky.social Support Each Other
Music Blogger
Writer
Poet
https://beachsloth.substack.com/
@dnlbly.bsky.social @dnlbly.bsky.social
https://www.apocalypse-party.com/abetterwordfortheworld.html
Autofocus Books @autofocusbooks.bsky.social A literary publisher of artful autobiographical writing. autofocusbooks.com
Sweet Trash Press @sweettrashpress.bsky.social This dumpster is lit.
An imprint of House of Vlad Press founded by Jillian Luft.
www.houseofvladpress.com
AEWeisgerber @aeweisgerber.bsky.social Hybrid. Garden State. Your dream reader. @berfrois @3ammagazine @el_diagram @structomagazine @SmokeLong |Read @wigleaf | #binders | aweisgerber@proton.me
Marc Tweed @marctweed.bsky.social An open can of cream corn festering in the sunlight of a summer afternoon.
www.marctweed.com
Anne-Marie Kinney @anne-mariekinney.bsky.social Author of Radio Iris and Coldwater Canyon, more at annemariekinney.com
Derek @derekmaine.bsky.social An entire, real human being.
Fiction reader/writer.
Debut Novel: CHAR ACT ERS (2022)
derekmaine.com
Meghan Gilliss @meghangilliss.bsky.social Writer, library person. Book=Lungfish.
House of Vlad Press/Vlad Mag @houseofvladpress.bsky.social Iconic independent publishing house founded by author Brian Alan Ellis (2003-2007, 2013-present), known for its edgy, transgressive and unconventional approach to literature. Vlad Mag, an online literary journal, started in 2023 // houseofvladpress.com
Piżama Press @pizamapress.bsky.social Indie press showcasing the strange & the surreal. The weirder, the better. https://asterismbooks.com/publisher/pizama-press | Editor: neonpajamas.bsky.social
Brian Evenson @brianevenson.bsky.social Short story writer, novelist, television writer. Married to the excellent Kristen Tracy.
franco luís @francoluis.bsky.social I like books a lot, maybe too much. I live in the desert. Don Quixote is the best book.
https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/94092891
kira homsher @kirakh.bsky.social writer & PhD student in cincinnati / rep: UTA
kirahomsher.com
Claire Hopple @clairehopple.bsky.social Author of six lil books. Fiction editor at XRAY. Stories in Wigleaf, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Forever Mag, HAD, etc. clairehopple.com
Peter Witte @peter-witte.bsky.social Writer. Picture maker. Walks a lot. Reads a lot. Cries sometimes. Laughs less than would like to.
https://peterwittewrites.com/
Luke Kokoszka @lukekokoszka.bsky.social Reading books, playing synths
Music: https://linktr.ee/lukekokoszka
Montréal
Gene @genemorgan.info https://genemorgan.info
Jonathan Danielson @jonathanin2k.bsky.social College edumakator. Regular idiot. THE LOWEST BASIN: ARIZONA STORIES (Cowboy Jamboree, 2025). Longlisted for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Fiction. Southwest Books of the Year (2026).
M.M. Kaufman @mmkaufman.bsky.social Meet me at the car wash. Writer. Managing editor at Rejection Letters. Latest words at X-R-A-Y, trampset, Okay Donkey, Identity Theory, Farewell Transmission, JAKE.
Terri Linn Davis @terrilinndavis.bsky.social Virgo (Scorpio rising) | co-EIC @icebreakers_lit | poems & reviews @TBQuarterly @flypaperlit @Dailydrunkmag @Fivesouthlit | @kenyonreview ww '22 | host @TooLitToQuitPod
Z.H. (Burial Magazine) @burialmagazine.bsky.social still bipolar | burialmagazine.neocities.org | thezhcorner.neocities.org | Orley Farm on xbox | much more active elsewhere
☭☽♏︎ jestermaxx provoker ♏︎☽☭ @celardolor.bsky.social Naomi Falk, I make literary and art books.
The Surrender of Man (Inside the Castle, 2025)
senior editor, Archway Editions
production director, powerHouse Books
Archway Editions @archwayeditions.bsky.social Literary imprint of powerHouse Books publishing prose, poetry, etc.
Editors: Chris Molnar, Nicodemus Nicoludis (@nicodemus.bsky.social), & Naomi Falk
https://archwayeditions.us/
Will Musgrove @willmusgrove.bsky.social Writer, jazz enthusiast, bibliophile, plant dad, and cartoon aficionado. Website: williammusgrove.com
Greg Gerke / Socrates on the Beach @greggerkesocrates.bsky.social In the Suavity of the Rock (novel)with
@thisissplice
https://tinyurl.com/3dthp3u2
Editor: http://socratesonthebeach.com
Megan Boyle Ass Butler Ass @meganboyle.bsky.social 
Joseph Grantham @josephgrantham.bsky.social wrote Tom Sawyer and Raking Leaves
editing R&R: https://www.relegationbooks.com/journal/
https://southwestreview.com/volume-108-number-1/finder/
https://archwayeditions.us/three-poems-by-joseph-grantham/
Ryan Ridge @ryanridge.bsky.social Writer @sarabandebooks, @altcurrent, @UofMPress, etc. | Professor | Honorary Steamboat Captain | Bass for the Snarlin’ Yarns |
Mike Nagel @misternagel.bsky.social Bullshit essayist. Author of Duplex and Culdesac from Autofocus Books. Father of Costcocore. Dallas kid.
www.michaelscottnagel.com
Aubri Kaufman @aubrirose.bsky.social all voice, no plot. co-eic & chaos creator for @icebreakerslit.bsky.social
ㄥㄩ匚匚卂 @luccalazaro.bsky.social e.g. Artist, dog-lover, and avid reader.
Michael’s Italian Restaurant 🤌 @aurelioacts.bsky.social everything is a lie unless its not. Actor & Writer & Model Buchwald/Bella
https://linktr.ee/michaelaurelio
Tasha Coryell @tashacoryell.bsky.social Thriller writer. Author of LOVE LETTERS TO A SERIAL KILLER. St. Paul resident. TV watcher. Greyhound owner. Roll tide. Repped by Katie Greenstreet at Paper Literary.
MATCHMAKING FOR PSYCHOPATHS forthcoming in July 2025.
Stephen Mortland @stephenmortland.bsky.social writer
Meghan Phillips @mcarphil.bsky.social former NEA fellow. chapbook ABSTINENCE ONLY (Barrelhouse).
https://meghan-phillips.com/
Sean Ennis @seanennis.bsky.social Laptop broke / in open ocean / the boat rickety
author RAT AESTHETICS (Sand and Gravel Press), CHASE US: Stories (Little A), CUNNING, BAFFLING, POWERFUL (Thirty West), and HOPE AND WILD PANIC (Malarkey Books).
Amorak Huey @amorak.bsky.social Loyola grad’s dad. BGSU dad. Poet. BGSU prof/director of creative writing. Proud union member. Co-founding editor @riverriverbooks.bsky.social. Auburn fan. Dodgers fan. I like board games & ttrpg. He/him. It's pronounced uh-MOR-ack. https://amorakhuey.com
Kaycie Hall @kayciehall.bsky.social writer | literary translator from French | maman
Łukasz Drobnik @drobnik.co Fiction writer, author of VOSTOK, RIVERINE & NOCTURINE. Words in Split Lip Magazine, HAD, Fractured Lit, Foglifter, etc. He/him. Website: drobnik.co
Mike Topp @miketopp.bsky.social Artist, lover, and avid dog
Tao Lin @taolin2.bsky.social Author of Leave Society, Trip, Taipei, and other books. Editor of Muumuu House.
https://taolin.substack.com
karter @karteraka.bsky.social ocean scientist, musician, sci-fi author, slayer of demons
Ansgar Allen @ansgarallen.bsky.social Writes. Edits @erratumpress.bsky.social
ansgarallen.com // https://ansgarallen.substack.com/
Jemimah James Wei // 魏信子 @jemmawei.bsky.social Big nap energy✨
THE ORIGINAL DAUGHTER, @doubledaybooks (US) / W&N (UK) 2025 //
Stegner Fellow @Stanford // De Alba Fellow @Columbia //
Rep: Jackie Ko at The Wylie Agency
Stephen Piccarella @spiccarella.bsky.social Writer etc.
Adam Dalva @adamdalva.bsky.social Writing in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, The New York Review of Books, etc. Contributing Editor, Yale Review. President, National Book Critics Circle. Rep: Duvall Osteen
Sebastian Castillo @sebastiancastillo.bsky.social Author of yadda yadda yadda
Tadd Adcox @inauthenticity.bsky.social work in X-R-A-Y, 3:AM, Granta, n+1 // website jamestaddadcox.com, editor @alwayscrashing.bsky.social // ENNIE award winner, apparently? https://store.possibleworldsgames.com/product/tacklebox
Charlene Elsby @charleneelsby.bsky.social Books at Weirdpunk, House of Vlad, Apocalypse Party, Clash Books, Merigold Independent.
Nicholson Baker @nicholsonbaker.bsky.social Latest book: Finding a Likeness: How I Got Somewhat Better at Art. First book: The Mezzanine. https://linktr.ee/nicholsonbaker.
Madelaine Lucas @madelainelucas.bsky.social Author of the debut novel Thirst For Salt and senior editor of NOON. Dog person.
Avee Chaudhuri @indigojackal.bsky.social Editor Prairie Schooner. Lecturer University of Nebraska-Lincoln. President-for-Life of The Holmes Lake Fishing Association. 
Farewell Transmission Lit @farewelltransmiss.bsky.social Welcome to Farewell Transmission. We want your weird & brutal honesty. Your sufferings. We want the last piece of writing you would want to be remembered by. Posts prob @lobotomyrob or @retsoor Submit: farewelltransmission.net/submissions
Sean Kilpatrick @seankilpatrick.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/seankilpatrick
Liza St. James @lizastjames.bsky.social 
Tom Comitta @tomcomitta.bsky.social Author of The Nature Book and two others coming in 2025: Patchwork (Coffee House) and People’s Choice Literature: The Most Wanted & Unwanted Novels (Columbia U Press). they/them linktr.ee/tomcomitta
Alex Higley @alexhigley.bsky.social TRUE FAILURE (2/25), Coffee House Press
editor, Great Place Books
alexhigley.com
Justin Bryant @justinwriter.bsky.social ‘Thunder From A Clear Blue Sky’ Malarkey Books 2023. Short fiction/flash here and there.
Patrick Cottrell @patrickcottrell.bsky.social writer mostly here for basketball
https://patrick-cottrell.com/
colin drohan @colindrohan.bsky.social my daughter says hello (she is a pug named Martha)
Nick Schroeder @nschroeder.bsky.social people gotta synchronize to animal time • Maine journalist • communications spacegallery.bsky.social
alexandrine ogundimu @crossradical.bsky.social https://crossradical.neocities.org/
Rebecca Gransden @rgransden.bsky.social Writes sometimes. Has always lived by the sea.
Send interview pitches for X-R-A-Y to Rebecca at: rebecca@xraylitmag.com
Jillian Luft @jillianluft.bsky.social Writer. SCUMBAG SUMMER (2024, House of Vlad Press). Founder of @sweettrashpress.bsky.social
Chris Kelso @chris88.bsky.social Angry writer, eager editor, devoted dad
D.T. Robbins @dtrobbins.bsky.social Author of Leasing (House of Vlad), Birds Aren't Real (Maudlin House). Founding editor of Rejection Letters, Twin Pies.
Lindsay Lerman @lindsaylerman.bsky.social "exposed on a high ledge in full light"
xavier garcia @xaviergarcia.bsky.social writer / editor / hermit / collector of dust
Editor at Twin Pies Literary / Linktree: linktr.ee/xavieragarcia
Apocalypse Party @apocalypseparty.bsky.social A heavy metal acid trip via literature. Publishing books for the end of the world.
apocalypse-party.com/books
elle nash @saderotica.bsky.social literary catgirl | author of Deliver Me, Gag Reflex, Nudes, & Animals Eat Each Other | phd candidate at university of glasgow | editor @thecreativeindependent.com 🌀
“i’m the bigger dog only for now.” —peter christopher
🐇linktr.ee/ellenash
X-R-A-Y Literary Press @xraylitmag.bsky.social the best writers on earth
www.xraylitmag.com
Steve Anwyll @oneloveasshole.bsky.social Author of Welfare (Tyrant Books)
I’m just a minor threat
Doug Paul Case @scyther.bsky.social Poet, erstwhile photographer, cat dad
Ben Wildflower @benwildflower.com Philadelphian. Printmaking, bicycles, childrearing, farting around. Destroy what destroys you. The world is still a beautiful place.
lordofoverstock @lordofoverstock.bsky.social https://t.co/wJ1b1h26Mu
a brighter summer day of a new instance @o-c.bsky.social As Serious as Your Life he/him
https://boxd.it/MvpD
Brian Oliu @brianoliu.bsky.social former bama higher ed faculty / current mn higher ed comms / former egan’s dj / current cool dad / former bad poet-athlete / current bad poet-athlete
julian francis park @malcontent.bsky.social Ⓐ☭ • rent abolition w/ https://baytanc.com/ & https://atun-rsia.org/ • movements + poetry + critique • use my name not pronouns • "there is no situation from which there is no way out" • https://jfprk.wordpress.com/
CHRISTIAN LORENTZEN @xlo.bsky.social FREELANCE WRITER
Claire Donato @clairedonato.bsky.social I took a special picture for my profile because my childhood photo wouldn’t upload
daisuke ♡ @daijoubu.bsky.social books: Vague Predictions & Prophecies (CLASH Books 2024), Funeral (with Vi Khi Nao, KERNPUNKT Press 2023)
www.daisukeshen.com
Parker Young @parkeryoung.bsky.social author of CHEAP THERAPIST SAYS YOU'RE INSANE (Future Tense Books, 2023)