Tadhg Carey @tadhgcarey.bsky.social Writer: Westmeath Artist Bursary Award, Freedom to Write awardee, Southword, The Stony Thursday Book, Skylight 47, Honest Ulsterman & others. Cúirt International Festival of Literature New Writing Showcase 2024. Highly Commended Fool for Poetry Chapbook.
The Madrid Review @madridlitmag.bsky.social We're an international literary magazine in Madrid. We connect English and Spanish speaking literary cultures through fiction, poetry, essays and interviews.
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Ruth McKee @ruthmckee.bsky.social Debut novel, Wild Iris (Dedalus)
"...filled with luminous detail and a voice that is tender, intimate and pitch perfect."—Catherine Dunne.
ruthmckee.org
Elaine Maguire O’Connor @wigsandgowns.bsky.social Writer, Law, Culture etc.
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Stephen Brophy @stevebrophy.bsky.social Winner of the 2021 Montana Prize in Fiction. Stories in Winter Papers, Irish Independent, Bat City Review... Editor @the4facedliar.bsky.social
Fox and Star Books @foxandstarbooks.bsky.social We publish poetry and fiction chapbooks by UK debut authors with an emphasis on global majority writers. Founder/editor: @carrieetter.bsky.social; co-editor: Kaycee Hill Website: https://foxandstarbooks.org
Adam Rowan @shinjutnt.bsky.social Black lab dad. Writer and ambient musician. The Dynasty of the Divine out now!
www.adamrowan.ccard.co
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Poetry with Linda @poetrywithlinda.bsky.social poetry, nature, writing, reading, art, culture, languages, photography, travelling 🎨🖌️🖼️
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Julene Tripp Weaver @trippweavpoet.bsky.social Poet—latest book: "Slow Now with Clear Skies." Writer. Herbalist—Green Witch. Therapist. Systemic or Family Constellation. Health Artist. #WOMPO https://www.julenetrippweaver.com
Lauren Lawler @laurenlawler.bsky.social 
Oatleaf Poetry @oatleafpoetry.bsky.social An online poetry publication.
Submissions are open year-round!
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Streetweeter @streetweeter.bsky.social Author of The Mall Men (May 2026) and Children’s Author of the Paper Dog Bob series, The Periodicals & Tales from the Toy Store.
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@mitchwrites1982.bsky.social @mitchwrites1982.bsky.social Greenhorn writer and movie lover. Find more at https://authormitchellmcenery.com
Medha Singh @medhawrites.bsky.social Poet, editor and translator. Edinburgh. SciencesPo, UoE / TEDx / New Writer Awardee ‘23 (Scottish Book Trust). www.medhawrites.com
James Geary @jamesmgeary.bsky.social Aspiring author. Husband. Dad. Environmentalist. Vegan. Atheist. SFF geek. Stargate. Trekkie. Lifter of heavy things!
Ally 🏳️🌈. He/him. 🇵🇸🇺🇦🇱🇧
Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com Poet & writer | Creator of Thought Echoes 🎧 Podcast & Newsletter | Subconscious/consciousness wanderings have always fascinated me. Where are yours taking you?
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Poetry Enthusiast @poetry-enthusiast.bsky.social Poetry & nature enthusiast ~ reader ~ writer ~ traveller ~ photographer
Alan Parry He/Him @alanparrywriter.co.uk Independent Writer
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EiC @thebrokenspine.co.uk
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DrNaturegirl @drnaturegirl.debbiemross.co.uk Poet, author, artist, baker, photographer. Keen gardner/veg grower, advocate for nature & the underdog. All year open water swimmer, thalassophile. Social & environmental justice NOW. Daily photo from Scotland.NOT a naturist!
https://linktr.ee/Debhandmade
Sandy McIntosh @sandymcintosh.bsky.social Author of twelve volumes of poetry, a Chinese cookbook, and three computer software programs.
https://sandymcintosh.info
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/
Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social Poet, New York Times bestselling author of Paleolithic Era novels, nonfiction writer, award-winning screenwriter.
https://marymackey.com/
Carmen Wiigwaas Craig @carmunist.bsky.social Learning and teaching my language—Nishnaabemwin. Jijaak ndoodem. Consultant at Oodenaw.com. Award-winning short fiction author and poet. Developmental editor at DarlingAxe.com. Kidlit, YA, hist fic, women's lit. She/they
Eibhlís Carcione @eibhliscarcione.bsky.social Children's writer-Carnegie nominated. Irish poet. BLACK GABLES. THE MIDNIGHT HOUSE. WELCOME TO DEAD TOWN RAVEN MCKAY Rep'd by Silvia Molteni PFD
eibhliscarcione.com
Cork, Ireland
Harper Dent @harperdent.bsky.social Writer of speculative fiction. Loves nature, dogs and chocolate. She/them
Haiku Poetry @haiku-poetry.bsky.social Haiku Poetry (written by myself)
📍Switzerland
Rhiannon Sweet @rhiannonsweeet.bsky.social Artist &poet.
My book (The Raven Looked Into My Soul) is now available. 🖤🐦⬛ next book:Broken Wings https://www.amazon.com/author/rhiannonsweet
Paul Carroll @paulcarroll.bsky.social Books about magic & Death | Editor of TURNING ROADS, DOWN BELOW & FRACTURED REALMS | Co-founder of Cupán Fae, IrishComics.ie & Limit Break Comics 🏳️🌈
Website: http://paulcarrollwriter.com/
Sean Bates @seanjbates.bsky.social writer/poet/educator
https://substack.com/@seanjbates
https://linktr.ee/seanbateswrites
poems in:
Paddler Press
Emerge Literary Journal
Stone Canoe
Rising Phoenix Review
"What Saves Us"anthology ed. Martín Espada https://tinyurl.com/44yksnmp
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Kyla Houbolt @luaz.bsky.social I write poems and I garden. *Becoming Altar*, new and selected poems, available from asterismbooks.com. *Mapless* available from SHINE Poetry. See https://kylahoubolt.us/ for all kinds of more.
Miggy Angel @miggyangel.bsky.social Poetry Is Fuckeries
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Graffiti On A Burning House forthcoming from Salo Press 2026
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filmphotography:
StreetPoetryIsMyEveryday
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Laura Cooney *Motherbunnet* on sale @lozzawriting.bsky.social Writer, Edinburgh.
Editor: @frazzledlitmag
BOTN nominated 2024. On all socials same name.
Writing for children: @lozzakidwriting
Website: https://lauracooneywriting.wixsite.com/website
Editing: www.kofi.com/lozzawriting
rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social poet, fiction writer, publisher, critic, papa, etc.
out now: edgeless (Caitlin Press)
https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/
https://www.patreon.com/robmclennan
http://robmclennanauthor.blogspot.com/ https://robmclennan.substack.com/
New Nottingham Journal @nottinghamjournal.bsky.social An annual print literary journal featuring short fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction from around the world.
Jay Wu Lee🇮🇪/🏴 @jaywulee.bsky.social Actor.Writer.Promoter.
PEN INTERNATIONAL
(Young Peoples Representative for Wales)
Andy T. Hanson @andythanson.bsky.social Sci-fi, fantasy and general fiction author, screenwriter, playwright and performer. Proud father, husband, secular humanist and Army veteran.
andythanson.com
Tethered Sky @tetheredsky.bsky.social Poet | current manuscript: Mélusine 🐍 | she/her
Rory @roryduffy.bsky.social Stories. Winner #ennisbookclub 2025 & #RedLineBookFest 2019 Shortlisted/runner up- Sean O'Faoláin, RTE Short Story Award (twice), #Cuirt, Bath, @WritersWeek. Wild Atlantic Words. John McGahern Award. PJ O'Connor. @ForwardPrizes nominee 2021. LL - Bridport
Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com Senior editor at DarlingAxe.com. Novelist at SeptimusBrown.com. Award-winning short-fiction writer. Chaotic good. He/they. 🏳️🌈
Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social Poetry collection New Famous Phrases @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social, UNESCO Bridges of Struga Award, Ilkley New Northern Poet, New Writing North North East Poet, BBC New Creative
https://www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page/daniel-hinds-new-famous-phrases
Kevin Gallant @kevin-gallant.bsky.social Canadian
Author of Beyond the Mark: Ashes of the Hero. 🗡🛡🔮✨️🧙♂️
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/beyond-the-mark
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DM96B5J9
Singer for Violet Outburst 🎸🎤
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Vf4w9Ze38rLniADBEGKSp?si=AcWduGX
Irish Stew Podcast @irishstewpodcast.com Conversation for the Global Irish Nation on all major podcast platforms and at irishstewpodcast.com.
#IrishPodcast #IrishDiaspora #DiasporaMatters #GlobalIrishNation
Anthony Addis @anthonyaddis.bsky.social I used to write, read and live in Cairo, KL, Jakarta and Riyadh. Now I do all that in Lichfield while placating two Indonesian streetcats.
My novel 'Do Not Keep Silent' is available on Amazon.
anthonyaddis.co.uk
Anthropocene @anthro-poetry.bsky.social fresh poems: wednesday & sunday.
editor:
charlie baylis
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Alan Kavanagh @alankavanagh.bsky.social Software engineer from Ireland 🇮🇪
🎓M.Sc. M.Sc. B.Sc. PG.Dip. 🎓
Problem solver, tech enthusiast, and lifelong learner 👨💻
Building software, learning Spanish 🇪🇸, and always listening to music 🎶
Hog River Press Poetry Journal @hogriverpress.bsky.social Poetry & poets. Puppies too. Hog River Press, a print & digital poetry journal: we publish magnificent poems and indulge in the occasional crazed paper arts collaboration.
https://www.hogriverpress.com/
The Wax Paper @thewaxpaper.bsky.social An independent publication of moving words and still images.
TheWaxPaper.com
Darling Axe Editing @darlingaxe.com Novel development & editing services. Our editors are industry experts and award-winning writers. Take your manuscript to the next level.
DarlingAxe.com
E. J. Nash @ejnash.bsky.social Things that bring me joy: Writing, reading, lasagna | Words in CBC, The Globe and Mail, Nature, and elsewhere | Say hi at ejnashwrites.com
James Topham @jamestopham.bsky.social Screenwriter: @RidleyScottCG, @GaumontTV #BAFTA / @RocliffeForum Winner.
https://james-topham.com
Susan Muth @susiemuth.bsky.social Poet | MFA from @mason__cw | Executive Editor @offseasonmag | jigsaw puzzler | she/her
David Hanlon @vespertine4.bsky.social Cardiff poet. Best of the Net nominee. Author of two poetry collections - 'Spectrum of Flight' published in 2020 & 'Dawn's Incision' in 2024. Co-Poetry Editor @brokenspinearts.bsky.social
Sleeping Poet @sleepingpoet.bsky.social Artist, journalist, moonlighting as a poet |
https://sleepingpoetstories.substack.com/
Poetry Emma Meier @poetryemmameier.bsky.social Poet. Writer. Reader. Thinker. ✍️📖
J.K. Kennedy @jkkennedywrites.bsky.social 🐲 Author of Clumsy Beauty, available now!
🐞 Observer, mumbler, overthinker
🩵 Wisconsin, US
🔗 www.jkkennedywrites.com
Authora Australis @ausauthora.bsky.social Authora Australis, blind review poetry, stories, artwork. Insta: @authoraoz Eds: @rpatulny.bsky.social @psycarlogy.bsky.social
Alastair Morrison @alasmorrison.bsky.social Psychiatry resident, poet/poetry bore, tolerated parent. PhD English Lit, Columbia. MD McMaster. #medicalhumanities
Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social Poetry, mostly.
Amy @amzomac.bsky.social I'm Amy. I spend time running, protesting, asking questions, finding beauty in the mundane and refusing to be neutral in situations of injustice. Socialist.
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
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Poetry in Glasgow @poetry-in-glasgow.bsky.social Poetry in Glasgow (PIG) is a community source for anyone interested in poetry in Glasgow and beyond. We share news and updates on events, opportunities and resources. PIG is for and by the community. https://poetry-in-glasgow.art/
Julia @chiaroscuro1897.bsky.social Poet | Writer | Freelance Art Historian
UK https://juliabiggs1.wixsite.com/juliabiggs
Pamphlet available from Salò Press: https://www.salopress.com/store/nasty-objects-julia-biggs/
The Pentaxian @the-pentaxian.bsky.social Amateur photographer and general ne'er-do-well.
All photos are my own, no sense in blaming someone else.
Sean McNulty @thispersona.bsky.social Writer. Poet. Pox.
Irish Novel Fair Finalist. Maker of weird and untrustworthy fictions.
https://linktr.ee/Sean_McNulty
Sharon Keely @sharonkeely.bsky.social Fiction only please
Molly Hennigan @mollyh.bsky.social Writer | The Celestial Realm
Writer in Residence University of Galway
Banshee nonfiction editor
monica, MLitt @caricaturesca.bsky.social Boxing enjoyer
Uveitis + UC
Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com San Francisco 🌁
City Planning, Sustainable Transportation, Spatial Science. Union Member. Assistant Professor. Banner by Bellows.
The Indignataries @wildergoose.bsky.social You don't have to look up the word "biome" to know we're all connected. Science, science fiction writer. Music and book reviews. Music on co-operatively owned Subvert and (for now) Bandcamp. Jazz guitarist in the trio Confluence.
Jess Traynor @jesstraynor.bsky.social Poetry and other bits of writing | Pit Lullabies with Bloodaxe Books and The Quick and Liffey Swim with Dedalus Press | Essays in Tolka, The Stinging Fly and The Dublin Review | Poetry editor at Banshee | New Arcana forthcoming Sept 25 from Bloodaxe Books.
After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com Philosophy | Ethics Short Story Literary Fiction Publisher. Top 10 (Chill Subs) LitMag 2023-2024, books, & podcasts. $ subscriptions (& Patreon) pay writers.
Links: https://bio.site/afterdinner
Lena - Poet and Questioner @lena1370.bsky.social Poet, Questioner and Walker in darkness
Corinna 🐸 🍄 @corinnaren.bsky.social 🌲Artist/Educator
1st generation Romanian-American
Murals & Graphic Design 🎨
Author & illustrator of the Exploring Spokane series.
Owner of The PNW Dream
Let’s create together ➡️ 📧 corinna@crencreative.com
www.corinnarencreative.com
👐🏼 Human-made art - 🚫 AI
Nick Olah @nickolahpoetry.bsky.social Published Poet | Lover of Nature | Amateur Photographer
amanda nicole corbin @ancpoet.bsky.social 7.9.19 | poet
published in the london magazine, the notre dame review, door is a jar, etc. | nominated best microfiction | reader for black fox lit ✨
read here: https://www.anothernewcalligraphy.com/anc071.html
https://amandanicolecorbin.com/
Caiti Quatmann | writer + editor @caititalks.bsky.social New chapook: Meditations (on Cheese) coming in 2025 🧀
Caiti talks t̶o̶o̶ ̶m̶u̶c̶h̶
disabled & queer poet. Author of YOKE (MyrtleHaus). EIC for HNDL Magazine. Words in Rattle, Little Old Lady Comedy, manywor(l)ds, etc (She / they) 📍St. Louis
@merelypoetry.bsky.social @merelypoetry.bsky.social Haiku , Senryu , Tanka . Not necessarily in that order .
Salem Islas-Madlo (ella/she/her) @deepsouldiver.bsky.social Latina writer/poet/mental health advocate/holistic energy coach/trauma care practitioner/eclectic hedge witch
https://linktr.ee/DeepWildCoaching
You can also find me at
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Ellissa @ellissa.bsky.social Haiku poet. Amateur photographer. Kindness. Compassion. Creativity. Nature. Art. Wildlife. 🌎 🌍 ✍️ 📸 🕊️ 🪶
There is hope. You can make a difference 😊
Poems and photos are my own.
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🍯honey bee🐝 @po3try.bsky.social curiosity swims in the deep place
#cats #disability #scienx #noai
Jacob Kolasch @kolaschjacob.bsky.social I'm a poet with treatment resistant depression. When I can't write, I take photos. Bisexual. Ally. 🏳️🌈
Jocelyn @jocelynx44.bsky.social the moon tastes of stolen oranges ~ a blackbird eats the sun
#poetry #art #haiku
moniker @monikerpoems.bsky.social she/they 🏳️⚧️ poetry account, might post about a random interest occasionally
check out "my longer poems" feed, please ^^
Rachel McDonald @softlywild.bsky.social Poet; writer; imagination is everything. 💫
Lover of shapes left over from cutting out shapes; the sea; humming and the rain.
Chel Campbell @chelcampbell.bsky.social ☀️ poet & BOTN-nominated collage artist
⚡️ EIC @memezine.bsky.social
⭐️ poetry reader @pitheadchapel.bsky.social
🪰 LOVEBUG (rinky dink press, 2025)
✍️ work appearing/forthcoming in matchbook, X-R-A-Y, Pithead Chapel, trampset, & more
C. K. Crawford @christacraw.bsky.social Fueled by tea and my love of haiku, photography, nature, and art.
My amazing partner:
@bill-crawford.bsky.social
My posts:
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Sanya @sanjar.bsky.social Lit professor 🔹Moment keeper ✒️📸🔹All work ©️
HaikuTsunami @haikutsunami.bsky.social It's not just about being alive
It's about being aware.
Tom 🏛️🖼️⭐️🕯️📜🪶🎷🤔📸✈️☸️ @haikutom.bsky.social 🇬🇧🇨🇦🇺🇸 Architecture. Art. Astro/physics. Haiku/Poetry. Jazz/Music. Philosophy. Photography. Travel/Writing. Zen/Buddhism. 🚫DMs 🙏
Paul Connolly @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social Writer
Poetry: Debut collection due Spring ‘27
(Broken Sleep Books)
Forward Prize/BOTN nominee
100+ poems in Agenda, Stand, Poetry Salzburg, Chiron Review, IS&T etc & on BBC
Charles Causley & Bridport shortlists
Prose: Orwell Prize/Bridport Novel longlists
Claire @clairetheebear.bsky.social *sigh* fine
Tanya Bea 🎵 Music Librarian @miztanyabea.bsky.social 🎶 Librarian @ https://novellifans.com
🔥 vocals are 💖, Christina Novelli is 👑 , proud rookie member of the #trancefamily
🔗 #LAFireRelief & #NewMusicFriday @ https://linktree.com/miztanyabea
Luke Morgan @lukemorganpoet.bsky.social Poet and filmmaker. "Blood Atlas" forthcoming from Arlen House (May 2025). Winner of O'Shaughnessy Award for Poetry. www.lukemorgan.ie