WILDsound Writing Festival @wildsoundwriting.bsky.social Daily deadlines for poetry, short stories, screenplays, stage plays, and novels.
Links to submit via sites and submittable: www.novelwritingfestival.com
Mark Scott Ricketts @msricketts.bsky.social Illustrator. Writer. Creator of graphic novels: Nowheresville. Whiskey Dickel, Int'l Cowgirl. Lazarus Jack. Night Trippers.
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Rich Seymour @rseymour.bsky.social Glue code aficionado. Infosec pushover. Synth owner. Music maker. Guitarist. Rust fan. Once earned a Materials Science PhD.
Lucy A. Snyder @lucyasnyder.bsky.social SISTER, MAIDEN, MONSTER (Tor Nightfire, Titan). 5 Bram Stoker Awards. Shirley Jackson finalist. Work in Strange Horizons, Nightmare, Asimov's, Pseudopod, etc. Clarion grad. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
www.lucysnyder.com
Rep: @jord4nhill.bsky.social
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Kai Adin Cooper @kaiadin.bsky.social BioSci Cat turned Registered Nurse in ICU/CriticalCare! ยฎ๏ธ๐ฅ๐ธ | 30+ | SYD AU ๐ธ
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Vast Chasm Magazine @vastchasmmag.bsky.social cultivating community and publishing bold work: flash, short fiction, cnf, poetry, and other nonconforming pieces
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
Cirenzi @cirellan.bsky.social Mother of Dogs
Retired marketing | Ex-pat | Gamer
Clinical & Org. psych
โDo not obey in advanceโ
โ Timothy Snyder
โThe only thing that is the end of the world is the end of the world.โ
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Vicki Jenkins @ehluckyfish.bsky.social Canadian Creative. Actor, Artist, Improvisor, Writer
@farehamboy.bsky.social @farehamboy.bsky.social 
levinskyleo.bsky.social @levinskyleo.bsky.social This machine vibrates the air
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Deborah Weeks/A Woman for An Eternity @deborah-10.bsky.social ๐Iโm a 73 year old Humboldt hippie, feminist, socialist democrat. Proud mother of two grown men. No grandchildren, 5 cats and 2 dogs plus 3 grand dogs with 1 grand cat. A Sagittarius put on this planet in 1952.
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Exoplanet || subs open Sept 1st @exoplanetmag.com New digital magazine for experimental speculative short fiction. Stories that imagine new worlds and new ways to explore them.
First #submissions window: September 1 - 15, 2026
First issue: December 1, 2026
Edited by @patrickdlee.com
exoplanetmag.com
Steve Horton ๐ The Comic Book Story of Space Exploration @mst3k.fan Writer (Comic Book Story of Space Exploration, NYT bestselling BOWIE, secret 3rd thing), SFF & film essays. Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop alumni. Rep'd by RHA. Codexian. Everything is rubbish and all rubbish is wonderful. stevehorton.neocities.org
Will McDermott @willmcdermott.bsky.social Author, Editor, Game Designer
Cameron McCrorie (Meat Popsicle) @mccroriebooks.bsky.social Scottish Science Fiction, Fantasy and Comic Book Author (At least, one day I will be ๐๐)
https://camccroriebooks.wordpress.com/
Jay Litwicki @jaylitwicki.bsky.social Where the past meets the future, and the within meets the without, you will find me.
Writer of High Fantasy!
Genre aficionado and aspiring author. Fantasy, scifi, prog rock, ancient civilizations.
M. A. Holland @maholland.bsky.social Reader/writer. Meanjin/Brisbane, Australia.
Probably misses his old glasses.
#drafting: THESE CURSES WE BEAR, YA Dark Fantasy/Fairy Tale
mrkhllnd80.wixsite.com/maholland
Ian Li @ianli.bsky.social Chinese-Canadian writer/poet/economist/developer | he/him
words in Strange Horizons, Year's Best Canadian F&SF, the Toronto subway, +more
poetry editor for @orionsbeltmagazine.bsky.social
SFWA, Codexian
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Courtney Applewhite @c-applewhite.bsky.social Death researcher ๐ | Currently in EPFL's Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience ๐ง | PhD Religious Studies | Here for death, bereavement, presences, & interdisciplinary work | Plus rugby ๐ and cats ๐โโฌ
Betty Stanton @fadingbetty.bsky.social EdD, MFA, poet, author, speech & debate coach, director, teacher, editor, rpg nerd, game designer, bad at social media, located in Oklahoma
Susan Park @susanfirghilpark.bsky.social writer, poet, nature lover and complete book geek living in the Pacific Northwest surrounded by forest, birds, squirrels, chipmunks and chickens. Member SCBWI.
The Village with All of the Flash Writers @heyflashvillage.bsky.social The VILLAGE ๐ is a place where the world ๐ feels a tiny bit smaller. Founded by SMOKELONG for the Global Flash Community
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Kirsty @cursedtea.bsky.social Writer, artist, costume maker, LARPer and collector of interesting tea. Writes macabre stories and draws adorable comics. (she/her)
Cle Curbo, Sci-Fi Author @clecurbo.bsky.social Claim to fame: won 1st Place Sci-Fi from Writer's Digest 2021 for "In the Garden of Mistress Bloom," described on www.CleCurbo.com. New songs @CleCurboSongs on YouTube.com . Transcending religion with "Care & Share."
F.P. Dawesome @fpdawe.bsky.social Hispanic American social science teacher, historian, leftist, Catholic, aspiring author and seasoned DM. Writer of Grim Dark Fantasy, Hard Science Fiction, and Weird Fiction. Currently in query hell
Find me on Substack: https://williamdaweiv.substack.com/
Brooke Lanier @authorbelanier.bsky.social Author.
Cozy | Gothic | Queer
https://brookelanierbooks.com/
Ian C Peake @thesearedogyears.dog Writing the time-hopping, people/dog anthology nobody asked for. They're not *about* dogs, but they're not *not* about dogs. There's always a dog (exclusions apply). Free to read at thesearedogyears.dog. Dog pics from the Scottish hinterland too.
First Novel Prize @firstnovelprize.bsky.social Writing competition for unpublished and independently published novelists. Entries close on the 31st of May. Judged by Sally Williamson (Transworld) and Hayley Steed (Janklow & Nesbit). Organised by the Literary Studio. Bloomsbury, London
firstnovel.co.uk
Kiera Lesley @kieralesley.bsky.social SFFH writer, reader, tea drinker. Aurealis award winner. AHWA. Codex. Words in: Nightmare, Andromeda Spaceways, Factor Four etc.
Naarm/Melbourne
KieraLesley.com
Ravn J. Silver @ravn-j-silver.bsky.social Writer |she/her
๐ก๏ธSpeculative Fiction๐ช
Short stories, poetry, zines, collages
Words in Apex And Clarkesworld
Clarion Writing Workshop '26!
Never AI, obviously.
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ @worsification.bsky.social Writer. Media/Biz/Courts=complicit in oligarchy & fascism. Anti-MAGA realist.๐ซ๐ดPro-progressive power.๐ฆAntiโunrestrained capitalism.โDemocracy is a fight.๐ฆ(Reposts/likes โ endorsement.) Whatever you think or believe should be continually challenged.
D.N. Schmidt, SF author๐ช๐ @dnschmidt.com Science fiction novelist and humorist. Follow for stories, jokes, and thoughts about writing and creativity.
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Catherine Buck @catherinebuck.bsky.social Stories in CRAFT Literary, Vestal Review, Bending Genres, more. ๐โโฌ Learned from Rutgers-Camden MFA '18, Tin House '22, and Lambda Literary '25. Fiction reader for Okay Donkey. catherinebuck.com
easychore.bsky.social @easychore.bsky.social Want a simple, free to use Chore and Allowance App? Say no more!
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Koffiart37 @koffiimageworks.bsky.social
Visdev / BG painter/Concept art/ comic book artist with decade of working in animation and game industry
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Eric St-Laurent @ericst-laurent.com Musician, GNU-linux enthusiast.
Bordel de merde, nur die wurst hat zwei
Toronto, ๐จ๐ฆ
http://ericst-laurent.com
#cumbia #reaper #supercollider #GNU_linux #vim #bash #awk #sed #mutt #calcurse #sd-im #plain_text #openSource
J.M. Phillippe @jmphillippe.bsky.social Novelist, social worker, and cat lady.
David Tomlin @badbreed.bsky.social I don't like Donald Trump, his administration, or the 'Uneducated MAGA cult followers' who voted for him and continues to support him...
Geek-Aid @geek-aid.com Small business IT and computer house calls for home and office. IT support in NYC including remote business IT services.
MartynJS @cllrmartynjs.bsky.social Grandfather Anti racist/fascist Marxist Psychotherapist, Cosmology and Astronomy ,Writer Philosopher Pagan European Cllr Eco Socialist United Ireland indy Wales and Scotland free Palestine [he,him, his] Republican political/cultural astrologer
Jodi @jcfineartphoto.bsky.social Searching for beauty, goodness and truth. I am a non-apologetic liberal. Don't bother trying to DM. Also, for fuck's sake, spare me the porn. I love art, photography, poetry.
Akis Linardos @linardos.bsky.social Writer of oddities, biomedical AI scientist, maybe human
๐๏ธ Apex, Uncharted, Heartlines, Strange Horizons, ergot., Flame Tree, Plott Hound, Cosmic Horror Monthly and elsewhere
akislinardos.com
he/him
James Joseph Brown @jamesjosephbrown.bsky.social Writer / Educator / Bibliophile / MFA UNLV / RPCV Russia / LGBTQ+
Matthew King @matthewkingart.bsky.social Artist & Author of Don't get Blood in my House books2read.com/matthewking
Likes Character Design, Gamedev, 90โs, Cooking, Sharpies, Beetles, Raccoons, Wrestling, The FGC, Baki, Capcom, Boardgames, DDR
Galactic Suplex @galacticsuplex.bsky.social Hello Humans. I am intercosmic Wrestler & Writer, Galactic Suplex. I am The Intercosmic Wrestling Champion. My Cosmic Leg Drop is my strongest technique. I will write a book for Human consumption. End.๐
Avishek ghosh @avishekcolours.bsky.social 
Tempest Teapot โ ๐ ๐ธ @tempestteapot.bsky.social Tempest Teapot: energy coiled in small space
Epic Fantasy novel Demonโs Bargain
#AmQuerying #F #R #YA #A
Kahyla Tamrin faces a demonโs bargain where all the options are bad: fight with soul-destroying magic or lose her family, her beloved, and her life.
NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social Hello everyone! I'm NC Sayers, an autistic science fiction and fantasy writer who likes writing about strong autistic heroines. I'll be sharing inspiration, writing events, and trying not to go nuts getting story ideas from the news. Excited to connecting!
JOSE MIGUEL BONILLA ESPINOSA @jbexx.bsky.social 
Bookshelfie โญ๏ธ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
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Book tour inquiries: contact@book-shelfie.com
JWT_BookAdventures @jwtba.bsky.social Welcome to JWT_BookAdventures - I do Q&A interviews with Authors - I also do book reviews if I am interested in reading the book
KidsWord & AllKidsBooks โ Explore, Read & Share! @allkidsbooks.com ๐ Join our vibrant community of children's book lovers!
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Kyle Aisteach @badwriter.bsky.social Speculative fiction writer, occasional editor, and part-time educator. All opinions my own, unless they're someone else's.
Joshua Ladd @joshualadd.bsky.social Author | Publishing grad student at Western Colorado University | Intern at WordFire Press | Intern at Baen Books
H. Perry Horton @hperryhorton.bsky.social New Novel Available Now:
DON'T LET THE DARKNESS EAT YOU UP
https://www.amazon.com/DONT-LET-DARKNESS-EAT-YOU/dp/B0FVT8VWKS
Books: https://shorturl.at/AuKlV
ReadiLN โ Discover & Share Books @readiln.com ๐ Where Readers & Authors Connect!
Discover new books. Share reviews. Connect with authors
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Michael Everon @mikhaeleveron.bsky.social Author | Game-maker | Fate-hacker
Debut novel: The Eternal Games
Donโt play by the rules. Rewrite them.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DPBGKCJK
FloridaSnow @floridasnow.bsky.social Iโm an English prof. living in SW Florida with my wife and two crazy children. You can usually find me reading, writing, wandering, or frantically grading.
www.SOrtolano.com
Marc Zammit @marczammit.bsky.social Director๐ฌ | Producer ๐ฅ| Actor ๐ญ CEO Aptitude Films, Skylark Vision.
Homeless Ashes, Witch, JITTERS
@moonrocks.bsky.social @moonrocks.bsky.social Not much of a talker, Iโm here for learning and exploring ideas and art. In no particular order I like tech, science, reading, writing and art.
Author Emily Lankow ๐ @authoremilylankow.bsky.social She/her
โ๏ธ Author of YA Fantasy, clean romance, urban fantasy and LGBTQ+ fantasy ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
I love books, painting and making art, crystals, cats, chocolate, tea, yoga,
80's music, and video games ๐
๐ซNO A/I๐ซ
Check out my work at emilylankow.com
Frey Lylark @freybytheway.bsky.social Genderqueer disabled butch (they/xe). Writes cool disabled sapphic stories that are funny sometimes. Probably needs to lie down. Life is too loud. Lesbian&bi/pan solidarity is everything. Published in APEX.
CatCmdr1 @catcmdr1.bsky.social Welcome to the Resistance!
NO Porn ! No funds. ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ง ๐ฒ๐ฝ
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#Resister #FEM
#Resistance. #StrongerTogether
#BlueCrew๐ฆ. #NEVERTRUMP
Craig Shackleton @craigshackleton.com SFF writer and Swordplay instructor || Founder of Ottawa Swordplay || Lapsed TTRPG writer || AuDHD
Currently seeking a literary agent and writing more novels.
#IndigoEmployee || My posted opinions are my own, I don't speak for my employer.
__takachan__ @takachan72.bsky.social 
Matthew King @matthewkingauthor.bsky.social Artist & Author of Don't get Blood in my House books2read.com/matthewking
Likes Character Design, Gamedev, 90โs, Cooking, Sharpies, Beetles, Raccoons, Wrestling, The FGC, Baki, Capcom, Boardgames, DDR
DJ Ridoux @dj-ridoux.bsky.social 
I Quit Smoking ๐ญ ๐ ๐ @iquitcigs.bsky.social Anti-Smoker My Website campralquitsmoking.net See How I Quit 20 Years Ago Fought Nicotine 35 Years Supporting others who Quit ๐ญ STL MO โค๏ธTo Promote Authors ๐ & Ozarks ๐ Photographer ๐ท Pez Add @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social @stegenmodem.bsky.social ๐
M. Elizabeth Ticknor @disgruntledpeony.bsky.social Neurodiverse, disabled genderfluid writer. Pronouns: Yes. The goatee's all natural. I love reading, drawing, miniature painting, and TTRPGs (Chronicles of Darkness 2E, 5E D&D, Bluebeard's Bride, Cyberpunk Red, etc).
www.ticknortales.com
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/
Tammy Komoff @tammykomoff.bsky.social Horror/Fantasy writer. Mom of two semi-feral girls and a pack of mutts.
Follow for books, short stories & random things I find interesting.
Work in LCRW, Uncharted, Abyss & Apex
Member of HWA, Codex
Eugie Award Finalist
tammykomoff.com
#writer #horror
Writing About Writing About Writing @writingabtwriting.bsky.social A blog about writing books, and books about writing, and reading books about writing.
Writing About Writing About Writing is a project by @thatemilymunro.bsky.social.
Find it at Writingaboutwritingaboutwriting.com
Outsider Art @outsiderart.bsky.social Reduce Reuse Recycle โป๏ธ UPCYCLING! Temple. Shrine. Assemblage. Raw Creation! Outsider art. Art Brut. Folk Art. Visionary Art
Lee Matthew Goldberg @leematthewgoldberg.bsky.social Author of 16 ๐ including ANCESTOR, MENTOR and the GREAT GIMMELMANS.
Lit Rep: Josh Getzler @ HG Literary
Screenwriter and publisher of Fringe Press.
Native New Yorker. LeeMatthewGoldberg.com
@psycholoqy.bsky.social @psycholoqy.bsky.social 
Fantasy/Sci-Fi Film & Screenplay Festival @scififantasyfest.bsky.social This is a HYBRID film festival with live screenings for the audience feedback video, optional virtual 2nd showcase, and blog & podcast interviews with filmmaker
http://fantasyscififestival.com/
https://filmfreeway.com/FantasySciFiFilmScreenplayFestival
Vince Gonzales @vincegonzales.bsky.social Journalism Professor & Assoc. Dean at USC Annenberg, Investigative Reporter, Former Network Correspondent, Single Dad. Only speaking for myself here.
Mike Piero ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ @mikepiero.org Writer. Novelist. Poet. Game Studies Scholar. Writing in J Journal, Midway Journal, Rain Taxi, Moveable Type, Impost, Sandy River Review, & Trash Cat Lit. *Views are my own.* Monarch and Best Small Fictions noms. More at www.mikepiero.org. He/Him. Bi. ๐ฉท๐๐
Haley (they/them) @talkinghyphae.bsky.social Moss. Poems. Probably talking to your child about life and death.
https://www.gameoverbooks.com/store/p/aurora-comes-online-haley-boss
Derek Sylvester @dereksylvester.bsky.social Artist. Posting paintings to spread some joy and maybe even a smile. www.rockyartworks.com Married with two grown children. Cavapoo. 2 cats. Love Clumber Spaniels. Likes: Art, Music, Food, Science, Comedy
Oddity Prodigy Productions @oddityprodigy.bsky.social Oddity Prodigy Productions is a publisher and creative collective, dedicated to giving voice to writers and dreamers
Our latest anthology WHERE LEGENDS WALK, a collection of over 30 superhero prose stories, will be available November 2025!
j\nkonger @towercity.itch.io posting online
All Worlds Wayfarer (Literary Magazine) @awwlitmag.bsky.social Literary magazine exploring character-and-theme-driven speculative fiction. Submissions CLOSED. #litmag
Read stories at www.allworldswayfarer.com
Wayne H.W Wolfson @waynehwwolfson.bsky.social #art #literature #photography #Cinefieldยฎ #music #originalcontent Multi-Media artist. Largely inspired by music. Creator of Cinefieldยฎ.
https://paperlifepainting.com/
http://www.waynewolfson.com/
Berni Johnson @bernij.bsky.social Writer of things, administrator of systems, devourer of entertainment, and haver of ADHD. ๐ voter in a ๐ด state.
Spy Trivia book:
https://www.stablebookgroup.com/products/the-big-book-of-spy-trivia
Other book and website links:
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Rationalist Society St Louis @rsslmo.bsky.social Rationalism is based on reason & knowledge rather than on religious belief. @stlouisatheists.bsky.social @ethicalstl.org @atheists.org @ffrf.org @atheist-memes.com @godlessbitch.bsky.social Team Site
jess leigh unrein @thejessleigh.bsky.social reading, writing, cats, crafts, and software. they/them. chicago.
https://jessunrein.com
E.B. Sommer @ebsommer.bsky.social SFF writer, mom, and self-appointed nerd. Website below to check out list of both past and upcoming published stories....
www.ebsommer.com
Julie& @himissjulie.bsky.social Storyteller, librarian, raging against the dying of the light. Sisko is my favorite Captain and Dorothy is my favorite Golden Girl. I'll always say the thing no one else will say because I cannot help myself. I need a cookie.
Digiguard Inc. @digiguardsecurity.com Specialized Cybersecurity Services for Small and Midsized Businesses, Firms and Medical Practices.
ProudDaddy @xandland.bsky.social Love me lots of things. Hard to pin down.
Temple in a city @templeinacity.bsky.social Lit mag for flash fiction, poetry, art and letters. Throw it all at us. Reading is punk.
https://templeinacity.com
Danny Long @anndaniellong.bsky.social Reader & writer, mostly poems & cnf. Living w/TILT: toxicant-induced loss of tolerance. Organizer & grantwriter before.They/them.
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
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Tom Marcinko @tommarcinko.bsky.social He/him. Stories in Beneath Ceaseless Skies (forthcoming), Nature/Futures, Interzone, Rosebud, Triangulation, and elsewhere. tommarcinko.neocities.org/
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Thorough @thoroughreviews.bsky.social Hi, I'm Thorough. It's nice to meet you.
https://thoroughreviews.substack.com/
Thorough is an idea, a thought, and an emotion. Thorough is a chance to slow down, and appreciate art. Thorough aims to take a look at music differently.