Downingfield Press @downingfield.bsky.social Publishing books for the enquiring mind since 2017. Specialising in non-fiction and poetry.
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Ella B. Winters @ella-b-winters.bsky.social Writer, research, social worker, lecturer, eternal student, working on my PhD.
Artemesia Arts shortlist; Forward prize nominated; Pushcart prizes nominated x2
Writing The Dawn @writingthedawn.bsky.social Where biodiversity, neurodiversity & creativity meet | Writing, creative workshops & coaching|For every kind of bodymind | Neurodivergent-affirming | Anti-racist| LGBTQIA+ affirming | Anti-oppression
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Duane Simolke @duanesimolke.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 I wrote scifi Sons of Taldra, the free scifi ebook Degranon, and slice-of-life fiction The Acorn Stories. Cowrote fantasy adventure The Return of Innocence. 📚🪐 https://linktr.ee/DuaneSimolke
Northern Horror Hub @northerhorrorhub.bsky.social Northern Horror Hub gathers writers, readers and thinkers drawn to the darkness. Explore all aspects of horror via our writing courses, retreats, conferences and events both online and in person. Watch this space for submissions to our upcoming zine.
M. Rob @oedipalschmedipal.bsky.social In the sober light of day it's a little too bright out |
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Ale @aleebrija.bsky.social Developmental editor. She/they. Biological parent of a cat. The other two were adopted. Talk to me about horror. Anti AI.
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Matt Tice @ticewrites.bsky.social Fiction writer represented by Falkin Literary. My debut novel, SEAFLOWER, is currently looking for a home.
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One Fall Review @onefallreview.bsky.social An online literary journal dedicated to professional wrestling themed poetry.
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Pebble @pebblepress.bsky.social Founded in 2025, Pebble is a Chicago small press interested in nature, craft, regionalism, and obscure and unclassifiable excellence.
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Michael Janairo @mjanairo.bsky.social Writer, reader, and I once jammed with The Washington Squares
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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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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
Gaspereau Press @gaspereaupress.bsky.social ¶ One of Canada’s most innovative and tenacious literary publishers
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Luna Station Quarterly @lunastation.bsky.social Stellar Short Fiction by Women-Identified Writers Since 2010
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Janey N @janenash.bsky.social Short story writer and poet -author of the Paynes Grey Detective Series. Ex-Clinical hypnotherapist, psychotherapist, teacher. BLOG:- mahjongmania.substack.com #Bp1 #author #poet #hypnotherapist #psychotherapist #blueheelerowner
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Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
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Global Majority Press @globalmajoritypres.bsky.social Small indie lit press run by and for PoGM
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Jo Fox @joxfoxo.bsky.social I like writing poems and reading other people’s too. Picture Book writer - currently querying 🤞Published writer of short fiction in national women’s press. Novice knitter.
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Ann Tigone @anntigone.bsky.social Poet. Dramatic but lazy. Wistfully nonchalant. Passionately disinterested in oxymorons.
Tope Hall @topehall.bsky.social Adventures of Slothy and Lord Thrilling
Luce Leonard @luceleonard.bsky.social I really love the teachings of the Dalai Lama and the great spiritual masters around him. They make me feel good.
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Rhoen28 @rhoen28.bsky.social poet | language-tinkerer | ghost metaphor enthusiast | obsessed with the weird little gaps between words 👀
Kate Johnson @katejohnsonwrites.bsky.social Heal religious trauma, family dysfunction & shame. Reclaim your voice & freedom.
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Alien Buddha Press @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social Alien Buddha Press has been publishing emerging writers and artists since 2017. Open for submissions at abuddhapress@yahoo.com
BIGGSGGIB @ridebikeseatspuds.bsky.social Writer | Poet | Conservationist | Rider of Bikes | Occasional Musician | etc.
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APROSEXIA LIT @aprosexia.org |:| A poetry journal of divergent, challenged, and challenging minds. Biannual. |:| aprosexia.org
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JR Walsh @itsjrwalsh.bsky.social JR Walsh is the Online Editor at The Citron Review. He teaches poetry and fiction at SUNY Oswego. Find his writing on itsjrwalsh.com.
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Linda Maceri @lindamaceri.bsky.social It’s Ma Cherry. Writer. Washington Square Review | jmww | Shenandoah Review | Black Warrior Review | etc.
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Sara Pisak @sarapisak.bsky.social Writer. Words in “The Rumpus,” “The Fourth River,” “Hippocampus,” “Door is a Jar,” “Women of Appalachia,” and “Whale Road Review,” among others.
Kate E. Lore @kateelore.bsky.social Artist of words, assembler of images, dances with ink.
All Worlds Wayfarer (Literary Magazine) @awwlitmag.bsky.social Literary magazine exploring character-and-theme-driven speculative fiction. Submissions CLOSED. #litmag
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social he/him, bylines Public Notice, Chicago Reader, Revealer, Prism
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Fluorescent Magazine @fluorescent-mag.bsky.social An independent, youth led magazine for literary enthusiasts, science lovers and activists alike.
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Creative Writing at NEIU @neiu-cw.bsky.social Home of Northeastern Illinois University’s Creative Writing Minor, The 82 Reading Series, and more!
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Out to Lunch @fictionwriting.bsky.social Discussion of websites, venue reviews, event planning ... stuff that, while relevant, I would never put on my main account. Maybe some flash fiction.
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University of Guelph Creative Writing MFA @uguelphcwmfa.bsky.social The official page of the University of Guelph Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program, located at the University of Guelph-Humber in Toronto, Canada.
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Peakrill Press @peakrillpress.bsky.social stories - art - magic - surprises
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WordSmitten Writers WorkShop @wordsmittenwrkshop.bsky.social WordSmitten Workshop is a virtual roundtable where writers critique long projects - from page one to publication. We also offer education, reading, and salons to the Southwest Florida writing & reading community. www.wordsmittenworkshop.com
bao @ba0z.bsky.social Educator, life-long student, philosopher and poet. 
C. A. Kane @speculativekane.bsky.social A speculative fiction writer with stories in Apparition Lit and Small Wonders.
Probably listening to heavy metal right now.
Sara McAulay @swmcaulay.bsky.social Fiction writer, poet, hiker, birder. Retired horse trainer, retired academic, retired on-the-cheap traveler. Now I train my dog, the cats train me. Oh yeah, and I'm older than dirt. Where's the wisdom that's supposed to come with that?
@entangledrhyme.bsky.social @entangledrhyme.bsky.social Poet, a few parts lost atm.
Jill Kitchen @jillkitchen.bsky.social language, longing, music, landscape. DC. co, nyc, & london still hold my heart. words in asterales, crabcreek, fourway, iowa, NAR, poetlore, split lip, vassar. soon in AQR, birdcoat, citron, june road. social media @ SWWIM she/her linktr.ee/jillkitchen
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Daniel Bird @dannotarealbird.bsky.social Writer of ‘Sorry Men’ and other forgettable fiction.
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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
Elda Orozco @eldaorozco.bsky.social Elda Orozco conjures stories where myth bleeds into the modern and words become a haunting. Her work, nestled between magical realism and the uncanny, explores the primal hungers and contradictions that define our humanity. https://www.theunspooling.com/
Craig 🌎 🛩️ 💙🇨🇦 @bigdaddykreativ.bsky.social A seasoned travel writer that brings destinations to life through vivid detail, immersive storytelling, and firsthand experiences.
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Suzanne (writing as S A Greene) @sagreene1.bsky.social Writer. SOCIAL MEDIA BREAK 2026 (except for shameless self-promotion) DMs don't work. GoneLawn trampset TempleInACity GooseberryPie BlinkInk Mslexia Liars'League MythicPicnic NewFlashFicReview FictiveDream BulbCulture Phare MaudlinHouse FreeFlashFiction
Rayne Alarcio @raynealarcio.bsky.social 25 | Fil Am 🇵🇭🇺🇸 Writer
Charlie Parant @cparant.bsky.social Photography, poetry, art work,...stuff like that
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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
phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social A journal of literature and art published by George Mason University. Submissions open NOW. Issue 55.2 out!
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Susannah Butler @sbeditorial.bsky.social ✨Freelance commissioning editor, copyeditor & proofreader working with publishers and authors to develop books across genres.
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Lara Stapleton @larastap.bsky.social Author, The Ruin of Everything, Paloma Press. Prof., BMCC of CUNY. Mixed Filipino-Am. I love: books, my students who have excellent brains & deserve the world, historical linguistics, Austronesian brilliance, bingewatching, decent humans. Art is everything
Association for the Study of Literature and Environment @asle-us.bsky.social ASLE is a dynamic environmental humanities community for those interested in the natural world, especially its meanings and representations in literature, art, language, and culture.
Belmira canciana @belmirayyy.bsky.social Life is for the living.🌹
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Jack Morris @jackmmorris.bsky.social Writes a bit (Pushcart nom x 2, Best Microfiction ‘26, Fish 3rd prize ‘26), reads a lot. Drama (on-stage, mostly) 🏳️🌈
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NewPages @newpages.bsky.social NewPages.com is your best guide to literary magazines, indie publishing, university presses, creative writing programs, writing and literary events, writing contests and submissions, independent bookstores, and more.
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Jo Belfield @jobelfield.bsky.social Probably writing in Shetland.
Geoffrey geoff @geofferygeoff.bsky.social Non Trump person
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Recovering cartoonist
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Michele Rule 🇨🇦📝 she/her @michelerule.bsky.social Poet/Writer. Proud mom and grandma to both humans and pets. Disabled. Recovering politician. Chocolate lover. Human rights friendly. Coeditor at @thesolitarydaisy.bsky.social.
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Kathleen O'Grady 🇨🇦 @kathleenogradyca.bsky.social Founder & CEO, QUOI Media Group Inc. www.quoimedia.com
Ottawa Valley girl and #cdnpoli enthusiast
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Lindsay C @copperfire.bsky.social Fan of dogs. Animal welfare advocate. Poet.
Saraswati Nagpal @saraswatinagpal.bsky.social Forward Prize, Pushcart & BOTN nominated Poet, Author, Educator, Performing Artist. Lover of Sci-Fi and Fantasy, tomes, trees, all things purple. Poetry: 'Drench Me in Silver' (Black Bough, 2025)
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/saraswatinagpal
Jeremy Springsteed @jeremyspringsteed.bsky.social Poet, barista, cafe manager, Cure fanatic, lover of post punk,wacky anarchist living in late stage capitalism.
Karen the Iron Goddess of Mercy @irondsofmercy.bsky.social I love Cleveland,when it glitters.
Nick Moran @speakmytruth90.bsky.social Fredericton, NB Bus Driver | Proud husband & dog dad | Advocate for Kindness, Equality & Democracy | News junkie, Aviation buff & Traveler🇨🇦🇨🇦🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🚌🚌❤️❤️
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Short Vine Journal @shortvinejournal.bsky.social Short Vine is an undergraduate literary journal dedicated to sharing creative works of undergraduate students from around the world. Edited and published by students at the University of Cincinnati. Banner by Phil Armstrong, Cincinnati Refined 2017.
udev @septemberboyfriend.bsky.social trying to be semi-anonymous.
2River @2river.bsky.social Since 1996, 2River has been a site of poetry and art, quarterly publishing THE 2RIVER VIEW and occasionally publishing individual poets in The 2River Chapbook Series. www.2River.org
Sam Bee @sambusawrites.bsky.social Free witch, no guilt