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Franco Amati @francoamati.bsky.social writer, poet, SFWA & Codex, ViableParadise 2024,
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Allison K Williams @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social Formerly GuerillaMemoir over there
Writer, editor at Brevity, literal fire-eater
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One Fall Review @onefallreview.bsky.social An online literary journal dedicated to professional wrestling themed poetry.
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Mitchell Ny @mitchellny.com ιδΊΊιι¬Ό π« | lyric essay, fiction
in: trampset, Bending Genres, Maudlin House, Same Faces Collective, Blood+Honey, [...]
American Literary Review's 2026 Nonfiction Finalist
Fractured Lit's 2026 Micro Prize Shortlist
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@batric05.bsky.social @batric05.bsky.social Jeremiah 11-for I know the plan's I have for you,,declares the LORD"; plan's to prosper and not to harm you plan's to give you hope and a future
glucas6696.bsky.social @glucas6696.bsky.social I read and write a lot of poetry. I especially like ekphrastic poetry, which is poetry inspired by visual works of art. I also play classical guitar.
Stephen Delaney @stephendelaney.bsky.social Writer, editor, human. Words in New World Writing, Bending Genres, South Florida Poetry Journal, and elsewhere. Author of the chapbook OUR PLACE IS IN BETWEEN. π #foreignlit #frogs
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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social Lit noir novels + flash | SmokeLong Submission Ed | Runner Up Killer Claymore Best Mystery | Stories in/coming SmokeLong trampset HAD Moon City Ghost Parachute Monkeybicycle Citron Review Peatsmoke CRAFT Conjunctions ++ | IG FB elissalaurenfield.com
Iain Aire @iainaire.bsky.social Word alchemist, the quest for the unobtainable. EcoFiction, Fantasy, SciFi, Crime & Book Binder. The borderland of worlds. www.iainaire.com The Grey Pilgrimβs Gambit https://thegreypilgrimsgambit.laterpress.com Seeds anthology https://seeds.laterpress.com
The Bulb Region @bulbregion.bsky.social An online literary journal dedicated to prose, poetry, comics, essays, humor, hybrid, and everything in-between.
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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social Writing about nature, science, history & sexual violence. Multiple books, multiple mischief.
Latest: TANGLED IN VOW & BESEECH (poems)
Next: LEARNING TO SPAR (memoir)
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Jacqueline Doyle @jacqdoyle.bsky.social Author of The Lunatics' Ball (Mad Creek Books, forthcoming), American Literature 101: Stories (Cornerstone Press, forthcoming), and The Missing Girl (Black Lawrence Press). Wigleaf Top 50. 9 Notables, Best American Essays, Editor, CRAFT Lit Journal.
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Arthur Mandal @arthurmandal.bsky.social Brit/US writer of uncanny fiction. Best Small Fictions 2025. Over 40 stories in The Barcelona Review, LITRO, Southeast Review, The Forge, The Los Angeles Review and others. @nightjarpress Based in Eugene, Oregon (but grew up in UK). www.arthurmandal.com
Chris McManus @chrismcmanus.bsky.social Writer, cook, traveler
Liars' League @liarsleague.bsky.social Writers write, actors read. Top 10 Story Night (@TheGuardian.com) Account by LL Director Katy Darby
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Short Story Shoutout @short-story-shout.bsky.social Hey, writer. Are you reading enough short stories to know what literary magazines are looking for? SHORT STORY SHOUTOUT can help. Follow to get introduced to the best online fiction weekly for the low, low cost of nothing. https://freilly2020.substack.com/
The Village with All of the Flash Writers @heyflashvillage.bsky.social The VILLAGE π is a place where the world π feels a tiny bit smaller. Founded by SMOKELONG for the Global Flash Community
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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
Ryan T. Pozzi @ryantpozzi.bsky.social Nonfiction writer. Author of The Mess That Made Them (Bloomsbury, 2026) geni.us/TMtMT. Two-time Best of the Net nominee. | π Council Bluffs, IA (Omaha Metro Area) | Rep: Anderson Literary Agency
Genrepunk Magazine @genrepunkmag.bsky.social Literary magazine for weird little experiments. π³οΈβπ βΏοΈ π΅πΈ π€π»
Run by Audrey T. Carroll (https://bsky.app/profile/audreytcarroll.bsky.social).
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Carpe Librum Bookstore and Art Gallery @carpelibrum.bsky.social Baltimore-based indie bookstore. Currently online until we get a new space for the bookstore. Generally won't DM people, unless maybe you're a publisher and we need info to stock your books.
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Mason Jar Press @masonjarpress.bsky.social A publisher of prose and poetry based in beautiful Baltimore, MD. http://masonjarpress.com/
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Lisa @lisadellaporta.bsky.social Deep Woods of Philly | Sometimes Writer | Spoonie Crew | Accidental Startupper | Words in New Letters, Wild Roof Journal, etc.| NO DMs
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Blood+Honey @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social Blood+Honey is a new lit mag that revels in the experimental & the avant-garde, dirty and kitchen sink realism. SUBMIT your poetry, fiction, CNF, and digital art!!! SUBS Currently CLOSED!!!
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trampset @trampset.bsky.social A literary journal for the tramps in all of us. We accept poetry, CNF, flash, micro, and short fiction on a rolling basis.
All posts by @lmariharris.bsky.social
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Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social π§β𦱠"Some guy who ranks all the lit journals youβve ever heard of"
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βοΈ Missouri Review, Chicago Quarterly Review, Baltimore Review, X-R-A-Y, The Forge Literary Magazine ...
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Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social Unseamly Literature. https://www.doesithavepockets.com/
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Tommy Dean is open to queries @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social Lit Agent Talcott Notch, AALA Member, Editor, Teacher, Writer of Flash Fiction Editor at @fracturedlit.bsky.social Publications: Harpur Palate, Laurel Review, Monkey Bicycle, Ghost Parachute
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Future Tense Books @futuretensebooks.bsky.social 30+ years of fine books and endless love in Portland, Oregon. We publish daring literary books by writers you should get to know. Editors: Kevin Sampsell (PDX) and Emma Alden (Philadelphia).
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social Fictive Dream, the online #litmag dedicated to the #shortstory including #translations. Please send your submissions to fictivedream@gmail.com. Website https://fictivedream.com/
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Vanessa Hua @vanessahua.bsky.social COYOTELAND | FORBIDDEN CITY | A RIVER OF STARS| DECEIT AND OTHER POSSIBILITIES| Rona Jaffe| Bylines @sfchronicle @nytimes & elsewhere | NEAarts Fellow | forthcoming UPROOTED
hex @hexliterary.bsky.social hex publishes brief speculative texts on a weekly-ish basis. We're @WPI. Editors @katemcintyre.bsky.social @danielmiller.bsky.social @joeaguilar.bsky.social. Subs closed for now. Read hexliterary.com
Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social Ploughshares | Best American Nonreq'd | Copper Nickel Editors' Prize | The Norton Reader | ElectricLit | Flash Fiction America | Swamp Pink | Wigleaf | Five Points (forthcoming) | The Art of Flash Fiction https://artofflashfiction.substack.com
Amy Stuber @amystuber.com Writer, editor, worker bee: amystuber.com
SAD GROWNUPS (Stillhouse Press, Oct 2024), Winner of the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection
Contributing Editor: splitlipthemag.com
Hannah Grieco @writesloud.bsky.social Writer, Editor, Teacher | Author of First Kicking, Then Not (Stanchion 2025) | Columnist @ WCP
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Steve Edwards @the-big-quiet.bsky.social Writer, teacher, friend. Words in: The Sun, Orion, The Yale Review, Literary Hub, & more. Author of BREAKING INTO THE BACKCOUNTRY, a memoir, and the essay collection RARE GOOD: ESSAYS ON ART, AUTISM, AND ASTONISHMENT. https://www.steveedwardswriter.com