shreeking violet press @shreekingviolet.bsky.social Poet moonlighting as a micropress.
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/
Daily Stage Play Festival Contests @stageplaycontests.bsky.social Submit to these contests via Submittable. Full feedback on every submissions. Winners get their play performed by professional actors and made into a promotional video.
https://festivalreviews.org/daily-stage-play-contest-deadlines/
Horror Underground Film Festival @horrorfilmfestival.bsky.social Various options to submit to the Festival. A HYBRID model. Cinema screenings for audience feedback video.Blog and podcast interviews. And bonus Virtual screening (optional!).
https://filmfreeway.com/horrorunderground
https://festivalforhorror.comi
@richardlentils.bsky.social @richardlentils.bsky.social 
Three Word Genre @threewordgenre.bsky.social Share a photo, poem, reflection, or title—using just three words. Safe content only.
Let our Daily Prompts inspire, or create your own “Three Word Genre.”
Always tag #ThreeWordGenre.
Genre ideas to explore:
https://tinyurl.com/Genre-Inspiration-List
Ram Gulrajani Author 📚 @rockape65.bsky.social From suspense to soul-stirring stories I writes them all Love the arts, writing, painting, strumming my guitar & generally being creative. From Gibraltar originally Website: https://t.co/8gSEmJ7TCu Team Site @iquitcigs.bsky.social
Jennifer Mulligan 🇨🇦 🍀 ⚜️ @mizmulligan.bsky.social Born in the wilds of West Quebec. Writer. Director. Cat herder. Dog companion. Authentic hillbilly bloodlines. Future 6th Generation Farmer. Distant relative of famous Mulligan Golf Dude! Opinions mine. 🚫 Messages unless we have DMed before.
𝔸𝕝𝕝 𝔽𝕝𝕒𝕘𝕤 ❤️💛💙💚💜 @allflags.bsky.social Zazzler, refugee/imigrant from Twitter.......
Be curious ---> https://www.zazzle.com/store/allflags?rf=238555236939573440
---> https://www.facebook.com/WorldAllFlags
---> https://ro.pinterest.com/Zazzle4AllFlags/
Eric T. Hill @erichi67.bsky.social 
J Poetry @j-poetry.bsky.social Poet | Writer
🚫AI - all words are my own
email for inquiry: j.thoughtpoetry@gmail.com
TikTok: @j_poetry_
he/him/they/them
eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social @chowleen most elsewhere; my old tweets reappear here at odd times.
Duke prof, APSI Dir+DGS, Duke Story Lab founder. DUP Sinotheory, LAReviewOfBooks board. Shewo Institute 舍我紀念館 Director, Biographical Lit 傳記文學 publisher
周成蔭 #everynightapoem
Alas Furihata アラ降旗 @junfurihata.bsky.social Poems translated from Japanese by AI. Trial only.
I never know what correct is.
bike @ka7raba.bsky.social 30, they he, 🇪🇬, DIY, ONT based, have some fun
https://radio.cfrc.ca/programs/15
https://kahraba.bandcamp.com/
lessEthereal @lessethereal.bsky.social Writer, artist, and haiku lover. I explore the moment through micropoetry and Southwest-inspired line art.
Guild Eleven Poet
Mario @ribweetjes.bsky.social
I'll try to stay optimistic in these chaotic times. I'll create catchphrases, and matching images. Mostly with satire or some sarcasm – or I'll throw in some humor, if possible. To keep it bright. 😊🙏💙
Michael Rancic @therewasnosound.bsky.social arts & culture journalist
co-founder @newfeelingcoop.bsky.social
writing a book about the history of electronic music in so-called canada for @invisibooks.bsky.social
Carol🐳 @kcduttonstrikes.bsky.social 𝓒𝓱𝓪𝓼𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓵𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽, 𝓬𝓪𝓹𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓶𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓼, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪𝓹𝓹𝓻𝓮𝓬𝓲𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓫𝓮𝓪𝓾𝓽𝔂 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂𝓭𝓪𝔂. ✨📷
The Village with All of the Flash Writers @heyflashvillage.bsky.social The VILLAGE 🏘 is a place where the world 🌍 feels a tiny bit smaller. Founded by SMOKELONG for the Global Flash Community
Follow 150+ flash publishers.
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Steve Silas Hendrickson (Hiatus) @phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social "Mamunduong tawo" 🌈🇵🇭
| Gay Widower | Bicolano Poet | Bibliophile | Gamer
Monthly Host: #PoetsOfDoom
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Chronic Pop Culture Illiterate
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ViNa (she/they) @ambidextrouspencil.bsky.social people break in shoes like i break in coffee tables 🦵🏼😭
senior editor @augursociety.bsky.social
CNF editor @longconmagazine.bsky.social
creator & your editorial lance for hire: writerfluid.com 💌
Baby Richman @babyrichmanband.bsky.social REMEMBER TO HIT THE BELL (🔔+ ) 👆
SO YOU’RE NOTIFIED WHEN WE GO LIVE 📺
Nev @alphukit.bsky.social Outdoors and all things nature type of guy.
I love camping, hiking, foraging and travelling anywhere, anytime.
Krononaut Moon Project 🌑 @kronomoon.org Community Time Travel Research since 1982 Mar 09.
❛❛On the Night of the #TotalLunarEclipse,
#TimeTravelers descend in their space-time ships.❜❜
Next #BloodMoon on 2028 Dec 31. Celebrate wherever you are.
🔗 Me.dm/@KronoMoon #Mastodon
🔗 KronoMoon.org
Camille @nikkirl.bsky.social Life will not let down those who work hard, I will prove myself with my actions.
VERSe Ottawa / VERSeFest (prior account lost, @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social Ottawa's International Festival of Poetry / le festival international de poésie d’Ottawa / administrator of the City of Ottawa's Poet Laureate Program / l’administration du Programme des poètes lauréats d’Ottawa / https://www.verseottawa.ca/
Barbara Stocker 💙📚 @bluebirdbhs.bsky.social Activist Democrat Missourian living in Virginia @piperformissouri.bsky.social @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social @wellmanformo.bsky.social @iquitcigs.bsky.social @reichard4rep.bsky.social @stegenmodem.bsky.social @melrea.bsky.social Team Site
@antoninowicki46-06.bsky.social @antoninowicki46-06.bsky.social 
BlueSky Poetry @blueskypoetry.bsky.social A "respectful" space for poets to share work and connect with a vibrant community. All styles of poetry are celebrated. Use #BlueSkyPoetry and #SkyPoet to join a conversation, and tag us at @blueskypoetry.bsky.social for a chance to be featured.
Raymond Bevilacqua-Steinmetz @raymonds-towers.bsky.social Poet & Prose Smith,
Spinner of songs,
Wanderer of words.
All rights reserved.©
Founder of:
@BlueSkyPoetry
@BlueSkyRemnant
@ThreeWordGenre
@Dyadigmas
@TrilisyPoetry
@PhotoTeller
@LoMejorDeMadrid
Web: raymondstowers.wordpress.com
BlueSky Remnant @blueskyremnant.bsky.social Micro-poetry and micro-writing capturing the remnants and aftermath of fleeting moments, impressions, and events that linger. Share them in a single BlueSky post with the #BlueSkyRemnant hashtag.
What they say in the shadows @saidintheshadows.bsky.social Their words. Minus the padding.
Royal City Literary Arts Society @rclas.bsky.social www.rclas.com
RCLAS’s mission is to maintain and build a welcoming community of writers and readers, to support the goals of writers at all stages of their development, and to promote an appreciation of all forms of literary arts.
Annie Trace @annetracy.bsky.social Indie author & writer. Debut novel “The Mourning Lights of Glory” to be released soon. Stay tuned… #ParanormalRomance
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
Charles Reyna Art @charlesreynaart.bsky.social Hi, I'm Charles Anthony Reyna, Abstract Visual Artist based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. My inspiration comes from nature as well as urban areas.
Ken 🍁🌈🌿💨 @jurassicperiod.bsky.social 🌈 Old Gen-X, gay Canadian, in Ottawa 🌈🌿💨
🍁 AB • BC • MB • NB • NL • NS • ON • PE • QC • SK • NT • NU • YT 🍁
russell carisse @russellcarisse.bsky.social poet. queer. dirt-farmer. trailer-trash. they/them
unceded Wolastoqiyik/Mi'gmaw territory
also publisher @sider0xylon.bsky.social
sider0xylon press @sider0xylon.bsky.social a mono-press of pithy handmade limited edition mini/micro chapbooks and broadsides.
launching june 20th @ the ottawa small press book fair!
eic: @russellcarisse.bsky.social
SUBMISSIONS OPEN, see sider0xylon.carrd.co for guidelines.
Angel Gantnier @angelgan.bsky.social Picture Book Writer. Published Short Story Author. Reader. Crafter. Optimist. Nature. Animals. Institute of Children’s Literature. #Storystorm #PBParty #12x12PictureBookWritingChallenge
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
Vera Hadzic @hadzicvera.bsky.social Writes poetry & fiction / MA Queen's University 2025 / BA uOttawa 2024 / she/her
Hollay Ghadery @hollay.bsky.social Writes. Mothers. Neurodiverges.
Poet Laureate of Scugog Township.
📚: Fuse (CNF), Rebellion Box (poems), Widow Fantasies (stories), The Unravelling of Ou (novel).
Co-host of HOWL on CIUT 89.5 FM & host at The New Books Network.
www.hollayghadery.com
Johanne Boucher @johanneboucher.bsky.social Tea addict|book lover|writer.
Neurodivergent|Info Specialist (MLIS)
Montréalaise à Ottawa
*Blocks yellers/political partisans*
📚/🎾/⛸️/soap fan.
Profile pic of red tea lights+candles on white holders.
Background yellow + red tulips near pathway and canal.
LycopeneDream @bonnievivante.bsky.social Reading and sharing art, literature and poetry. Also here for the cute 🐶 🐱 and memes. Sometimes I scribble.
Ber Mtuni @gaijen.bsky.social 
Dano Loves Music @danolovesmusic.bsky.social I’m a music nerd posting nearly every Hot 100 hit (plus some UK) from 1955 on in alphabetical order, plus #AlbumADay. #beatles #GenX #teacher #powerpop #Sounders #Everton #MLS
https://www.youtube.com/@danotalksmusic
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Jessica Patterson @jessicapatterson.bsky.social Writer, communications professional, strangely knowledgeable about a particular giant egg.🥚She/her
Link Health @linkhealth.bsky.social We partner with clinics to connect patients to federal benefit programs that address social determinants of health and put money back into households.
https://linktr.ee/ahealthierdemocracy
Carrie Lee Connel @ccgwriter.bsky.social Canadian Poet and Fiction Writer
One-half of The Lovebird Poets.
🇨🇦✍️🎨🧵👗📚🏳️🌈
I follow writers and cats.
Shantell Powell @shanmonster.bsky.social Author, artist, poet, & Indigiqueer swamp hag. Grew up on the land & off the grid. Writing in The Deadlands, Augur, Nightmare, Malahat Review, Fiddlehead, etc. Aurora finalist, optimistic nihilist & possible witch. No GenAI
shanmonster.dreamwidth.org
Anna Starkey @imaginaryastronaut.xyz orbiting art and science | tall ish | they/them 🏳️🌈
imaginaryastronaut.xyz
Jessica Coles @prairievixen.bsky.social (she/her) Poet, songwriter, finder of lost things. Lover of the amphibious. Endearingly uncool. Occasional open mic performer. Visit https://prairievixenpress.ca/about/ for a list of places to find my poems.
Haley @haley-exe.bsky.social Virginian living in Texas. Poet, project wrangler, weight lifter, mom. She/her, bi, inevitably tired.
Avatar created here: https://picrew.me/en/image_maker/137904
haleycampbell.net
juls @julsmac.ca Spec writer, poet, gardener. UBC MFA candidate. Work in or forthcoming: Prairie Fire, The Malahat Review, The /t3mz/ Review, CV2, HAD, & more. Poetry reader for PRISM International 💫
➡️ julsmac.ca
Elephant Mastodon @emath.bsky.social Boone, Smitty, Tech Exec #3 (deleted scene)
https://open.substack.com/pub/hotdogcode
sarah clark (they) @sarahclark.bsky.social native (nanticoke) genderfuck crip neurodiva. autistic. trans. etc. editor type.
http://linktr.ee/sarah_clark
read stuff i edit (please):
www.anmly.org/
www.beestungmag.com
www.ALOCASIA.org
board: www.sundresspublications.com
Nicola Vulpe @nicolavulpe.bsky.social Poet, writer, sometime thinker, indignado
🇨🇦 🇬🇱 🍉 🇺🇦 🇮🇸 🇨🇺
Film Milf 🌊💙Blue Dem. Resister. 🏳️🌈 LGBTQ+ 📚 @filmilf.bsky.social Work @ TrixStarT Film Productions.
🌊💙Blue Dem. Resister. 🏳️🌈LGBTQ+ 📚
Fully Full Frontal 4 Film. Crazy Cool Comics.
Blair Trewartha @btrewart.bsky.social Poet with 3 chapbooks and one full-length book. Next full-length "Half-Earth" forthcoming in 2026 with Palimpsest Press. Chapbook editor at Anstruther Press. Learning Specialist & Instructional Designer at Western University. Father of two.
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Postscript (Book Formatter, Cover Designer and Socials Post Maker): https://book-shelfie.com/postscript
Get Launched @getlaunched.bsky.social Make yourself the 'Go To' person in any industry and earn a side income from running small networking events.
Earn through entrance fees, membership fees, sponsorships & deals. GetLaunched.org
Natalie Rice @nataliericepoetry.bsky.social "Nightjar" Gaspereau Press, 2025
"Scorch" Gaspereau Press, 2023
natalierice.ca
Poppy @doitpoppy.bsky.social Hi, my name is Poppy. I'm also Mel.
Writer of Displaced series.
itsPoppyKorn on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/itspoppykorn
Writer, AuDHD, Canadian
Shamana @shamana58.bsky.social Writer, singer, photographer, carbon-based life form. I write poetry, magical reality fiction, and blues songs. Sensitivity consultant. Occasional juggler, and vexillologist, aspiring lamp shade.
Stelliform Press @stelliform.press Award-winning SFFH & literary books engaging with environmental justice. Now: THE OTHER SHORE, THE WILDCRAFT DRONES. www.stelliform.press.
Tony the Invisible Writer @tkbwrites.bsky.social Writer, Dreamer, Storyteller, Visionary
Former World-class wheelchair fencer
Current Maniac in a wheelchair
US Expat living on the Rio Zarati in Penonomé, Panama since 2012
Seeking Literary Agent for ScI-Fi novels
Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social Writer of poetry and more; facilitator/coach of leadership learning; recent transplant to Edmonton/Treaty Six lands. Yale Theater Studies and <checks notes> MBA?