Saturnalia Books @saturnaliabooks.bsky.social poetry by new and established writers encouraging literature of a non-commercial & challenging nature
Monique Laban @moniquelaban.bsky.social Everywhere else I’m endorphinique. I write. https://www.moniquelaban.com
Stephanie Burt @notquitehydepark.bsky.social poems, pop music, superheroes, lit crit, SFF, friends, trans joy. Cats, dogs, kids. Way too accommodating. Swiftie. https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/stephanie-burt/taylors-version/9781541606234/?lens=basic-books
Gabriel Ojeda-Sague @hadeejasouffle.bsky.social living empanada, fortunately a poet, unfortunately an academic
Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social author of Whipping Girl, Sexed Up, Excluded & 99 Erics. also a musician & biologist. more at juliaserano.com. @juliaserano most other platforms. she/her
Karen Dalton Beninato @kbeninato.bsky.social Writer, words in The New Republic, NOLA, Huffington Post, Earth Island. Nonprofit co-founder. Was publicist for legendary Dr. John; now working with badasses artists including Grammy nominated Corey Henry. Grammy mentor.
https://karendaltonbeninato.com
Stephanie Kaylor @stemkay.bsky.social 
Valerie Loveland @valerieloveland.bsky.social Poet! AuDHD! She/her!
Jonathan Basile @jonothingeb.bsky.social Postdoc at UofT, 20th C literature and science, viruses, evolutionary theory, deconstruction, libraryofbabel.info. Author: Natural Lection (http://bit.ly/495ZCJD), Virality Vitality (https://sunypress.edu/Books/V/Virality-Vitality)
University of Arizona Poetry Center @uapoetrycenter.bsky.social “The best living room in America for reading poetry.”
poetry.arizona.edu | https://linktr.ee/poetrycenter
Jenny Johnson @infullvelvet.bsky.social Poet and essayist.
www.jennyjohnsonpoet.com
In Full Velvet (Sarabande Books, 2017)
Views expressed are my own.
@paideuma.bsky.social @paideuma.bsky.social 
Timothy Liu @timothyliupoet.bsky.social Poète Maudit. DOWN LOW AND LOWDOWN: BEDSIDE BOTTOM-FEEDER BLUES; LUMINOUS DEBRIS: NEW & SELECTED LEGERDEMAIN (1992-2017). www.timothyliu.net
Andrea Lawlor @anderlawlor.bsky.social parent, partner, cat dad, writer, prof, etc.
arms embargo now & forever!
IG: @anderlawlor
website: www.anderlawlor.com
substack: https://pocketlawlor.substack.com
Susan Stryker @susanstryker.bsky.social Biological Boomer, GenX-identified, but sometimes I get passed as even younger because of my sassy attitude and tastes in music and film||I do trans stuff||susanstryker.net
Hoa Nguyen @peacehearty.bsky.social Poet. Educator. Aquarius stellium. Not really here.
Ilya Kaminsky @ilyakaminsky.bsky.social www.IlyaKaminsky.com
The Publishing Triangle @publishingtriangle.bsky.social The Publishing Triangle is an association of LGBTQ+ writers, editors, and publishers that celebrates queer literature. Established in 1988, it offers awards, resources, and community for those dedicated to LGBTQ+ stories. https://publishingtriangle.org/
Samuel Ace @ourweather.bsky.social Writer most recently of “I want to start by saying,” "Portals" (with Maureen Seaton), “Our Weather Our Sea,” “Meet Me There: Normal Sex & Home in three days. Don’t wash.”
linktr.ee/samuelace
@jmulrooney.bsky.social @jmulrooney.bsky.social 
Al Filreis @afilreis.bsky.social Al Filreis is Kelly Professor, Faculty Dir of the Kelly Writers House, Dir of the Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing, host of PoemTalk, lead convener of ModPo—all at the Univ of Pennsylvania.
E. Tracy Grinnell @etracygrinnell.bsky.social Poet & other things.
Ron Silliman @silliman.bsky.social Poet in Springfield, PA.
Lecturer @ U of Pennsylvania,
Author of 50+ books
My blog had 5 million visits before it was
unilaterally deleted by Gurgle
(a copy can be found at the
Electronic Poetry Center)
rsillima@yahoo.com
Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org Lambda Literary, celebrating LGBTQ+ storytellers since 1985. Home of the Lammy Awards, Writers in Schools, the Emerging Writers Retreat for LGBTQ Voices, and the Lambda Literary Review.
lambdaliterary.org
lambdaliteraryreview.org
linktr.ee/lambdaliterary
Max @maxwolfvalerio.bsky.social 
Tanya Agathocleous @tagathocleous.bsky.social Writer, Academic, Hater
Cate Marvin (she/they) @catemarvin.bsky.social Poet. 
The Center for Humanities @humanitiescuny.bsky.social The Center for the Humanities at The Graduate Center, CUNY. 
Julia Bloch @julivox.bsky.social Author of Letters to Kelly Clarkson, Valley Fever, The Sacramento of Desire, and Lyric Trade.
Christopher Schmidt @crschmidt.net Software engineer (currently at Google). Founding member, Alphabet Workers Union. Advocate for sustainable cities through urban development. E-bike evangelist. Currently in Somerville, MA; formerly in Cambridge, MA.
Bridget Eileen Madden (she/her) @notebookwitch.bsky.social I'm gettin' salty up in here | Eclectic Pagan UU Witch | Literary Arts, Literacy & Library Professional, AFSME Local 1067 | Janeite | EWF | Boston Sports Fan 🤷🏻♀️ | Feminist Activist | demisexual | Lifelong New Englander, year 9+ in RI notebookwitch.com
Timothy Yu @timpanyu.bsky.social Poet, scholar, Cubs fan. Author of 100 Chinese Silences, Diasporic Poetics, Race and the Avant-Garde; editor of the Cambridge Companion to 21st C American Poetry. 
Laura Vrana @callmevrana.bsky.social Scholar of African American poetry (author of https://ohiostatepress.org/books/titles/9780814215753.html); Univ of South AL Associate Professor; former Emory FCHI Poetics Fellow & Rutgers postdoc. Opinions mine. She/her/hers.
@lizclarkwessel.bsky.social @lizclarkwessel.bsky.social poet, translator, & small press editor
https://elizabethclarkwessel.com
Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social Publishing in its current form since 1957, Wesleyan UP focuses on poetry, music, dance, and the arts. See weslpress.org for new poetry!
https://linkin.bio/weslpress
The Pushcart Prize @pushcartprize.bsky.social Featuring the best short stories, poems, essays annually since 1976.
http://pushcartprize.com/- S Sandy Stone @sandystone.bsky.social Everything a theoretician should be, in a low-fat, biodegradable package
Andrew Michael Gorin @andrewgorin.bsky.social writer, assistant professor of poetics, media, public sphere andrewmichaelgorin.info, organismforpoeticresearch.org
Robert Siek @robertsiek.bsky.social Production editor at a large publishing house and author of the poetry collections Purpose and Devil Piss and We Go Seasonal.
betsyfagin.bsky.social @betsyfagin.bsky.social Poet :: guide :: conspirator
Zine maker, author of self-driving (Autumn House), Fires Seen From Space (Winter Editions) & All is not yet lost (Belladonna)
https://tomorrow-never-happens.ghost.io/
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Book tour inquiries: contact@book-shelfie.com
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.
#indiebookstores #litmags #booksky
Daryl Farmer @darylfarmer.bsky.social Writer, poet, bicyclist. Gentle spirit, but capable occasional mayhem. Author of BICYCLNG BEYOND THE DIVIDE and WHERE WE LAND. Creative writing Prof at U of Alaska Fairbanks.
Montreal International Poetry Prize @montrealprize.bsky.social The Montreal Poetry Prize is committed to poetry and poets around the world. For our 2024 winner and finalists, visit us at:
https://www.montrealpoetryprize.com/
Submit to the 2026 competition at https://montrealpoetryprize.awardsplatform.com/
Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation @brinkerhoffpoetry.bsky.social A literary nonprofit bringing you great poetry from across places, eras, and traditions.
https://www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/
Jennifer van Alstyne @jenvanalstyne.bsky.social Online presence for academics | Website Design, Social Media, Bio Writing
The Social Academic blog and podcast 🎙🎧
https://TheAcademicDesigner.com/
Peruvian-American poet ✨️ https://JenniferVanAlstyne.com
Polythene Pam @polypamband.bsky.social Quirky, queer Americana girl band. All the fun!
@kimkoga.bsky.social @kimkoga.bsky.social 
Mia [data-css=poetic] @miriam.codes A person who enjoys creating & does not enjoy fascism.
No cops, no cages, no borders. fuck ICE.
🏳️⚧️ Queer art & code @ MiriamSuzanne.com
☕️ Pottery @ art.MiriamSuzanne.com
🕸️ Web dev/teaching @OddBird.dev
💅 CSS @ W3C Working Group
Jude Marr PhD (he/him) @judemarr.bsky.social Poet, humanist. Former librarian, writing center director, also taught college. We Know Each Other By Our Wounds (Animal Heart Press, 2020) and Pushcart nominated.
Daniel Shank Cruz @shankcruz.bsky.social 🇵🇷 genderqueer bisexual writer, they/multitudes. danielshankcruz.com #Mets #haiku #FountainPens
Sheila E. Murphy @shemurph.bsky.social Poet, organizational consultant, researcher, and author
Allison Cobb @allisoncobb.bsky.social Writer and poet, environmental and climate justice advocate. https://www.allisoncobb.net/
TwoShowDays--Mask&Vax pls @twoshowdays.bsky.social Theater, cats, Kpop, Cdrama. 🩷💜💙 Trans rights. Black lives matter. Indigenous rights. Immigrants/refugees welcome. Make life accessible. Pro-abortion. Anti-genocide. She/her.
Douglas Arthur @douglasarthur.bsky.social Writer
http://www.douglasamartin.com
Kigo conjurer
https://theinternationalsocietyofhaikupoets.com/
*often reposting what I want to remind myself to read + haiku, senryu, etc.
Alex Houen @alexhouen.bsky.social § Academic https://www.english.cam.ac.uk/people/Alex.Houen
§ Co-editor of Blackbox Manifold http://www.manifold.group.shef.ac.uk
§ Poet https://blackspringpressgroup.com/products/ring-cycle
Sandy McIntosh @sandymcintosh.bsky.social Author of twelve volumes of poetry, a Chinese cookbook, and three computer software programs.
https://sandymcintosh.info
@danmachlin.bsky.social @danmachlin.bsky.social 
Lee Desrosiers @leedes.bsky.social Poet, writer, educator
http://leedesrosierspoet.com
Books at Salmon Poetry http://salmonpoetry.com
Publisher Naugatuck River Review, narrative poetry
http://naugatuckriverreview.com
Publisher http://wordpeace.co- P Jacob Slichter @portablephilosophy.bsky.social Musician, writer, teacher he/him
LMcLeod @bannedscience.bsky.social Geologist. STEM Teacher. Mother. Advocate for people with Down syndrome and for our planet.
@chedditrix.bsky.social @chedditrix.bsky.social 
Selah Ann Saterstrom @selahannsaterstrom.bsky.social Writer
Megan Milks @meganmilks.bsky.social just getting set up here / author of MARGARET AND THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING BODY and SLUG AND OTHER STORIES; new book MEGA MILK forthcoming in early 2026 / they/them
Teresa Carmody @troseistrose.bsky.social Writer of my weird queer life, or “I am myself the matter of my book.”
A Healthy Interest in the Lives of Others, Autofocus Books. The Reconception of Marie, Spuyten Duyvil.
Jacob Wren @jacobwren.bsky.social The Air Contains Honey
Artistic Director of PME-ART
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Dry Your Tears to Perfect Your Aim
Desire Without Expectation
Carol Mirakove @testinginfinity.bsky.social poet
@milleroberman.bsky.social @milleroberman.bsky.social Queer and trans antizionist poet working for the liberation of all people
Website: millerwolfoberman.com
Book: https://www.dukeupress.edu/impossible-things
David Getsy @getdavid.bsky.social "Method: What is needed is a gentler curiosity." - Paul Goodman
... writer, occasional curator, and historian of art and performance ...
linktr.ee/david.getsy
Everett Maroon, MPH @evmaroon.bsky.social Nonprofit leader in rural health. Loves mocha & progress. Sweater vest aficionado. Once and future author. Former Co-Chair, WA LGBTQ Commission.
Kevin Craig @kevintcraig.bsky.social Author of award winning LGBTQ2S+ books for teens and adults. Young Adult ---THE CAMINO CLUB and BOOK OF DREAMS from Chicago Review Press. Latest: I WILL TELL THE NIGHT
Carter Sickels @cartersickels.bsky.social Author: THE PRETTIEST STAR (Hub City 2020), THE EVENING HOUR (Bloomsbury 2012)
www.cartersickels.com
Kara Tucker @borntorunza.bsky.social Writer, woman, New Yorker
Bogi Takács / WE'RE HERE ToC announced! @bogiperson.bsky.social Writer, editor, critic, scholar. Lambda + Hugo winner. Hungarian / Jewish / agender / neuroatypical. E/em/eir/emself or they. טומטום. Intersex. 100% migráncs in Lawrence, Kansas. Metroidbrainia enjoyer. Opinions my own & do not represent anyone else
Planet Trans @kellibusey.bsky.social Cat mom #Transgender Activist, #Antifa Marathon Runner Army Vet #BLM #TransLivesMatter NO onlyfans drugs
blogger at Planet Trans, Daily Kos, and Substack
https://www.planetrans.org/
https://www.dailykos.com/user/kellibusey/
https://substack.com/@planetrans
Persephone Sarah Jane Smith @persesmith.bsky.social Old Trans, Black Girl Wisdom, That Bitch!
Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social Co-founder of Aftermath, a worker-owned site about video games, the internet, and everything that comes after. riley [at] aftermath [dot] site. Previously: Kotaku, Washington Post. Trans; he/him
https://aftermath.site/
Rose Knapp 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 @roseknapp.bsky.social Experimental Poet • Sound Artist
• Neurodivergent •
Queer Nonbinary & Trans Woman
Artist Site: Roseknapp.weebly.com
Poetry Collections: Lulu.com/spotlight/lulucomroseknapp
Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/artist/starving-poet/1645151664
Nikki Reimer @nikkireimer.bsky.social Your favourite Baba Yaga's favourite Baba Yaga.
Digital comms in higher ed, MA in Comms student, grief writer, cat guardian. Latest book: No Town Called We (Talon Books, 2023)
Poet, artist, white queer non-binary disabled settler in Treaty 7.
Breaking Form: A Podcast of Poetry & Culture @breakingformpod.bsky.social Co-hosted by poets James Allen Hall & Aaron Smith. Online at https://breakingformpod.buzzsprout.com, or wherever you get your podcasts.
30 min shows every Monday. We're like a poetry quickie in a filthy motel with a faaaaaabulous library!
Jared Stanley @weedlet.bsky.social Poet. So Tough. Antifascist. Satan is a friend of mine.
https://jared-stanley.info
♏️
Nevada/California
The Network for New York School Studies @nysnetwork.bsky.social Global gathering space for anyone connected to or interested in the New York School: poets, scholars, artists, curators, musicians, dancers, filmmakers, and more... www.nnyss.org / https://www.youtube.com/@networkfornewyorkschoolstu2697
Ingur Anger @ingur.bsky.social Angry librarian
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
RobertFredeKenter @rfredekenter.bsky.social Writer visual artist publisher. Now Available IN THE BLUEPRINT OF HER IRIS (Ice Floe Press, 2025), FATHER TECTONIC (ETHELZINE Press,2025). In tons of journals incl Winged Moon, Otoliths, Storms Journal, Pissoir, Cable Street, ballast, Acropolis, Grain, ARC
Jen Benka @jenbenka.bsky.social Executive Director of the Literary Arts Fund @literaryartsfund.bsky.social
Literaryartsfund.org
Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social Ensuring a vibrant, diverse literary landscape by helping small literary publishers work better. www.clmp.org
Danielle Pafunda @daniellepafunda.bsky.social ALONG THE ROAD EVERYONE MUST TRAVEL (Saturnalia 2025)
poetry worldbuilding altering fabric of space and time in a counter-clockwise loop she/they parent partner moss starfat salt 🏳️🌈
SPITE, BESHREW, THE BOOK OF SCAB, THE DEAD GIRLS SPEAK IN UNISON etc
Holly Crawford @4holly.bsky.social Artist, poet & art historian. Member AICA. Books: Attached to the Mouse” & more). Publisher ACBooks curating AC Institute. UCLA BA, MA Econ. & MSPH, U. Essex Ph.D. Art History. Gardening & more. Last 30 years: CA~NYC-CA
Daisy Atterbury @daisyatter.bsky.social Writer, faculty in American Studies and the WGSS Program at UNM ✨ author of THE KÁRMÁN LINE (2024) @rescuepress.
Khadijah Queen @khadijahqueen.com Doctor of poems. In my crone era.
Writer. Professor. Traveler. Michigan-born, California-raised. But you might find me anywhere ✨ New memoir: Between the Devil & The Deep Blue Sea 💙⚓️🩵
https://www.khadijahqueen.com/
linktr.ee/authorKQ
Stephen Kuusisto @stevekuusisto.bsky.social Poet, memoirist, disability activist, and dog lover. Travels and lectures widely on literature and human rights.