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/
Experimental/Dance/Music Festival @dancemusicexper.bsky.social Festivals take place in downtown Toronto, Canada, for the audience feedback video.
The festival has created 4 tiers to enhance your festival experience.
https://filmfreeway.com/ExperimentalFilmMusicVideoFestival
https://experimentalfilmfestival.com
Daily Screenplay Festival contests @dailyscreenplays.bsky.social Daily Screenplay Contest Deadlines
All of these top screenplay contests offer full feedback on each submitted works.
https://festivalreviews.org/daily-screenplay-contest-deadlines/
Daily FilmFreeway Festival Discount Codes @filmfreewaycodes.bsky.social Daily discount codes for various festivals to submit to on FilmFreeway
https://filmfreeway.com/festivals/discounts
Environmental Film & Screenplay Festival @environmentalfest.bsky.social A festival designed to showcase the best of new environmentally themed films (shorts, features) and screenplays (shorts, features, TV pilots) from around the world. We accept any genre.
https://filmfreeway.com/EnvironmentalFestival
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/
Action/Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Thriller Festival @actionfantasyscifi.bsky.social A showcase of the best Action/Adventure/Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Thriller Films and Screenplays from around the world.
Festival takes place every single month.
https://filmfreeway.com/ActionAdventure
Romance & Relationships Film Festival @romancefestival.bsky.social Submit your ROMANCE or RELATIONSHIP Film or Screenplay.
Get your short or feature film showcased and receive an audience feedback promotional video.
-Submit for a guaranteed acceptance.
https://filmfreeway.com/RomanceFestival
www.festivalforromance.com
skylar’s messy bun @sundriedbyd.bsky.social HereWeGo!
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
Action/Crime/Mystery Film & Screenplay Festival @crimemystery.bsky.social This festival now takes place every single month, giving filmmakers 4 tiers to showcase and promote their film. In-person public events also take place.
https://filmfreeway.com/crimemystery
www.crimemysteryfestival.com
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Arthropod enthusiast, echino-curious.
Eamus Catuli, illegitimi non carborundum.
Teresa Lass 💙 @tll6601.bsky.social 💙Proud Democratic Resister! Native Atlantan. Loving rescue mom to 3 cats, 2 kittens, & 3 hens. Retired special ed teacher & college/university instructor (GSU, UGA), Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Delta Pi, Teacher of the Year, Who’s Who in America. 🚫 DMs!
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Kristi Mae @krismaer.bsky.social Old lady who can't stop fighting the injustice. If it smells bad throw it out!
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Ziplok @ziplok-music.bsky.social Ziplok is an American rapper, producer and businessman from Nashua, New Hampshire. Owner of Ziplok Studio and Marijuana Records. #MusicSky www.ziplok.net
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Chloee ☀️ @pr-suze.bsky.social here for the vibes, the tension & the "what happens next" 😏 ❤️🩹
Cliff Johnson @lcjohnso.bsky.social Astronomer and Zooniverse Co-Director | NorthwesternU + Adler Planetarium | Things that are amazing: galaxies, star clusters, and big shiny telescopes.
Vegeroot @vegeroot.bsky.social Here to learn, because I'm curious.
Wandering Spartan @mark3059.bsky.social 
Abby Johns @abbyworld.bsky.social I like pugs, bikes, photography & other stuff. FDT
https://linktr.ee/abbyjohns
⚡RPG!🌟RPG_CHICAGO⚡ @rpg-chicago.bsky.social I am a thing that happens to be human, male, nerdy & into all sorts of things. Except polka. And AI art Support real artists.
#AIArtsucks #fuckAIart #blm #alm #StopAsianHate #PeaceAndLove
https://rpg-chicago.carrd.co
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
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
Female Feedback Film Festival @femalefilmfestival.bsky.social The FEEDBACK Female Film Festival (FFFF) was created for women filmmakers and screenwriters. The goal is to showcase the best of female talent from around the world.
https://femalefilmfestival.com/
https://filmfreeway.com/FEEDBACKFemaleFilmFestivalFFFF
Toronto/LA Documentary Film Festival @docfestival.bsky.social 4 tiers to enhance your film.
- in person fest
- audience feedback video
- podcast interview
- virtual showcase
https://documentaryshortfilmfestival.com/toronto-festival/
https://filmfreeway.com/TorontoDocumentaryFilmFestival
drew christmann @drewchristmann.bsky.social socials/writer for @insidenu.bsky.social
creator of @cavswire.substack.com
tell you what! the podcast @tellyouwhatpodcast.com podcast about songwriting and the creative process
also: hey how's it goin'? the newsletter
look in the paper, don't blame me if the guy's a nut
@halfdaykb.bsky.social @halfdaykb.bsky.social 
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Katie Thomas @bykatiethomas.bsky.social I’m an investigative health care reporter for the New York Times. Bio: https://www.nytimes.com/by/katie-thomas
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David @dflan1.bsky.social Come all without,Come all within
Here to make Michigan BLUE 🔵 again!
Sports..Arts..Music! LOVEWINS
Marcio @mandreeta.bsky.social 
@litangelc.bsky.social @litangelc.bsky.social 
Elle @ellev1122.bsky.social I overthink everything except the things I should think through more. 🙄 Emotionally invested in books, reality TV, music, and situations I was absolutely not invited to join. 📚📺 Frequently in other people’s business, rarely in my own lane.
🏳️🌈 she/her
Lisa Holton @lholtnext.bsky.social Business writer, Chicagoan, theater and dog lover, but not necessarily in that order. 
Elliot Oats @elliotoats.bsky.social Union Steward and Bike commuter. Politics and urban design lover.
@emmettjames1.bsky.social @emmettjames1.bsky.social 
Marty @51stward.bsky.social ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶
Call Dick Durbin’s office at (312) 353-4952
Call Tammy Duckworth at (312) 886-3506
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@inales247x3.bsky.social @inales247x3.bsky.social 
Ray Long @raylongchicago.bsky.social Retired Chicago Tribune investigative reporter, 40+years govt/pols/scoops: 2x Pulitzer Finalist, 7 govs, City Hall, Obama, Burke, Madigan.
Author: The House That Madigan Built
@dbm68.bsky.social @dbm68.bsky.social 
Chris Persky @thegreatpersky.bsky.social Childless Cat Man Pro Science Pro Choice Pro Democracy (The North will rise again!!) I pay for good journalism and give it away. Branded affiliate for vegan fashion accessories. https://www.corkor.com/wwwlinkedincominchrispersky
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@happhapphooray.bsky.social @happhapphooray.bsky.social 
K.R.Kring @krkring.bsky.social Media Strategist. Photographer. Journalist. | Constantly Curious. | Connector | Chicago-based. | Talking to news workers at https://youtube.com/@karenkringmediacurious
Lynn with Barley @lynn847.bsky.social 
15 West @15west.org We're a nonprofit newsroom dedicated to connecting people mile by mile in Chicago’s West Side neighborhoods and suburbs.
We’re getting news to people of all abilities.
Read the latest: 15west.org
Kenji @elementaleucology.com Healer | Miraculist | Cultural engineer
Black queer strategist and organizer committed to a habitable earth and joyful embodiments of the erotic. Life finds a way. (Some NSFW)
https://campsite.bio/the_eucologist
Jake @byjacobnoah.bsky.social Journalist. Music listener. Movie watcher. Pet lover.
@cbush82.bsky.social @cbush82.bsky.social 
Connections for the Homeless @connect2home.bsky.social Since 1984, Connections meets the needs of our neighbors who are unstably housed and works to address the systematic causes of homelessness. https://www.connect2home.org/
Kelly Wright @omnikel.bsky.social Words, fiber crafts, singing, dogs, black tea, long naps, good books. Chicago adjacent. Serial comma 4ever. Fascists can fuck off. She/her.
Bunjamin @bundabun.bsky.social Video production and overall flim flam.
Wisconsin > San Francisco > Chicago.
Packers, Bucks, Brewers.
Chiril Russu @chirilrussu.bsky.social Technical Designer - Escape Academy 2 / WaxHeart / Escape Academy
Portfolio - http://chirilrussu.com/
Keegan Roget @keegan87.bsky.social Proud husband of Brigird "Brittany" Roget :D
Emerson @hotdogemersons.bsky.social I run Hot Dog Emerson
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Laurie Agard @laurieagard.com Author, filmmaker, American Aussie married to extraordinary doctor. Proud mom, sister, aunt, daughter. PhD, traveler, volunteer, reader, mosaicist, minpins & cockatiel, ally, x-college athlete who loves sports 🏀 💙 🐾 🌈📕 🧳 🎥
Third Coast @coastline.bsky.social Informed observer, essayist, activist, former editor & reporter, pro-Democracy
Idan Trank @idantrank.bsky.social Attention is a currency. I help you stop wasting yours.
Articulating creator value through psychology-backed copywriting and AI systems. I make sure they watch.
🇺🇸 USAF DD-214 Alumni Endlessly Rebellious! @usafvieteravet.bsky.social Honor, Courage, Commitment! 🇺🇲
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#WeThePeople It's our country 🇺🇲 TraitorsNotAllowed!
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Captain Paul Carson @captpaul.bsky.social Resident of the Estuary 
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🦋 #FiresideFriends 🦋 Equal rights for all. Educator. Love animals. Enjoy travel, reading, & nature. Agnostic. I STAND WITH MAJOR JASON WATSON ✈️ goodtroublesquadron.com
Alliance Against Gun Violence and Gun Violence Ticker. @gunviolenceticker.bsky.social This is a page that advocates for firearms reform and regulation and posts shootings with multiple victims in the US to raise awareness on the pervasiveness of gun violence. Memes too.
Minnesota based.
Follow us to join the alliance!
@wkb-esq.bsky.social @wkb-esq.bsky.social 
PomperaFirpa @pompera-firpa.bsky.social as st. olga of kiev once said, the birds coming home to roost are real fuckers
bicycle rider, reader, writer, data nerd, unrepentant urbanist and cynical optimist. ADHD AF. fighting the kyriarchy since the last millennium.
Domingos @domingosmcc.bsky.social I know not what tomorrow will bring…(Pessoa)
💙💛 Україна українцям! 💙💛
🚫 Nazifascists&Maga🚫 Bitcoin 🚫 Get-rich schemes
I reject fanaticism and outdated orthodoxies!
rdan325.bsky.social @rdan325.bsky.social 
Patrick Fiorilli @patfio.bsky.social writer, critic, & theorist; games & literature; bylines in the LA Review of Books, Gamers with Glasses, Bright Wall/Dark Room; he/him; read my newsletter, "Critical Theorycraft," at www.patf.io
SteveVJ @stevevj.bsky.social This isn't about politics. This about being a good, empathetic human being...and calling out those who are NOT!
I love: #Comms, #Journalism, #AntiMAGA, #History, #Music, #Democracy, #empathy
Josh @joshgoldberg7.bsky.social Dad, husband, Chicago litigator. 
USC Center for Health Journalism @chjreportinghealth.bsky.social We partner with newsrooms to help journalists investigate and illuminate health challenges by engaging communities in innovative ways to drive change.
🔗 https://centerforhealthjournalism.org/
If you can’t be brave, be kind 🚵🏽♀️☕️ 📸 🐕🐾🥋⚔️☯️👩🏼🎨🖋️✏️ @takemusu.bsky.social Actually artistic; 🖋️, colored pencil & 📸🤳🏽. Organic Intelligence, 🚫 AI. Studied Aikido ‘76 - ‘15. Now learning Yang Family Style Tai Chi. Those who say it can’t be done are frequently interrupted by those doing it.
L Gibbs @zeneris5.bsky.social PNW by way of the Midwest. Older, Black, Bi, and Atheist. Socialist. Anti-Zionist. We only have each other. #MaxLeft #BlackBiSky #BlackSocialist
The Honorable Angelina Nordstrom @angelicsoul.bsky.social 💉 8/21/2015
📖 Author, “DOUBLE SPIRIT”
🖋️ Boss Lady, The Messenger Publishings
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✊🏾 Unapologetic Liberator
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https://linktr.ee/AngelinaNordstrom
Swagnite @givegengarlevitate.bsky.social He/Him
Chicago
sakuha @sakuha.bsky.social Windy City and immigration things, probably.- M @michaelrmand.bsky.social @michaelrmand.bsky.social
- C @coffeeisforclosers.bsky.social @coffeeisforclosers.bsky.social
Cristi Kempf @cristi-k.bsky.social Avid reader, traveler & aging rock chick. Former journalist
(@chicagotribune.bsky.social, @chicago.suntimes.com, Vatican Radio) and current Chicagoan. #scleroderma Resist!
Emily @eepbeepbeep.bsky.social Math prof. Crafty and opinionated. Figuring out this parenting shit on the fly. Won't shut up about genre fiction. Chicago/Evanston. She/her/hers.
Kevin J. Allen @kevinjallen.bsky.social We can’t all save the world, but we can all save the world a little bit at a time.
@bcinchicago.bsky.social @bcinchicago.bsky.social 
Laurie! Live! @laurie-merrell.bsky.social Current* conditions:
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madopal @madopal.bsky.social Chicagoan (Portage Park), bungalow owner, recovering gamedev (Jaleco, Midway, et al), cat lover, data engineer, bike/transit advocate(ish) (former NW MBAC), aspiring historian/baker/woodworker, White Sox, Gen X, music nerd, just zis guy, you know? ✶✶✶✶
Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com * Computer Science faculty @ University of Illinois Chicago (UIC)
* PhD in Computer Science & Communication Studies
* 📕 ALGORITHMIC MEDIA book! https://bookshop.org/a/122922/9783032194374
* ethics, media, HCI, data science, algorithm auditing, etc.
Erin Lockwood @erinkaylockwood.bsky.social Assistant professor of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine | researching and teaching IPE, financial politics, global inequality | plants, birds, snacks, sci-fi, quilting | poet | she/her
https://faculty.sites.uci.edu/erinlockwood/
@luxurioussalsa.bsky.social @luxurioussalsa.bsky.social 
Benjamin Glick @glickbenjamin.bsky.social Freelance reporter.
Currently Evanston RoundTable
Formerly Mergermarket, Middle Market Growth, Cadillac News.
Grand Valley State University, 2017.
Kerry Reid (she/her) @kerryreid.bsky.social Theater and Dance Editor for the Chicago Reader. Usual disclaimer that all opinions are my own alone. . .
Justin Myers @justinmyers.net Journalist, tinkerer, crocheter, parent.
Married to @juliajrh.bsky.social.
Graphics editor, @chicago.suntimes.com and @wbez.org.
🏳️⚧️⚧🟨⬜🟪⬛, any pronouns.
Also active on fediverse/Mastodon:
https://mastodon.sdf.org/@myersjustinc
Rallies Chicago @fightbackchicago.bsky.social
Promoting DAILY protests in greater Chicagoland, pop-up and scheduled.
Let your voices be heard!
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