Am Fear Uaine 💚 @amfearuaine.bsky.social Spooky n booky. Folklore groupie. Scottish history / ethnology alumnus.
FSA Scot. Bookshop guy.
Tha beagan Gàidhlig agam. Dw i'n dysgu Cymraeg.
Eco-socialist #GreenYes 💚🌍🏴🇪🇺🏳️🌈
Member @scottishgreens.org
Albannach. Eòrpach.
Scottish. European.
Creative Europe Desk Ireland @creativeeuireland.bsky.social The Culture and MEDIA Offices in Ireland give advice, support, and information on Creative Europe funding calls to the Irish audiovisual and cultural sectors.
www.creativeeuropeireland.eu
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The Sam Hill! Review | SUBS OPEN @samhillreview.bsky.social Lit mag for historical fiction and poetry that makes you say: “now that was good as SAM HILL!”
SamHillReview.com | est. 2026 | Submissions for Vol. 1 are OPEN
Exact Editions @exacteditions.bsky.social The premium magazine platform for publishers, libraries and readers.
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Pavilion Poetry @pavilionpoetry.bsky.social Award-winning publisher of the best in contemporary poetry, from @livunipress.bsky.social. Not currently accepting submissions.
https://linktr.ee/pavilionpoetry
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
Kelli Dianne Rule @kdiannerule.bsky.social I'm an art school dropout from the 1990s. I write about Florida. It is a weird and cursed land. www.kellirule.com
Mel @mesmersi.bsky.social I enjoy writing.
Turn and Work (Hugh) @turnandwork.com Independent music, books, and short stories.
Humans writing things about humans making things.
Web: https://www.turnandwork.com
Newsletter: newsletter.turnandwork.com
IG: https://www.instagram.com/turnandwork
Bookish Damien @bookishdamien.bsky.social Spanish born author dreaming to make it big in the UK 🇬🇧
Paul Bavister @paulbavister.bsky.social writes poetry
Portobello Literary @portyliterary.bsky.social A literary agency based in Edinburgh.
https://linktr.ee/portobelloliterary
@rbs-1249.bsky.social @rbs-1249.bsky.social 
El Beto from KC @armadillo1.bsky.social ANTI - Trump, Vance, Musk, RFK Jr, Rubio, Gabbert, Noem and Miller. Save Ukraine. Putin and Netanyahu are Assassins. Save Greta Thunberg! None of this is what I fought or voted for.
@erykjuma.bsky.social @erykjuma.bsky.social 
@thefoxcees.bsky.social @thefoxcees.bsky.social 
Janine Walker @janine-walker.bsky.social Poetry. Fiction. Imagination. Queer stuff. Recovery. Nature. My gorgeous Lab, Lu.
Website - https://www.janinewalker.co.uk/
Newsletter: The Middle Star - https://janinewalkerwriting.substack.com/
@jkj193741.bsky.social @jkj193741.bsky.social 
@waynejohns.bsky.social @waynejohns.bsky.social 
SP Smith @sfacejones.bsky.social You're not proud of what you're doing right now, are you?
Claire Squires @clairesquires.bsky.social Professor of Publishing Studies at Stirling. Ullapoolist. 50% of Blaire Squiscoll. She/Her.
Eleanor Carpenter @eleanorcarpenter.bsky.social Poet
Sacred Parasite @sacredparasite.bsky.social Publisher
Books Made in Berlin since 2023
www.sacredparasite.com
Mòrag Law @mosgeul.bsky.social Gàidhlig writer. New Writers' awardee 2017.
D.A. Jones @damnjones.bsky.social Author of lyrical, voice-driven literary fiction & poetry.
https://linktr.ee/damnjones
Editorial/Reading Assistant at @thirtywestph.com
Chasing the numinous.
Lucy Furlong @lucyfurleaps.bsky.social writing ~ mapping ~ walking ~ snapping
clew~ (Hesterglock Press) Villiers Path, Sward, Amniotic City 2nd ed. (Sampson Low)
Setting Sundays lucyfurlong.substack.com
Amniotic City film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E25IOgfD4Q
www.lucyfurlong.com
Rab @rabgreen.bsky.social An ill-thought-out mash-up of
rabgreen.co.uk (writing)
rablondon.co.uk (massage)
https://justfor.fans/rablondon (videos)
and Doctor Who.
Fraser Denholm @fraserdenholm.bsky.social Scottish Writer/Director
Quarterfinalist 2021 @goldenscriptnet, @screencrafting
Semi-finalist @FilmarkethubTV Pilot 2021
Currently doing an MLitt in Creative Writing at Strathclyde Uni.
www.fraserdenholm.com
Paul @paul-writes.bsky.social Clinical Psychologist, aspiring writer, gym goer, and Muppet enthusiast! | Interested in psychology, writing, photography, fitness, and Scottish football.
Dan Power @danpower.bsky.social Poet and artist
danpower.xyz
Richard O'Brien @notrockyhorror.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Creative Writing at Northumbria University and lapsed early modernist. Working on poetry, novels, & a music memoir/podcast about the Mountain Goats: thirtyyearslater.substack.com. I make music as Groundbird, groundbird.bandcamp.com.- P @paulhassett.bsky.social @paulhassett.bsky.social
Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk Educational charity promoting the reading, writing, teaching & study of Scotland's literature & languages, past & present.
https://asls.org.uk
Sean Bell @seancmbell.bsky.social Writer. Broke. Bylines: The Intercept, Heckle, Bella Caledonia, The National, The Herald, Source, Jacobin, openDemocracy. Scotland's leading expert on Elvis Presley-related sandwiches.
Jeffrey Hecker @heckheck03.bsky.social Poet, Teen Writers Fellowship Poetry Teacher (The Muse Writers Center), Poetry Staff Reader for Quarterly West
Samuel Verdin @samuelverdin.bsky.social Editor | Writer | Freelance
www.samuelverdin.com
G Bell @redbarman.eurosky.social A man, persistently striving to be more than average except in cases where I'm less than such. Be better™️
AI rates me 7/10.
Scottish. Scotland, Europe.
Thane of Cawdor.
Sam Garvan @garvansam.bsky.social Poet. Reader. Plums, raspberries, apricots. Recently in Asymptote, New Welsh Review, Finished Creatures, Cyphers. Troubadour Prize. Jt runner-up Keats-Shelley prize. He/him.
Stoat Poetry @stoatpoetry.bsky.social Stoat Poetry is a paper magazine, based in the north of Scotland. We publish the best original poetry on any theme, from new and established writers.- S @shabbasnake.bsky.social @shabbasnake.bsky.social
- R rhianmthomas.bsky.social @rhianmthomas.bsky.social
Milena Williamson @milenawilliamson.bsky.social Poet & academic | Charm for Catching a Train http://tinyurl.com/bdcx2ka5 | Into the Night that Flies So Fast http://tinyurl.com/38tb8kzt
Albanomad Arts @albanomadarts.bsky.social Here be Art, Words and Photos by myself, Len Cargill.
Custodian of The Whispering Scream, projects promoting positive mental health among musicians and artists.
All work, bar reposts,is my/our own
Based in Ballater, Scotland 🏴
Philip Cook @philipcook.bsky.social Learning about poetry, just beginning to write it. From South Wales valleys, now in Edinburgh.
Magnus Watt @magnuswatt.bsky.social Urban fantasy author from the Scottish Highlands, now in Boro
Soon Enough: A Thin Places Novel and
Stories about folklore, belonging, and things that live in the dark
https://mybook.to/soon
https://mybook.to/Otherside
https://mybook.to/thinplaceswinter
Alys Wilfred Earl @alysdragon.bsky.social Writer, aesthete, reprobate.
Writes as A W Earl (and, previously, Alys Earl) but you can call me Fred.
Has sword, will travel. They/them.
Eve Xin 心 @suitcaseofpoetry.bsky.social poetry / fiction / spoken word / migrant / exile
linktr.ee/suitcaseofpoetry
Rebecca Shamash @rebeccashamash.bsky.social 
Assa Samaké-Roman @assasr.bsky.social That specsy French journalist & author 🦄 in Scotland (@RFI @ScotNational etc). Also @Ecosse_Toujours + @revueecossaise. Mum, wife, sister, friend. She/her.
Tony Dunnell @tonydunnell.bsky.social Writer of fact and fiction ( #scifi mainly, some horror). English but living in the high jungle of Peru. Short stories published in Escape Pod, Fusion Fragment, Fission, Sci Phi Journal and more. I also post about #movies. https://tonydunnell.com/
Nev @alphukit.bsky.social Outdoors and all things nature type of guy.
I love camping, hiking, foraging and travelling anywhere, anytime.
Ian C Peake @thesearedogyears.dog Writing the time-hopping, people/dog anthology nobody asked for. They're not *about* dogs, but they're not *not* about dogs. There's always a dog (exclusions apply). Free to read at thesearedogyears.dog. Dog pics from the Scottish hinterland too.
Strider Marcus Jones @stridermarcusjones.bsky.social Poet. Five published books.DMU Law graduate. Pushcart Prizex4/Best of the Netx3 Nominations. Founder/Editor/Publisher of Lothlorien Poetry Journal https://lothlorienpoetryjournal.blogspot.co https://stridermarcusjonespoet.blogspot.com/p/about-strider.html
Lothlorien Poetry Journal @lothlorienpoetryj.bsky.social Lothlorien Poetry Journal is a literary journal featuring free verse/rhyming/experimental poetry, short stories, flash fiction and art.
https://lothlorienpoetryjournal.blogspot.com/p/submission-guidelines.html
@mikefarren.bsky.social @mikefarren.bsky.social 
Zain Rishi @zainrishi.bsky.social Brummie Poet 📚🌈
26 / Edinburgh (mostly)
NOON out now with the Emma Press
https://theemmapress.com/shop/poetry/pamphlets/noon/
Lesley Graham @lesleygraham.bsky.social Senior lecturer in English at the University of Bordeaux, France. 19th C. Scottish literature, RL Stevenson, travel literature, afterlives, literary tourism. Occasional French-English conference interpreter. CV http:////cv.hal.science/lesley-graham
ardbegboy @ardbegboy.bsky.social 
The Third Wheel @thethirdwheel-mag.bsky.social The Third Wheel is a lit mag conceived as a hub for literary translators.
https://thethirdwheel.org/
Peter W Jones @peterw-jones.bsky.social 
Callum Laing @callumlaing.bsky.social I help ambitious people raise capital, get board seats, take companies public. Let's get more entrepreneurs and builders on bsky!
Author of 4 best selling business books
Veblen Director Programme @veblendirectors.bsky.social Helping ambitious people get their first board seats. Regardless of your background.
Gail Anderson @smallgreenberd.bsky.social Writer of flash and other short forms; tutor at OxUni Continuing Education. 🏆 Edinburgh FF, Scottish Story Awards; recent pubs Mslexia, Best Women’s Short Fiction 2024, New Writing Scotland, New FF Review. Haunter of charity shops. www.gailanderson.com
Penny Shutt @drpennyshutt.bsky.social Poet, child psychiatrist, Kinship Carer and Whippet owner
Living in Edinburgh
She/her
https://linktr.ee/drpennyshutt- E Eva (E.C.McLean) @evamcleanart.bsky.social mlitt uofg grad | she/her 🎨 scribbling and sketching over on evamcleanart | writer, artist and researcher of the eco humanities, the fantastic and aesthetics 🍄🌳🍁
words in @seasidegothic.com | @glyphlitmag.bsky.social | @typewronger.bsky.social
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
BradynDraconis @bradyndraconis.bsky.social Writer, dude, sometimes I think good, sometimes I talk good. Other times it is not so great. Trying to chill and let my work speak for me in this new self-aware era of my life.
Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social Short fiction, CNF, lit mags.
Sharing writing I like — and some of my own.
Stories in Vestal Review, Hinterland, Wallstrait, Neon&Smoke and others
William Bonar Poetry Prize @wbonarpoetryprize.bsky.social The prize is held annually in collaboration with St Mungo’s Mirrorball and Red Squirrel Press in memory of the Scottish poet William Bonar (1953-2021). More information on submission here: https://stmungosmirrorball.wordpress.com/the-william-bonar-prize/
Global Majority Press @globalmajoritypres.bsky.social Small indie lit press run by and for PoGM
Empowering marginalized creatives to tell their own stories
Editor: @mxchristalbot.bsky.social
Home of: thebkmagazine.bsky.social
bio.site/globalmajoritypress
Robert Bloomfield @lunebread.bsky.social Poetry lurker
June Caldwell @junec.bsky.social Writing Place, Writing Planet, UCD & iCRAG 2026 | Lamplight Fellowship 2025 | Literature Bursary Award 2025 | Moth Short Story Prize 2024 | 'Somebody' exhibition, MoLi 2020-2021 | 📖 Room Little Darker 2018/17 | https://papervisualart.com/product/pva-17/
Jodi @jcfineartphoto.bsky.social Searching for beauty, goodness and truth. I am a non-apologetic liberal. Don't bother trying to DM. Also, for fuck's sake, spare me the porn. I love art, photography, poetry.- I @inkynotion.bsky.social @inkynotion.bsky.social
Cindy Ana 🇳🇿 @kakapowhakatoi.bsky.social Would rather write than talk. Sometimes I don’t read skeets properly, especially pre-coffee. Rāmere is my favourite day. Work can be found in Broken Spine Arts, takahē, Voicemail Poems
Special mention in Given Words 2025
The Elegy Project @elegyproject.bsky.social poems in public places
reach us at: https://theelegyproject.org
Nick Fogg @nickfoggwords.bsky.social Writer. She/her. Mslexia Novel Comp LL, Aurora Metro Virginia Prize LL, ACE DYCP & WriteMentor Mentoring Prog. BFI Network x BAFTA Crew alumna
Patrycja @gothamsundial.bsky.social Poland/Scotland | bad writer, even worse debater | she/they
Karen Campbell @writerkcampbell.bsky.social Book writer. Scottish. European. www.karencampbell.scot
Nate Hendley @natehendley.bsky.social Toronto-based writer and author of several true-crime and history books. My latest book, Atrocity on the Atlantic, recounts the torpedoing of a Canadian hospital ship in WW1.
Books: https://tinyurl.com/4rvtkp7d
My website: www.natehendley.ca
Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social 📸 Photographer | capturing life's candid moments with my camera 📸
🌍 https://rupertrivett.photoshelter.com 🌍
#RealStreetPhotography #Photojournalism|
Skilled in unobtrusive, authentic #storytelling
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Ellen Forkin @ellenforkin.bsky.social I’m a chronically ill artist, writer and poet living in beautiful Orkney with a passion for folklore, myth and magic. Visit my website: www.ellenforkin.co.uk
t.m.d. lee @tmdlee.bsky.social Dark words | Bright lines
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Scott McConnaha @smcconnaha.bsky.social Poet. Living in Wisconsin. Author of Without a Prayer.
www.scottmcconnaha.com
Glyph Lit Mag @glyphlitmag.bsky.social The literary magazine for the casual writer
Submissions closed.
📍Glasgow, UK
Mathew Nicolson @eyjarskeggi.bsky.social Did a PhD in Scottish island political & constitutional history, now working in public sector. Shetlander.
Can be found doing things at:
@EuropeElects.bsky.social
@ShetlandElects.bsky.social
@HistoryofElections.bsky.social
@ScotHistNetwork.bsky.social
Carl Hudson @watchingpreacher.bsky.social Frustrated queer and neurodivergent writer, burning in the embers of creation. Caretaker of culture. Twin Peaks is my guiding light.
Stories are humanity's collective dreams. We live to witness and share our experiences and beliefs.
Dive deeper. NOR/ENG
Iain Maloney @iainmaloney.bsky.social PhD, writer, editor. He/him. Ally (I hope, I try). Fallible. 9th book, Mountain Retreats, out now.
Vicky H (she/her) @staytruecreate.bsky.social 𝚆𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚛. 𝚂𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚛. 𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛.
𝙻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚜, 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚜, 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚜.
𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝙴𝚍𝚐𝚎 𝚡𝚇𝚡. 𝙽𝚄𝙵𝙲 ⚫️⚪️.
𝙰𝚞𝙳𝙷𝙳 (𝚖𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐).
Duncan U Fisher @duncfsh.bsky.social Glaswegian based in Newcastle/Sheffield, UK. University researcher of paid care work at @centreforcare.bsky.social Other interests include all things books, music and gigs, art, football, walking
CDBoyland @cdboyland.bsky.social Poet/Editor | Debut collection 'Mephistopheles' | longlisted for Scotland's National Book Award | Founding partner with off-page, Glasgow-based visual poetry practice | https://www.bluediode.co.uk/product-page/mephistopheles-by-cd-boyland
Dan Bradley @danielgbradley.bsky.social Writer
Bass @urzah.bsky.social
http://www.dan-bradley.co.uk
Rory MacNeish @rorymacneish.bsky.social Hi. I'm a freelance journalist with bylines in The Glasgow Bell, The Fence, The Scotsman, The National and the Scottish Left Review.
Andre Fryer @andrefryer.bsky.social I write. I read. I make maternal noises at strangers' dogs.
Company of Wolves @companyofwolves.org Scotland's leading laboratory theatre company
Performance / Training / Community
The Bacchae 2026 Tour - On Sale: https://companyofwolves.org/projects/the-bacchae
.Isaac. @mostlyisaac.bsky.social He/him
Jessica Ralli @jessicaralli.bsky.social Manager of #EarlyLiteracy Programs & Special Initiatives @ Brooklyn Public Library | #KidLit Writer @ RISE X Penguin Workshop | LJ Mover and Shaker 2020 |
Jo Rigg @jorigg.bsky.social Writer, web dev, runner
Marta Zanucco @martaswriting.bsky.social PhD in English Literature from the University of Liverpool: autofiction / metafiction / collective authorship