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LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social Poet. 'Interlude' with Haywood Books. 'Unclaimed' with Whittle Micropress. Expert Children's Bookseller. Vegan.
Chris Emery @chrisemery.me Poet. Five collections from Arc and Salt, most recently Wonder (2025). Manchester-born, Irish citizen, living in Cromer. I publish other people’s books at Salt. Newsletter: chrisemery.me
Ink Sweat & Tears @inksweatandtears.co.uk Online poetry magazine posting daily. We publish & review poetry, prose, filmpoems, word & image and print publish as IS&T Press. Editing internships. Posts by Sabine Wilson-Patrick & Kate Birch.
Jan Peters - Solivagant Wisdom @janpsolivagant.bsky.social Creator of Solivagant Wisdom - Author & Coach #poetry #photography Member of the #PromptCombo Team #introvert #neurodivergent #GenX #DepthPsychology #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity 🚫DM - unless I know/invite you
P Pax Morrigan @paxmor.bsky.social
Stephen Paul Wren @moleculesunlimited.bsky.social Poet. PINE/NEEDLES out Sept ‘26. BOtN nominated. Director of Molecules Unlimited. Leads Wren research group. University of Cambridge PhD. AFC. Chiefs.
Tamar Yoseloff @tamaryoseloff.bsky.social Poet, lecturer, festival curator. Suffolk / London
Lin Hart @poetry-with-hart.bsky.social Poet, wannabe artist, maybe memoirist, and zinester from WV. Married, mother of two. Definately a cryptid in disguise. Poetry found in Broken Spines, Penstricken, and SixtyOddPoets, among others. Zines below. Enjoy 🤗 https://ko-fi.com/poetrywithhart
Jane Dougherty @janedougherty47.bsky.social Writer of fiction and poetry, lives in a green fortress. Not interested in 'communities'. Learn to live together, the rest of the natural world manages to. Visit my website https://thefourswans.fr/ for short fiction and poetry.
Mike O’Brien @zoomburst.substack.com Sixty odd years old - Sixty Odd Press zoomburst.substack.com sixtyoddpoets.substack.com
@wonderingfree.bsky.social @wonderingfree.bsky.social Free thinking lover of nature, books and poetry. Scenes of the world through my lens. Curiosity and kindness always, musings. My friends call me G. *posts can be found in media
Ken Brookes @kbrookes42.bsky.social Likes museums, Lamproom Theatre and Six Nations Rugby.
Samuel Day Wharton @fakeourway.bsky.social (re)lapsed poet / winemaker / jack of some trades mostly poetry / some wine stuff / a dog or two / hopefully not too much politics Sacramento CA
Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social I was a New Face of 1984 in Harper’s and Queen magazine
Özge Lena @lenaozge.bsky.social Internationally published poet | Oxford Climate Society | Catapoetics | Catastrocene | LENORA www.ozgelena.com & www.lenoralatin.org
Katie Griffiths @kmngriffiths.bsky.social Author of 'The Attitudes' and 'My Shrink is Pregnant'. Strumming member of Fells and Such.
SHINE Poetry @shinepoetry.bsky.social Est. in 2022, by American poet Samantha Terrell, SHINE is an international poetry series featuring both emerging & established poets. Learn more at http://www.SHINEPoetry.com.
Ella B. Winters @ella-b-winters.bsky.social Writer, research, social worker, lecturer, eternal student, working on my PhD. Artemesia Arts shortlist; Forward prize nominated; Pushcart prizes nominated x2
Susan L. Leary @susanlleary.bsky.social Poet | SENTENCE (Nine Syllables Press, 2026) | MORE FLOWERS (Trio House Press, 2026) | DRESSING THE BEAR (Louise Bogan Award, Trio House Press, 2024) + 3 📚| Mayah 🐶 | Indianapolis, IN | www.susanlleary.com
Sarah James/Leavesley @sarahleavesley.bsky.social Prize-winning poet, fiction writer, journalist and photographer. Author of 9 poetry titles, 2 novellas & a poetry-play. More at http://sarah-james.co.uk. Also, editor at V. Press, award-winning poetry & flash fiction. (Profile pic by Gary Carr.)
Dominic Fisher Poetry @domfishpoet.bsky.social Poet, one-time English language teacher, lives near his Bristol allotment. Two collections https://dominicfisherpoetry.co.uk/
Believe the sting @believethesting.bsky.social Poet of small darknesses
The Emma Press @theemmapress.bsky.social small press | big dreams Birmingham-based independent publisher of poetry, children's books, short-form prose and translations. www.theemmapress.com
Glyn Edwards @glynedwards.bsky.social How to make a Paper Grenade - Verve In Orbit - Seren Books Writer in Res - North Wales Wildlife Trust
Jakky Bankong-Obi @jakkybankong-obi.bsky.social Poet. Prayer to the Void. Glory to the Rainforest. Author: What Still Yields (APBF/Akashic Books). Co-Editor (Icefloe Press). https://rhbooks.com.ng/product/what-still-yields/#:~:text=A%20treatise%20on%20clarity%20and,instinct%20for%20beauty%20and%2
Sarah Raybould @sarahraybould.bsky.social Compulsive writer, poet, doctor. Commissioned to write & perform by English Touring Opera Published in Black Bough Poetry, Ink Sweat and Tears, IceFloePress 2 Pushcart Nominations
Dr M. I. Matthews-Schlinzig @whatisaletter.bsky.social poet, human, dog lover academic & literary editing/translation, and writing (ENG/GER) MSt & DPhil (University of Oxford) Instagram: schicketanz_books http://patreon.com/whatisaletter
Ian Tattum @iantattum.bsky.social Writer and independent scholar. Used to be a vicar. Writing in Spelt, Black Bough Poetry, BB journal, Frost Magazine, The Clearing,The Pilgrim, Landlines for Nature ,The Church Times. Fellow of the Linnaean Society and the Zoological Society of London,
lichtbringer @saintghost.bsky.social Anna | 1991 | Germany | gemini ⋆☀︎. | scorpio ⏾⋆.˚ hexerey & hochgebet ꒰ა♱໒꒱ angel at the abattoir // patron saint of moonstruck girls･｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ☾ somewhere between psychotic and iconic ౨ৎ all words by me unless stated otherwise ﾟ･* ⋆ ✩ ˚ ｡⋆ ✩
Matt Nicholson @mattnicholson365.bsky.social Poet, performer, pedant. One quarter of The 4 Johns. For more info and to buy my books, please visit and browse www.mattpoet.com (hoping to have a fifth collection out in 2025 so please feel free to invite me to read at your poetry events xxx)
Nazaret Ranea @nazaretranea.bsky.social Poet. Scotland’s Next Generation Young Makar. My debut collection, Nettles, is out now! 🇪🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 nazaretranea.com | https://www.instagram.com/nazareterreese?igsh=MWdyNmNpNHcxcjVwNg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
Finished Creatures Poetry Magazine @finishedpoetry.bsky.social Independent, printed poetry magazine: ecopoetry and the environment; climate justice and politics; beauty and daring. Issue nine - trespass - just published Please see website for order details. finishedcreatures.co.uk
rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social poet, fiction writer, publisher, critic, papa, etc. out now: edgeless (Caitlin Press) https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/ https://www.patreon.com/robmclennan http://robmclennanauthor.blogspot.com/ https://robmclennan.substack.com/
Jason Bentsman @jasonbentsman.bsky.social Wayfaring Writer & Photographer // Debut photobook out now from 89Books Italy ➨ limited signed copies ➨ www.tinyurl.com/WhichCannotBeSeen // Bklyn Review, Offing, LitroMagUK, Mercurius, Tiny Mcules, AmBystander, MTL Review, HAD, Amstdm Qtrly, FStop, et al
Cerulean Hues @timjagodzinski.de I offer poetry and inspiration. I aim to capture nature, spirituality, and worldly charm. https://ceruleanhues.timjagodzinski.de
Fox and Star Books @foxandstarbooks.bsky.social We publish poetry and fiction chapbooks by UK debut authors with an emphasis on global majority writers. Founder/editor: @carrieetter.bsky.social; co-editor: Kaycee Hill Website: https://foxandstarbooks.org
Scott McConnaha @smcconnaha.bsky.social Poet. Living in Wisconsin. Author of Without a Prayer. www.scottmcconnaha.com
Rachel Carney @createdtoread.bsky.social Cardiff based Poet, Writer, Academic 'Octopus Mind' (Seren Books) - a Guardian Best Poetry Book of 2023 https://linktr.ee/createdtoread Teach creative writing, writing on/around ekphrasis, neurodiversity, creativity, climate crisis, art
Rachel Burrows @rburrows.bsky.social Undiscovered Voices Winner ‘26 Poems on the Move ‘26. Pushcart Prize Nominated. Cheshire Novel Prize SL‘25, Guppy Open LL’25 Write Mentor Picturebook SL’23/LL’24 Poetry - The Dirigible Balloon, Northern Gravy, Tyger Tyger, The Toy, LTP, BBC Upload.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
Katrina Naomi @katrinanaomipoet.bsky.social Poet & performer. Battery Rocks (Seren 2024). 'dance as if' out with Verve Sept 25. Winner of Keats-Shelley Prize, Arthur Welton Award & Saboteur Award. Swimmer & walker. Loves dance & art. Vegan. PhD - Goldsmiths. Also on insta. www.katrinanaomi.co.uk
Lisa O @goldennotebook.bsky.social A glimpse inside my golden notebook… 🖋️Writer. Psychologist. Black belt.
Ben Wilkinson @benwilko85.bsky.social Writer, poet, “refreshingly honest” critic, tutor. Poems: Way More Than Luck (2018), Same Difference (Seren Books 2022). Criticism: Don Paterson (LUP 2021). Writing has appeared in Guardian, New Statesman, Spectator, TLS, etc. Lifelong Red. Likes a jog.
Emily Tee @emteepoetry.bsky.social Poet, writer, editor/judge with The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press. Lives in the UK. Dabbles in Flash Fiction, speculative genres. Writing a novel. Mini poetry pamphlet due late 2026. One of the hosts of PromptCombo
Carolyn Thomas @carolynthomas.bsky.social Welsh poet and writer in exile on Tyneside. Poems in Anthropocene, Dreich, The Ekphrastic Review, Impossible Archetype, These Pages Sing and elsewhere including Broken Spine’s Coffeehouse podcast. Stories in Gwasg Honno anthologies
Rory Waterman @rorywaterman.bsky.social Poet, writer, editor, professor of Modern Literature & Creative Writing, co-editor of New Walk Editions. www.rorywaterman.com https://rorywaterman.substack.com/. Views yours; likes/RTs=marriage proposals. OTBC🔰/COYP
Laura @laurahemmington.bsky.social
Graeme Richardson @ravoon.bsky.social Poetry Critic for the Sunday Times. Anglican Priest. Poetry Collection, "Dirt Rich", out from Carcanet. TLS contributor since 2010. All views very much my own.
Sandy McIntosh @sandymcintosh.bsky.social Author of twelve volumes of poetry, a Chinese cookbook, and three computer software programs. https://sandymcintosh.info
John Tessitore @jtessitore.bsky.social Writer, poet, liberal arts advocate Podcast: Be True Co-Editor Across the Pond for The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press www.johntessitore.com https://linktr.ee/jtessitorewriter
Deborah @deborahzafer.bsky.social Reading, writing, rabbits 🐇 ✡️ Director of European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social London www.deborahzafer.com https://substack.com/@deborahzafer
Dean @costan07.bsky.social Here for the poetry and general positivity.
Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine @doorisajarmag.bsky.social Quarterly literary magazine of #poetry, short #fiction, #nonfiction, #drama, #art and #bookreviews with cadence and personality to take readers on a journey. https://www.doorisajarmagazine.net/
Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social Art historian, dealer/art consultant 19thC and 20thC British/European art. Writing book on lesser known great artists. Seen in/on: CNN, NBC, The Spectator, The Times etc. website: richardmorris.org richard@richardmorris.org
Clare Proctor @almostasif.bsky.social Teacher and Poet. Poems rehomed by Shooter, the North, Finished Creatures and Poetry Review among others. First pamphlet - Lilith Speaks - out now with Wayleave/Litfest. https://www.iambapoet.com/wave/7-clare-proctor
Suzanna Fitzpatrick @suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social Poet published in magazines & anthologies in the UK, US, Ireland & Canada. Debut pamphlet: Fledglings (Red Squirrel Press, 2016). First collection: Crippled (Red Squirrel Press, 2025).
Sarah Westcott @sarahbwestcottpoet.bsky.social Poet, PhD researcher (inter-species creatings). Books: Slant Light; Bloom (Pavilion poetry), Pond (The Braag). Currently into bats 🦇 https://sarahwestcott.co.uk
Bronwen R. Evans @wennieevans.bsky.social Poet, bird lover, creative naturalist. Pushcart noms, Guernsey International Poetry Comp 2025. Editor with The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press. Upcoming sampler with The Black Cat Poetry Press. Find me looking for ghosts and nightjar across a fen somewhere.
The Stinging Fly @stingingfly.bsky.social Literary magazine established in 1997 to publish & promote the very best new Irish and international writing. Stinging Fly Press was launched in 2005. Summer 2026 Issue #54 available to buy now: https://stingingfly.org/product/summer-2026/
Eleanor Holmes | Eliot North @eleanorholmes.bsky.social Previously @eliot_north on Twitter/X. ND mum-doctor-writer of poetry & prose. Living in Valencian Country, working as NHS GP Weston-super-mare. #Moth Hybrid Mini-Book Ethel Zine - second edition 🚀 July 2026 Pubs below 👇 https://linktr.ee/eleanorholmes
Live Canon @livecanon.bsky.social We publish, perform, produce & promote poetry! We also run online & in-person courses. #poetry https://www.livecanon.co.uk
Sarah Mnatzaganian @sarahmnatzaganian.bsky.social Anglo Armenian poet, cello specialist and promoter of peace.
V. Press @vpresslit.bsky.social V. Press publishes poetry and flash fiction that is very very run by @sarahleavesley.bsky.social https://vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/
Nine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social Independent publisher of contemporary poetry since 2008, home of Under the Radar magazine. Made in the Midlands. https://ninearchespress.com/
Medha Singh @medhawrites.bsky.social Poet, editor and translator. Edinburgh. SciencesPo, UoE / TEDx / New Writer Awardee ‘23 (Scottish Book Trust). www.medhawrites.com
Taylor Strickland @taylor-strickland.bsky.social Poet. Translator. Winner of 2023 Saltire Award for Scottish Poetry Book of the Year. Get a copy of DASTRAM/DELIRIUM now -> https://linktr.ee/taylorstricklandarts
@rosiewntl.bsky.social @rosiewntl.bsky.social A lifetime of metaphors
Ice Floe Press (OPEN for Subs June - July 2026) @icefloepress.bsky.social indie poetry publisher based in Canada with an international focus. we publish books and we have an online website with series and blogs w/poets, fiction writers, visual artist, experimental projects www.icefloepress.net EIC/publisher Robert Frede Kenter
Kate is drafting a new WIP! @vkatehutchings.bsky.social #Amwriting an upmarket novel + short fiction. I follow back writers! Yoga teacher, traveller. Mumma to two feral boys (one neurodivergent) & a three-legged cat
Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social Poet, New York Times bestselling author of Paleolithic Era novels, nonfiction writer, award-winning screenwriter. https://marymackey.com/
Kayleigh Campbell @kayyyleighc.bsky.social Dr, Teaching Creative Writing & Academic Skills in HE. Latest work | Sailor's Blue with Broken Sleep Books https://www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page/kayleigh-campbell-sailors-blue
Gill Connors @gillcresearch.bsky.social poet, teacher, PhD student. Wild swimmer. Editor at Yaffle/Yaffle's Nest Living, working and writing in The Yorkshire Dales
Ewen Glass @ewenglass.bsky.social screenwriter | lecturer | poemer
Vasiliki Albedo @minorroarr.bsky.social Drabbler/Dabbler. Sometimes poet, sometimes energy strategist. Two chapbooks with Live Canon and Poetry International.
Yaffle @yaffles-nest.bsky.social Publisher of poetry collections and pamphlets. Yaffle and Yaffle's Nest Online workshops and courses.
M @mnm67.bsky.social Lover of poetry and the magic of an evening sky. Occasional glimpses from behind a lens. Prompt hostess for #SenseWrds. All photos are mine.
Francesca L Rolle @francesca-laura.bsky.social Art. Nature. Poetry. Life. She/Her.
Sarah Crowe @sjcrowe.bsky.social | ✍🏻 | 👵🏻 | 🧶 | 🐈‍⬛ UEA MA Creative Writing (Poetry) Norwich
Wallace Heatherly @wallaceheatherly.bsky.social Writing and doodling
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.
Alec Finlay @alecfinlay.bsky.social artist and poet; ecological remediation and human recuperation; landscape, tea, limit and creativity; lives by the sea in Edinburgh; mostly sharing a daily poem here.
Magma Poetry @magmapoetry.bsky.social The poetry magazine with a different editor every issue. Join #TheMix https://magmapoetry.com/
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
Black Cat Poetry Press @blackcatpress.bsky.social Independent poetry press. Editors Satya Bosman & Catherine Balaq. www.blackcatpress.co.uk https://linktr.ee/blackcatpress
David Mullin @davidmullinhere.bsky.social Archaeologist, writer, letterpress printer.
Eleonore Schonmaier Author @eleonoreschonmaier.bsky.social Poetry, fiction, song lyrics, music-theater. Field Guide to the Lost Flower of Crete, Dustblown Side of the Journey, Wavelengths of Your Song and Rush of Wingspan (2026, MQUP). https://eleonoreschonmaier.com
Jen Calleja @jencalleja.bsky.social Wrote FAIR / GOBLINHOOD / VEHICLE / DUST SUCKER, translate German lit, publish Maltese lit at Praspar Press. Tutor, Granta Writers’ Workshop. www.jencalleja.com
Chris Campbell @citizen-chris.bsky.social 2nd poetry collection (Parlyaree Press), mini-pamphlet (Atomic Bohemian) | Co-founder/host, Kiss The Sky poetry night (Bristol) | Co-managing editor, Anteroom | Poems in The Rialto, Magma, Prole | Oxford | https://linktr.ee/bychriscampbell
Annest Gwilym @annestgwilym.bsky.social Poet, nature lover, Cymraes. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Widely published, nominated/winner of writing awards/prizes. Author of four poetry books. My fourth - Contemplation of Roses - is now available from Lapwing Publications on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0HG7ZY1Z4
Tess @tessaivorywrites.bsky.social Animal lover, and wannabe writer. Just me and my arthritic knee.
Ruth Higgins @ruthhiggins.bsky.social Poetry fan
NaomiH.art @naomihart.bsky.social Artist - I often collaborate with scientists, especially environment/ocean/elements/time/journey/migration Happiest as an expedition artist 😉 Canadian on my mother's side 🇨🇦 www.naomi-hart.com
Hiram Larew @hiramlarew.bsky.social Poet. Newest collection, "This Much Very," was published in 2025 by Alien Buddha Press. Founder of Poetry X Hunger -- bringing a world of poets to the anti-hunger cause. HiramLarewPoetry.com and PoetryXHunger.com
J. D. Nelson @madverse.bsky.social poet MadVerse.com linktr.ee/jdnelson poetry micropoetry anti-poetry Boulder, Colorado almost human Christus Super Omnia ☩
Rachel McDonald @softlywild.bsky.social Poet; writer; imagination is everything. 💫 Lover of shapes left over from cutting out shapes; the sea; humming and the rain.