Elizabeth Preston @inkfish.bsky.social Science journalist, humor writer and aspiring cephalopod. Boston-adjacent. Author of THE CREATURES' GUIDE TO CARING, out now!
elizabethgpreston.com
elizabethgpreston.substack.com
Amy Barnes @amygcb.bsky.social Associate Editor: @fracturedlit.bsky.social
Kristen Mulrooney @kristenmulrooney.bsky.social 
Amy Colleen @amycolleen.bsky.social Christian, mom, student, writer, Austenite, "several niche accounts in a trench coat." Addicted to literary composition. Cringe but free. Editor of The Pomegranate at http://the-pom.com and writer of essays at http://www.amy-colleen.com
Sue D. Gelber @suegelber.bsky.social Writer, runner, dog person • Words in New Yorker, McSweeney's, Electric Lit, etc. • Humor Editor at The Museum of Americana lit review • Fiction judge at NYCMidnight • Sometimes funny, often tired
suedgelber.com
Wendi Aarons @wendiaarons.bsky.social Humor writer. Austin.
Andrew Knott @aknott21.bsky.social Sweeping off the trampoline right now. Editor of Frazzled. Author of Love’s a Disaster (2024) and Fatherhood (2016).
https://andrewknott.substack.com/
Devorah Blachor @devorahblachor.bsky.social Author of 'The Feminist’s Guide to Raising a Little Princess', novels, humor. Working on a new book and also a time travel machine
https://www.devorahblachor.com/
Nat Hrvatin @nathrvatin.bsky.social Satirist, Clevelander, This emoji IRL: 😅Writing:
@newyorkerhumor @mcsweeneys
@jocelynjanecox.bsky.social @jocelynjanecox.bsky.social I write essays, humor, CNF. Memoir MOTION DAZZLE (9/2025): a birth, a death, figure skating, and zebras. MFA, Pushcart nom. Words in: The Offing, HAD, Colorado Review, Litro Mag, Belladonna, NYT, Slate, WIRED. https://www.jocelynjanecox.com
Rachel Mans McKenny @rachelmansmckenny.bsky.social Humorist and author from the Midwest. Seen in NYTimes, McSweeneys, Elle,WaPo and other places. writing center person. Here for the jokes and books. rachelmansmckenny.com
Hunter Hill @hunterhillcomedy.bsky.social Stand Up Comic, Husband, and Father. My work can be seen on Netflix, Hulu, HBO, and while on tour around the world.
Audrey Burges @audreyburges.bsky.social Author, THE MINUSCULE MANSION OF MYRA MALONE (2023) & A HOUSE LIKE AN ACCORDION (2024); scribbler of humor, flash, & pretty flowers; thinks you're awesome
Caitlin Kunkel @caitlinkunkel.bsky.social Funny writer of fiction and satire. INSIDE JOKES: A COMEDY AND CREATIVITY GUIDE FOR ALL WRITERS out March 10, 2026.
My newsletter on our creative wells: https://inputandoutput.substack.com/
Parentball @parentball.bsky.social Parenting humor. Dumb jokes. Dumber puns.
Humor writing: https://www.mcsweeneys.net/authors/michael-ward & https://medium.com/@mikeward08 & https://www.pointsincase.com/author/michael-ward
Building a game for parents: www.parentball.com (Reboots in 2026)
Daniel DenHaan @ddenhaan.bsky.social Stay at home dad. Part time Teacher. Writing attempter. Here for jokes, Canucks, games, books, and whatever else tickles my fancy.
Cartoons Hate Her! @cartoonshateher.bsky.social Social dynamics and online culture from the hybrid mind of a terminally online-normie mom
https://www.cartoonshateher.com
Melissa Flores Anderson @melissacuisine.bsky.social Flash, CNF, short stories and unpublished novels. Reader/Editor Roi Fainéant Press. 4x BOTN nom, 1x Pushcart nom. Chapbook "A Body in Motion" (JAKE). Novelette "Roadkill" (ELJ Editions). ""All and Then None of You" (Cowboy Jamboree).
Robin Zlotnick @robinzlotnick.bsky.social writer, worrier
Pubs: Gone Lawn, X-R-A-Y, Brilliant Flash Fiction, Rejection Letters, Identity Theory, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, The Belladonna, etc.
https://robinzlotnick.com/
https://a-sentence.beehiiv.com/
Jessie Glenn @jessieglenn.bsky.social Director/Mindbuck Book Publicity, occasional prof, freelancer @NYT, Salon, WaPo, others. They/them.
Kim Bongiorno @thekimbongiorno.bsky.social Parenting teens | Book ❤️ | Freelance writer | Social justice | In Parents, RealSimple, People, WaPo, What to Expect, CareDotcom (etc) + 12 anthologies | http://kimbongiornowrites.com | She/Her | https://linktr.ee/thekimbongiorno
Shelly Mazzanoble @shellymoo.bsky.social Parenting writer | Author of HOW TO DUNGEON MASTER PARENTING out now! | Middle-Age Lady Mom | Newsletter: https://shellymazzanoble.substack.com
Jenn Belden @jennbelden.bsky.social Writer staring at her screen | Coffee-drinker | Book nerd | Avoiding housework like a boss. Some snark may follow. She/her (@jenncaffeinated on Insta)
Jen Mann @throatpunch.bsky.social New York Times bestselling author and award-winning blogger of PEOPLE I WANT TO PUNCH IN THE THROAT.
Lucy Huber @clhubes.bsky.social 
Gila Pfeffer (as in ‘Havanagila) @gilapfeffer.bsky.social Breast cancer prevention advocate, FEEL IT ON THE FIRST lady, humor writer and author of NEARLY DEPARTED: Adventures in Loss, Cancer and Other Inconveniences
Elizabeth Collins @elizabethcollins.bsky.social Writer/Comedian/#Queerspawn
Words @ MarieClaire, McSweeney’s, Salon, Slate, Vice
www.ElizabethCollins.com
H-Town to LA
Maggie Downs @maggiedowns.bsky.social Author of BRAVER THAN YOU THINK and the forthcoming 50 THINGS TO DO BEFORE YOU’RE FIVE. Really good at traveling and coffee-ing.
Sharon Van Epps @sharonvanepps.bsky.social Writer. Sports Mom. Frequent Crank. At work on a satirical novel about motherhood, soccer, race, class and rock-n-roll.
Laura Wheatman Hill @laurawheatmanhill.bsky.social Writer (?!)
2 dogs (!!)
Also 2 humans (...)
https://www.laurawheatmanhill.com/ 
Kathy Radigan @kathyradigan.bsky.social Writer, disability advocate, mom of 3, wife to 1, coffee addict. Believes in reproductive rights, abortion care, LGBQT rights, equality for all, and laughing. A lot. Contributing author to best selling anthology, So God Made A Mother.
Jennifer Molidor @jennifermolidor.bsky.social Writing about nature, food, climate, rewilding, wildlife and wild places in the West. 🌲 🐺 🐸 📚Senior Campaigner @biologicaldiversity.org
https://linktr.ee/JenniferMolidor
Jen Sinclair @jensinclairwrites.bsky.social Indie author, freelance writer and essayist, using humor and heart to tell stories about love, loss, and the overall messiness of life. Debut novel, THERE'S ALWAYS A PRICE out now. #wfwa #binders #indieauthor
@sallymiller.bsky.social @sallymiller.bsky.social 
Alycia Calvert @alyciacalvert.bsky.social (She/Her) 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ | #Typos | Writes weird hybridy things | EIC @HarperPalate | Res '22 & '24 | MFA '22 | PhD '26 | @hecatemagazine @thebansheejournal @writersrebel 🇵🇸🇨🇩
https://linktr.ee/alycia.calvert
The Busy Mama ☀️ @thebusymama.bsky.social I work, I Mom, and I somehow survive. It’s sweet, it’s messy, it’s a little unhinged—but that’s life, right? (Or is it just me?) Dry humor and the occasional moment where you can’t tell if I’m serious or joking. Spoiler: Neither can I.
Celeste Yvonne Author @celesteyvonne.bsky.social Non-Fiction and Fiction, fed up mom, reality TV enthusiast, midlife crisis, 7 years sober 💙
Alexandra Frost @alexfrostwriter.bsky.social Independent journalist, content marketing writer and strategic consultant.
~Pubs: NYT, Washington Post, Huffington Post, Consumer Reports, Forbes
www.alexandra-frost.com
Ali Solomon @alisolomain.bsky.social Cartoonist-to-the-Stars
Cindy Marie Jenkins (she/her) @cindyoutthinksmdia.bsky.social I grew up between a library and a theater. Now I teach digital literacy through art & open dialogue.
https://patreon.com/OutThinkMedia
Break generational structures this summer:
https://momentumrevolutions.com
Maxine Lipner @maxinelipner.bsky.social Journalist. Memoirist. Coffee Addict.
Amy McHugh @amymchughwriter.bsky.social 
Hannah Grieco @writesloud.bsky.social Writer, Editor, Teacher | Author of First Kicking, Then Not (Stanchion 2025) | Columnist @ WCP
she/they 🏳️🌈 ❤️
www.hgrieco.com
Tonilyn Hornung @tonilynh.bsky.social Author: Humorous Self-Help Book: How to Raise a Husband. Written: Wapo, HuffPo, Insider, Good Housekeeping. Singer, Actor, Mom, Wife, Bad Cook and Lover of Cheese. she/her
🆂🅷🅴🆁🆈🅻 🆂🆃🅴🅸🅽 she/her @sherylstein.bsky.social Are you there, social media void? It's me, Sheryl.
Writer (WaPo, #WFWA #Binders). Deus ex mama. Soccer mom with track marks ( #PI #CVID #DIS #ChronicIllness). Rutgers stan.
Rep: @shellyromero
website: sherylstein.com
links: https://linktr.ee/sherylstein
Adam Motz @adammotz.com Dad, husband, writer, musician, lawyer
Author of YOU COME FROM LOVE
📍Chicago
adammotz.com
Keri Bertino @keribertino.bsky.social Writer of real and pretend; Lecturer at Columbia University School of the Arts. Work in Joyland, Topic, Electric Lit, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, BOMB, etc. She/her. Mom, Brooklyn-dweller, ND, queer.
Gail Cornwall @gailcornwall.com Former teacher & lawyer who now works as a mother & writer. Bylines for the Atlantic, Nation, NYT, Good Housekeeping, Guardian, New York Mag, USA Today, & many more. Stories tackle education, psychology, parenting, etc.
Chloe Yelena Miller @chloeyelenamiller.bsky.social Writer & Writing Teacher in Washington, D.C.
Co-founder of @brownbaglit.bsky.social
Author of Perforated ('26) and Viable ('21) from Lily Poetry Review Books
Emily Farris @thatemilyfarris.bsky.social Author, I'LL JUST BE FIVE MORE MINUTES | Senior Commerce Writer, BON APPÉTIT | "A LOT"
Hallie Pritts @halliepritts.bsky.social Writer. Finalist, Jeffrey E. Smith Editor’s Prize ‘24, Sewanee Writers ’22. CHTQA fellow. NZ writer-in-residence. Words in Mcsweeneys, MissouriReview, LitMag, Barrelhouse, TheBelladonna, OffAssignment, etc. Rode a bike across the US once. #nativeplants
Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social I wrote a novel about a woman radicalized against the patriarchy by her first hot flash—CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO. (out 10/14/25)
Preorder: bit.ly/3ZzgcNj
Substack: https://prefernot2.substack.com
Yvonne Liu. Writer. Adoptee. Memoir-in-Progress @yvonneliuwriter.bsky.social Over 3 million read HuffPost #adoptee essay. NYT, Salon, Newsweek, NBC News. Sewanee Tennessee Williams Scholar. Received support from PEN America & Bread Loaf Writers. Modern Love podcast. Mental Health Advocate. James Patterson grant #writer #memoirs
Lindsay Hameroff @lindsayhameroff.bsky.social Writer, reader, salty snack eater. Author of TILL THERE WAS YOU and NEVER PLANNED ON YOU
Narci @narcii.bsky.social Parenting, intrusive thoughts, jokes, approximate knowledge of at least a few things. Was 4fite.
Nick Schiner | STAY PLAYING NICK @stayplayingnick.com Helping you make parenting, learning, & tech less overwhelming
Gaming Dad | EdTech | Failed Pro Wrestler
📍Baltimore
Worked with HP, Microsoft, Intel, Meta, Games for Change, Code.org, and more
#Parenting #TTRPG #Gaming #Wrestling
Life at the Speed of Childhood @lifeatthespeedof.bsky.social The laugh side of parenting, sprinkled with occasional musings, recommendations, and reviews.
Mom | Wife | Middle Child | Educator | Writer | Curriculum Developer | BTS ARMY
Talia Argondezzi @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social Writing professor and satire writer with humor in McSweeney’s, New Yorker, Slackjaw, Belladonna, Points in Case.
My new book: https://tinyurl.com/mwfb5d9r
My website: taliaargondezzi.com
Leslie Ylinen @leslieylinen.bsky.social Humor writer
Advertising creative writer
Keeps a respectful distance from the ocean
@elizabethbolton.bsky.social @elizabethbolton.bsky.social 
Ben W @benw87.bsky.social Daddy, Dad, Father, Cook, Driver & Worker
Parenting, Sports & Culture - Peace
📍UK
Fiona Taylor @fionataylor.bsky.social Tired satirist and content marketer. Co-wrote New Erotica for Feminists: Satirical Fantasies of Love, Lust, and Equal Pay. Co-founded satire outlet The Belladonna. Writes The Monetization of Fear Substack. https://themonetizationoffear.substack.com
Sari Fordham @sarifordham.bsky.social Memoir: WAIT FOR GOD TO NOTICE | newsletter: https://coolitclimateaction.substack.com/ | Married to Bryan Bradford | Mender of socks, baker of piirakka | She/her | #NY22
Katie Burgess @katieburgess.bsky.social Oxford comma agnostic
Katieburgess.fun
Linda Wolff @carpoolgoddess.bsky.social Mom, writer, purveyor of unsolicited advice. No longer driving carpool, still driving my kids crazy. Words in: Boston Globe, LATimes, Washing Post, Cosmo, Good Housekeeping, AARP, McSweeney's and more. Carpoolgoddess.com
Cheryl Maguire @cherylmaguire.bsky.social Freelance Journalist @nytimes @washingtonpost @natgeo @aarp @SUCCESS Magazine @parentsmagazine @bostonglobe @discovermag #Binders #ASJA #SATW #WritingCommunity
Jennifer Haubrich @jenniferhaubrich.bsky.social Humor writer/nagging wife/exasperated mother/all-around joy to be with
Free Substack: https://tinyurl.com/Humor-in-the-Middle
Julie Vick @julievickwriter.bsky.social Humor writer and author of a humorous advice book for introverted parents. Words in New Yorker, McSweeney’s, and my phone’s notes app.
Substack with funny stuff and writing tips:
https://julievick.substack.com/
Conz Preti @conz.bsky.social 💻 Deputy Editor @insiderbusiness
🇦🇷Argentine in Maine
👦🏻👧🏻👧🏻 mom of 3
Rachel Courtland @rachelcourtland.com Editor at MIT Technology Review (@technologyreview.com), commissioning news, features, and essays | Science and technology journalist and forever physics nerd
Paid Writing Opportunities @paidwritingopps.bsky.social Paid Writing Opportunities only shares calls for submissions/pitches, and job ads. We are not a recruitment agency.
Eliza Goodpasture @elizag.bsky.social Art historian
Writing about art, books & culture
Editor at @tandemmagazine.bsky.social
Commissioning Editor at @artukdotorg.bsky.social (Drawings)
https://www.elizagoodpasture.com
Mark Medley @markmedley.bsky.social Deputy Opinion Editor, @theglobeandmail.com. Former Globe and Mail/National Post Books Editor.
Author of Live to See the Day, a national bestseller. https://linktr.ee/mark.medley
Chris Erik Thomas @chriserikthomas.bsky.social Style Writer at Highsnobiety.
Other words elsewhere, including Artsy, ARTnews, Fantastic Man, Wallpaper*, Berlin Art Link, and more.
rosemary donahue @rosemarydonahue.bsky.social health and parenting editor, @businessinsider • they/them
rdonahue@businessinsider.com
Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social Global Editorial Director at WIRED.
Board member @freedom.press
Speaker at UTA
Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social I’m an editor at WIRED and have previously written and edited for a number of places. Timothy_marchman@wired.com. Signal me at timmarchman.01. I periodically delete all my posts.
The Writer's Job Newsletter @writersjob.bsky.social The best weekly writing jobs newsletter with paid, remote opps 💌
Sign up for free ➡️ http://thewritersjobnewsletter.com ✍️
Pamela Brunskill @pamelabrunskill.bsky.social Senior Director of Education Design at the News Literacy Project.
Writer at pamelabrunskill.com.
Opinions are my own.
Buffalo, NY
Luke Burbank @lukeburbank.bsky.social skeeting and deleting since 2025. TBTL.net
Andrew Walsh @walsh.bsky.social can stop, will stop
Kiara Valdez @dezinpub.bsky.social Inklore Editor | PW Star Watch Finalist | Writer | ✏️STEPPING UP and MAMI’s MAGIC WORDS | She/Her | Opinions are mine | Ace & Bi Afro🇩🇴 | #LatinxInPub | Rep’d: Britt Siess | kiaravaldez.com
Cheryl B. Klein @cherylklein.bsky.social I notice things for a living. Editorial director, Workman Kids; author of THE MAGIC WORDS: WRITING GREAT BOOKS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS and five picture books, most recently IT’S HARD TO BE A BABY; 6yo mom; Virgo/goofball. Opinions my own.
Stacy Whitman @stacylwhitman.bsky.social Owner of @curiouscatbookshop.bsky.social, founder and editor-at-large of Tu Books, editor, cat person, K-dramas, and more. Opinions my own. curiouscatbookshop.com
Jonah Newman @jonahnewmancomics.bsky.social Eisner-nominated author and illustrator of the graphic novel OUT OF LEFT FIELD (Andrews McMeel, 2024). Editorial Project Manager at Scholastic.
https://www.jonahnewmancomics.com/
Roseanne Baxter Frank | Kidlit Everything @roseannefrank.bsky.social #PB Writer FINDING CHRISTMAS 2025 | O’WIN & the MOON (2025) | Social Media @SCBWILongIsland | #kidlit Workshops | Insta: @writingoutloud X: @writingoutloud2 | Just Be Kind! linktr.ee/rbfrank
Amanda Meadows @amandameadows.bsky.social 20-yr thousandaire. Editor of adult comics, humor, and more at Andrews McMeel Publishing: @andrewsmcmeel.bsky.social
She/her. podcaster, zine collector, plant person, seat saver. 📚🖤🏳️🌈🇲🇦🍉
linktr.ee/meadowsamanda
Meg Gaertner is OPEN to submissions @meggaertner.com Managing #kidlit Editor @fluxbooks.bsky.social + @jollyfishpress.bsky.social. YA/Adult sff writer. Shortlisted for the Page Turner Writing Award + Oxford/Pushkin Children's Books Fantasy Prize. CHASING STARS (hi-lo MG) out now! she/her.
Andi Diehn @andidiehn.bsky.social Writer. Editor. Safe person. Loves queer lit, little free libraries, running. Also loves dogs, cats, ducks. Knits blobby shawls. Author of 20ish #kidlit books, editor/marketer at Nomad Press. Here to help.
Alex Aceves (ah-SEV-ess) (she/her) 🇲🇽🩷💜💙 @alexace.bsky.social mexico city girl in bkln. likes the 🍷 not the 🏷. lets other pens dwell on guilt&misery. editor at Holiday House, writer by night. opinions my own.
Liesa Abrams @batgirleditor.bsky.social Editor-in-chief of Labyrinth Road imprint at Random House Children’s Books. Publishing books that help kids escape where they are while feeling seen for who they are. Obsessed with Batman and gluten-free muffins.
Alex Borbolla @alexborbolla.bsky.social Senior Editor at Bloomsbury | My dog’s biggest fan | 🇨🇺🇺🇸 | she/her
www.editoralexborbolla.com
Julia McCarthy @thejumbles.bsky.social Senior Editor at S&S Atheneum by day, purveyor of dad jokes by night, eternal sea hag. My tweets are my own. she/her 🇧🇷🇺🇸 Avatar by the wonderful Tanya J. Scott
http://bit.ly/juliambooks
Danielle Collins @daniellecollins.bsky.social Hi I’m Danielle and I get overly invested in fictional things for fun and for a living //Associate Editor @ S&S Children’s // (she/her) 🏳️🌈
Kristie Choi @kristiechoi.bsky.social Editor @ Atheneum (S&S) | 🌈 bi/pan genderfluid (she/they); pro-transgender; neurospicy; 최민지, Korean-Am; plant witch meets punky morbid grandma/cat daddy; opinions my own.
KristieChoi.com
Maggie Lehrman @maggielehrman.com Editor of books & watcher of tv