sassafrasgirl @sassafrasgirl.bsky.social Fighting the good fight one day at a time! Twitter Refugee · Mother of an Angel · LGBTQ Rights · Plant Trees · Liberal/Progressive💙 #resist #StrongerTogether
Sameer Kankali Ⓥ☮✌🏼🌱💚🍉🐸🐮🐷📚📖♟️✊🏼 @sameerkankali.bsky.social MUNDUS SINE CAESARIBUS 💙🦋
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WayneS 🇨🇦🇺🇦🏳️🌈 - Elbows up! @thewaynescott.bsky.social Canadian, Atheist, loves bacon and craft beer. Liberal, Democratic Socialist. Believes in equal rights for all, Karma and that Billionaires shouldn’t exist. LGBTQ+ & Right-to-choose ally. Fuck tRump, Peepee Poillievre and Fascism.
NW cycledude @nwcycledude.bsky.social Opposed to everything MAGA. Love biking. Love science. Love my little Jackaweener. Love fastpitch softball. Believe in data & science Love living in the PNW, and visiting our friends nextdoor in BC.
macpj🫘. bsky.social @macpj.bsky.social SASSY and salty and not sorry about it! True blue Democrat upset by our broken democracy and by the orange felon moving into the WH for a second time! 🦋
@mfr69.bsky.social @mfr69.bsky.social Dem in blue state. Husband. Dad. Dog and cat dad. Poppa. Kayak hike gym box. Dislike the toddler in the white house running the USA
Stephanie Jackson - seeking rep! @sjwritesforkids.bsky.social Kidlit writer, mostly PB & MG. '26 Honorable Mention, #PBRisingStars! Member SCBWI, The Authors Guild. Mom x4. 12x12 challenge. Words published w/ Cricket magazine, Dirigible Balloon, STEMTuesday.com. Seeking rep. StephanieWritesForKids.com
@randy39.bsky.social @randy39.bsky.social Military veteran with the belief of equality for all… I’m kinda addicted to tattoos… I love wine..I believe U2 is one of the greatest bands ever… and I’m probably way too much into Batman
Sue Newton @suenewton.bsky.social PB writer, pet portrait artist, mother of four (two human, two cats) and wife of one (human)!PBChat mentee 2022, Searchlight Awards Best Picture Book Text shortlist '23 and '24, WriteMentor PB Awards longlist '24, 25, PBParty hon mention '24
@pakalilufye.bsky.social @pakalilufye.bsky.social 
Joyce Ray @joyceraywriter.bsky.social #VCFA #SCBWI #PBParty Writer. Reader. Traveler. PB, MG, YA, Poetry #AmSubmitting www.joyceraybooks.com
Yodamonkey @yodamonkey2.bsky.social Avid Blue democracy supporter and hater of The Orange Orangutan! . I follow back 100%. I LOVE people and Kindness. Latest Book is out now. https://olympiapublishers.com/book/screaming-into-the-darkness Followed by Mark Hamill & Morgan Fairchild #Blues
mbwallarice.bsky.social @mbwallarice.bsky.social Grateful Mom & Babi | Writer | Retreat Facilitator Connector of Humans & Ideas + Wonder + Joy = Holy Moments #SCBWI #12x12PB #InkedVoices #StoryStorm #PBParty Finalist 2024 #PBRisingStars Runner-Up 2025
www.thevillagejoymaker.com
Imogen Taylor @imogentaylormade.com children’s book author/illustrator • #PBParty finalist • SCBWI member
✨seeking representation✨
imogentaylormade.com/illustration-portfolio/
Sue Sutherland, Author - TWELVE DAYS AT GLACIER @suemt.bsky.social Debut picture book author - TWELVE DAYS AT GLACIER, granola girl, weaver, quilter, traveler, photographer, 12x12, Montana SCBWI
Coming Soon - HOW HANNAH GOT HER LUMP OF COAL (2026), TWELVE DAYS AT YELLOWSTONE (2027), & NOTHING BUT NET TROUBLE
Vanessa Global @vanessaglobal.bsky.social 209K LIBRARY: universities,libraries,politicians,scientists,academics, lawyers,economists,linguists,historians,writers,BLUE, ANTIFA!
Me: brown NA,Oregonian,veteran,globetrotter,critical thinker,linguist,teacher,reader,atheist,constructive,ANTI-TRUMPIST
Ernest @fintechernest.bsky.social Observing politics, democracy, media, and institutional drift through a human lens.
Interested in policy, social cohesion, fairness, democratic stability — within a core belief that character still matters.
No DMs. No Porn (immediate block)
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Jami Gigot @jamigigot.bsky.social Hello there! I am a children’s book author/illustrator and texture supervisor at Industrial Light and Magic living in the Pacific Northwest. www.jamigigot.com
https://www.amazon.com/Bigfoot-Field-Guide-Campers-Mysterious-ebook/dp/B0F4G895X7
Cirenzi @cirellan.bsky.social Mother of Dogs
Retired marketing | Ex-pat | Gamer
Clinical & Org. psych
“Do not obey in advance”
— Timothy Snyder
“The only thing that is the end of the world is the end of the world.”
— Barack Obama, after the 2016 election
Julie @julie3500.bsky.social 🚨🚨🚨 Blue dot Texas. RELEASE EPSTEIN FILES Hate THE PEDO PROTECTOR idiot..Fight for stricter gunlaws , womens health and Democracy
Mark @ferl67.bsky.social New Brunswick, Canada
#Progressive #ResistanceUnited #DefendDemocracy #Feminist
Secular #Humanist #BookWorm #ProChoice #BLM #LGBTQIA Ally.
Proudly followed by Brooklyn Dad Defiant, Jon Cooper, Glenn Kirschner, Jack Hopkins, Heather Thomas.
Curly14 💙🦋 @curly14.bsky.social Wife to Andrew. Child of God. Animal lover. Never Trump!
NO DM’s PLEASE!
Mr. Rochester 📎🇨🇦 @mrrochester.bsky.social Here for the sanity lacking elsewhere. Union strong, supporter of public education everywhere, which I reckon makes me a socialist - not a bad word in Canada. Cats.
No lists.
“Always neighbours; never neighbors.”🇨🇦
Barbara Stocker 💙📚 @bluebirdbhs.bsky.social Activist Democrat Missourian living in Virginia @piperformissouri.bsky.social @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social @wellmanformo.bsky.social @iquitcigs.bsky.social @reichard4rep.bsky.social @stegenmodem.bsky.social @melrea.bsky.social Team Site
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
Maureen Berzanski 🧷🇺🇦🇺🇸🏳️🌈🟧🌊 🐾 @moberzan.bsky.social l'm dedicating my profile & platform to support our friend, Maj Jason Watson. Inspired by his immense bravery & sacrifice, I feel compelled to carry his message If he can be this courageous, you can too #DOOR
@defendersofourrepublic.org
Snuffy63 @snuffy63.bsky.social Left coast liberal. Badass knitter. I 💙 Portland, OR~
@robertrg.bsky.social @robertrg.bsky.social 
Lora Stead Author @lorastead.bsky.social Is it writing time yet?
Kidlit, '23 PBParty Finalist, SCBWI, 12x12, InkedVoices, UT League of Writers, former ESL/1-8 grade teacher. Rep'd by Joyce Sweeney at Seymour. ☀️
Forthcoming debut WHERE DADDY IS (Atheneum, 2029)
https://youtube.com/@lorastead
Lori Knutsen: Kidlit Writer, Teacher and Photographer @lknutsenkidlit.bsky.social I write #PB #YA to uplift, inspire, and entertain.❤️Teacher. Dreamer. #kidlitfirefly #ND 💫📝✨
https://loriknutsen.com
#kidlitchucklechallenge ‘26 Winner
#50Preciouswords ‘26‘25 HM
#springflingkidlit ‘25 Winner
#Halloweensie ‘25 HM
#SCBWI
#12X12
#PBRS Col
Kristin Houlihan, Writer @kristinwrites.bsky.social Poet, Wife, Mom, LongCovid/MECFS. Looking to connect and learning to advocate. EIC, Poetry @epistemiclit.Bsky.social, @nimblewitlit.bsky.social. Micropoetry chapbook Lift the Mask available widely. www.kristinhoulihan.com
Nancy Thompson @thmpsnnancy.bsky.social True Blue mom whose greatest accomplishment is adult children and grandchildren you'd like! My goal is to learn every day and share your heartbreak and joy in all shades of Blue.
Shampoo 🧼🛀 @shampoooficial.bsky.social Tomar banho é Bom 🧼🛀
Gosto de tomar banho bem cedinho, sendo 03 ou mais vezes ao dia !
É gostoso
@Marquinhooficial @marquinhooficial.bsky.social Adoro plantas🌳
E não gosto de perder tempo com conversa Fiada!!
Jovem objetivo e sacana 👾
Eu sou o Cara 💠 @novobluskayapo.bsky.social Observador!
Mais com um Ótimo
Coração ❤️
Diego 🇧🇷 👱 @diegogarotooficial.bsky.social 👨🚀🚀🪐🌎 17 anos 👱🇧🇷🇮🇹
Paulista !!
Morando no Rio de Janeiro ⛱️
Petista 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
Democrata!
Gosto de : 🏀....🏄♂️.....🚴♂️✨
📢📵. "I don't Speak in Private!👊
Ste Gen Mo Dem 💙📚 🐕🌳 @stegenmodem.bsky.social Supporting Dems Everywhere SG 60 miles South of St Louis @piperformissouri.bsky.social @reichard4rep.bsky.social @fpwellman.bsky.social @wellmanformo.bsky.social @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social @labarnitz.bsky.social @iquitcigs.bsky.social 📚🚭💙
Dave @quizical.bsky.social FA/FO Father, brother, Uncle and son. US Army veteran, Retired. Sometimes a little harsh. Always an American. Really hate fake wrestling.
Lance Pinkham @lance-pinkham.bsky.social Recovering political junkie. Dodgers-Lakers-Rams-Bruins. Bourbon and Tequila lover. Lianna and Estee’s Papa!!!
A!Kat ai @a-katai.com We make custom AI Assistants/Companions/Instructors/etc with heart! 🩷
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DonnaDee 💙 @overallthiscrap.bsky.social North Texas ,military brat,( you will hate my spelling & grammar ) ,I grow stuff 🥗🌻🌺A servant to my animals 🐴🐶 Big family but Covid and politics screwed that up 🤷🏼. #FuckTrump&Putin🤬 #Women’srights #Dem #DoNotComplyInAdvance 💙🌊🥄🧂
@brendao.bsky.social @brendao.bsky.social Fat, Activist, Artist, Dead Eyed & Sarcastic 🇨🇦🇺🇲 I am ANTIFA, Swear like a Sailor, Wife & Mother of ASD, Hater of Trump and Co. WOKE, but never PC. Venus of Willendorf Project: Send me your diet books!
St Louis Atheists @stlouisatheists.bsky.social "If you wish to make apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe" Carl Sagan @rsslmo.bsky.social @atheists.org @ffrf.org @nickfish.me @ethicalstl.org @riatheists.bsky.social ⚛️ 📚💙🐕 🚭 Team Site
T.H @authortimhavens.bsky.social Hello! I'm T.H, and I bring stories to life through whimsical words. I specialize in creating picture books that not only entertain young readers but also impart valuable life lessons. Agented through the D4EO and Agent Ritu Anand.
Ana Kelly @anakellyinla.bsky.social 🇳🇮 to FL to CA to FL to...
#PB Writer, Reading Interventionist, Dodger Fan
#SCBWI | #PBParty '25 Finalist | #PBParty '23 Honorable Mention (HM) | #50PreciousWords '25 and '23 HM | #KidLitChuckleChallenge Champ '25
Aisha "Ash P" Panjwaneey @ashpreads.bsky.social #Muslim #BIPOC #Editor of safe-for-work fiction and nonfiction.
CB and GN editor in the making.
#RevPit Editor
EFA Ambassador
Get in touch 👇🏻
https://www.ashpreads.com
Amanda Shayne Aszman @amandashayneaszman.bsky.social PB writer. #KidsChoiceKidLitWritingContest ‘24 Winner. #50PreciousWords '25 Honorable Mention. #PBParty ‘21 Honorable Mention. SCBWI. Creativity enthusiast. Certified Life Coach. #MentalHealth www.amandashayne.com
Cindy Grace Lamug @likhanicindy.bsky.social 🇵🇭🇺🇸 Author/ Illustrator #SCBWI #storytelleracademy #KIDLIT #ownvoices
♡ 👨👩👦 🎨 📚 🧋 🌄
Seeking Representation
Shruti Prabhu @shrutiprabhu.bsky.social 🎨 Mixed Media Illustrator and Visual Artist
🪡 Sewist and Knitter
🌿 Home Gardener
The Storytellers Foundation | The Storyteller's Shelf Podcast @tstorypodcast.bsky.social https://thestorytellersshelfpodcast.com | Kidlit & publishing conversations. Top 100 & Spotify Award-Winning Podcast. Home of the Big Bang Notable Book List & Storytellers Summit Series. Writing a book? Our writing tools: https://getstoryrise.com
Lillie Pardo @lilliepardo.bsky.social Picture Book Writer ✏️
3rd Grade Teacher 🍎
Filipino American 🇵🇭 🇺🇸
#PBRisingStars mentee ‘23
#SCBWI work-in-progress award winner ‘24
#12x12 scholarship winner ‘25
#PBParty Finalist ‘25
#Kidlit
Seeking representation
www.lilliepardo.com
Amy Hevron @amyhevron.bsky.social Children's book author, illustrator, birder, baker.
Recent books: 🪵 Log Life 🍃 City of Leafcutter Ants 🐜 Poo Pile on the Prairie 💩
Coming 2026: Bog Buddies www.amyhevron.art
Kate Arnold @illustratebykate.bsky.social Illustrator | Cat Enthusiast | SCBWI Member
Represented by Emelie Burl at Susan Schulman Literary Agency
www.katearnold.net
Author M. I. Verras (She/Her) @miverrasauthor1.bsky.social Gothic author, corp.associate, singer, composer, keyboardist, designer, university graduate, sports fan, existential seeker. Author of two metaphysical, symbolic fantasy-mystery novellas. Novella plots and covers are in English and NOT AI.
Blythe Williams @blytheawilliams.bsky.social PBParty Finalist ('26)
Write Kidlit NOW! Scholarship Recipient ('25) ✍️
#PBRisingStar! ('24)
FallWritingFrenzy Honorable Mention ('23)
#12x12PB/#SCBWI/#KidlitAuthor/✡️Mama of 2/#pb #pbnf #sel
Jess Piper Fan Page 💙 📚 @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social The Dem Voice of Missouri with her 262 Substack https://jesspiper.substack.com/ / @piperformissouri.bsky.social / @reichard4rep.bsky.social @wellmanformo.bsky.social @stegenmodem.bsky.social @iquitcigs.bsky.social @morgfair.bsky.social DMs ok 📚
Amy Houts @amyhouts.bsky.social Award-winning author of 100+ books
Repped by Stephanie Cardel @LighthouseLiterary
1st place Missouri Writers’ Guild Picture Book Award
God’s Earth is Something to Fight For @BushelandPeckBooks
Linktr.ee/amyhouts
Andrea Wickert @librarymusthaves.bsky.social 🌳 Parent | ♡ Book Lover |📍Upstate NY
🖼️ Author + Illustrator
✨ Finding you the best children’s books
💻 Portfolio: andreawickert.com
📖 IG: instagram.com/librarymusthaves
🍄 Shop: shop.hedgerowgeneral.com
#KidlitZombieWeek @kidlitzombieweek.bsky.social Hosts of #KidlitZombieWeek 2026, @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social @rebecca-ensign.bsky.social @monicafreewoman.bsky.social @janmilusich.bsky.social @drenderturmaud.bsky.social @kcstrocchia.bsky.social
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/kidlit-zombie-week/
Michelle S. Kennedy - Children's Picture Book Writer and Poet @michelleskennedy.bsky.social https://www.michelleskennedy.com/
https://x.com/MichelleSKenned
#PBWriter. Wife & mom. Loves Jesus. #SCBWI Southern Breeze Co-Asst. Regional Advisor, #12x12, #PBParty Finalist '24, '23, & '22 and #50PreciousWords HM '26, 25 and '23.
Pat Cummings @betnoire.bsky.social Olympic medalist, Grammy winner, ballerina emeritus, storyteller, bookie.
Susansjmcc2.bsky.social @susansjmcc2.bsky.social Educator, PB writer, and dog-lover 🦮🐾I am living my best life!
#SCBWI #MightyKidlit #PBParty
Tenderhearted Teacher @sallymacsam.bsky.social Special education preschool teacher, mom of 2 littles and a rescue dog, ECE blogger, and aspiring PB writer
www.tenderheartedteacher.com
IG: @tenderheartedteacher
#scbwi #12x12challenge #kidlit #pb #writingcommunity #preschool #earlychildhood
S. C. Naux @scnaux.bsky.social Website: https://sylviecnaux.com/
Instagram: @sylviecnaux #SCBWI #PB #PBParty #12x12PB
Emma Jayne @emmajaynedesigns.bsky.social Illustrator and pattern designer. Love to create designs for kid's books, stationery, gifts and apparel. For work enquiries please email me at emma@emmajayne-designs.co.uk
Instagram: @emmajayne_designs
Portfolio: portfolio.emmajayne-designs.co.uk
Freo Lancisco @freonardolancisco.bsky.social Teaching Artist, author/illustrator, dancer.
Brooke Baum @brookebaum.bsky.social 🌟 2025 #PBRisingStars Mentee
🎨 #kidlit author-illustrator
📚 Former children's bookseller and school librarian
😴 Current tired mom
🤓 Self-taught and still self-teaching
Represented by Marissa Brown at Pippin Properties
brookebaum.com
Olga Smith @olgasmithart.bsky.social Author-Illustrator. Cincinnati OH. #SCBWI Cincy Illustration Critique Coordinator. Pb party finalist 2025 and 2026.
Portfolio: http://www.OlgaSmithIllustrator.com
#kidlitart #kidlitillustrator
yumikokitazono.bsky.social @yumikokitazono.bsky.social Japanese Children’s book author/illustrator in Fl, creating lively and endearing characters.
🎨SCBWI and The Illustration Department
📚2024,2025,2026 PBParty finalist.
Currently seeking representation.
Brittany Pearson @britspixels.bsky.social Asian American author / illustrator, represented by Jordan Hamessley at JABberwocky Literary Agency. I draw cute, colorful, whimsy, and joy 🩷
#PBparty finalist ‘25
#SCBWI and #12x12 member.
www.britspixels.com
Maria Kim @mkimwrites.bsky.social ✨Biracial Mexican-American Kidlit Writer
✨HS ELA Teacher/Librarian
✨PBParty '25 & '26 finalist🩷
✨Rep'd by Sandra Proudman at Galt and Zacker
Mike Freveletti @frevma.bsky.social picture book writer | occasional poet | improviser | intermittent funny man
#picturebook #kidlit #12x12pb #PBParty #SCBWI
Claire Woodend @clairewoodend.bsky.social Budding picture book writer.
CANSCAIP '25 Long List (x2)
#PBParty '25 Honorable Mention.
Trivia nerd. Would do anything for my cats.
Victoria, BC. 🏳️⚧️