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Daily Short Story Deadlines @shortstorycontests.bsky.social Submit your short story to the relevant genre. All of these contests are guaranteed acceptances. Your story gets a video performance reading made!
https://festivalreviews.org/daily-short-story-contest-deadlines/
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
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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β· β βΆ @ecitizen1.bsky.social Healthy WFPB Vegan. Child Advocate. Atheist. LGBTQI friendly. Pro-Democracy. #BlueResisters Anti-MAGA, Anti-Trump.
Retired software engineer, grandfather who likes to build & fix things. Loving relationship with a sweet woman. Lifelong learner. Prankster.
Jason Croot @jasoncroot.bsky.social Bradfordian, actor and author of the Bradford Back in the Day Memories Series: Bradford, Eh? & Bradford, Ye What? and the nostalgic football book Bradford or Leeds, Eh?
https://www.jasoncroot.com
Poetry with Linda @poetrywithlinda.bsky.social poetry, nature, writing, reading, art, culture, languages, photography, travelling π¨ποΈπΌοΈ
Let's also be friends on Substack:@poetrywithlinda
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/
Poetry Enthusiast @poetry-enthusiast.bsky.social Poetry & nature enthusiast ~ reader ~ writer ~ traveller ~ photographer
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
Paola Velez @smallorchids.com Hi, iβm Chef Paola π I post silly Chef thoughts.
Iβm an award winning chef with 20+ years of experience.
Author of Bodega Bakes
Find me also on substack @stealthisrecipe.substack.com
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Ellen L. Weintraub @ellenlweintraub.bsky.social Longtime FEC Commissioner, 4-time Chair, lawyer, mom, wife, believer in democracy and rule of law
Hull Noir @hullnoir.bsky.social A regional, national and international crime writing festival. Monthly evenings running at Hull Libraries featuring debut authors through to bestsellers.
Manly Writers' Festival @manlywritersfest.bsky.social Stories Across Manly. A literary festival for readers, writers, and thinkers. March 18-21, 2027. Gayamagal & Garigal Land, Manly (Sydney).
www.manlywritersfestival.org.au
Faversham Literary Festival @favlit.org Book talks. In a brewery!
10-days of author talks and book events taking place annually in a Kentish medieval market town
20 Feb β 1 Mar 2026
Sign up for the festival newsletter to hear news about what's coming!
Stockport Noir @stockportnoir.bsky.social Crime fiction festival in the North West. Saturday 31st January 2026 at Stockport Masonic Guildhall
Harrogate International Festivals @harrogatefestivals.bsky.social We bring the very best in music, literature, crime writing, salon, spectacle and education to Harrogate
West Cork Literary Festival @wcorklitfest.bsky.social * We are most active on Instagram * Thanks for joining us and making this year our biggest, buzziest festival yet. Save the dates: July 9-16 2027
https://linktr.ee/westcorkliteraryfestival
StokeyLitFest @stokeylitfest.bsky.social βOne of the best book bashes in the UKβ. The Quietus. 5-7 June 2026.
Hay Festival @hayfestival.bsky.social ...a world of different...
hayfestival.org 
Chiltern Kills Crime Writing Festival @chilternkills.bsky.social The UKβs biggest one-day crime writing festival, just 18 minutes out of London and featuring some of the biggest names in UK crime fiction.
Every penny of every ticket sold goes to help Centrepoint end youth homelessness in the UK.
Islay Book Festival @islaybookfest.bsky.social We are an annual autumn book festival on Scotland's whisky isle. Next festival taking place 27th - 30th August 2026. π
Thought Bubble Festival @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social The UKβs Biggest Comic Art Festival!
Across Yorkshire 9-15 November 2026, with HUGE Comic Convention 14 & 15 November, Harrogate! Tickets on sale β¨
thoughtbubblefestival.com
South Warwickshire Literary Festival @southwarkslitfest.bsky.social The Local Festival for Local Authors
Affordable, accessible, and tremendous fun. Main festival Saturday 20th September, evening events 12th June & 18th Sept Leamington Spa Warwickshire www.southwarwickshireliteraryfestival.com
Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk Scotland's Festival of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Writing.
ποΈ 2026 Festival 5-7 June, in Edinburgh & online. Tickets on Sale 1 March 2026
www.cymerafestival.co.uk
Dingle Literary Festival @dinglelit.bsky.social Arguably the best book festival in the west!
#DingleLit will take place again on November 21st, 22nd & 23rd 2025
Portobello Book Festival @portybookfest.bsky.social Portobello Book Festival is a volunteer run festival, taking place over the first weekend of October.
@flashficfestuk.bsky.social @flashficfestuk.bsky.social Online and in person flashfiction events. Next online festival day Oct. Next in person festival 17-19 July 2026 flashfictionfestival.com
Bournemouth Writing Festival @bmthwritingfest.bsky.social Bournemouth Writing Festival - 24-26 April 2026
Plus lots more throughout the year
www.BournemouthWritingFestival.co.uk
www.RomanceWritingFestival.co.uk
Murder One International Crime Writing Festival @murderonefest.bsky.social Ireland's International Crime Writing Festival, based in the LexIcon Library, Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin and supported by the Arts Council, DLR Libraries & Dubray Books. π 15-18 Oct 2026 www.murderone.ie
Bloody Scotland @bloodyscotland.bsky.social Scotlandβs International Festival of Crime Writing. Stirling. 12-14th September 2025.
Jacky Collins @jackycnoir64.bsky.social 
Capital Crime @capitalcrime.bsky.social A celebration of the crime and thriller genre. π 13th - 14th June 2025. Info@capitalcrime.org Tickets on sale now: capitalcrime.org
Helensburgh Book Festival @hburghbookfest.bsky.social Reading Minds - a literary festival with a difference! Join us for a weekend of wellbeing through books on the West coast of Scotland π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ
Huddersfield Literature Festival @huddlitfest.bsky.social Award-winning annual community festival held in the Spring in venues across Huddersfield and online. Championing accessibility, diversity and under-represented groups and showcasing emerging artists alongside major names https://www.huddlitfest.org.uk
Canterbury Children's Literature Festival @canterburykidslit.bsky.social A brand new festival to celebrate childrens and YA books in all their forms & connect kids and families across Canterbury and beyond with the amazing world of books. July 11th & 12th 2025,crowdfunding now!
Scottish Poetry Library @byleaveswelive.bsky.social The Scottish Poetry Library is Scotland's number one poetry resource both online and in bricks and mortar. We're at 5 Crichton's Close, Edinburgh and we're open to the public Monday-Thursday 10am-3pm. Our online HQ is www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk
York National Book Fair @yorkbookfair.bsky.social 12th - 13th September 2025
www.yorkbookfair.com
The UK's largest rare & secondhand book fair. Organised by the PBFA. 
Foreword Festival UK @forewordfestivaluk.bsky.social Welcome to the Foreword Festival β the first literary fringe festival in the UK!
Join us for year-round literary events: http://forewordfestival.uk
Brightlingsea Literary Festival @bsealitfest.bsky.social Literary festival on the north Essex coast, held Feb/March in association with WinterFest
@ghoststoryfest.bsky.social @ghoststoryfest.bsky.social 
@claphambookfest.bsky.social @claphambookfest.bsky.social 
Bradford Literature Festival @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social explore words, discover worlds
11 - 20 June 2027
https://www.bradfordlitfest.co.uk/
Agatha Christie Festival @agathafestival.bsky.social Official news page for the Agatha Christie Festival, taking place between 12 and 20 September 2026 #AgathaFestival
@budlitfest.bsky.social @budlitfest.bsky.social 
@cuirtfestival.bsky.social @cuirtfestival.bsky.social Brings readers and writers together in Galway to tell stories, share new perspectives and celebrate writing in all forms.
8th - 13th April 2025
Leeds Big Bookend & Northern Short Story Festival @bigbookend.bsky.social Writers, books, small publishers, readers - that's what we are about! Here to engage with and platform writers, books and all things lit. Leeds Lit Fest founder partner. Champions Leeds, Yorkshire and the North.
Stroud Book Festival @stroudbookfestival.bsky.social Stroud Book Festival is a celebration of stories, ideas & community for readers of all ages π Hold the date - 4-8 Nov 2026β¨ Also hosts of the Laurie Lee Prize
Louder Than Words Festival @lthanwordsfest.bsky.social The UKβs biggest #MusicLitFest. Books, Music, In Conversations, Panel Discussions, Performances, Socialising & more!
14-16 November, 2025. Manchester.
Newark Book Festival @newarkbookfestival.bsky.social π Newark Book Festival
π9-12 July 2026 | Newark-on-Trent
π· Donate to our 10th birthday fundraiser
π Become a Festival Friend & support the story
π www.newarkbookfestival.org.uk
Andrea @andreapa.bsky.social Book lover, avid reader, writer of words, nature lover, art and craft, mindfulness practitioner, Reiki, owned by a BorderTerrier. π« annoying DMβs πππ³οΈβπππΊποΈποΈπ«
Ms. Amanda Seales @amandaseales.bsky.social Artistic Intellectual | βπ½π¬π©β€οΈπ΅πΈ
"Too polarizing & not consistently funny"
Art Candee πΏπ₯€ @artcandee.bsky.social 
@kh2020.bsky.social @kh2020.bsky.social 
Peace Fun & Relaxation @peaceloverelax.bsky.social For much needed Recharging between Our much needed Resistance
I.Miss.America @glassgurrl.bsky.social Sixty-something glass artist, proud liberal, educator, and social media enthusiast, looking for conversations with like-minded folks.
Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social Singer-songwriter/musician, social/climate justice activist, inspired by Sophie Scholl and the White Rose resistance group. Spotify http://rb.gy/jm7b2 Buy http://bit.ly/2kJwUoL Link http://about.me/bill.madden
Josh Busby @busbyj2.bsky.social Professor at the University of Texas-Austin. Former Senior Climate Advisor DOD. Climate security, climate governance, clean energy, global health, US foreign policy. Author of States and Nature: The Effects of Climate Change on Security (Cambridge, 2022).
Big Bearded Spookseller @bigbeardedbookseller.com Iβve got a beard
Books read: 89/100
π The Wax Child
πΊ Lanterns
https://www.bigbeardedbookseller.com
https://www.ephemeral.co.uk
Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social Professor of Art History, Hunter College & CUNY Graduate Center. I look at things and then write about them.
Author of Van Gogh and the End of Nature, from Yale University Press: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300274363/van-g
Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social physician-scientist, author, editor
https://www.scripps.edu/faculty/topol/
Ground Truths https://erictopol.substack.com
SUPER AGERS https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Super-Agers/Eric-Topol/9781668067666
Jeff Geerling @jeffgeerling.com Father, author, developer, maker. Sometimes called "an inflammatory enigma". #stl #ansible #k8s #raspberrypi #mac #crohns www.jeffgeerling.com
Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social Entrepreneur
Costplusdrugs.com
Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social bestselling author * Hugo winner * nerd
latest books: A Wall Is Also a Road, Automatic Noodle, We Will Rise Again
bylines: New Scientist, Flaming Hydra, etc.
pronouns: they/them
all the stuff: www.techsploitation.com
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