Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk Head of Partnerships and Development @consortium.lgbt | Chair @proudchangemakers.bsky.social | LGBTQ+ Columnist Exposed Magazine
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Kelvin Young @kelvinyoung.bsky.social I’m a lover not a fighter. . . Unless fighting leads to making up. . . 😆🏳️🌈 Writer, gay, fam man, Midwest, & quirky. Love life 💜
Jeff Kitchen @jeffkitchen.bsky.social http://script.kitchen
Training writers in the craft of the dramatist--Broadway to Hollywood
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Students nominated for multiple Emmys & Oscars, including Best Picture & Best Adapted Screenplay
Author of Writing a Great Movie / The Hero's Dilemma
The Bleu Oracle @thebleuoracle.bsky.social I specialize in love readings and helping women become empowered ❤️.
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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.
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Dig It Dan @digitdan.bsky.social Uncovering history across Maine. I detect properties for owners to showcase their history by finding items lost by past inhabitants. Credited with discovering a Militia/Civil War muster field in ME. Posts about Maine history and things that interest me.
Stacie Ramey @stacieramey.bsky.social I write YA and cozy mysteries. Repped by Nicole Resciniti and @joycesweeney.bsky.social of the @seymouragency.bsky.social
MFA from @spaldingwriting.bsky.social Ambivert. Dog lover.
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Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
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Aliza Jones @alizajones0.bsky.social Just a writer trying to put thoughts into words, with a head full of characters and a heart full of stories.
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Spy Flair Extraordinaire @sarahspyborg.bsky.social Sarah/Fox/Foxy/Spyborg, 25, she/her, cis plus(?). Multi-fandom, mostly a Spy Kids nerd! 🕶 An artist that takes her time (is slow)
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Lauren Fox @laurenfoxwrites.bsky.social She/Her. Cis but gender-detached. Quoiromantic Asexual. Project Lead on Agents of C.A.M.P., author of upcoming novel 'The Golden Doppelbangers'.
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The Official Victor J. Banis Family Foundation Bluesky Account @victorjbanis.bsky.social A nonprofit organization, in memory of The Godfather of Gay Pulp Fiction. Dedicated to promoting his writings, preserving his memory, and encouraging aspiring writers.
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SB Rodriguez-Plate @sbrodriguez.bsky.social Partner, Parent, Professor
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Rex Chapman @rexchapman.bsky.social Team game
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Prof Bryan Stanton (they/them) @profbrystanton.bsky.social 👨👨👧👦 Father of 4
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Amy Le Ann Richardson @kymtnwriter.bsky.social Writer and artist. WHO YOU GROW INTO (2024) and MAKE BELIEVE WORLDS WE BUILT TOGETHER (2023) and OUT OF PLACES (2025). Farmer at Forgotten Foods Farm. Kentucky.
The Appalachian Folklore Podcast @appfolklorepod.bsky.social 
Kristi Stephens Walker @kswalkerwriter.bsky.social Writer.
Learner.
Appalachian.
Friend.
Queer Kentucky @queerkentucky.bsky.social Queer Kentucky is a diverse LGBTQ+ run non-profit based in Kentucky working to bolster and enhance Queer culture and health through storytelling, education and action.
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ReImagine Appalachia @reimagineappal8ia.bsky.social Reimagine Appalachia is dedicated to making sure that no matter what we look like or the size of our bank account, everyone who lives here can have a good job, is cared for, can put down roots for the future, and leave healthy land for their children.
Appalshop @appalshop.bsky.social Making art and media in the mountains since 1969.
Press inquiries to press@appalshop.org.
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University of Pittsburgh Press @upittpress.bsky.social We publish in a wide range of scholarly and cultural fields for general readers, scholars, and students. Home of the Pitt Poetry Series.
https://upittpress.org/
NOT the official account of the university.
Doug Van Gundy @dougvangundy.bsky.social Neurodivergent. Poet. Fiddler. Humanist.
Proud West Virginian.
Proud Liberal.
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The University of Tennessee Press @utpress.bsky.social The Volunteer State’s book publisher, est. 1940.
utpress.org
City Lights Booksellers & Publishers @citylightsbooks.bsky.social A literary meetingplace since 1953, City Lights is a landmark bookstore and publishing house, known for our commitment to innovative writing and progressive ideals.
Poetry South @poetrysouth.bsky.social An annual international poetry magazine published by the low-residency MFA at Mississippi University for Women.
Read free back issues, subscribe, or submit your poems at http://www.poetrysouth.com
Wild Rumpus Books @wildrumpusbooktore.bsky.social For young readers and the young at heart. We're the independent children's and young adult bookstore with a little purple door. Posts mostly by Rumpian Timothy.
Est. 1992
Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Southern Review of Books @southrevbooks.bsky.social Exploring contemporary literature of the American South & beyond. Published by Queens University of Charlotte MFA. Editor-in-chief @crisley.bsky.social, founding editor Adam Morgan. linktr.ee/southrevbooks
Andy Beshear @andybeshearky.bsky.social Father · Husband · Son · Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky · Committed to setting a positive tone and fighting for all our families.
Wes Blake @wesblake.bsky.social Award-winning author. 📍Kentucky
HAZELGREEN & OTHER HAUNTS is forthcoming in ‘27 from WVU Press;
PINEVILLE TRACE (Etchings Press)
💙 cats, trees, music | wesblake.com
Ashley Runyon @ashleyrunyon.bsky.social Director - University Press of Kentucky
Carter Sickels @cartersickels.bsky.social Author: THE PRETTIEST STAR (Hub City 2020), THE EVENING HOUR (Bloomsbury 2012)
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Jay McCoy @mcjay.bsky.social Artist, writer, Appalachian, book lover...director of Kentucky Book Festival and Kentucky Center for the Book
Abby Freeland @abbyfreeland.bsky.social senior acquisitions editor at university press of kentucky | formerly wvu press | she/her
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Salvation South @salvationsouth.com Stories that shift the Southern narrative at https://salvationsouth.com. Salvation South Deluxe podcast on the NPR Network — https://www.npr.org/podcasts/1124772160/salvation-south — or your fave podcast platform.
The Bitter Southerner @bittersouth.bsky.social Indie media co, 2 print magazines, books, record label, podcast, tees, flags, ASME 🏆 2026 (General Excellence Literature Science & Politics), 9 James Beard Awards #BetterAmerica #BetterWorld — please subscribe
Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social A daily literary website highlighting the best in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and criticism.
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Appalachian Learning Initiative @appli.org The Appalachian Learning Initiative (APPLI, like “apply”) is a Morgantown, WV-based 501(c)(3) non-profit that conducts research on, reports data about, and advocates for issues impacting adults living in the Appalachian Region.
https://linktr.ee/APPLIOrg
Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle @annettesclapsaddle.bsky.social Writer. Teacher. Cyclist (esp. MTB). Eastern Band Cherokee citizen. WNC. Appalachia.
PattiClay @patticlay.bsky.social Poet. Reader. Lover of travel and tea.
Loren Lee Crawford @lorenlee.bsky.social Teacher, writer, director. I make theater with kids. I do what I can to make the world fair and good. It’s not enough but I won’t give up.
Reckon Review @reckonreview.bsky.social Dirt Road Driving, Jelly Jar Sipping, Dollar General Shopping, journal of Prose.
Margaret Atwood @margaretatwood.bsky.social Writer of this and that... www.margaretatwood.ca
and margaretatwood.substack.com;I also have an Instagram account, though I don't know how to use it much, beyond posting pictures...
Atticus Review @atticusreview.bsky.social We are a triannual literary journal that publishes fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, mixed media, book reviews, and interviews. Submissions are open! 
UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social 📖 The University of North Carolina Press
💚 Est. 1922 | First University Press in the South
📚 Publishing books & journals for academics, students, and general readers
Kari Gunter-Seymour @karigunterseymour.bsky.social Ohio Poet Laureate, 9th Generation Appalachian, Photographer, Author of DIRT SONGS and ALONE IN THE HOUSE OF MY HEART, featured in World Literature Today and American Book Review
Jamey Temple @jameytemple.bsky.social Writer, artist, teacher.
The Rumpus @therumpus.net Independent since 2009. Read The Rumpus Magazine. Become a Member. Receive Letters in the Mail from Authors. Join a dynamic, global community.
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NPR @npr.org This is NPR 🎙️
Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social We’re a literary journal that’s totally bonkers-in-love with voice-driven writing, pop culture, and the kind of honesty that gets you right in the kidneys.
Posts: @carolinamata.bsky.social, AJ Jolish & @emotes206.bsky.social
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Appodlachia @appodlachia.com John Brown is a hero / Unions are good / Accents are sexy / redneck is a term of endearment https://lnk.bio/appodlachia
Split/Lip Press @splitlippress.com publisher of boundary-breaking prose books
come get us @ splitlippress.com and https://linktr.ee/splitlippress
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Kenyon Review @kenyonreview.bsky.social In the heart of literature since 1939. journal | workshops | fellowships
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Northwestern University Press @nupress.bsky.social Northwestern University Press is dedicated to publishing books of enduring scholarly and cultural value, from philosophy, to poetry, to lit crit, to translations, and beyond.
We are home to TriQuarterly and Curbstone Books.
The Cincinnati Review @cincinnatireview.bsky.social Publishing great literature and art since 2003.
Jody DiPerna @jodydiperna.bsky.social Lovechild of the Rust Belt & Appalachia.
Reprobate reader. Rogue writer.
Blow up the Data Centers.
This is a no AI Zone.
Mason Jar Press @masonjarpress.bsky.social A publisher of prose and poetry based in beautiful Baltimore, MD. http://masonjarpress.com/
banner pic by Stephanie Gibson
Jane Hicks @thecosmicpossum.bsky.social Poet, teacher, granny, over-educated hillbilly. Possum lover. Cancer survivor.
David Joy @davidjoy.bsky.social Half-assed author of novels. Full-assed wanderer of woods. Born looking lonesome, on’ry, and mean. Also, I fucking cuss a lot.
Marianne Worthington @mworthington.bsky.social Poet, Educator, Editor; author of Water. Witness. Word (Belle Point Press) The Girl Singer: Poems (UP of KY 2021), words in Oxford American, Shenandoah, Calyx, Zone 3, Salvation South. Reformed college professor. . .
Neema Avashia @avashianeema.bsky.social Proud Boston educator since 2003. Proud West Virginian since 1979. Kahani's Ammi. ANOTHER APPALACHIA, WVU Press, 2022. 
Kendra Winchester @kdwinchester.bsky.social Contributing Editor Book Riot | Founder @readappalachia.bsky.social | Cofounder @littlebirdslit.bsky.social | she/her
Wes Browne @browneallover.bsky.social Kentucky author of the novels THEY ALL FALL THE SAME, winner of the 2025 Weatherford Award, and HILLBILLY HUSTLE. Attorney/Pizza Purveyor. Repped by Alice Speilburg.
www.wesbrowneauthor.com
Crystal Wilkinson @crystalwilki.bsky.social Novelist, Food Advocate, Professor. National Bestselling Author of PRAISESONG FOR THE KITCHEN GHOSTS, PERFECT BLACK, BIRDS OF OPULENCE
https://linktr.ee/CrystalWilkinson?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=d3c6b47f-690c-483b-9898-8faed08cd35d
Margaret Renkl @margaretrenkl.bsky.social Author, most recently, of "The Weedy Garden" (for children) and "The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year" (for adults).
Sarabande Books @sarabandebooks.bsky.social Award-winning publisher of poetry, short fiction, and essay. Headquartered in Louisville, KY.
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Christina Fisanick @sassywvian.bsky.social Writer. Professor. Swimmer. Ailurophile.
Jen Cousins @jencousins.bsky.social Mom 🏳️⚧️ LGBTQ+ rights activist 🏳️🌈 social justice warrior ⚔️ she/her | views expressed are my own
Elissa Malespina @elissamalespina.bsky.social Views are my own!
Natalie Hastings @nataliehastings.bsky.social Research/Organizing for a better Ohio. Education advocate @honesty4ohioed @ohagainstextremism Battling the Right-wing extremists who live rent-free in my head. Kentucky girl at 💚#SOSNicaragua PS My dog is cuter than yours
Rainbow Youth Project USA Foundation @rainbowyouth.bsky.social We are a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the health, safety, and wellness of 2SLGBTQ+ young people across the United States with offices in Indianapolis and Oklahoma City.
www.RainbowYouthProject.org
TA Inskeep (they/them) @tainskeep.bsky.social Queer, non-binary trans writer, reader, Hoosier, breaded pork tenderloin aficionado. #HeatedRivalry obsessive.
“I am large, I contain multitudes." - Walt Whitman
http://ohmanchester.substack.com
Slow Poet @rqrusseth.bsky.social Poet.
Beth Howard @jbethiejean.bsky.social community organizer, writer, Kentuckian
Forthcoming memoir Song For a Hard-Hit People from Haymarket Books available 4/21/2026 ❤️🔥
Substack: working class love notes
IG and everywhere else: @jbethiejean
Web: bethhowardky.org
Taulby Edmondson @taulby.bsky.social US South & Appalachia. Research: historical & cultural memory; race & white nationalism. Most recently writing on Gone with the Wind, plantation tourism, and campus racism. Horror enthusiast. Sports watcher. Dad.
Jessie Wilkerson @jessiew.bsky.social Author of To Live Here, You Have to Fight | Historian of 20th C U.S., Appalachia, labor, women & gender | Associate Prof. at WVU | Views mine. JessicaWilkerson.org
mathew yates @mathewyates.bsky.social poet & painter | from Paducah, KY w roots in MS & Appalachia | in IN
✍️ in Protean, Malarkey, Ghost City, Stone Circle, & others
mathewyates.com
Skylar Baker-Jordan @skylarjordan.bsky.social Small town newspaper editor passionate about rural journalism.
Editor-in-Chief, Glasgow Courier in Glasgow, Montana. Contributor, Daily Yonder.
Appalachian on the High Plains, but half my heart is in the UK. Reposts ≠ endorsement but may be newsworthy
🌟Thoroughly Modern Liberal🌟 @debiowens.bsky.social Retired teacher, sketch artist, teach life and social skills to adults with disabilities. Yaya to 4, mom to 2. #DemCast #BLM #LGBTQAlly #Advocate4ThoseWhoCant Let’s do this! Blue in Kentucky! Go Pack Go
Autumn Rivera @msrivera114.bsky.social Colorado 2022 Teacher of the Year, National Finalist, AMLE Educator of the year, PAEMST Awardee, 6th grade Science Teacher, CAST President, she, her *Opinions are my own
Liz Prather @lizprather.bsky.social Writer, poet, teacher
https://www.heinemann.com/authors/100500.aspx
Nena @nenadonovan.bsky.social I’m a Mom, a Nene and sometimes a Pirate! Out here living my best life!
https://linktr.ee/nenadonovan
SASSY @yoursassygayfriend.bsky.social Queer educator
J'Rie @jriebelliott.bsky.social There are a lot of sides to me--MS Psychology🧑🎓 Crazy 🩵Blue and Gold Macaw Mom 💛, 🧿Wiccan🌛🌚🌜, Liberal 🔵, Wife👰, Animal Rescue🐾, Gardening 🌱, Professional Photographer 📸...just to name a few things.
VICKI JOHNSON 🏳️🌈 @vickijohnsonwrites.bsky.social Author | Mac Wears a Hat - OUT NOW | Molly's Tuxedo | www.vickijohnsonwrites.com | https://linktr.ee/vickijohnsonwrites
James Allen @tljamesa.com School Libraries https://www.tljamesa.com/ #KyLChat #stressdoodle #KyGoPlay School Libraries, also School Libraries.
Alison Heron Hruby @alisonheronhruby.bsky.social Professor of English Education and Director of FCTL at Morehead State University
Poet/Fiction Writer
https://alisonhopeheron.weebly.com/
C.J. Fryer @cjfryer.bsky.social Beechwood High School Mathematics Teacher | Kentucky Council of Teachers of Mathematics President | NKU College of Education Instructor | Education Professional Standards Board Vice Chair | Kentucky Colonel | Husband & Father
Curtis Tate @tatecurtis.bsky.social Reporter, WEKU. Son & grandson of immigrants. Dog dad. Rail enthusiast. He/him.
that alfonso guy @alzaps.bsky.social poetry person, tired teacher, alliteration aficionado. he/him
Book, Texas Review Press, Spring 2025!
Chapbook at Belle Point Press!
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