Neil Hegarty @neilhegarty.bsky.social Writer, Dublin & Derry. Worlds, words.
Novels: The Jewel•Inch Levels.
Essays (ed.): Impermanence.
Dublin Review•Stinging Fly•Banshee•PVA•
Tangerine•Cyphers•Irish Times
📖 & 🌿 & 🏳️🌈 & 🎂
neilhegarty.com
English, University of Limerick @ulenglish.bsky.social The wonderful English Lit and Creative Writing section at the University of Limerick!
Deirdre Maultsaid @deirdmault.bsky.social Educator, Writer, Poet, Queer,
Nature lover, she/ her 🇨🇦🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Cole Beauchamp 🏳️🌈 📖 @nomad-sw18.bsky.social Queer writer l #FlashFiction l Smokelong Fellow 2026 l Contrib ed @nffr.bsky.social
Pushcart, BSF, BMF & Monarch noms
Read my stories:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/17zj1W2pXZsP1aZZ3vR4vbV4Cra9eZ15F6lwU5lc2tKA/edit?usp=sharing
Rachel A @rachiea.bsky.social Librarian by day, word scribbler at night. Find said words in Gavagai, GrendelPress, Plott Hound, Brilliant Flash Fiction, Apex’s Strange Locations, Malarkey, and elsewhere. Genre: Midwest weird. Codex.
Rachel M. Hollis (she/her) @rachelmhollis.bsky.social Writer of strange little heartbreaks. Sometimes I share them with people who aren’t my mom.
rachelmhollis.com
Özge Lena @lenaozge.bsky.social Internationally published poet | Oxford Climate Society | Catapoetics | Catastrocene | LENORA
www.ozgelena.com & www.lenoralatin.org
Emily Munro @emilymunro.bsky.social emilymunro.co.uk
Writer, filmmaker, curator
THE LIMITS novel (2027)
Alpine Fellowship runner up; Caledonia Novel Award LL; Best of the Net nom; Winner Briefly Write 10
Nom FOCAL International Award for Living Proof: A Climate Story
IG: @smugafgardening
Jo Rigg @jorigg.bsky.social Writer, web dev, runner
Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social Great stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. 📚
Award-winning, small indie.
Also: @wiltonsquare.bsky.social
Carrie Griffin @carriegrif.bsky.social Creative Work in FrazzledLit, Transa, Ropes, The Madrigal/An Áitiúil. Shortlisted for the Fish memoir prize '25.
"This present time ends with the imminence of the stars/the freshness of frost and the comfort of a time/we can always relive"
🌈🇵🇸
Yalan @yalanchang.bsky.social Mama, writer, Singaporean living in Cambridge, vegan, law lecturer. SL Oxford Flash Fiction Prize.
Tir Literary Magazine @tirmag.org Great literature. Accessible to everyone.
Tir is an international literary magazine publishing in both text and audio. We make our fiction free, accessible, and ADA compliant forever.
Coming 2026 at tirmag.org and wherever you get your podcasts.
Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social Supporting and promoting #WomenWriters. On insta at womenwritersnetwork and Twitter (X) @womenwritersnet.
Juliet Mabey @jule9.bsky.social Publisher Oneworld w/ brilliant prize-winning fiction, inc Marlon James, Paul Beatty, Tayari Jones, Paul Lynch, Tess Gunty, Chelsea Bieker, Caoilinn Hughes etc. OBE.
Suzanne Hevey @suzanne-hevey.bsky.social Compassion. Bravery. Curiosity. Fun.
Second Prize Seán Ó Faoláin International Short Story Comp 2025, longlisted The Four Faced Liar 2025 Short Story Comp.
Writer. Grower of orgs for better futures. Media + Journalism. Mama.
Dr Pauline McGonagle @pgmcgonagle.bsky.social Lecturer in Mod Lit, University of Groningen, Netherlands. Donegalian. AHRC PhD at Exeter/BL on archive of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.@unigroningen@bsky.social
t.m.d. lee @tmdlee.bsky.social Dark words | Bright lines
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Sreelekha Chatterjee @sreelekha2024.bsky.social Poet. Writer. More than 100 of my short stories and 100+ poems have been published in various national, international journals, magazines, & in several print anthologies.
Mizuki Yamamoto @mizuki-yama.bsky.social Prev. writing under Mizuki Yamagen.
Words in SmokeLong, hex, Lit Namjooning, Flash Frog, Does it have pockets? Lost Balloon & elsewhere. Soon in The Forge, The Baltimore Review.
✨ SmokeLong Smokey winner
🎗️ BOTN, BMF, Pushcart noms
mizukiwrites.carrd.co
Paul McMahon @paulmcmahonpoet.bsky.social Poet, musician. https://www.paul-mcmahon.com/
Banshee Press @bansheepress.bsky.social lit mag & small press | supported by the Arts Council of Ireland | issue 21 (spring/summer 2026) out now | latest book: Render by Billy Ramsell | https://bansheepress.org/
Danielle M Cahill @daniellec.bsky.social Author | Reader
Burnt Offerings out now on Amazon (Alien Buddha Press).
Words all over, Virago Books, Quarter Press, MoonLit Getaway, Micromance Mag etc.
Winner Caledonia Novel Award 24, Bridport Prize shortlist 25, Pushcart Prize nominee 26.
Malachy Moran @malformed-poetry.bsky.social Poet. 🇺🇸 immigrant in 🇳🇴 Writing something every day, even if it’s bad. My work is available in Rattle: Poetry, The Brussels Review, Anti-Heroin Chic, and others. My poetry has also been featured on Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield
fcmalby @fcmalby.bsky.social Novels, short fiction, poetry. People’s Book Awards winner, Litro Fiction Award, and Publication of the Year, Spillwords Press. Stories in five print anthologies.
https://linktr.ee/fcmalby
Mike Piero 🏳️🌈 @mikepiero.org Writer. Novelist. Poet. Game Studies Scholar. Writing in J Journal, Midway Journal, Rain Taxi, Moveable Type, Impost, Sandy River Review, & Trash Cat Lit. *Views are my own.* Monarch and Best Small Fictions noms. More at www.mikepiero.org. He/Him. Bi. 🩷💜💙
Creative Writing at NEIU @neiu-cw.bsky.social Home of Northeastern Illinois University’s Creative Writing Minor, The 82 Reading Series, and more!
https://www.neiu.edu/academics/colleges-departments/arts-and-sciences/departments/english/student-groups-and-honor-society/82-writers-reading
Niamh Hollis-Locke @niamhvh-l.bsky.social Poet, writer, editor, too many hobbies-haver, etc. Shortlisted Ginkgo Prize, Heroines Prize. Writing a book (very slowly).
UK born, Aotearoa-based, holder of slightly too many English degrees. Enjoys a good walk.
https://linktr.ee/nh_l
Devon Webb @devonwebbnz.bsky.social 27 // Aotearoa // poetry // AuDHD // nerd shit // based opinions
https://linktr.ee/devonwebbnz
Andrew Spacey @andrewspacey.bsky.social Stories in The Madrid Review. Poems in The Starbeck Orion&others. Lived in Australia, Spain and the Netherlands. Ex coalminer. Guardian Country Diarist, 21 Bird Poems. Sonnets, Green Balk Lane. Dutch partner. Walker. Gardener. AntiFascist. EU. YNWA
Joelle McTigue 📷 @joellemctigue.bsky.social Artist examining memory as unstable matter shaped by movement, repetition, access, power, and erasure. Madrid. joellemctigue.com
Manchester Review @manchesterreview.bsky.social The Manchester Review is an online literary journal that brings together the best of new international writing.
https://www.themanchesterreview.co.uk/
Winter Papers @winterpapers.bsky.social An annual anthology for the arts in Ireland and beyond.
www.winterpapers.com Supported by the Arts Council
Posts by Olivia.
Colin Corrigan @storyenergies.bsky.social Irish writer and writing teacher. Talks a lot about Story Energies @ storyenergies.substack.com
Ali McGrane @alimcg.bsky.social Flash fiction in various places | Welkin win, Bath SLs | "The Listening Project" flash novella Ad Hoc Fiction bit.ly/3ohYf67 (Special Mention '22 Sab Awards) | South West UK🦻🌱🌊
alimcgrane.com
Amy Hudock @amyelizabeth22.bsky.social Writes. Teaches. Reads. Rides her horse. Loves words and the smell of hay. Pronouns: she/her/hers.
Kevin Gallant @kevin-gallant.bsky.social Canadian
Author of Beyond the Mark: Ashes of the Hero. 🗡🛡🔮✨️🧙♂️
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/beyond-the-mark
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DM96B5J9
Singer for Violet Outburst 🎸🎤
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Vf4w9Ze38rLniADBEGKSp?si=AcWduGX
the 🌙 usual sara ☀️ @saraaultman.bsky.social as seen on twitter @TheSaraAult
banner by @tessquibbs.bsky.social
Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social Founder @democracydocket.com. Chair of Elias Law Group. My dog's name is Blue.
Katherine Plumhoff @kplumhoff.bsky.social fiction @ places
elated Pushcart, BotN, BSF nominee
2025 fellow @smokelong.bsky.social
organizer @saloneurope.bsky.social
reader @splitlipthemag.bsky.social
katherineplumhoff.com
valencia, es
Sue Divin @suedivinwriter.bsky.social Derry Girls meets mother in Young Sheldon. Writer. Peace worker. Guard Your Heart. Truth Be Told. Is it Friday yet?
𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com 𝗣𝗼𝗲𝘁: @subruria.com
𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿: @iamb.uk / @afterpoetry.com
𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿: Reading at the Cheltenham Poetry Festival | Oct 6th: bit.ly/3TvBbRa
Variant Literature @variantlit.bsky.social Variant Literature is a small press and magazine. http://variantlit.com
Summer 2026 issue out now!
Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social Poetry collection New Famous Phrases @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social, UNESCO Bridges of Struga Award, Ilkley New Northern Poet, New Writing North North East Poet, BBC New Creative
https://www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page/daniel-hinds-new-famous-phrases
Strider Marcus Jones @stridermarcusjones.bsky.social Poet. Five published books.DMU Law graduate. Pushcart Prizex4/Best of the Netx4 Nominations. Founder/Editor/Publisher of Lothlorien Poetry Journal https://lothlorienpoetryjournal.blogspot.co https://stridermarcusjonespoet.blogspot.com/p/about-strider.html
UNITED24 @u24.gov.ua The initiative of the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy
The main platform for collecting charitable donations in support of Ukraine
u24.gov.ua
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
Gill O'Halloran @quickasaflash.bsky.social First pub TrashCat Lit. NFFD Anthology Editors Award 25. Shortlisted for Fish. Stories in SmokeLong, BULL, DIHP, New Feathers, Bath+Oxford anthologies. LISP finalist + winner of Westword + Flash500. Poetry collection in Top 20 Small-Press Poetry awards
Kerry Mead 🍉 @kerrymead.bsky.social I'm sorry, I don't know my personality type.
Writing memoir, essays, fiction, place, & neurodivergence. Curae Prize '23 & Bristol Short Story Prize '25 shortlisted.
#ADHD. Complete lefty.
linktr.ee/kerrymeadwriter
Amethyst Loscocco @amethystwrites.bsky.social Writer, binge reader, and science nerd. Johns Hopkins MA in Science Writing. 2x Pushcart Prize nominee. Words in Electric Lit, Pinch Journal, Catamaran, Variant Lit, Gone Lawn, Tiny Molecules, and more.
https://amethystloscocco.com
Kyle Isamu Weik @kyleisamu.bsky.social a queer writer without a plan | Flash Frog, Ghost Parachute, Variant Literature, Emerge Literary Journal, Vestal Review, Peatsmoke Journal
Stephanie Frazee @stephieosaurus.bsky.social Writes things, waters plants. 🦖🦕 Words in Centaur, Sundress Pubs, Midwest Weird, Variant Lit, Pithead Chapel, Marrow Mag, Stone Circle, Door Is A Jar, The Evergreen Review, Roi Faineant, Bayou Mag, ONE ART, Juked, etc. Asst Ed American Short Fiction.
Linda M. Bayley @lmbayley.bsky.social Words in BULL, FlashFlood, Does It Have Pockets, Frazzled Lit, Trash Cat Lit, Urban Pigs Press, Fictive Dream. Genrepunk Awards nominee. Shortlisted for the 2026 Bath Novella-in-Flash Award. She/her. @lmbayley at the other place.
Sheree La Puma (Poet) @shereelapuma.bsky.social I'm a poet. Cancer survivor. Feminist. Reader OBR. Writes in Baja, MX & Los Angeles. MFA CalArts. Multiple BOTN & Pushcart nominations. Penn Review. Mantis. Pinch Journal. Frontier Poetry. Redivider. The Maine Review. Poetry Salzburg Review. 150 + journals
Tom Vowler @tomvowler.bsky.social Word-botherer.
Winner V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize
www.tomvowler.co.uk
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James Topham @jamestopham.bsky.social Screenwriter: @RidleyScottCG, @GaumontTV #BAFTA / @RocliffeForum Winner.
https://james-topham.com
Sophia Skyers @drsophiawrites.bsky.social PhD Geography, LISP Finalist, the Top Tier Globe Soup Finalist, National Flash Flood published, Founder, Basil Skyers Myeloma Foundation in memory of my brother. London Marathoner 2021, Never again!
https://www.sophiaskyers.com/
Lauren Cortese @lacortese.bsky.social Querying my PhD novel about 9/11, January 6th, and the climate crisis as told by a dysfunctional DC family. It's fun, I swear!
Current: PhD in Creative Writing@University of East Anglia
Past: MFA@College of Charleston, Ed. Assistant@Swamppink
Wensum Literary Magazine @wensumlit.bsky.social An online literary journal that aims to promote quiet and contemplative writing from unrepresented authors | wensumlit.co.uk | Editor - @dgsexton.bsky.social
LGBTQ Books & Persons @svukic.bsky.social LGBTQ+ People: who we are, through books.
#lgbtq #gaybooks #queerhistory #lgbtqfamilies #gayfiction #gayliterature #pride #gayreader #booksky
Mike Karpa @mikekarpa.bsky.social Gay writer of genre-challenged novels with queer casts including Kirkus Best of 2022 thriller “Criminals.”
Maggie Russell @magpierussell.bsky.social Editor + Proofreader + Writer.
Former attorney. Editor @dearfear.bsky.social
Storytelling, Editing & Content: www.maggierussellwriter.com
Robyn (they/them) @robynwritesthings.bsky.social Screaming into the void. This is my page for all things writing & journaling. 🏳️🌈✨🖤
@therobynleaweaver for pole & aerial 🤸🏼
Jason D. Ramsey @jasondramsey.bsky.social EiC @ Barren Magazine.
Sean Carlson @sean-carlson.bsky.social work: independent projects
writing: family memoir of migration
recent: @agnimagazine.bsky.social, @catamaranlit.bsky.social, @newenglandreview.bsky.social, and more on the way...
(Rhode Island / Co. Kerry)
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Jill Johnson @writerjilljohnson.bsky.social 🥀Crime Writer🥀Creator of Toxic Botanical Mayhem🥀DEVIL’S BREATH+HELL’S BELLS+BELLA DONNA+BLOOD ROOT🥀
@bonnierbooksuk.bsky.social 🇬🇧@sourcebooks.bsky.social 🇺🇸
BBC Between the Covers book club pick
Insta: jilljohnsonwrites
Info: http://jilljohnsonwrites.com
Bristol Short Story Prize @bristolshortstory.bsky.social The Bristol Short Story Prize is an international writing competition hosted by the Department of English at the University of Bristol.
https://bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
Sarah Wallis @wordweave.bsky.social Poet Seabird Island @boatsagainstmag
UK: https://rb.gy/tra0bq / US: https://rb.gy/9hlhwt
http://sarahwallis.net/
www.iambapoet.com/wave/23-sarah-wallis
UNESCO Poet in Res, Skara 🇸🇪
2026: Gutter, Stand, Full Mood, Ampersand
Fidel Walsh @dragonslayerma.bsky.social Writing poetry. 3 poetry collections, Living with Love, Time & Out There. Short stories, Thrice Remembered an Anthology.
I'm 1 of the #PromptCombo hosts
sarah marii @sarahmarii.bsky.social ✨️powered by wild, short-lived ideas✨️
writing: jokes • poetry • short stories
rewriting: song lyrics #RewriteASong
also: climate • ag • sustainable housing
www.sarahmarii.com
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/
Orlaith Darling @darlingorlaith.bsky.social Research Ireland postdoc @ UCD in contemporary literature, affect, and late capitalism | Previously postdoc @ JLU Giessen | PhD @ Trinity College Dublin | Tuirseach, traochta agus cáite amach | Free Palestine
Work @ https://orlaithdarling.com
Derval @dervalmcd.bsky.social Personal a/c Inclusion Ireland CEO. Chair Irish Penal Reform Trust. ND .she/her .Queer. Former SLT..Information is power, make it all accessible. Deinstitutionalisation and human rights. Director at LINQ Ireland.
The European Review of Books @europeanreview.bsky.social A magazine about culture and ideas, from Europe, for the world, with essays, reviews, stories, profiles and other adventurous writing.
Oonagh Montague @oonaghmontague.bsky.social Writer. Solo parent. Lecturer. Trainer. Exjournalist. Mostly nice, unless you kick the dog.
Cassie Smith-Christmas @cassiesmithxmas.bsky.social Academic. Writer. Fiddler. Appalachian Shape Note Singer. Part Selkie.
Annie Neugebauer @annieneugebauer.bsky.social Author. 2x Bram Stoker Award finalist. Lit: Alec Shane, Writers House. Film: Sean Berard, Untitled Entertainment.
YOU HAVE TO LET THEM BLEED
THE EXTRA
THE OTHER 6/9/26
THE SPARE 3/9/27
ONCE THE DARKNESS COMES
novella TBA
https://annieneugebauer.com/
Dr Carrie Etter @carrieetter.bsky.social Poet, latest Grief's Alphabet (Seren, 2024) | Poems in Iowa Review, Poetry London, TLS, The New Republic... | Academic | Grief, trauma, and the environment | All the 🐈⬛! | Foodie | Dem 🇺🇸 expat in Bristol, UK | Insta: https://www.instagram.com/carrie__etter
Marni Appleton @marniapple.bsky.social Writer. She/her. Author of I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY
Mary Ethna Black… Writer @maryethnablack.bsky.social Northern Irish globetrotting doctor, splav-dweller. Erstwhile chicken investor and silver salmon judge. Goldsmiths MA in Creative and Life writing. Mum.
Rep’d by Emma Bal. https://www.madeleinemilburn.co.uk/mm-authors/mary-black
Fannie H. Gray @mrsfanster.bsky.social Writer of flash and short stories
*Don’t Ask, Won’t Tell re the novel
Aspiring Paid Traveler
www.thefhgraymatter.com
Laney Lenox, PhD @laneylenox.bsky.social writer and researcher by trade, autistic by brain
writes about building our hoped for futures
PhD in anarchism, anthropology, and memory work
(she/her)
hopes to be remembered for bringing weird vibes to the function
https://linktr.ee/laneylenox
Ian Eagleton @ianeagletonauthor.bsky.social He/him
Children’s author, dad, former teacher of 13 years 🏳️🌈
Contact: ian@thereadingrealm.co.uk
Agent: Neil Dunnicliffe at Spring Literary
Jan Kaneen. Northern Writer Granny. PhD student at York St John @jankaneen1.bsky.social Award-winning writer, blogs https://jankaneen.com/ '23 Bath NiF winner, SL Rubery Award & First Pages Prize '24 Flash & Short story collection, Hostile Environments on sale https://www.northodox.co.uk/product-page/hostile-environments-paperback
Archibald Fitz @archibaldfitz.bsky.social Jobbing writer of spy thrillers, confessional prose & doppio-driven existential dramas. SERVICES RENDERED series. Drapetomania sufferer. Interests: Chess/Cats/Scepticism. Member: SMFS https://v.gd/25uEcJ
Mythic Picnic @mythicpicnic.bsky.social Indie studio, born on YouTube
Aiming for the silver screen
Midgies • Straw • Behind • Isleanders • Mamahuhu
elle c @ellecantwell.bsky.social writer, wanderer, theatre person
Associate Poetry Editor at Identity Theory
Jeff Marks Memorial Poetry Prize
Pushcart Prize nominated
Afric McGlinchey @itosha.bsky.social Irish poet. À la Belle Étoile (Salmon Poetry) https://www.salmonpoetry.com/details.php?ID=631&a=221). Tied to the Wind (Broken Sleep Books) https://www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page/afric-mcglinchey-tied-to-the-wind-ebook). www.africmcglinchey.com
JP Maney @j-p-m.bsky.social My three most recent books are now available online. "Ireland Feeds My Soul", "A Booklover's Last Stand" and "It's Your Day, Make it your Tao" are all available on the Big A. You can also order Tao from your local bookshop. More at www.jpmaney.com
Amber Ken @amberken.bsky.social Writer of short stories, poetry, and CNF - I don't much like to choose (read: bisexual)
autistic & chronically ill 🥄
🌊 Folkestone-dweller
genres: literary, horror
Maynooth University English Department @maynoothenglish.bsky.social 
Vincent X. Kirsch @vincentxkirsch.bsky.social Author/Artist/Playwright… known for my award-winning picture books. Living in California. www.vincentxkirsch.com
Sarah Holloway @sarahholloway.bsky.social Writer. Work in or forthcoming: SmokeLong Quarterly,'s blog, Roi Fainéant, Cowboy Jamboree, Necessary Fiction, Heavy Feather Review and elsewhere. Grandmother. Musician. She/her.
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
Jennifer Anne Girardin @jenniferagirardin.bsky.social Classical Pianist and author of Moriston House British Mysteries and the historical Regency romance novel "Lady Beckford's Lover."
Chris Cottom @chriscottom.bsky.social Barrelhouse, New Flash Fiction Review, matchbook, MoonPark Review, FlashFlood, Oyster River Pages, New World Writing Quarterly, Tiny Molecules, Orange Blossom Review, Flash Frontier, Leon Literary Review, Gooseberry Pie, The Good Life Review, Fictive Dream
James C Holland @jimholland.bsky.social Really great writer of really great things. Terrible at bios though, as evidenced by this, what you are reading, right now.
https://jamescholland.com/