Nadia Shammas @nadiashammas.bsky.social Palestinian-American writer, artist, narrative designer, and award-winning wretch. She/They.
GAMES: SKINSCRIBING, THIRSTY SUITORS, THIS IS NORMAL: https://slothysunday.itch.io/this-is-normal
COMICS: SQUIRE, WHERE BLACK STARS RISE, DEAD BY DAYLIGHT
bobbi loves vampires ❤️ @hiimbobbi.bsky.social culture critic/writer/host of Culture Kitsch
professional weird girl
she/her
💌: theafternoonspecialtv@gmail.com 
Mel 🤭 @thebaddestmitch.bsky.social FAMU Alumna 🐍 • Future Multimedia Mogul • 1/2 of @jokesonyoupod • All opinions are my own • Arby’s stan account. she/her
Grip Bayless @talleyberrybaby.bsky.social Comedian. Strategist. 1/2 of Jokes On You Podcast💕
zarina saturn @zarina.bsky.social AuDHD girly
tarot
social commentary
writer
filmmaker
music producer
waystar royco whistleblower @gitchegumeefan.bsky.social she/her
every day is all there is.
Engwari @engwari.bsky.social sure, why the hell not
Dianca London @diancalondon.bsky.social ●○ Writer, complainer, gemini 🙇🏿♀️| Prof at Pratt + Eugene Lang | New School MFA alum ✏ | dianca.potts@gmail ✉️ | nobodyaskedu.substack.com ●○
Gina Prince-Bythewood @gpbmadeit.bsky.social Writer/ Director. Walk on set like I used to walk on the court. LOVE & BASKETBALL, SECRET LIFE OF BEES, BEYOND THE LIGHTS, THE OLD GUARD, THE WOMAN KING
Blizzy @blizzymcguire.bsky.social love wins
Miss Lang @missaarynlang.bsky.social Content Creator, Consultant, Future talk show host.
I speaks my mind and I log out.
Hi suga! 💗
Yomi @ifayomi.bsky.social Lover girl.
I’m silly for joining another app when I barely keep up with the other ones.
Engineer.Filmmaker.Auntie.Wildcard
H. Belser @hannaehwrites.bsky.social 
Uzo, The Artist @uzotheartist.bsky.social Multidisciplinary artist,
Illustrator & Filmmaker
Founder of ZOMA Studios
🌱 uzotheartist@gmail.com
uzongwu.com
LaToya Ferguson @lafergs.bsky.social I pronounce "bluesky" like "brewski.' | A Nasty Piece of Work (and prolific writer) | she/her
Rachael Moton @jawncassavetes.bsky.social Filmmaker (Sundance Ignite ‘19, The Gotham Week ‘20, TIFF Filmmaker Lab ‘21, Tribeca Untold Stories ‘22) and aspiring reality tv star. Rep: Brillstein
rachaelmoton.com
murdy @kingmurdy.bsky.social 
Laser @lasersinger.bsky.social Writer. Director in Animation by Day. Graphic Novelist by Night.
Rep. by Jennifer Azantian
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~Making some cool stuff rn~
🚫 GenAI
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JUSKI @earringdealer.bsky.social JUSME JUST OPENED HER MOUTH SOMEBODY GET HER SOME EARRINGS RIGHT NOW !
Chinemelu Okafor @chinemeluokafor.bsky.social Fourth-year PhD Candidate at Harvard University studying political economy🧚🏿♀️
White House CEA (2023-2024)
www.chinemeluokafor.com
taylor crumpton @taylorcrumpton.bsky.social writer, journalist, and soon to be author. ideas columnist @ time. texas forever, chicago for now. words in npr, bloomberg opinion, essence, marie claire, the daily beast, and more.
she/they | taylorcrumpton.com
Cheyenne Ewulu @cheyennethegeek.bsky.social 🇳🇬 🏳️🌈 Watch The Comic Shop series now on YouTube! 👇🏾
YouTube.com/@awkwardvirgotv
kd jr. @kalexandria.bsky.social head virgo in charge.
delia @deliaistyping.bsky.social Anime, K-drama, & Paramore enthusiast • Nails💅🏾 • ᏣᎳᎩ
instagram.com/deliaistyping
deliaistyping.com
The Anime Tea @theanimetea.bsky.social Exploring visual storytelling in anime one cup of tea at a time!
Hosted by Phoenix (she/her)
No. @feralpeafowl.bsky.social Demotivational speaker. Low-life woman of uncertain reputation. Before you start, don't.
Jazz. @createdbyjazz.bsky.social A happy, creative alien living seaside. I dream of a just world.
Satan’s Niece @krissychula.bsky.social “Big Mandy” on @welcometoflatch “Bettany” on #animalcontrolfox Actor/Comedienne/Semi retired demon
jeeyon shim 심지연 @jeeyon.bsky.social Writer and game designer, former outdoor educator, multidisciplinary artist, mushroom forager in the wintertime. Winner of Diana Jones Emerging Designer Award and co-winner of Indiecade Best Live Game.
Support my work: patreon.com/jeeyonshim/membership
Join #thepeoplesbookclub @freeeverynigga.bsky.social Artist, Chef, Filmmaker, DJ
come find me IRL 👩🏽🍳📚🪩🎨🎬💃🏽🗡️
https://tinyurl.com/thepeoplesbookclub
JDK @jdkpastelia.com Official | Account for entertainer Joshua David King (JDK). Creator of Project Super Crush #ProjectSuperCrush / Voice Actor in #Destiny2 #CRK #FireEmblem
Ajanaé Dawkins @moonsatdusk.bsky.social Poet. Theologian. Educator. Neurodivergent disco queen. Co-host of the VS Podcast. Theology Editor: @ecotheo
Daniella Toosie-Watson @toosiewatson.bsky.social What We Do with God (Haymarket Books 2025) | MFA ‘19: University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers’ Program | Poems: The Atlantic, The Paris Review, Oxford Poetry, Callaloo, and elsewhere | www.toosie.art
Jessica Nirvana Ram @jessnirvanapoet.bsky.social 🇬🇾| she/her | poet | MFA UNCW | EARTHLY GODS (Variant Lit, 2024)
https://beacons.ai/jessicanirvanaram
Dr. Taylor Byas, Ph.D. @taylorbyas.bsky.social PhD | Corporate Baddie | I DONE CLICKED MY HEELS THREE TIMES (Soft Skull ‘23, Winner of the 2023 Maya Angelou Book Award, 2023 Chicago Review of Books Award, 2024 Ohio Book Award) | RESTING BITCH FACE (August 2025) | she/her
www.taylorbyas.com
paige @paige-meowster.bsky.social detroit-based screenwriter, filmmaker, game-changer, JESTER (she/her)
site: www.blkdaria.com
Ruth Awad @ruthawad.bsky.social Lebanese-American author of Set to Music a Wildfire (Southern Indiana Review Press, 2017) and Outside the Joy (Third Man Books, 2024). 2021 NEA fellow. Poet, abolitionist, bi, Pom mom, she/her
Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein @fklein907.bsky.social Alaskan poet, teacher, parent. Books: Text Messages from The Angel Gabriel (Gnashing Teeth 2024), Another Life (Riot in Your Throat 2025)
https://linktr.ee/francesklein
Dr. Angel C. Dye @blkgrlpoet.bsky.social poet/believer • professor of books & blk life • candle making • Janelle Monáe enthusing • here & glad I went to Howard ✊🏾🌷 https://linktr.ee/angeldye
Gabrielle Bates @gabriellebates.bsky.social author of Judas Goat (Tin House, 2023) ♥️ originally from Bham, AL // now in Seattle // cohost of the podcast The Poet Salon
Khadijah Queen @khadijahqueen.com Doctor of poems. In my crone era.
Writer. Professor. Traveler. Michigan-born, California-raised. But you might find me anywhere ✨ New memoir: Between the Devil & The Deep Blue Sea 💙⚓️🩵
https://www.khadijahqueen.com/
linktr.ee/authorKQ
El Norte Recuerda @elnorterecuerda.bsky.social author of MAGICAL/REALISM, Tiny Reparations Books, 2024 and BEAST MERIDIAN, Noemi Press, 2017.
Laura Chow Reeve @laurachowfun.bsky.social 🌀writing + drawing
🐍 author: A SMALL APOCALYPSE (@nupress.bsky.social)
🔗 linktr.ee/laurachowfun
K. Iver @ivertownandcountry.bsky.social (they) | Short Film Starring My Beloved’s Red Bronco (Milkweed, 2023) 🎥
Sumita Chakraborty @notsumatra.bsky.social www.sumitachakraborty.com • poet, scholar, general doer of things with words, faculty at the University of Virginia • wherever I am, I'm not Sumatra • opinions mine, including that nobody’s free until everybody’s free
Nat Queen Coal 💎 @natashaoladokun.bsky.social Queer poet, educator, accidental mystic. The tallest 5’3” woman you’ll ever meet. (They/She) 🌈
[Not really on here like that.]
Rachel Edelman @rachelsedelman.bsky.social poet & teacher. author of DEAR MEMPHIS (River River Books, 2024). living in seattle. learning yiddish. rachelsedelman.com.
@cathylinhche.bsky.social @cathylinhche.bsky.social Author of BECOMING GHOST (April 29, 2025), AN ASIAN AMERICAN A to Z, and SPLIT. Video installation APPOCALIPS & short film WE WERE THE SCENERY, Nonfiction Jury Winner at Sundance 2025.
Core Faculty in Poetry at Antioch University’s low res CW MFA Program
Gabrielle Alexa Noel @gabalexa.bsky.social Challenging what ppl think they know about sex/love. 💕
Author of HOW TO LIVE WITH THE INTERNET 📚 Words in Playboy, Elle, etc.
gabalexa.com
instagram.com/gabalexa
twitter.com/gabalexa 
CA$HLY @cashlybanks.bsky.social club dancer, DJ. Or in other words, vibe curator. she/they.
Instagram.com/cash.moneyrecords
Nadia Alexis @nadiaalexis.bsky.social 📍MS & NYC || Author of BEYOND THE WATERSHED (CavanKerryPress, March 4, 2025).
Buy my debut collection of poetry & photography & learn more at NadiaAlexis.com
🇭🇹 Poet. Photographer. Writer. Gratitude devotee. Birder. Nature Lover. She/Her/Hers
Suzi F. Garcia @suzig.bsky.social Co-Publisher, Noemi Press. Here to talk books, editing, & whatever I just watched. Poet, Reality TV fan & cat owner. Brown & queer & tired
Samiya Bashir @scryptkeeper.bsky.social 🍉 Neutron Muppet 🍉
|| poemmaker | fieldtheorist | professora | creative coach | stage queen | hypewoman | magicwand | humancat ||
linktr.ee/scryptkeeper
samiyabashir.com
Literary Agents: aragi.net
Booking Agents: @shipmanagency.bsky.social
angela folasade @bivampiric.bsky.social writer | collagist | budding saxophonist 
Diamond Forde @poemsandcake.bsky.social Order Mother Body (2021): http://tinyurl.com/y2dds3lk
PhD African American Poetics and Fat Studies
No one is free until we are all free.
(she/her)
Tianna @tvampyy.bsky.social Black | writer | queer | heaux. they/she
https://www.tiannabratcher.com/home/interiors-jdg6k
Jeanann Verlee @jeaverlee.bsky.social Poet. Performer. Former punk rocker.
linktr.ee/jeaverlee
jeanannverlee.com
Emily Skaja @emilyskaja.bsky.social Poet, professor, dog enthusiast. Author of BRUTE (2019) & BLACK LAKE (Graywolf 2026).
@tatianajboria.bsky.social @tatianajboria.bsky.social xolani’s mama | writer + artist + educator | author of nocturne in joy (2023) | she/her ✨
subscribe to my substack: https://manifestmonthly.substack.com/
more about me: http://johnsonboriacreative.com/
E. Hughes @ehughespoetry.bsky.social Philosopher // Poet
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PhD Candidate, Philosophy, Emory University | Ankle-Deep in Pacific Water, Haymarket Books | MFA+MA, the Litowitz Creative Writing Program, Northwestern University
Caroline Anna Bock @cabockwrites.bsky.social ✍️Writer. The Other Beautiful People, a novel, (Regal House Publishing), publication date: June 2, 2026.
📚Co-President/editor with the Washington Writers’ Publishing House
Reader, Theater-reviewer, Small Talk columnist, lifelong 💙 and ally to all 🏳️🌈
Zora Thee Dragon in The Long Kiss Goodbye (1975) @zoratheepony.bsky.social maladaptive dream girl(?), POP (culture) PRINCESS, cinephile, &alleged writer. free Palestine 🇵🇸
Naomi Kruger @naomikruger.bsky.social Freelance Writer and Creative Facilitator. Debut novel MAY published by Seren, shortlisted for Galley Beggar Prize 2023, Eccles Centre Fellow 2021. Short stories, historical fiction, cats.
She/her
naomikruger.com
Michal ‘MJ’ Jones (he/they) @blackqueerdo.bsky.social poet | Glory’s Baba 👶🏽 | author: HOOD VACATIONS, @BlackLawrence '23 | SOFT ARMOR, @NomadicPressOak ‘23
| winner: Lambda Literary Award
Camille Rankine @camillerankine.bsky.social poet-type person
Cat Wei @catwei.bsky.social poet, writer, dancer
writing in Pleiades, Prairie Schooner, Gulf Coast, The Slowdown podcast | Bread Loaf | Tin House
linktr.ee/catwei
Ada @adaukwu.bsky.social Dancer.
Biafran Babe.
Proper Nigerian Igbo Ghel.
Carnival Lover
#OriAku
#🇳🇬 #Motown #Engineer #TeamVirgo
#GoBlue 💛💙
Kryptonite: Dark chocolate men, with beards, who are at least 5'10''.
Marguerite Sheffer @mlensheffer.bsky.social Author of THE MAN IN THE BANANA TREES (Nov 2024, Iowa Short Fiction Award from U of Iowa Press)
writer and teacher in New Orleans
stories in Asimov's, Lit Hub, The Dread Machine, The Pinch and others
maya cade @mayascade.bsky.social always: creator & curator blackfilmarchive.com
💌: maya@blackfilmarchive.com + soon: incoming president / owner of milestone films. film curator + writer + curious about the world. NYC!
Moya @moyazb.bsky.social Moya Bailey. Quirky Black Girl. Queer Androgyne. 90s R&B Lover. Teacher. Gatherer. Mozzarella Stick Aficionado.
https://linktr.ee/moyabailey 
riana elyse anderson @rianaelyse.bsky.social AKAdemic Activist | Black Psychologist | Detroit Lover | God Follower | Columbia Prof | Twitter Refugee | Carb Aficionado
Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com Optimist, writer, swearer. common person. Co-founder Big Book Weekend with @MollyFlatt. Proud Primadonna. Professor, University of Leicester. FRSL. Photo by Paul Chambers. No DMs please. To email use contact@kitdewaal.com
Supernova Momma @supernovaparenting.org Disability Advocate, Certified Positive Discipline Educator, Founder of Supernova Parenting
Half the DSM-5, but AuDHD will do.
Hello@supernovaparenting.org
Brit Williams, Ph.D. @drbritwilliams.bsky.social Yes, that one. PhD-I study Black Women @ work, health/HIV, & class via EDU | 1stGen | Solo | Childfree by choice | 🌱 based | CiteASista & SisterPhD | 🩷💚 | 5’11 | 1 of 1 | LLM HATER
📬💻📧: https://linktr.ee/drbritwilliams
m mick powell @mickmakesmagic.bsky.social poet professor poly princexx ✨DEAD GIRL CAMEO forthcoming from Penguin Random House, 2025 ✨ www.mickpowellpoet.com
Mx. Faylita Hicks @mxfaylitahicks.bsky.social Grammy-nominated Writer, Performer, Interdisciplinary Artist. Author of A MAP OF MY WANT (Haymarket Books , 2024) and HOODWITCH (Acre Books, 2019).
Tiffany Troy @tiffanytroy.bsky.social Author of Dominus (BlazeVOX), Managing Editor at Tupelo Quarterly, Associate Editor at Tupelo Press, Book Review Co-Editor at the Los Angeles Review and Ass. Poetry Editor at Asymptote
a. benèt @benetthewriter.bsky.social poet. coffee lover. certified creative. MFA student
words in diodeeditions, crabapplelit, tinyspoonlitmag
https://sites.google.com/view/benetthewriter/home
@djdimple.bsky.social @djdimple.bsky.social 
Brittany Rogers @britrogers.bsky.social Detroit Girl. Poet. Creative. EIC of Muzzle Magazine. Co-host of VS Podcast. 🏳️🌈.🐩
Sarah Kay @kaysarahsera.bsky.social Poet at large https://sites.prh.com/sarah-kay-holiday-preorder
Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social Author of bestselling memoir,
SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER.
I deserve it all.
https://linktr.ee/SmashFizzle
Melissa Weiss @melistery.bsky.social Editor, rock climber, general layabout. “Tooning Out the News,” “Last Week Tonight,” “Rat Czar” and a bunch more comedy stuff you probably haven’t seen. melissaleahweiss.com
Kennedy @kaydeela.bsky.social Producer (Advertising, Commercial, Branded Content)
Abby Holland @itsabbyholland.bsky.social Comedy, cats, life, travel.
Podcast/TV/Radio Producer (VH1, MTV, SiriusXM)
AishaPresents @aishapresents.bsky.social A Nerdy gal who loves TV, movies, cosplay, and giving unfiltered recaps and reviews. Here to make you laugh and re-think everything! 😆
Trace DePass @tracedepass.bsky.social black shinnecock author of self-portrait as the space between us & BOOTless→ (@DiodeEditions)
IB-Me🇨🇦🇯🇲 @ingridbso4real.bsky.social Thriving on growth, fueled by laughter, and always up for something entertaining! I’m here for the good vibes, genuine connections, and uplifting conversations that make life a little brighter. Let’s share the positivity!
𝐒𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐛𝐞 @fmckenzie.bsky.social 🇬🇾x🇧🇧
London UK
| Sagittarius | Avid-reader/ Book lover| Foodie | Mental health advocate |
Victoria Marini @litagentmarini.bsky.social Literary Agent at high line literary
Www.highlineliterary.com
Running the fiction dept
Not tall, just loud.
#MSWL big plots, bold characters
Krystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW (She/Her/Hers) 🇹🇹👊🏽✍️🏾♊️♊️♏️ @equitableforall.com Sociologist and Makai Livingstone-GBV-Survivor, who coined the term, "Access Intimacy Abuse" to capture vile violations from which I may never recover, so contributions welcome here: https://ko-fi.com/equitableforall
https://linktr.ee/KrystalKavitaJagoo
Karly Dizon @karlydizon.bsky.social Building Lit universes with stories that matter || Agent Fuse Literary
Jennifer Herrera @jenniferherrera.bsky.social Literary agent at the David Black Agency and author of The Hunter (Putnam 2023) and Siren Says (Putnam 2026).
Penny Moore @pennymoore.bsky.social Senior Agent at Aevitas Creative Management. Korean American 🇰🇷🇺🇸 Cat Mom 😻 Opinions are my own.
Caroline Eisenmann @carolineeisenmann.bsky.social senior literary agent & VP at the Frances Goldin Literary Agency, ce@goldinlit.com
Jes Trudel 🇨🇦 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ @jestrudel.bsky.social Literary agent with The Rights Factory. Founder of WritingCommunity.ca.