Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social Politics (mainly UK and a bit of US), comedy and popular culture more generally.
Hear me on a radio near you blathering about Burnham or Farage. Probably.
Political Sandbox here: https://substack.com/@politicalsandboxmark
Calista @kohuke.bsky.social I’m not afraid to speak my mind on the West Coast, and I enjoy keeping up with global news and political developments—information and humor are equally important to me.
Antollena @lisrandry.bsky.social Designing beautiful things & living beautifully 👗✨
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Vikki C. @vikkicwrites.bsky.social
IN THE BLUEPRINT OF HER IRIS 2nd edition (IceFloe Press 2026)
WHERE SANDS RUN FINEST (DarkWinter Press 2024)
Bridport Prize 2025 shortlist.
Pushcart, Forward Prize, BOTN, Best Spiritual Lit nominee
Guest Editor: IceFloe Press
linktr.ee/vikki_c._author
Sacred Parasite @sacredparasite.bsky.social Publisher
Books Made in Berlin since 2023
www.sacredparasite.com
Frazzled Lit *Closed for Submissions* @frazzledlit.bsky.social We are Frazzled Lit! 🥓 🔥
Looking for Flash, Poetry, CNF and Prose.
Eds @lozzawriting.bsky.social and @jmcm.bsky.social
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Leeds Lit Fest @leedslitfest.bsky.social 6 - 14 June 2026. Returning for its eighth year, the award-winning festival of words aims to bring together, and help develop, the city’s literary scene, with writers, poets and performers from Leeds, Yorkshire and beyond!
#LLF26. www.leedslitfest.co.uk
Eunoia Review @eunoiareview.bsky.social Online literary journal publishing new writing daily since October 2010. Edited by Ian Chung. Typically 24-hour turnaround for responses.🇸🇬
https://eunoiareview.wordpress.com
Carole Bromley @carolebromley.bsky.social York-based poet writing for both adults and children
David Atkinson @davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.social (he/him) Prize-winning Irish poet writing in English & Ulster Scots. Pushcart nominated. MA from MMU. Archival poetics: Islandmagee Witch Trial & Irish War of Independence
Lisa @lisadellaporta.bsky.social Deep Woods of Philly | Sometimes Writer | Spoonie Crew | Accidental Startupper | Words in New Letters, Wild Roof Journal, etc.| NO DMs
https://linktr.ee/lisadellaporta
Anne Anthony @anchalastudio.bsky.social Writer & Artist
Senior Editor & Art Director
Does It Have Pockets
Words & Artwork https://linktr.ee/anchalastudio?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
The Village with All of the Flash Writers @heyflashvillage.bsky.social The VILLAGE 🏘 is a place where the world 🌍 feels a tiny bit smaller. Founded by SMOKELONG for the Global Flash Community
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Ian Hagues @ianhagues.bsky.social Books and creativity. You matter.
Erin Bondo @erinbondo.com Canadian writer in Scotland (via Denmark (got lost on the way home (sorry mom))) | Pushcart & BOTN nominated | Placed/listed: BFFA, Bridport Prize, Welkin Prize, others | Tha mi ag ionnsachadh Gàidhlig | She/Her
erinbondo.com
National Flash Fiction Day @natflashfictionday.bsky.social Celebrating flash fiction worldwide. Co-directed by Ingrid Jendrzejewski @lunchontuesday.bsky.social and Diane Simmons @scooterwriter.bsky.social
The next NFFD will be Saturday 12 June 2027.
https://www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com A writers’ community led by editors 🔥
Helping members connect and grow.
Join us ➡️ litmatchcollective.com & our community, open to all!: https://discord.gg/cxSdvE2EfN
@francisgomez17.bsky.social @francisgomez17.bsky.social 
@davisde98.bsky.social @davisde98.bsky.social 
Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos @delgeo14.bsky.social Breton writer
Runner-up Novel Fair / 2X Pushcart nom / Wigleaf LL
EIC: Raw Lit Mag / Co-Founder @theprideroars.bsky.social /Contributor: Poverty House
https://delphinegg.weebly.com
https://rawlit.weebly.com
https://theprideroars.blogspot.com/
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
Alison Wassell @alisonwassell.bsky.social Short story, flash and micro fiction writer published by Fictive Dream, Bath Flash Fiction, Does It Have Pockets, The Disappointed Housewife, The Phare, NFFD, FlashFlood Journal and elsewhere. Highly Commended 2024 Bridport Prize (Flash Fiction).
Kik Lodge @kiklodge.bsky.social • Writer. THE BULLY IN MY PILLOW (Stanchion Books, August 2026).
https://www.stanchionzine.com/product-page/the-bully-in-my-pillow
Best Microfiction 2026.
• Hosts literary open-mics @saloneurope.bsky.social
www.kiklodge.com
Tracie Renee (she/her) @tracierenee.bsky.social Librarian in sort-of Chicago.
PW book reviewer.
#Amquerying #SCBWI writer/poet.
Winner: #50PreciousWords, Highlights scholarship, ElegantLit, IAmWritingMG.
HM: #PBParty.
WTMP mentee, RisingTalent finalist, BOTN.
https://linktr.ee/tracie.renee
Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social Artist publisher living in Chicago with Public Collectors, Half Letter Press, Temporary Services. Finds cultural voids; fills them. He/him www.publiccollectors.org, https://halfletterpress.com, www.temporaryservices.org, https://hardcorearchitecture.blog
Emma Miller 😁📚🍁 @emmadmiller.bsky.social Canadian Author & Creator of "The Doonies" children's book series! 📚🍁 https://thedoonies.ca
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Free Flash Fiction @freeflashfiction.bsky.social Authors / Writers / Lovers of Words...
Got a flash fiction story within 500 words, of any interpretation, on any theme, that our readers should read? #flashfiction
https://freeflashfiction.com/
Jennifer McMahon @jmcm.bsky.social IRISH writer, repped by Brian Langan, Storyline Literary Agency. Winner, All-Ireland Scholarships Creative Writing Award (public caterory), Novel Fair '23. Shortlisted, Short Story of the Year at the Irish Book Awards '23. Words in many places.
Ian MacClayn @ianmacclayn.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/ianmacclayn
Writer. Debut novel THE HOLLOW OF EVENING out Feb 9 2027 with Dundurn Press/Rare Machines
Blood+Honey @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social Blood+Honey is a new lit mag that revels in the experimental & the avant-garde, dirty and kitchen sink realism. SUBMIT your poetry, fiction, CNF, and digital art!!! SUBS Currently CLOSED!!!
EIC: @davidestringel.bsky.social
https://www.bloodhoneylit.com/
Cyberflaneurs @cyberflaneurs.bsky.social 
Festival for Poetry @poetryfestival.bsky.social Daily Poetry Deadlines
Submit for a free posting.
Submit for a poetry reading video.
Submit for your poetry to be made into a film.
https://festivalforpoetry.com
Daily Submittable Deadlines @submittabledaily.bsky.social Best writing and poetry festivals to submit to each day on submittable.
https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/projects
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
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Postscript (Book Formatter, Cover Designer and Socials Post Maker): https://book-shelfie.com/postscript
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/
Robert Scott (penname) @robertscottwriter.bsky.social Edinburgh, UK
Writer-currently querying a debut novel & writing another one.
Formerly 'RD Scott' on the old birdie thing back in the day. Finally made my way over here!
Some of my short fiction:
https://robertscottwriter.wixsite.com/website
Print Play Protect @printplayprotect.bsky.social We make cool tabletop items :D
Nightjar Press @nightjarpress.bsky.social Single short story chapbooks since 2009. Uncanny, dark, experimental. Manchester/London. Editor @nicholasroyle.bsky.social. Design @johnoakey.bsky.social.
Jeff Young @wildtwin.bsky.social Writer, collagist, memoirist, essayist. Scavenger. Ex-Radio Dramatist, Ex-Playwright.
Author of:
Ghost Town: A Liverpool Shadowplay (Little Toller)
Deliria (Rough Trade Books)
Wild Twin (Little Toller)
Latchkey (Sacred Parasite)
Victoria Spires @victoriaspires.bsky.social linktr.ee/victoriaspires
BotN, Pushcart & Forward nominated. Shortlisted/commended in various comps: Winner Alpine Fellowship Poetry Prize
Finalist Mslexia Women's Comp
Rube Goldberg Machine out with Shadow and Sax.
Haiku Poems @haikupoems.bsky.social Welcome to the haiku poems collection 📖✒️
Finished Creatures Poetry Magazine @finishedpoetry.bsky.social Independent, printed poetry magazine: ecopoetry and the environment; climate justice and politics; beauty and daring.
Issue nine - trespass - just published
Please see website for order details.
finishedcreatures.co.uk
Genrepunk Magazine @genrepunkmag.bsky.social Literary magazine for weird little experiments. 🏳️🌈 ♿️ 🇵🇸 🤘🏻
Run by Audrey T. Carroll (https://bsky.app/profile/audreytcarroll.bsky.social).
Genrepunkmag.wordpress.com
Submissions will be closed starting April 1st.
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social Unseamly Literature. https://www.doesithavepockets.com/
Posts by Cami(lle) Griep, EIC
matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social matchbook is an online literary journal that publishes one piece of short prose accompanied by an author's note every two weeks.
https://matchbooklitmag.com
Sarah O @palimpsest22.bsky.social Mainly poetry in independent presses, art, glass, theatre & people playing. Allotment life. York with Glasgow links. UK.
Not every act of kindness is part of a plan.
Website :www.sarahowriter.com
Jamie Woods @jamiewoods77.bsky.social Poet, indie punk, optimistic rebel.
Buy my book, read my poems etc etc: https://linktr.ee/jamiewoods77
Kathryn Gray @kathryngray.bsky.social Poet. Film fanatic. Editor @badlilies.bsky.social. Hollywood or Home, a Sunday Times Poetry Book of the Year, out now: https://www.serenbooks.com/book/hollywood-or-home/ and https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hollywood-Home-Kathryn-Gray/dp/1781727120
Short Poem of the Day @shortpoems.bsky.social Daily short poems from the past and present. 🙂
Willberforce @willberforce5252.bsky.social I’m an easy person an optimist clean and calm
The Berlin Literary Review @theberlinreview.bsky.social Home to some of the world’s best new writing.
http://theberlinliteraryreview.com
intergraphia @intergraphiabooks.bsky.social Publishing at intersections and edges. Editors @emmabolland.bsky.social and @rachelartsmith@bsky.social
https://intergraphia.cargo.site/
Moj Mortazavi @mojmrtzvi.bsky.social Filmmaker / Writer / Visual Poet
Capturing what moves me, breaks me, remakes me.
Posting thoughts, films, dreams, and whatever won’t leave me alone.
🎞️ mojmrtzvi.com
✍️ Essays on Substack https://substack.com/@mojmrtzvi?r=22uyqp&utm_medium=ios
Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social Short story writer, delinquent poetry reader. Ballerini Book Press, Fictive Dream, The Lonely Press, Confingo, Fragmented Voices, Structo, Nightjar Press, BBSS18 Salt Publishing, Exacting Clam
polyscribe.co.uk
Corinna Board @corinnaboard.bsky.social EAL teacher. Tree lover. Likes to write poems. She/her.
https://linktr.ee/parole_de_reveuse
Helen Laycock @helenlaycock.bsky.social Poet with 3x Pushcart & 2x Best of Net nominations.
Recipient of the 2026 Kathryn Bevis Memorial Prize. Black Bough chapbook winner. Poetry Lighthouse chapbook winner.
2 new collections out in 2027.
https://linktr.ee/helen.laycock
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social Thin Skin is a literary magazine showcasing the work of writers over 50, the 'late bloomers' of the literary world. Find us at https://thin-skin.com/
Claire Dean @clairedean.bsky.social Writer, maker & conservator. Short stories, zines, book arts. Used to be an academic, retrained in conservation. Repairs & cares for old manuscripts, maps, plans, photographs & the curious objects that end up in archives.
📍Lancashire, North of England
Dr Briony Hughes @brihughespoet.bsky.social Lecturer in Creative Writing at Royal Holloway; Editor @ Osmosis Press & Resurgence and Ecologist poetry feature; ask me about the RHUL Poetry MA pathway!
https://linktr.ee/brihughespoet
Cindy Ana 🇳🇿 @kakapowhakatoi.bsky.social Would rather write than talk. Sometimes I don’t read skeets properly, especially pre-coffee. Rāmere is my favourite day. Work can be found in Broken Spine Arts, takahē, Voicemail Poems
Special mention in Given Words 2025
Rosanna McGlone @rosannamcglone.bsky.social Writer. Journalist. Mother. Amazon no. 1: The Process of Poetry. The Making of a Poem. 100 + features and author interviews in The Guardian, The Independent, The Weekend Australian, SMH and Salon.com.
David Hayden @seventydys.bsky.social the sea is completely written for me
https://www.transitbooks.org/books/darker
Matthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social Weaving ways through poetry. Second full collection, ‘Whatever You Do, Just Don’t’, a Poetry Society Book of the Year 2023, available from HappenStance Press.
And Other Poems @andotherpoems.bsky.social Poetry magazine edited by Tom Bailey and Laurie Ogden.
www.andotherpoems.com
Holly Magill @hollyannepoet.bsky.social Poet.
The Becoming of Lady Flambé - Indigo Dreams Publishing
20 - Drunk Muse Poetry
Co-edits www.atriumpoetry.com
Loves snoods, tea, crime (reading, not doing).
Laura Strickland @l-strickland.bsky.social Poet, carer and freelance HR consultant from Yorkshire. Published in The North, Butcher’s Dog, Strix,The Frogmore Papers, Northern Gravy, Propel and others. Longlisted National Poetry Competition 2023 🏳️🌈🇵🇸🇺🇦
Katie Jenkins @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social Mother, writer, public servant. Poetry co-editor @brokenspinearts.bsky.social
Longbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social Sheffield-based poetry publisher with an ethos of craft, care and collaboration. Books, recordings, films, walks, performances. Editor: Brian Lewis.
https://longbarrowpress.com
Atrium @atriumpoetry.bsky.social Online poetry mag edited by @clairewalkerpoetry.bsky.social and @hollyannepoet.bsky.social
www.atriumpoetry.com
Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social Ex-Financial Times Assistant Editor. Ex-editor Scotland on Sunday. Author of 'Made in Manchester' and 'Northerners: A History'. 'These Isles' due Feb 2026.
Sarah Westcott @sarahbwestcottpoet.bsky.social Poet, PhD researcher (inter-species creatings). Books: Slant Light; Bloom (Pavilion poetry), Pond (The Braag). Currently into bats 🦇
https://sarahwestcott.co.uk
Paul @paulwritespoems.bsky.social Poet, Husband, Northumbrian, Sax novice.
Forward/Pushcart/BOTN nominated
Work in FH Lit, Dust, IS&T, The Winged Moon, Black Bough and more
https://paulwritespoems.com/unwhispered-legacy/
https://linktr.ee/paulwritespoems
Steve Eely @steveeely.bsky.social