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Writing Battle @writingbattle.bsky.social https://www.writingbattle.com
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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social NYT-bestselling fantasy author in charlottesville va
Emily Tesh @emilytesh.net Author. Hugo, Astounding, and World Fantasy Award winner; Nebula, Clarke and Le Guin finalist. Rep: Kurestin Armada at Root Literary.
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bylines: New Scientist, Flaming Hydra, etc.
pronouns: they/them
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Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com Wrote half of This Is How You Lose the Time War & all of The River Has Roots. Next book: Seasons of Glass & Iron, March 24, 2026. I have a newsletter you can sign up for at amalelmohtar.com
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Scott Lynch @scottlynch78.bsky.social 48, fantasy writer, author of THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA. Ex-firefighter, veteran MechWarrior. Minnesotan transplanted to Massachusetts. Gizmonic Institute (1989-92). Instructor at Viable Paradise.
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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social Writer | UNCERTAIN SONS AND OTHER STORIES (2025) | Hugo, Nebula, Locus Winner | Philip K. Dick Special Citation, Finalist for other things | Best American SFF, Brave New Weird | Korean/Irish Dad o' 3. Rep: Michael Curry. thomashawrites.com
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Isabel J. Kim @isabel.kim USA Today bestselling author of SUBLIMATION. Also a boatload of occasionally award winning/losing short fiction. coined the term "omelas hole."
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com I enjoy pie.
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Max Gladstone @maxgladstone.bsky.social NYT bestselling writer. Newsletter and updates at maxgladstone.com. More or less updates-only on here.
Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social Award winning science fiction author. Cat furniture. Horse patsy. Almost certainly two ornimegalonyxes in a trenchcoat.
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THE FOLDED SKY https://books2read.com/u/mBB0QZ
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Kelly Thompson @kellythompson.bsky.social Eisner & Ringo winning writer: ABSOLUTE WONDER WOMAN, BUFFY, ANGEL, BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN LIVES, BLACK CLOAK, THE CULL, BLACK WIDOW, STORYKILLER, TGWWBK, etc. Co-creator of JEFF THE LANDSHARK π¦ REPS: Art/Work Ent & Verve. She/Her.
Hayden Sherman @cleanlined.bsky.social Eisner winning comic artist. Currently on: ABSOLUTE WONDER WOMAN, BATMAN: DARK PATTERNS (They/them)
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Ale @alepresser.com Comics Artist. Hugo Awards finalist. Mother. Tired. She/her.
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Tana! @tanaford.bsky.social Hugo, Eisner & Locus award winning Artist. Writer. βοΈπ³οΈβπ π§Ώ Marvel, Dark Horse, iDW, First Second. Tell your dog I said *hi*
Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social Daily #ShareGoodNewsToo
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Elizabeth Sandifer @eruditorumpress.com Hugo nominated writer of Last War in Albion, Neoreaction a Basilisk, and TARDIS Eruditorum. Anarcho-occultist. The girl your mother lacked the imagination to warn you about.
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History of Westeros @historyofwesteros.com The Hugo nominated Westeros immersion experience... w/ puns. #got #asoiaf #hotd #houseofthedragon. Aziz, Sean, & @ashaya.historyofwesteros.com
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Renayβ· @renay.bsky.social She/her. U.S. Southerner. Mouthy, but soft. Editor of Intergalactic Mixtape and others: https://heyheyrenay.carrd.co / https://patreon.com/cw/heyheyrenay
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Maggie Kang @maggiekang.bsky.social Writer/Director of KPop Demon Hunters
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James Gunn @jamesgunn.bsky.social DC Studios co-CEO, #Superman, #GuardiansoftheGalaxy, #Peacemaker, dog owner, husband, servant to my cat.
DOGUBOMB @dogubomb.bsky.social Dogubomb is an indie game and film studio hidden among the long shadows of Hollywood. After a decade of making stuff for other people, we decided to make something for ourselves: Blue Prince. @blueprincegame.bsky.social
Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com Writer, game designer, artist | Making SIGNET CITY | WISHLIST NOW - https://bit.ly/SC-Steam
Creator of Citizen Sleeper series + In Other Waters | editor Heterotopias | IndieCade, GDCA winner | Hugo, BAFTA, IGF, DICE + TGA nominee | PhD | they/them |
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 @expedition33.bsky.social Break the cycle. Lead the Expedition.
Reactive turn-based RPG by Sandfall Interactive.
Out now on Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and PC.
AdHoc Studio @adhocstudio.com An independent game studio focused on interactive storytelling.
Supergiant Games @supergiantgames.bsky.social Creators of Hades, Pyre, Transistor, and Bastion.
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Scott H. Andrews @scott-h-andrews.bsky.social Writer, editor, chemistry lecturer, guitarist, builder, connoisseur of aqueous solutions of malted barley.
Jennifer Brozek @jenniferbrozek.bsky.social Wordslinger & Optimist! Hugo/Bram Stoker/BFA nominated author, editor, and media tie-in writer. Winner of multiple Scribe awards. Beloved of the Husband, collector of many antique occult books. http://www.jenniferbrozek.com
Michael Damian Thomas @michaeldthomas.bsky.social 10-time Hugo & World Fantasy Award-winning @uncannymagazine.bsky.social Publisher/Editor, & Itβs Storytime with Wil Wheaton podcast Content Editor. Former caregiver to my late daughter, Caitlin.
They/Them, he/him
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Sheila Williams @sheilawilliams.bsky.social Hugo award-winning editor of Asimovβs Science Fiction magazine.
Carl Engle-Laird @englelaird.bsky.social Hugo-nominated Senior Editor at the Tor Publishing Group, buying good weird speculative books. All opinions are my own. I post maybe once a year.
Jaymee Goh (she/her) @jhameia.bsky.social Hugo-nominated Editor of @tachyonpub, PhD Comp Lit UC Riverside '17, Clarion UCSD '16, Malaysian Writers Society Prez
ΙΉoΚα΄pΖ 'sα΄ΙΉΙΉΙH ΗΗΛ₯ @leeharris.net Editor, writer, performer
Multiple Hugo-loser
Editor of the Murderbot Diaries, Wayward Children, Monk & Robot & more
Co-owner (with Paul Cornell) of Cosmic Lighthouse Comics
Newsletter, here: www.leeharris.net/newsletter/
Checking the perimeter.
Jenni Hill @jennihill.bsky.social Editorial Director at Orbit books, (acquiring) sci-fi and fantasy novels.
π³οΈβπ Geek. Chaotic Good. Bi-Furious. LARP fan. Views all mine.
they/them
Hugo Award 2026 Finalist.
Joe Monti @joemts.bsky.social Bookish, optimistic, dad, husband, rescued dog lover, and VP, associate publisher and editorial director of Saga Press.
Diana M. Pho (she/her) π π @dianapho.bsky.social Hugo Award-winning #AuntieEditor. Editorial Director, Erewhon Books. Previous: Tor Books, Realm Media. Queer. Geeky. Sociopolitical. http://Linktr.ee/dianampho. Opinions are my own.
Afterblossom @afterblossom.bsky.social Illustrator based in Malaysia.
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Dave Kellett @davekellett.bsky.social DRIVE: drivecomic.com
SHELDON: sheldoncomics.com
COMICLAB: comiclabpodcast.com
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Tran Nguyen @mynameistran.bsky.social Vietnamese Illustrator & Fine Artist
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John Picacio @johnpicacio.bsky.social Co-author & illustrator of THE INVISIBLE PARADE, w/ Leigh Bardugo (2025). 2026 Pura BelprΓ© Honor Book Winner. 4x Hugo Award Winner. 6x Locus Award Winner. Inkpot Award Winner. Cover Artist. International Man of LoterΓa. He/him.
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tina connolly @tinaconnolly.bsky.social Hugo, Nebula, & World Fantasy finalist. Escape Pod & Toasted Cake host. Queer. Noms all the cheese. www.tinaconnolly.com (she/her) π³οΈβπ
Valerie Valdes @valerievaldes.bsky.social aka Lia Amador. Sci-fi, fantasy, and romance writer. MtG story scribe. Co-editor of Escape Pod. Variety game streamer. VPXX/16.
Alasdair Stuart @alasdairstuart.com Award-winning voice actor and journalist. Narrative designer. Pop culture consigliere. Podcaster. Writes The Full Lid. βFantastic Frontal Everything'-Matt Wallace. On the board of the Cool Wives Club. Joy and spite.
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Slice of SciFi / Writers, After Dark @sliceofscifi.com Podcasts and videos about scifi, horror, thrillers, indie movies, comics and books. Yes, we are a little addicted to movies, television and books!
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Mur Lafferty @mightymur.bsky.social Author, podcaster, editor.
Digger, listener, runner.
INFINITE ARCHIVE is out July β25!
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Phoebe Barton ππΊπ³ @phoebebarton.bsky.social Giant queer trans sf/game writer who is NOT AMERICAN, typewriter guardian, mind poisoner. Nebula winner, Aurora winner! Assistant Editor at Escape Pod, CW '19. Hamilton, Ontario. Header by @shargrave.bsky.social. She/her. www.phoebebartonsf.com
khΕrΓ©Ε magazine @khoreo.bsky.social An Ignyte and Shirley Jackson award-winning magazine and podcast of speculative fiction by immigrant and diaspora authors & artists. Issue 6.2 is out now!
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On Spec Magazine @onspecmag.bsky.social Canadian journal of Literature of the Fantastic
Kat Kourbeti @darthj.uno SF/F writer & narrator, Hugo Award-winning senior podcast editor @strangehorizons.bsky.social, host @thewritesong.co.uk. Lapsed film critic; now BSFA's theatre columnist. Team ADHD. Greek!
π London, UK
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Gautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88.bsky.social Science Fiction. Constitutional Law. Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference. Fortnightly newsletter on SFF, Indian spec fiction, and books: https://gautambhatia.substack.com
Dan Hartland @danhartland.bsky.social Writes, variously. Reviews Editor, Strange Horizons. Columns at Ancillary Review. Songs over at Bandcamp. Also see @savinglives.bsky.social.
Vanessa Jae @vanessajae.bsky.social writing horrifically beautiful anarchies. (scifi, dark fantasy and other horrors)
Poetry Editor for Strange Horizons
vanessajae.com
Austin Dewar @austindewar.bsky.social Writer, editor, and educator // Managing Fiction Editor at Strange Horizons // Probably lost in the woods // austindewar.com
Laura Blackwell @pronouncedlahra.bsky.social Shirley Jackson Award-winning writer, manic pixie night hag. Copy editor, Hugo-nommed @thedeadlands.com. Cohost @storyhour.bsky.social. Website: pronouncedlahra.com. HWA, SFWA. No AI. She/her. Photo: Jodi Foucher. Rep: @alexbrownwrites.bsky.social
felicia martΓnez @feliciafm.bsky.social Artist and writer of unusual things. California transplant, still a New Mexican at heart. She/her. feliciamartinez.com πΈ https://linktr.ee/feliciafm
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Psychopomp @psychopomp.com Publisher of otherworldly fiction @ Psychopomp.com
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