Writing The Dawn @writingthedawn.bsky.social Where biodiversity, neurodiversity & creativity meet | Writing, creative workshops & coaching|For every kind of bodymind | Neurodivergent-affirming | Anti-racist| LGBTQIA+ affirming | Anti-oppression
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Stephen Paul Wren @moleculesunlimited.bsky.social Poet. PINE/NEEDLES out Sept โ26. BOtN nominated. Director of Molecules Unlimited. Leads Wren research group. University of Cambridge PhD. AFC.
Eleanor Ball @eleanorball.bsky.social librarian by day, writer by night | editor @ fifth wheel press, assoc. fiction ed. @ okay donkey | proprietress of backlist lit | https://eleanor-ball.com/
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Vicki Ziegler @bookgaga.bsky.social Booklover, blathering at http://www.bookgaga.ca - literary news, reviews, discussion, poetry posted daily (aka #TodaysPoem http://bit.ly/2J4ym4C), member of a thriving silent book club group (aka #SilentBookClub http://bit.ly/2NSBVtw) ... oh, and I crochet
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Betty Stanton @fadingbetty.bsky.social EdD, MFA, poet, author, speech & debate coach, director, teacher, editor, rpg nerd, game designer, bad at social media, located in Oklahoma
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Zain Rishi @zainrishi.bsky.social Brummie Poet ๐๐
26 / Edinburgh (mostly)
NOON out now with the Emma Press
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Kiera Obbard @kieraobbard.bsky.social Poet and #SSHRC Postdoc at @uw-english.bsky.social exploring women's writing and publishing technologies (feminist media & lit studies, STS, DH). Interested in social media, public policy, and tech that benefits the world.
Katie Griffiths @kmngriffiths.bsky.social Author of 'The Attitudes' and 'My Shrink is Pregnant'. Strumming member of Fells and Such.
Semper Anticus Press @semperanticuspress.bsky.social Indie publisher launching soon!
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Squid Horse Comics (he/him) @molluscdimension.bsky.social ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Queer trans ESEA multidisciplinary artist with ADHD. Aka Squid Horse Comics. My ACE-funded comic memoir โThe Weird & Wonderful Surviveries of Squid Horseโ is out now!
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InkandescentUK @inkandescentuk.bsky.social Inkandescent is a publishing venture from Justin David and Nathan Evans focussing on queer and outsider voices. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ ๐โ๐ฟโ๐พ
Poets for the Planet @poetsfortheplanet.bsky.social A community of kindred poets, performers, artists and creative activists raising their voices to engage with climate emergency. https://poetsfortheplanet.org.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/poets4theplanet
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social Green Party Leader (England & Wales)
London Assembly Member.
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Desperate Literature @desperatelit.bsky.social International bookshop in the heart of Madrid!
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Jason Okundaye @jaseokundaye.bsky.social Writer at the Guardian and assistant opinion editor
The Madrid Review @madridlitmag.bsky.social We're an international literary magazine in Madrid. We connect English and Spanish speaking literary cultures through fiction, poetry, essays and interviews.
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๐๐ท๐ท๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ซ๐ธ๐พ๐ป๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ @anniarbour.bsky.social Trans lesbian, writer, Skrull.
Pride Source Media:
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Jason M Thornberry @jason-m-thornberry.bsky.social THE FINISH LINE (Sand and Gravel Press) โข Blood Type: Curry โข Leeds United โข Anti-AI
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jmthornberry.wordpress.com
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Alien Buddha Press @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social Alien Buddha Press has been publishing emerging writers and artists since 2017. Open for submissions at abuddhapress@yahoo.com
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Elena Sichrovsky @esichr.bsky.social ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ she/they/it
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InkPantry @inkpantry.bsky.social Literary site packed with interviews, reviews, poetry, and stories. Supporting creative writers from The Open University and The Universe!
Get in touch :) deborah@inkpantry.com
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Nicky Kippax @nickykippax.bsky.social Aphantastic poet, even if I say so myself. Northern Writersโ Award winner & co-host of York poetry night, Rise Up! Recent words in Rialto Poetry, Oxford Poetry, The London Magazine & PN Review. Also: https://poems.poetrysociety.org.uk/poets/nicky-kippax/
Michael-Anne @michaelannewrites.bsky.social Queer crippled writer.
Disability advocate
Tired
Punk Dust @punkdustpoetry.bsky.social Micro poetry press from Swansea.
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Lauren Bolger @renbolger.bsky.social Horror writer startled by most sounds. The Barre Incidents and Kill Radio (both genre-bendy Horror) available now thru Malarkey Books.
My website: https://www.laurenbolger.com/
Jewish / Free Palestine
DIVA Magazine @divamag.bsky.social The leading mag for LGBTQIA+ women & non-binary people, covering queer news, politics, pop-culture, lifestyle and opinion journalism ๐
Mia Farlane @miafarlane.bsky.social novelist #LiteraryFiction ๐๏ธ๐
1st novel (Viking/Penguin) set London/Paris ('Seinfeld meets Dorothy Parker' - Bidisha)
2nd novel: AND HOW ARE THINGS WITH YOU forthcoming from Mฤkaro, Oct 2026 ๐๏ธ
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Roger Hare @hareontherun.bsky.social Poetry scribbler, cricket lover, art appreciator living in the Midlands. (Not doing the Bluesky age verification protocols so please initiate any desired direct contact via open posting/tagging ( or by insta messaging) not via chat, thanks ๐)
Oliver Fox @oliverfox.bsky.social Poems, mostly. Buy my pamphlet, Haptics, via Broken Sleep Books
Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social Book: https://thecon.ai
Web: https://faculty.washington.edu/ebender
Polly Atkin @pollyrowena.bsky.social Writer, Lake-swimmer, Bookseller.
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hEDS/Haemochromatosis/all the comorbs
she/her
rep @PortyLiterary
Books incl:
Recovering Dorothy
Some Of Us Just Fall
The Company of Owls
Emergency Dream
Swimming The Seasons
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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
Writing About Writing About Writing @writingabtwriting.bsky.social A blog about writing books, and books about writing, and reading books about writing.
Writing About Writing About Writing is a project by @thatemilymunro.bsky.social.
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Sarah-Clare Conlon @sarahclareconlon.bsky.social Less able to stand โ๏ธ Writer | โ๏ธ Editor | ๐ Poetry Book Society Selections |๐ACE-funded DROUGHT THOUGHTS | ๐ฆโโฌ Wanderland (Red Ceilings) | ๐ Lune (Red Ceilings) | ๐ Using Language (Invisible Hand) | ๐ซ๐ท cache-cache (Contraband) | โต๏ธMarine Drive (Broken Sleep)
Chris Campbell @citizen-chris.bsky.social 2nd poetry collection (Parlyaree Press), mini-pamphlet (Atomic Bohemian) | Co-founder/host, Kiss The Sky poetry night (Bristol) | Co-managing editor, Anteroom | Poems in The Rialto, Magma, Prole | Oxford | https://linktr.ee/bychriscampbell
Sam Jordison @samjordison.bsky.social Mad as hell. Not going to take it any more. Journalist. Galley Beggar. 3AM Magazine Anti-Royal Correspondent.
Across The Pond podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1728150/
Galley Beggar: www.galleybeggar.co.uk
eche poetry @echepoetry.bsky.social a new online poetry journal
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Dr. Colleen S. Harris ๐๐ #booksky #libraries #spoonie @warmaiden.bsky.social Poet, academic library scholar, chronic illness life. Author: The Light Becomes Us (Main Street Rag, 2025), Toothache in the Bone (boats against the current, 2025), more. See www.colleensharris.com
Fox and Star Books @foxandstarbooks.bsky.social We publish poetry and fiction chapbooks by UK debut authors with an emphasis on global majority writers. Founder/editor: @carrieetter.bsky.social; co-editor: Kaycee Hill Website: https://foxandstarbooks.org
The Aftershock Review (Max Wallis) @maxwallis.bsky.social ๐ Max Wallis | Author of the Polari Prize-shortlisted Modern Love (2011) & Everything Everything (2016).
๐๏ธ Poems in The Rialto, Poetry Scotland, Spectator
โ๏ธ Freelance journalist (The Guardian, The Times, The Telegraph).
๐ Gay, disabled, survivor.
Yaffle @yaffles-nest.bsky.social Publisher of poetry collections and pamphlets. Yaffle and Yaffle's Nest
Online workshops and courses.
The Jawbone Collective @jawbonecollective.bsky.social The Jawbone Collective is in the SouthWest of the UK, a not for profit organisation, independent small press publisher & events organiser. Embracing & uplifting voices from LGBTQIA+, neurodivergent, disabled, marginalised & under-represented communities.
J. D. Nelson @madverse.bsky.social poet
MadVerse.com
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poetry micropoetry anti-poetry
Boulder, Colorado
almost human
Christus Super Omnia โฉ
Black Cat Poetry Press @blackcatpress.bsky.social Independent poetry press.
Editors Satya Bosman & Catherine Balaq.
www.blackcatpress.co.uk
https://linktr.ee/blackcatpress
Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social I like apples. I post photos. I dig birds. I write books. (One of those is THE CALAMITIES, out now.) Yes, I'm cringe. What do you want from me, I'm a 50-year-old dad and my brain is a mouse-eaten shoebox.
Luca Paci @lucapaci.bsky.social Poet, lecturer and translator.
https://www.parthianbooks.com/products/tempo-excursions-in-21st-century-italian-poetry
Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social Poet, New York Times bestselling author of Paleolithic Era novels, nonfiction writer, award-winning screenwriter.
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Zoรซ Brigley @zoebrigley.bsky.social Award winning poet, editor of Poetry Wales, poetry coeditor at Seren Books, a founding editor of Modron Magazine
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!!!
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social Write your way to a more positive outlook on life! Guided writing activities to foster personal growth, increased mindfulness, and emotional wellbeing. Online anywhere, and in-person in North East England. writingforwellbeing.co.uk
River River Books @riverriverbooks.bsky.social Where Poetry Moves. Two editors, publishing (at least) two exceptional poetry titles a year & the Plainwater Nonfiction Series. Poetry submissions open in May. Posts by editors @hanvanderhart.bsky.social and @amorak.bsky.social
www.riverriverbooks.org
Erica Gillingham @ericareadsqueer.bsky.social writer โข poet โข bookseller โข hella queer
pamphlet THE HUMAN BODY IS A HIVE
substack CALL ME MAMA โข PhD in YA
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Wasafiri Magazine @wasafirimag.bsky.social The magazine of international literature since 1984. Order our latest issue, Wasafiri 127: Solidarities
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Seren Books @serenbooks.bsky.social Walesโ leading independent English-language publisher ๐ Winner Small Press of the Year Wales 2025 ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ
Pavilion Poetry @pavilionpoetry.bsky.social Award-winning publisher of the best in contemporary poetry, from @livunipress.bsky.social. Not currently accepting submissions.
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Charlotte Lunn (she/her) @charlottelpoet.bsky.social ๐Queer, disabled, poet
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Franรงois Vinsot @artfv1.bsky.social French Visual Artist, ex journalist and published writer https://francoisvinsot.wordpress.com/
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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/
Katie Jenkins @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social Mother, writer, public servant. Poetry co-editor @brokenspinearts.bsky.social
Internet Archive @archive.org Internet Archive is a non-profit research library preserving web pages, books, movies & audio for public access. Explore web history via the Wayback Machine. 
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Taylor Strickland @taylor-strickland.bsky.social Poet. Translator. Winner of 2023 Saltire Award for Scottish Poetry Book of the Year. Get a copy of DASTRAM/DELIRIUM now -> https://linktr.ee/taylorstricklandarts
Jill Jones @jill-jones-1.bsky.social Poet & perambulator. Unruly in queer suburbia, living on unceded Kaurna land. Out now: Acrobat Music: New & Selected Poems (Puncher & Wattmann). Also: Wild Curious Air, A History of What I'll Become, Viva The Real, and others
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@lauren-thomas.bsky.social @lauren-thomas.bsky.social All things poetry. Co-editor of Black Iris https://www.blackirispoetry.com
James Topham @jamestopham.bsky.social Screenwriter: @RidleyScottCG, @GaumontTV #BAFTA / @RocliffeForum Winner.
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LIFE IN THE ARTS LANE @lifeintheartslane.bsky.social Purveyor of fine words; theatrically promiscuous; enjoyer of cultural shenanigans; shameless flirt; big fan of fairness; ally. Sometimes funny. Always fabulous.
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Elizabeth Loudon @esloudon.bsky.social Poet, novelist, teacher, charity worker, carer, ex American. A STRANGER IN BAGHDAD (AUC) LL/Bridport, 2024 SIBF award for Best International Fiction. Best New Poets 2025. I write all by myself, and it shows. www.elizabethloudon.com.
Reading's Poet's Cafe @reading-poets-cafe.bsky.social Reading's Longest-Running and Best-Loved Poetry Reading Series!
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Spoken Word @ PBH's Free Fringe @pbhspokenword.bsky.social We'll be providing the cream of #spokenword shows, from established names to brand-new acts, combining some of the best poetry and storytelling #pbhfreefringe @freefringe.bluesky.social
Poetry in Glasgow @poetry-in-glasgow.bsky.social Poetry in Glasgow (PIG) is a community source for anyone interested in poetry in Glasgow and beyond. We share news and updates on events, opportunities and resources. PIG is for and by the community. https://poetry-in-glasgow.art/
David Hanlon @vespertine4.bsky.social Cardiff poet. Best of the Net nominee. Author of two poetry collections - 'Spectrum of Flight' published in 2020 & 'Dawn's Incision' in 2024. Co-Poetry Editor @brokenspinearts.bsky.social
Breakthrough Books @breakthroughbook.bsky.social An award-winning indie publisher putting creatives and readers first, with lovingly made, quality booksโฆ and a fair deal! E-shop now open on our website!
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Marcus Silcock @postpran.bsky.social Surreal absurd stories. Irish.ย Author ofย Dream Dust (Broken Sleep Books). Recent stories in Maudlin House, Broken Antler, Bending Genres, Your Impossible Voice, and others. Co-edits Surreal-Absurd Mercurius Mag. www.nevermindthebeasts.com
Laura Elliott @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social Disabled writer of things. Bad at being on BlueSky. Debut horror novel AWAKENED out now with Angry Robot Books.
โAn impressive debut worth losing sleep overโ - New York Times
Creative Future @creativefutureuk.bsky.social We make the arts more diverse. We work nationally with underrepresented creatives & specialise in working with writers through our Writers' Award. #CFWA
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Strider Marcus Jones @stridermarcusjones.bsky.social Poet. Five published books.DMU Law graduate. Pushcart Prizex4/Best of the Netx3 Nominations. Founder/Editor/Publisher of Lothlorien Poetry Journal https://lothlorienpoetryjournal.blogspot.co https://stridermarcusjonespoet.blogspot.com/p/about-strider.html
Juno Dawson @junodawson.bsky.social Author, screenwriter, dog lady.
Orla Owen @orlaowenwriting.bsky.social Author of The Lost Thumb, PAH, Christ On A Bike | Longlisted Dublin Literary Award 2025 | A Circle Of Strangers coming Spring 2027 with Bluemoose Books | Rep: Susan Armstrong at C&W | Website: www.orlaowen.com
Simon Alderwick @simonalderwick.bsky.social Poet living in Oxford. 'ways to say we're not alone' available through Broken Sleep Books
Nikesh Shukla @nikeshshukla.bsky.social Author. Wrote a Spider-Man comic. He wears a mask just to cover the raw flesh. A rather ugly brother with flows thatโs gorgeous.
FWC Indivisible @fwcindivisible.bsky.social FWC is a multi-state Indivisible Group and a grassroots operation providing messaging and social media content inspired by our progressive allies.
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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
Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of EMPIRE OF AI: empireofai.com. ai reporter. national magazine award & american humanist media award winner. words in The Atlantic. formerly WSJ, MIT Tech Review, KSJ@MIT. email: http://karendhao.com/contact.
Julia @chiaroscuro1897.bsky.social Poet | Writer | Freelance Art Historian
UK https://juliabiggs1.wixsite.com/juliabiggs
Pamphlet available from Salรฒ Press: https://www.salopress.com/store/nasty-objects-julia-biggs/
Hetty Cliss @hettycliss.bsky.social (In)Habit ๐ก out now with fourteen poems: https://www.fourteenpoems.com/shop/inhabit-by-hetty-cliss
Roaring 20s Radio @roaring20sradio.substack.com Monthly Soho Radio show: art, culture, books, poetry & activism! Presented by @salenagodden.bsky.social, @amahrose.bsky.social & @mattabbottpoet.com ๐ป
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