Matterist Books @matteristbooks.bsky.social Book recs, reviews, and news. Supporting independent booksellers as a Bookshop affiliate. Thanks for helping us help local bookstores. 🙏🏼 #BooksMatter
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J.J. Phillips | #SCBWI #KidLit @jjphillipsyo.bsky.social Hunted for his meteorite wand, twelve-year-old Catcher Kline must master spell-hacked spycraft to find his missing parents and stop dark wizards from weaponizing the star metal minerals that power all magic.
#AmQuerying
Write Query Hook @writequeryhook.bsky.social Find the right agents. Fast. Purpose driven tools to help writers out of the query trenches and onto agent client lists. Your agent is calling - try it free: www.writequeryhook.com/
Wild Hunt Books @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social Independent publisher.
Leeds.
Publishing director: Ariell Cacciola @ariellcacciola.bsky.social
🖤🌈https://www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/bookshop
📚 Ellie Rhymer! Spaceships and Scoundrels 📚 @ellieyellu.bsky.social Sci-fi romance author (on sub!) 🏳️🌈
Poetry: Smoky Quartz, Literary Hatchet
🏳🌈 Bi; she/her 🚑 EMT
📚 Clarion UCSD 🩺 Nursing school
TTRPGs. No TERFs.
Guy sure looks like cat food to me.
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Butlerian Jihad, now! AI = block
Rep: Christi Cardenas
haliewrites.bsky.social @haliewrites.bsky.social 
@sierramoeykens.bsky.social @sierramoeykens.bsky.social Querying my YA Historical Fantasy Romance manuscript! #amquerying
Simon Kids @simonkids.bsky.social Find us at https://www.simonandschuster.com/p/kids!
Rachel_RXD @rachelatrxd.bsky.social Here to read all the #Books 📚 Proud and grateful #LiteraryAgent at RXD Agency 🖤 http://QueryManager.com/RXDAgency
ProfilePit (Next Event: January 16th) @profilepitevent.bsky.social #ProfilePit is a writer's hype event in which people pitch their writing projects of all stages with character profiles || hosted by @qziontgipson.bsky.social
Lori Galvin @lorigalvin.bsky.social Books (and book publishing), pets, food, the usual. Literary agent at Aevitas Creative Management. 📚 http://QueryManager.com/QueryLoriGalvin
#BluePit - A Storytelling Hype & Pitch Event @bluepit.bsky.social A BlueSky exclusive storytelling hype/pitch event designed for storytellers to uplift and encourage one another and connect with industry professionals. All works are welcome, regardless of the stage they are in. (https://bluepit.carrd.co/)
SkyPitch @skypitch.bsky.social #SkyPitch - a Bluesky pitch party for #kidlit authors!
https://boringstorybook.com/skypitch
Organized by @boringstorybook.com
questpit || next event: NOV 4th @questpit.bsky.social #questpit is a writers hype event that welcomes industry participation || any stage of your wip can be pitched || run by @leonahwrites.bsky.social and @minaareis.bsky.social
https://questpit.carrd.co
Pop Up Pit @popuppit.bsky.social Pitch event focused on uplifting completed manuscripts for agents & editors to find!
co-run by @akatepockett.bsky.social and @fitzthestory.bsky.social
✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social #WIPSnips is a daily writing share tag est. Sept ‘23
Share a snippet from your work using the word, a synonym, a variation or ✨vibes✨
Be kind & supportive!
Author Hype Event: #WSPit Date: Feb 24, 2027
Hosted by: @rosie-j-potter.bsky.social
WIPPIT @wippit.bsky.social A hype pitch event for ONLY work in progress lit on Bsky & X. Brought to you by @CrystalBAuthor.bsky.social. Upcoming date is May 23, 2027 & 2028. May is also wippit writing challenge prep month and challenge month is in June.
https://wippitch.weebly.com/
#YouDeservepIt @youdeservepit.bsky.social A hype pitch event for writers that fosters community, connection, and most of all—empowerment. Next Event: January 23rd on X and January 24th on 🦋 | Hosted by @drenderturmaud
Cheer Pit @cheerpitx.bsky.social Cheer Pit is a pitch event for authors held on December 9 focused on spreading holiday cheer. Established 2024 by @cjtruwriter.bsky.social
#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social bsky pitch event for unagented creators from marginalized communities
next event Sept 30, 2026 8AM-8PM ET
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KidLitGN @kidlitgn.bsky.social KidLitGN is an annual pitch event for writers and illustrators of middle grade and younger graphic novels. The pitch event starts on the first Wednesday of October each year you can find us at kidlitgn.com.
#JoyPit Pitch Event @joypit.bsky.social Pitch event for light hearted feel-good books #JoyPit | Official Date - June 6, 2024 | Founded by @amsahubooks.bsky.social - joypitch.wordpress.com
PosterPit @posterpitevent.bsky.social A literary pitch event for all manuscripts in the form of movie posters, hosted by @myleejmiller.bsky.social and others.
https://posterpitevent.com/
MiddleGradeHub @middlegradehub.bsky.social A hub for middle grade writers
#PlaylistPitch @playlistpitch.bsky.social #PlaylistPitch a literary pitch event
Authors and illustrators pitch
Agents and editors♥️
GhostPit @ghostpit.bsky.social A pitch event on Bsky & X. Brought to you by @crystalbauthor.bsky.social and @rebleighauthor.bsky.social. The upcoming date is October 30, 2026. Summerween Kickoff Question and activity week is July 5 - 11
#CastPit @castpit4authors.bsky.social #CastPit is an online pitching event for authors on X and Bsky starting Nov. 13, 2025 6am PST. Hosted by @elisebetzbooks.
For full rules, please visit: https://www.elisebetzbooks.com/castpit
Revise & Resub @reviseresub.bsky.social #RevPit is a contest for #authors by #editors with the aim of presenting agent-ready manuscripts
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#HopePit Community @hopepit.bsky.social Hype event for all creators: ☀️November 13, 2026☀️
🌱community building & vision for resilience
#solarpunk, #clifi, #hopepunk, #mindfulness, #permaculture, & #magic
Let's elevate these genres & future vision!
Ange | Author A. M. Shilling @gunsmile.bsky.social Indie author of horror, fantasy, and romance. Fil-Am. She/her. Out now: THE DEVOURING. Currently writing a vampire novella and a romantic urban fantasy. 🚫 no genAI
amshilling.com
lia ☁️ is querying @brantleywrites.bsky.social mom to four cats | querying LAOC | writing MHOS (under pinned)
she/her, 31, audhd
https://brantley.carrd.co/
🆂🅷🅴🆁🆈🅻 🆂🆃🅴🅸🅽 she/her @sherylstein.bsky.social Are you there, social media void? It's me, Sheryl.
Writer (WaPo, #WFWA #Binders). Deus ex mama. Soccer mom with track marks ( #PI #CVID #DIS #ChronicIllness). Rutgers stan.
Rep: @shellyromero
website: sherylstein.com
links: https://linktr.ee/sherylstein
#SmallPitch @smallpitch.org The big pitch event for small presses and authors. Next event: January 2027. Hosts: @millieabecassis.com, @florencechien.com, and @morkalmarrh.bsky.social. Posts by Millie.
🌐 smallpitch.org
💬 discord.gg/xHVztad5ee
Path2pub (Path To Publication) @path2pub.bsky.social Path To Publication: From The Querying Trenches To The Shelves. We’re writers sharing our publication journey along with tips & lessons! #P2Ppit hosts.
🔗 https://path2pub.wordpress.com/
Rob Gotobed @robgotobed.bsky.social Stand-up philosopher, scribe, bongo drummer and professional time-traveller. (Once dated Anne Boleyn)
Amazon: bit.ly/4hA0B7W
Apple: http://bit.ly/3K6WdB9
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2992620/
Hannah Sheppard @hannahlitagent.bsky.social Founder and Literary Agent at www.HS-LA.com @HSLANews.bsky.social
#WeNeedDiverseBooks.
Story lover. Vintage typewriter obsessed. Feminist. She/Her/Ms
https://linktr.ee/hannah_litagent
Vicky Weber - Agent, Author, Educator 📚 @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social Literary Agent at Fuse Literary ❤ Publishing Coach + 🇵🇷 Children's Book Author repped by Amy Giuffrida @kissbyink.bsky.social
👉 https://vickyweberbooks.substack.com/p/start-here
Picture Book Summit @picturebooksummit.bsky.social The original online writing conference JUST for Picture Book Creators, established in 2015. Join us ONLINE on Oct. 3 2026 with Superstar Speakers Derrick Barnes, Deborah Underwood, and Brian Lies! picturebooksummit.com
Lori Knutsen: Kidlit Writer, Teacher and Photographer @lknutsenkidlit.bsky.social I write #PB #YA to uplift, inspire, and entertain kids.❤️ Boy mom. Teacher. Dreamer. #kidlitfirefly #ND 💫📝🌈
Seeking Rep https://loriknutsen.com
#50Preciouswords ‘26‘25 HM
#springflingkidlit ‘25 Winner
#Halloweensie ‘25 HM
#SCBWI
#12X12
#PBRS Col
Emelie Burl @bigkidbookworm.bsky.social Former Indie Bookseller turned Literary Agent of Chaos at Susan Schulman Literary Agency.
she/her
www.schulmanagency.com
Sylvia Chen 余愛莉 @sylviaichen.bsky.social TRICKY CHOPSTICKS {‘24 @SimonKIDS} 🌟 SPARKLES FOR SUNNY: A Lunar New Year Story {‘25 @PenguinKids} 🌟 #SCBWI #12x12PB #PBParty #PBRisingStars #PBStudyBuddy Rep: @AgentHenkin 💜 food +☕+ writing STEAM PBs
WriteMentor @write-mentor.bsky.social Join our supportive community of children's fiction writers 📝
Elana Roth Parker @elanaroth.bsky.social Lit agent. Often quilting. Always rewatching a Star Trek series (not Enterprise). Very Jewish. Still not Elena. She/her.
elana.me / lowercasequilts.com
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
Izzy @izzybell180.bsky.social ✌ 28 ✌️
🇺🇲 USA 🇺🇲
♈ She/her ♈
🥵 Avid Adult Reader 🥵
😅 Amateur Writer 😅
Gary Stevenson @garyseconomics.bsky.social Inequality Economist, former trader and author of The Trading Game. Other Economists make predictions, but my ones are actually right.
https://linktr.ee/garysecon
Paper Dan @paperdan.bsky.social Part-time ephemera and book dealer. Full-time cat-dad. Omniphile sad that I won't live long enough to learn everything.
Manuscript Wish List® @manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social 📚The new, non-Twitter home of #MSWL! We are a way for agents and editors to tell writers what they *wish* they had in their inboxes. Full agent profiles here: https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/ Newsletter: https://manuscriptwishlist.com/subscribe 
Kim Wagner Nolan @kimwnolan.bsky.social #Kidlit Author & Illustrator @LittleThoughtsPress.com raising foster kids & chickens, Winner of #50PreciousWords, #SCBWIDrawThis https://linktr.ee/kimwnolan
Belcastro Agency @belcastroagency.bsky.social Belcastro Agency is a full-service literary agency. We are passionate about helping authors realize their dream of being published.
Kaitlyn Katsoupis @redpenkaitlyn.bsky.social Literary Agent - Belcastro
Freelance Editor - Strictly Textual
Serial comma for life.
She/her. 🏳️🌈
Ashlee MacCallum @ashleedani.bsky.social junior literary agent @howlandlit.bsky.social | brewing banned books, spinning stories, and raising feral protagonists | powered by coffee and chaos | rep: @redpenkaitlyn.bsky.social @belcastroagency.bsky.social
Howland Literary @howlandlit.bsky.social Woman-owned boutique literary agency, representing award-winning writers of fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books.
Rebecca Angus (UPDATES ONLY) @bookfairyangus.bsky.social Literary Agent with Howland Literary
Author as Mackenzie Carson rep’d by Weaver Literary
ELA Teacher
Has too many chickens 🐔
🏳️🌈 she/her/they/NB
Joyce Sweeney @joycesweeney.bsky.social Literary Agent, author
Mindy Alyse Weiss @mindyalyseweiss.bsky.social I write #PB & #MG with humor, heart & hope 💖
#PBParty host | #SCBWI FL Crit Group Coordinator | #12x12PB | http://linktr.ee/MindyAlyseWeiss | https://mindyalyseweiss.com/
Repped by @joycesweeney.bsky.social
Cheryl B. Klein @cherylklein.bsky.social I notice things for a living. Editorial director, Workman Kids; author of THE MAGIC WORDS: WRITING GREAT BOOKS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS and five picture books, most recently IT’S HARD TO BE A BABY; 6yo mom; Virgo/goofball. Opinions my own.
Jenn Gautam (she/her) @jenngautam.bsky.social ✏️Picture book writer
#SCBWI #12x12 #querying
🤓 Nature nerd
🐙 Former sci educator
🏳️🌈Queer
🌳Outdoor parenting inspo on IG @ PuddleParenting.
www.jenngautam.com
📍 Massachusetts
Jennifer Tarr @jennifertarr.bsky.social #picturebook writer, #12x12PB Gold Scholarship winner '26, often despairing Mets fan
Jenny Moore, Author @jennywritemoore.bsky.social A writer of two halves.
Children's/YA books published by Maverick, New Frontier and ZunTold.
Psychological thrillers published by HQ, Harper Collins, writing as Jennifer Moore.
https://jennifermoore.wordpress.com
I Am In Print @iaminprint.bsky.social Elane & Sarah: writer uniters; friends to authors, publishers, agents and writers
We pioneered the best agent feedback service in the world - #Agent121 - and run annual writing competitions!
https://www.iaminprint.co.uk
Undiscovered Voices @uvcompetition.bsky.social Undiscovered Voices is an initiative by @SCBWI_BI to help find fresh, new voices in children's literature - #UV26 coming soon
Find out more and read extracts from the previous winning entries at at www.undiscoveredvoices.com
SCBWI @scbwi.bsky.social Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators
Supporting quality children’s books & the artists who make them since 1971.
PB Spree @pbspree.bsky.social Children's book creators bringing beautiful books into the world this year & beyond! Logo by amazing
@NatashaKhanKazi
www.pbspree.com
Anitra Rowe Schulte @anitraschulte.bsky.social Children’s book author
DANCING WITH DADDY ✨❤️
WILLOW AND BUNNY 🍃🐰
STARLIN chapter books (2026/27)
12x12 | SCBWI
12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge @12x12challenge.bsky.social 12 x 12 is a diverse community of picture book authors and illustrators at all levels. You get accountability & support in the goal to write 1 new PB draft each month + more! Registration open now! https://12x12challenge.com/membership. 
jen rofé @jenrofe.bsky.social Senior Agent at Andrea Brown Literary Agency
www.jenrofe.com
www.andreabrownlit.com
Andrea Brown Literary Agency @andreabrownlit.bsky.social We are a full service literary agency repping the best books in the world since 1981. (Not that we're biased.) We LOVE books and their creators! www.andreabrownlit.com
Lindsey Aduskevich @laduskevich.bsky.social Literary Manager with Martin Literary Management | Reader | Writer | Dreamer | #SCBWI #InkedVoices| rep'd by @joycekay.bsky.social with the Seymour Agency
Jennifer March Soloway @marchsoloway.bsky.social Founder + Agent @StarlingLiterary | she/her | @MillsMFALit alum | horror fan (bring on the blood) | In love with all things story | ✨Revision is magical!✨
Starling Literary + Media @starlingliterary.bsky.social Starling Literary + Media represents bestselling and award-winning creators, as well as debuts. Our goal is to help create enduring legacies through our strategic guidance, editorial savvy, and innovative business tactics.
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