Michelle Barker @michellebark.bsky.social Senior #editor at DarlingAxe.com. Award-winning #author, Ironman #triathlete. michellebarker.ca
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
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Postscript (Book Formatter, Cover Designer and Socials Post Maker): https://book-shelfie.com/postscript
Leslie Nightingale @leslienightingale.bsky.social Writer of YA novels and educator in the DC area
Leslienightingale.com
WILDsound Writing Festival @wildsoundwriting.bsky.social Daily deadlines for poetry, short stories, screenplays, stage plays, and novels.
Links to submit via sites and submittable: www.novelwritingfestival.com
Oliver Gerlach @olliegerlach.bsky.social Comics writer:
●OFF MENU/ THE RESTAURANT AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD (Little Bee/Faber)
●DEVLIN WAUGH (2000AD)
●YOUNG MEN IN LOVE (GLAAD award winner)
●RED SONJA
And more!
Oggerlach.wordpress.com
Open for work! Email on my site.
Rep: Stephanie Winter, KOMM
Erynn Taylor @erynnthelibrarian.bsky.social middle school #librarian
aspiring graphic novelist🤸🏿♀️📚
your local 8w7 & ENFP
#kidlit #graphicnovels
@bookthots.bsky.social @bookthots.bsky.social 
Sunneh @sunnehside.bsky.social Storyteller, livestreamer, author of the "The Wayward Witch Chronicles"
Read my stories on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/Sunneh
Hang out with me Twitch! twitch.tv/sunnehface
@authoralexcole.bsky.social @authoralexcole.bsky.social 
Karley Stant | Illustrator @karleystant.bsky.social Children’s Illustrator
seeking literary representation
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( ♡ ) ( 🌙 miraculous witch of fate ) @basicbaka.bsky.social ( lily ) I { cis she/they } I { autistic & adhd } { 🔞 adults only } { 腐女子 } I ( time keeps ticking ) I { author } I { ♍♎♐ } I { rep'd by: } | elder millennial
Briannica Lynn @briannicalynn.bsky.social Writer ✍, spoonie🥄, baker 🧁, performer 🎭🎻🎤🎹
Losing battles with gravity since 1994
@painitte.bsky.social @painitte.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/painitte
Authormariewoods @probablyread-ing.bsky.social Boston based romance author
@susannajwrites.bsky.social @susannajwrites.bsky.social 
@aibilnn.bsky.social @aibilnn.bsky.social 
Sara Cullen @bysaracullen.bsky.social Writing picture books by day, consoling humans by night.
Naima Amrin @romizabooks.bsky.social Naima R Amrin is an upper Middle Grade Australian writer of South Asian background. In 2025, she participated in the Cultivate Mentorship Program for Emerging Writers from Diverse Backgrounds, funded by Create NSW (government organisation), Australia.
@author-ad-drew.bsky.social @author-ad-drew.bsky.social 
@akenas.bsky.social @akenas.bsky.social 
Shay McClean @shaymcclean.bsky.social Children's book writer and erstwhile children's bookseller. You may remember me from such stores as Third Street Books and Books of Wonder. (she/her)
Rep: Adria Goetz, KT Literary
@racheldsmithwrites.bsky.social @racheldsmithwrites.bsky.social 
John Zeleznik @johnzeleznikauthor.bsky.social Father, Husband, Teacher & Writer. Jedi Knight & friend to Captain Solo. Winter is coming. Mets, Orange, Isles, Bills fan. Novelist & writer NOT the artist with the same name! Opinions stated are mine alone.
Winter's Discord: https://a.co/d/03HllUfX
Brionna ~ Is Querying ~ @bennettbrionna.bsky.social Teacher, Writer, Poet, Creator. Life is poetry and every event is a new stanza.
https://t.crdtg2.com/331727/5165?aff_sub5=SF_006OG000004lmDN
https://linktr.ee/pthe.queer.oasis
@silvia-robutti02.bsky.social @silvia-robutti02.bsky.social Scifi writer
Shelly Pollock @shellyleap.bsky.social Co-author of LION LIGHTS with Richard Turere — the true story of a 12-year-old Maasai inventor who made peace with lions. 🦁 Winner, Children’s Africana Book Award. Former teacher. 14 years writing from an RV.
IdaMae West @idamaewest.bsky.social Elementary Teacher-Librarian, teacher-author and creator a.k.a. That Fun Reading Teacher at https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/that-fun-reading-teacher
Michelle S. Lin @michelleslin.bsky.social Writer of screenplays and graphic novels
Etrcda @kozzzhukhar.bsky.social Dark fantasy character artist
Semi-realistic male characters, creatures & narrative illustration.
Commissions - https://vgen.co/kozzzhukharr
mature art
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/
Robin August G @the-sapphic-prince.bsky.social illustrator-author
ND, trans nonbinary creator
Anti a i
robinartful.com
Action/Crime/Mystery Film & Screenplay Festival @crimemystery.bsky.social This festival now takes place every single month, giving filmmakers 4 tiers to showcase and promote their film. In-person public events also take place.
https://filmfreeway.com/crimemystery
www.crimemysteryfestival.com- E Elsie Linden @elsielinden.bsky.social Children's book author • Writing picture books about a small pumpkin-orange dragon named Beatrix • elsielinden.com 🐉🔥
Meghan Selich @megwe85.bsky.social Author
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
Chelsea DiCicco @chelseadicicco.bsky.social ADHD GIRL • Kidlit Writer, Blogger & Former Librarian • Author of 🅰︎🅳🅷🅳 🅰︎🅽🅳 🅼🅴 Feature Interview Host • Member of #SCBWI #WriteAcademy #WritingBarn #CourageToCreate PBParty Finalist 2025 www.chelseasworldofbooks.com
Courtney Anne Vocal @courtneyannevocal.bsky.social Cartoonist
https://linktr.ee/courtneyannevocal
Norm Grock @normgrock.bsky.social Artist who loves to make nerdy things. Creator of children’s books, graphic novels and video games. Writer and illustrator of GameLad published by Oni press, Coming in early 2027.
Represented @pterlip.bsky.social
All links https://linktr.ee/normgrock
🍎 Taylor Twins 🍏 @thirstytwins.satan.social 🦋Taylor Twins TWINS BING TWINS🦋
🌀gemelos Taylor Gemelos siendo gemelas🌀
⓸ 泰勒双胞胎 双胞胎就是双胞胎 ⓸
#instagram #threads #X #tumblr #bluesky https://0-info.my.canva.site/barcode-century-docx
missyrahowrites.bsky.social @missyrahowrites.bsky.social Aspiring YA writer. Jersey Girl. Travel Obsessed.
@donnamunoz.bsky.social @donnamunoz.bsky.social 
kss @ksskss.bsky.social …
J.J.W. Lovell (He/Him) @jjwlovell.bsky.social British guy - living in KY, USA
Award winning commercial copywriter
MG fantasy writer
Voiceover | youtuber | director | actor | dad
#AmQuerying - AOATDC
SB Tobin @strawberrytobin.bsky.social Emerging writer, demisexual and bisexual, certified nerd and geek
Katie | SFF writer @katieellawriter.bsky.social 🌈 long time writer, aspiring published author 🖤
Querying: science fantasy 👽🐎✨️
Drafting: scifi Beowulf 🧠✨️🗡
📍 Yorkshire 🩵
🚫 no gen AI 🙅🏼
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/a.e.ella.writer/
Miriam Frehner @miriamafrehner.bsky.social 28-year reading specialist & ELL educator turned YA author. Writing The Listener Archives — hi-lo fiction built for reluctant readers. Seeking representation. 📚
Erica Noel @ericanoelz.bsky.social Book blogger circa 2009. Writer. Aunt. Ed.D.
Jesse O Benitez - Writing @jesseobenitez.bsky.social Lifelong reader & writer
I'm here to make friends (especially people who write/read books) please reach out 📚📝✍️
I hope to make a better world for everybody
Never let them get you down!
https://linktr.ee/JesseOBenitez
@rigelwriting.bsky.social @rigelwriting.bsky.social 
@TrishaWrites4#writingsomethingsomewhere#onquery#readingbooks @mindingmybizness.bsky.social Author , Mom, Wife , #SCBWI Businessowner, public education supporter , former ESL, disability advocacy ,
Speak up even if it’s uncomfortable.- G gollerc.bsky.social @gollerc.bsky.social
M.H.Urban - Horror Author @mhurban.bsky.social Just another indie author trying to come out of her hard drive. Horror, psychological thriller, dark fantasy... I like them like my coffee: strong and black. No AI, all my mistakes are human-made.
mhurban.com
Emily Rahlwes @emilyrahlwes.bsky.social 
Alexis Quin @thealexisquin.bsky.social 💛 Momming, Wife-ing, Writing (Draft 3)
🐉 Fantasy Girlie
⚔️Come Nerd Out with Me
🎥 Writing vlogs on YouTube ↓
https://www.youtube.com/@thealexisquin
Liz_does_art1 @lizzie-art.bsky.social Artiste/Illustratrice 🇫🇷
FR/ENG
🏳️🌈
lover of sapphic TV shows and terrible at crochet, wish I had a cat but I'm allergic :(
Cassie Wallin Author @cassiewallinwrites.bsky.social Revpit 2026 Shortlist. Querying an upmarket speculative novel. Co-founded a startup. Wrangling two toddlers between everything else! Send coffee!!!
CassieWallinWrites@gmail.com
https://linktr.ee/cassiewallinwrites
Sierra @itsbysierra.bsky.social 𝙿𝚜𝚢𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚢 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝 - 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 - 𝚅A - Western 𝙽𝚒𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚊- German - Slush pile reader for FFM - WIP: BURN, a reimagination of JG BALLARD, THE DROUGHT, set in Lagos.
🌟Trish🌟 @handle.invalid Christian🙏🏻
Author💎✏️
Detroit Lions fan🩶🦁
Nikki Flynn @flynnbulwinter.bsky.social Disabled, ND nerd, gamer. Partly deaf, OCD, anxiety. A #cosplayer, #writer & #audiofiction project director
for Phantasmal Bard Studios. Master's in Criminology. She/her.
Vic is querying! 🌿🏺📚 @velf.bsky.social 96% tea
Analyst
Loves myth, literature, kitchen gardens, mist-pooled valleys, stinky cheese & 3,000yo dead guys
@workingclassicists contributor
TRYING to #write
Goldfinch Novel Award LL
Yeovil Lit Prize LL
Ascent LL
Sleepy yet woke
pfp©HerderEd
🌍Birkenhead
Elvin Jones is Self Publishing @therealelvinjones.bsky.social Father. Nerd. Dreamer. Black MG author. Based in Orlando but birthed in the DMV! https://linktr.ee/TheRealElvinJones
E.B. LaBelle Attempts to Write Stuff (Draft 2 10/40) @eblabellewrites.bsky.social She/he/they, 26, AuDHD currently writing urban romantasy with blood magic, boys kissing, and hard drugs- oh my! No Gen-Ai. PFP by Mona Estrella, Header by me! 🔞 Feel free to call me EB or Evie :D
Eri Victoria | "The Fangirl Diaries" Author @scarlet-rhapsody.com "The Fangirl Diaries" (2025) ♥️ Fandom Historian♦️ Princess Karma's Royal Court ♠️ AuDHD ♣️ she/they 🦋 🐉 #FightAsianHate 💖💜💙♌️🇵🇭🇺🇸 PFP: Catsuki Arts 📫 scarlet.rhapsody@ymail.com
Buy "The Fangirl Diaries" here: https://scarlet-rhapsody.com/?page_id=22298
Sif Cináed Ó Buachalla | Writer, Storyteller, Bard @prince-0f-foxes.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 queer science fiction/fantasy writer
& composer
they/them
Fae, Irish mythology, trans & queer representation, other worldly creatures, facing your demons, self knowledge
eCitizen ⓌⒻⓅⒷ Ⓥ Ⓐ @ecitizen1.bsky.social Healthy WFPB Vegan. Child Advocate. Atheist. LGBTQI friendly. Pro-Democracy. #BlueResisters Anti-MAGA, Anti-Trump.
Retired software engineer, grandfather who likes to build & fix things. Loving relationship with a sweet woman. Lifelong learner. Prankster.
Sarah Berke @sarahjberke.bsky.social mom, wife, querying novelist, recommender of books | 🫶🏻 reading, candles, chocolate, Southern Living, friends, hot tea, the beach | follow me for book recs & notes on living, subscribe to my essay series here: https://elicitingesperance.substack.com/
christinedoublew.bsky.social @christinedoublew.bsky.social Illustrator & Fine Art Teacher based in Plouzané.
Capturing light, nature, and atmosphere through traditional mediums.
Founder of L'ARTElier.
Portfolio: christinedoublew.com
@piya81.bsky.social @piya81.bsky.social 
@charlottegoode.bsky.social @charlottegoode.bsky.social 
Rebecca Field @rebeccafieldgraphy.bsky.social Illustrator of beautiful worlds where dogs train humans to be kinder and more joyful. HS art teacher, teenager whisperer, facilitator of creative thought and imaginative possibilities
https://www.rebeccafieldgraphy.me
Sandhya Jain of All Trades @jainofalltrades.bsky.social ✍🏽 Masala Romantasy — "After all, there's a reason we wrote the Kama
Sutra." ❤️🔥⚔️🌶️
🎙️”Future Bestselling Author” podcast
#writersky #authorsky #JainOfAlITrades
🌳 https://linktr.ee/sandhyanyc- S samantha-brins-lee.bsky.social @samantha-brins-lee.bsky.social
Lula 👻 @spoookylula.bsky.social She/Her
Neurodivergent writer with CPTSD & dyscalculia.
🫶🏻
Here to connect with fellow writers.- B bethrochewrites.bsky.social @bethrochewrites.bsky.social
Ria Kraft, MD @riakraftmd.bsky.social Radiation oncologist with a love for teaching and narrative medicine
The Storytellers Foundation | The Storyteller's Shelf Podcast @tstorypodcast.bsky.social https://thestorytellersshelfpodcast.com | Kidlit & publishing conversations. Top 100 & Spotify Award-Winning Podcast. Home of the Big Bang Notable Book List & Storytellers Summit Series. Writing a book? Our writing tools: https://getstoryrise.com
Vanitha Sankaran @vanithasankaran.bsky.social Writer. Scientist. Traveler.
Andrew Whitesell @wordsfromandrew.bsky.social Writer ✍️ | Illustrator 🎨 | Wood Carver 🦆| Web Dev by trade 🖥️ | Father of a Shark 🦈 and a Raccoon 🦝
#AmQuerying
Sue Sutherland, Author - TWELVE DAYS AT GLACIER @suemt.bsky.social Debut picture book author - TWELVE DAYS AT GLACIER, granola girl, weaver, quilter, traveler, photographer, 12x12, Montana SCBWI
Coming Soon - HOW HANNAH GOT HER LUMP OF COAL (2026), TWELVE DAYS AT YELLOWSTONE (2027), & NOTHING BUT NET TROUBLE
@katereadsandwrites.bsky.social @katereadsandwrites.bsky.social 📚 Reader, writer, book club lover
✍️ Writing adult & kids fiction
⚡️ Love stories that spark conversation
💛 Lifelong book lover
🌿 Nature & walking lover
👦 👧 Reading with my kids
📖 12x12 | SCBWI
📍 Hertfordshire, UK
#picturebooks #upmarketfiction
Sara M. Kapadia @sarakapadia.bsky.social AS WE CONVENE
anthology author
A GLIMPSE INTO MY COUNTRY
anthology author
Adoptive-Foster Mum to 2 boys, Storyteller, Artist, Academic, Survivor
#SouthAsian
#Neurodivergent
#MGpies
MacMillan Mentee
www.sara.kapadia.com- V vpaesdealmeida.bsky.social @vpaesdealmeida.bsky.social
Nicole Couch @nicolecouch.bsky.social #amquerying writer of MG and YA. SCBWI. Pittsburgh. 
Ramya G Spaulding @rgspaulding.bsky.social Author/illustrator looking for representation #12x12 #PB #MG #engineer #STEAM #scbwi #2021PBParty Finalist, #2025PBParty HM, #2025PBRisingStar HM. Will not engage in DMs from unknown people.
www.rgspaulding.com
Kat Devitt @katdevittwrites.bsky.social 🖤Author of Gothic Things
🌸SmoochPit 2023-24 Mentee
🌙Pushcart Prize & Best of the Net Nominee
🐱Cat Purrrent
📚Library Gremlin
Safe space for all. 🌈,BLM
NO DMs
https://katdevitt.com/
Daphne M. | Drafting oh so slowly @daphnemwrites.bsky.social No Questions Asked v0.3: 64508
BagWIP: 3628
ArtWIP: 3783
Writing contemporary romance, reading everything, doing art (badly), crafting thru the carpal tunnel, and learning every chance I get.
they/them
No AI
Fuck TERFs
#FirstDraftFall kick my ass please
Matthew Kerns @matthewkerns.com Spur and Western Heritage Award-winning author of Texas Jack. Writing about AI, consciousness, and the stories we tell ourselves at matthewkerns.com. Novel forthcoming.
WBelleWriter @wbwilson.bsky.social writer, artist, retired librarian
https://www.amazon.com/stores/W.-B.-Wilson/author/B07VZ7T2ZD?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true
@ayesha-hayes.bsky.social @ayesha-hayes.bsky.social 
Suki @querytoapp.bsky.social Founder of QueryTo: an app for querying authors still using Word or Excel to track queries.
www.queryto.app
https://queryto.app/blog
https://queryto.app/events
@thwyman.bsky.social @thwyman.bsky.social 
BEA is writing the first draft @beaauthor.bsky.social Project idea began: 2024
Project Outline began: Dec 2025
First draft finished: ??? Dec 2026??
Outline is finished ✔️
Draft zero ✔️
Word count so far:21,514/ 90,000
as of 9/17
NO AI or bots please!!!
Zach Daniek @zachdaniek.bsky.social Hi! My name is Zach and I am an illustrator with a focus on children’s publishing.
https://www.zachdaniek.com
Lisa Asanuma @lisaasanuma.bsky.social Writer, knitter, fangirl, music enthusiast.
ADHD, Demi. Will get messy on the timeline.
Out here liking your CraftSky pics.
Penny Nolan @pennynolanwrites.bsky.social Artist and children's book author.
Megan Mellen @meganmellen.bsky.social fiction and essays from the Salish Sea
@raisa-henley80.bsky.social @raisa-henley80.bsky.social 
charlotteimogen @charlotteimogen.bsky.social MA in English Literature. Lesbian (taken <3 ).
Writer. Professor.
All non-comp-title art posted for pitch events is my own.
Querying: "The Mage and I, Malachi"