Whimsy @whimsyfiction.bsky.social A monthly microfiction contest celebrating the lighter, more peculiar side of storytelling. Yes, our alpaca travels by quill 🦙🪶
https://www.whimsyfiction.com/
🌱Elaine Lithgow - New Workers Union Era🌱 @elainelithgow.bsky.social Scottish TTRPG Producer at Rowan Rook & Decard. Usurper to the throne of Spire and Heart. Designer, Writer, and RRD Workers Union Rep. She/her 🏳️🌈
We're all just telling each other stories as the lights go out.
https://linktr.ee/elainelithgow
Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social Fighting for trans+ rights, together.
https://www.transsolidarityalliance.org.uk/
https://www.transsecretsanta.co.uk/
Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social SFF author, triple Hugo award winner (and three times Locus award too), over a million books sold.
Mostly on Mastodon: @cstross@wandering.shop
Blog: https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/
Corvidaeum Creative @corvidaeumcreative.bsky.social A co-working space for marginalised creatives in Edinburgh.
Established by queer, disabled writers searching for a safe space, Corvidaeum Creative represents both a personal mission and a community response.
Rebekah Fieschi @theheadlessbeki.bsky.social Fabulist
Kelpies Prize Winner, 26 Yeovil LL, Searchlight's PB LL
📖coming soon
🎬Sylphvania Grove, Mauvaises Têtes, The Unvisited
I write PB for wee ones, fantasy for young readers, and haunting tales for former children.
https://linktr.ee/rjffieschi
Milkyblood - looking for art job @milkyblood.bsky.social An online artist
Join the milkyblood official discord
https://discord.gg/7XgVvw942R
Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social MP for Islington North
🇵🇸 Caleb 𓇼 ⋆｡˚ 𓆝⋆｡˚ 𓇼 🏳️⚧️ @littlestpersimmon.bsky.social Perpetually Haunted.
Indigenous Southeast Asian mostly, but a mixed bag as well. Also trans. Header by Yaso. 🌿🕊🦪🌜
He/him 🧿 ♂️🍉🥀
Sanya Dimova @sanyadimova.bsky.social sanyadimova.com
Short stories in @lunastation.bsky.social, @elegantliterature.bsky.social, @crepuscularmag.bsky.social, and more.
Born to hex my enemies with Slavic witchcraft, forced to track KPIs and align stakeholders.
@galegirl.bsky.social @galegirl.bsky.social 
Scottish Trans @scottishtrans.bsky.social Working for gender identity and gender reassignment equality and rights in Scotland. Part of @lgbtiscotland.bsky.social
https://www.scottishtrans.org/
🌷Whiskey🌷 @whiskey-thorns.bsky.social •28• Tattoo Artist/illustrator • Edinburgh•
18+ acc 
Henshaw Press @presshenshaw.bsky.social Supporting new writing. Run by Hobeck Books. A new competition every quarter with the chance of winning publication and £200. PLUS our bespoke critique service. www.henshawpress.co.uk
Freya @freyaking.bsky.social Teacher / artist / creative / writing contest junkie
The Cosmic Background @thecosmicbgr.bsky.social 🚀 SF/F Magazine
👻Flash Fiction + Poetry
👁️Closed for Submissions
📒 Stories are Free to read NOW
Editor Sam Asher https://bsky.app/profile/samasherwriter.bsky.social
https://www.thecosmicbackground.com
https://linktr.ee/thecosmicbgr
New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social Made with love for the classics, and an inclusive, boundary-pushing approach to storytelling. https://newedgeswordandsorcery.com/
Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social The magazine for explorers of strange worlds & new horizons! Say hi press@wyrd.science
Made in Belgium. Published in the UK. Read Everywhere.
https://linktr.ee/wyrdscience
#RPG #TTRPG #Wargames #Boardgames #Fantasy #SciFi #Comics #CoolShit
Katherine Traylor @katherinetraylor.bsky.social US-born fantasy writer currently based in Prague. She/her. ⛥🌕⛥ 🏳️🌈
Website: katherinetraylor.com
Baubles From Bones @bfbzine.bsky.social ~ Science fiction and fantasy from the small, overlooked places. ~
Publishing the best emerging and established writers in sff 💀
Read: baublesfrombones.com
Subscribe: patreon.com/BaublesFromBones
Pittsburgh, PA
genna ̖́ - @okpng.bsky.social creative who loves to document ✦ she/her · 🇵🇭🇦🇺 · @okpng on twt · @genspens on Instagram
Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social Writer of games, books, TV, film and comics. Co-Director of Narrativia. Cat Spooner. Flibbertigibbet. https://rhiannapratchett.com
Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org We use the law to resist hate and bring hope. Injustice is not inevitable.
Support us: https://goodlaw.social/donate-bsky
Promoted by Good Law Project Ltd, 3 East Point, High Street, Seal, TN15 0EG
LGBT+ Liberal Democrats 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @pluslibdems.bsky.social The Liberal Democrats party body for gender and sexual minorities. Campaigning for equality. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Promoted by LGBT+ Lib Dems, 66 Buckingham Gate, SW1E 6AU.
👉 lgbt.libdems.org.uk
J Mildánoff @joannaobviously.bsky.social SFF Author. Balkan gremlin 🇧🇬🇨🇦 | 💗💜💙 she/her | swear-a-lot ™ | short stories in The Selkie, Inner Worlds, and The Moss Puppy Mag | https://linktr.ee/jmildanoff
Art is HUMAN!!!
Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social A publisher of science fiction and fantasy, based in Wales.
Utopia Science Fiction Magazine @utopiascifi.bsky.social We are a paying science fiction magazine dedicated to publishing quality science fiction short stories, science articles, and poetry. Find us here: https://www.utopiasciencefiction.com/
ellipsis zine @ellipsiszine.bsky.social Literary magazine and independent press, publishing beautifully written flash and microfiction. 1,000 words or fewer.
Est. 2017-2024. Relaunched in 2026.
https://www.ellipsis-zine.com
robin j.l. ✴︎ @wyrmregards.bsky.social lowly draftsman / scotland / he/they
contact; hello@wyrmregards.com ✧ shop; https://wyrmregards.etsy.com ✧ website; https://wyrmregards.com
brighton ✨ YT channel coming soon!!! @thewizardbright.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️he/they | 28 | artist whenever possible | mostly just getting by | AuDHD ✨What Lights Up Bright on YT✨
🌿viktor aleksander🌿🩸devil's minion pilled🩸 @nooskadraws.bsky.social 31/white/🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 (he/him)🍵illustrator & tea drinker & victorian gentleman in training🍵 alex_dingley@hotmail.co.uk ✨️PLEASE DON'T DM ME ON HERE✨️ 🌸seeking rep!🌸
Jonah Walker | Local Wizard! @galacticjonah.bsky.social Friends call me Juno | he/they 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 | freelance artist | Scotland
Portfolio: galacticjonah.com
Everything else: galacticjonah.carrd.com
Project inquiries via email please ✨
📩galacticjonah@gmail.com
Common art tags: #originalart | #ocart
J.R. Dawson @jrdawson.bsky.social She/They. The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World (Tor, 2025). The First Bright Thing (Tor, 2023). Nebula, Sturgeon, and Hugo finalist. Goldie award winner. ✡️🏳️🌈🍉Linktree: https://linktr.ee/jrdawsonwriter Rep: Stevie Finegan
Charlie Knight [they/them] | Editor / Author 📚 @cknightwrites.bsky.social Editor / Author / Gamer / Narrative Designer / N7
🏳️⚧️👨🦽🪶✡️🇵🇸
🍑🏴☠️ TEMPEST, TAKE ME HOME out now! buttpirates.carrd.co
All links 👉🏼 cknightwrites.carrd.co
Andrew Joseph White 🏴🏳️⚧️ @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social #1 bestselling author, trans autistic monster boy • out now: YOU WEREN'T MEANT TO BE HUMAN • up next: YOU’RE NO BETTER • he/him • andrewjosephwhite.com • mostly crossposting
Xiran Jay Zhao @xiranjayzhao.bsky.social #1 New-York-Times-Disqualified & Hugo-Award-disqualified author of IRON WIDOW and ZACHARY YING AND THE DRAGON EMPEROR (They/Them)
OTHERSIDE @othersidespec.bsky.social OTHERSIDE is a quarterly magazine of speculative fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and art by 2SLGBTQIA+ writers and artists. 🪐🗡️🌈
https://patreon.com/othersidespec · https://othersidespec.com
SYP Scotland @sypscotland.bsky.social The Scottish branch of the Society of Young Publishers, supporting junior and aspiring publishing professionals.
https://linktr.ee/SYPScotland
Kathleen Neeley @kathleenneeley.bsky.social Printmaker and illustrator
instagram.com/kathleep
kathleenneeley.com
Illumicrate ✨ @illumicrate.bsky.social Book subscriptions & special editions 📚 Fantasy, romance, horror, sci-fi and mystery at illumicrate.com
Carmen Wiigwaas Craig @carmunist.bsky.social Learning and teaching my language—Nishnaabemwin. Jijaak ndoodem. Consultant at Oodenaw.com. Award-winning short fiction author and poet. Developmental editor at DarlingAxe.com. Kidlit, YA, hist fic, women's lit. She/they
@mossworm.bsky.social @mossworm.bsky.social Hello! Entomologist and crustacean biologist from Florida, USA! Also art and game development. AuDHD. has anyone seen my phone
Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social Queer-owned and woman-led independent community bookshop. 🏳️🌈 An unapologetically activist, intersectional, feminist, antiracist, lgbtq+ community space.
Find us at https://lighthousebookshop.com/
@gaystheword.bsky.social @gaystheword.bsky.social LGBT+ Bookshop, London
Tues - Sat Open 11am - 6pm
Sunday Open 1pm - 6pm
Monday - Closed
Pop-up location: 58-60 Marchmont Street, London WC1N 1AB
The Common Press Bookshop @thecommonpress.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 London's queer intersectional bookshop! A sanctuary for storytelling, queer literature & culture.
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We are open Tues - Sun 11 am - 6.30 pm | Events 7 pm-late
118 Bethnal Green Rd, Shoreditch, London, United Kingdom E2 6DG
commonpress.co.uk
Argonaut Books @argonautbooks.bsky.social | 🌊 Leith’s Independent Bookshop - Est.2021
| 🗓️ Open 7 Days a Week
| 🕰️ Sun-Thurs: 10:00-18:00/Fri-Sat: 10:00-20:00
| 📍 15-17 Leith Walk, Edinburgh, EH6 8LN
| 🌐 argonautbooks.co.uk
Quill Scotland @quill.scot Championing the LGBTQ+ Community in the Scottish Literary Scene
https://www.quill.scot/
Helvetica Blanc @helveticablanc.bsky.social Symbol Enthusiast • They • Coast Salish Land
helveticablanc.com
Revise & Resub @reviseresub.bsky.social #RevPit is a contest for #authors by #editors with the aim of presenting agent-ready manuscripts
linktr.ee/reviseresub
Twist in the Tale @twistinthetale.bsky.social A writing community like no other, filled with wonderful people. Up next is Twisted Tournament on 18th August https://twistedtournament.com/register-for-contest
Psychopomp @psychopomp.com Publisher of otherworldly fiction @ Psychopomp.com
Publisher of death-focused magazine: @TheDeadlands.com
Publisher of @fantasymagazine.bsky.social
Buy our books! https://psychopomp.com/books/
Fantasy Magazine @fantasymagazine.bsky.social on hiatus...
https://psychopomp.com/fantasy/
#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/)
Unhinged Pitch Event @unhingedpit.bsky.social #UnhingedPit - where there are no rules other than nothing conventional! || hosted by @jeneedutary and @thewriterjo Next event allusively planned.
SkyPitch @skypitch.bsky.social #SkyPitch - a Bluesky pitch party for #kidlit authors!
https://boringstorybook.com/skypitch
Organized by @boringstorybook.com
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
#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
QueerPit @queerpit.bsky.social Pitch event for 2SLGBTQIA+ writers and their stories. Next event is July 1st, 2026!
Hosted by: @nicolemtota @mjbowman @ntlovich @lucywrites and @andreamariana89
#SEAsianPit @seasianpit.bsky.social #SEAsianPit is an annual pitch event for self-identifying Southeast Asian writers & illustrators everywhere.
🔗 seasianpit.carrd.co
#ShortPit (hibernating) @shortpit.bsky.social A community pitching event for short stories! By authors, for authors, for fun, for vibes. Run by @hannahhzhangg.bsky.social and @thevalrobles.bsky.social !!
#PitchDis @pitchdis.com An online pitch event for unagented disabled authors.
2026 Pitch Dates - September 8-10.
Visit the official site www.pitchdis.com
Hosted by @despinakarras.com
Logo and banner by @mxcarmilla.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/
#MiseryPit @miserypit.bsky.social #MiseryPit - A pitch event focusing on Mysteries, Thrillers, and True Crime for the #writingcommunity and #Booksky authors. Hosted by @jocelynegregory.bsky.social
Next event: February 1st, 2026
#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
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/
Cupit @cupitch.bsky.social A pitch event for romance of all sorts on bsky & X. #Cupit is hosted by @CrystalBAuthor.bsky.social.
We will see you February 14, 2026!
Wolfe 🪳 @wolfehorror.itch.io He/They || Horror & Erotica author || 🕊🪦 || 🚫 18+ only || 🏳️⚧️ || Chronically Ill 🤙🛹
https://linktr.ee/wolfehorror
ROTGUTVERSE COVERS BY @heavenlyystar.bsky.social
CO-EIC of COZY LIBRARY PRESS & MONSTER MANOR ADMIN
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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
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.
McNaughtan's Bookshop @mcnaughtans.co.uk Rare & second-hand bookshop in central Edinburgh, est. 1957.
Open every day 11am to 5pm, and till 8pm on Thursdays.
SimzArt @simzart.bsky.social Illustrations / Character Designs / Comic Books / Partnered Twitch Streamer
https://linktr.ee/simz.art
Trollbreath Magazine @trollbreathmag.bsky.social Quarterly speculative fiction, poetry, and non-fiction
Unapologetically antifascist and feminist.
NO AI!!!!
Spec SFF
magazine.trollbreath.com
https://ko-fi.com/trollbreathmagazine
https://linktr.ee/trollbreath
Gwyllion Magazine @gwyllion.bsky.social Bilingual Science Fiction and Fantasy from Wales. Issue 6 out now! We retweet story competitions and writing opportunities.
Submissions: Open
Solarpunk Magazine @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social An online publication of radically hopeful science fiction.
solarpunkmagazine.com
patreon.com/solarpunkmag
Bona Books 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social Publishing radical queer specfic from London, UK. Founded: @trip.bsky.social, @robwillb.bsky.social, @chrismccartney.bsky.social.
Harassed by: @lyamkk.bsky.social
🛸I Want That Twink OBLITERATED! (2024)
🧱Wrath Month (2026)
https://linktr.ee/bonabooksltd
Charlie Winter @awinterplace.bsky.social 
Helensburgh Book Festival @hburghbookfest.bsky.social Reading Minds - a literary festival with a difference! Join us for a weekend of wellbeing through books on the West coast of Scotland 🏴
teagan white @teaganwhite.bsky.social outsider naturalist 𓅼 decomposer 𓆸 luddite
www.teaganwhite.com
they/them
SKELLULITE 🗡️✨🔜 INDYFURCON D12 @skellulite.bsky.social 24 |He/Him| 🇵🇱Illustrator | I make cool creature art and also draw transformers from time to time. Illustrator, Printmaker, and Pyrographer
SHOP OPEN
Links: https://linktr.ee/Skellulite
RHADS @rhads.bsky.social Artem Chebokha
Digital artist and musician:
OPEN TO WORK
linktr.ee/rhads
Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social Artist & naturalist based in California!
Draws bugs & other critters 🐛 (she/her)
🛒 shop.fossilforager.art
💌 Patreon mail club, newsletter, & more: fossilforager.carrd.co
Charlie Rogers @unmutualcharlie.bsky.social Fiction writer, occasional screenwriter, accidental poet. Profoundly gay. He/him.
Jaime Gill @jaimegill.bsky.social Brit writer in Cambodia. I work, write, read, run, box, sometimes socialise. www.jaimegill.com & jaimegill.substack.com
Published in Missouri Review, The Forge, Fractured, Trampset & more
Bridport & Luminaire Prose Award winner, 3 times Puschart nominee
Ashleigh Adams 🖋️📚✨ @ashdoeswords.bsky.social She reads. She writes. She aspires to dismantle the patriarchy. 🖋️📚✨
Words in HAD💀, NFFR, Bath Flash, YIV, JAKE, After Happy Hour, FlashFlood, No Sleep, 100-Foot Crow, Neon & Smoke. Wigleaf Top 50 & Best Small Fictions longlisted
🕸️: ashleighadamswrites.com
James Flanagan @jimiflan.bsky.social Author of speculative fiction and academic scientist, Professor of Cancer Informatics at Imperial College London
Www.jimiflanwrites.com
https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/j.flanagan
@holly-realski.bsky.social @holly-realski.bsky.social 
Chad Frame @probablysomeone.bsky.social Poet, writer, gamer, colossal nerd.
Liv Strom Author @livstrom.bsky.social Swiss-Swedish writer of retold myths and fairytales with kick-ass women. Tea and books fuel my day.
https://www.livstromwrites.com/
sarah lynn hurd @sarlynh.bsky.social writer, reader, poet, film photographer, romantic, nostalgic, silly, thinking of bread (she/her)
words in NFFR, Anti-Heroin Chic, HAD, trampset, Fractured Lit, Flash Frog, ONE ART, and elsewhere
sarlynh.com
Martini Lynne @hermitsunited.bsky.social Coffee addict, computer fixer, and abuser of words.
martiniwrites.com
Rio Lombana @riolombana.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️ they/all
📚 fiction in Escape Pod, Small Wonders, Adventitious, elsewhere
👀 first reader at Apex Magazine
🪼 Viable Paradise '25 alum
🥋 jiujitsu purple belt
⛰️ Pacific Northwest transplant
bio.site/riolombana
A. H. Davison 🇨🇦 @ahdavison.bsky.social 🛸 Science Fiction Author & Cat Lady (she/her) 🐈⬛🐈⬛
Fuelled by tea and spite 🫖☕
Bi / Neurodivergent 🏳️🌈
Quill Hollow 🦔
I love chatting writing process 📝
https://linktr.ee/ahdavison?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=0169938c-8069-42da-9bd5-e990a82c90ba
Mallory Glass @mglaz.bsky.social Mallory Glass - Romance, Fantasy & Horror writer, reader, board gamer, bunny parent, easily entertained. https://malloryglass.com/
#writingcommunity #booksky
Stone Heart & ME + YOU are out! https://books2read.com/mallory-glass/
MJ Huntsgood @mjhuntsgood.bsky.social vaccine scientist | speculative horror author | loser of various awards | published stories at: https://linktr.ee/mjhuntsgood | rep: Morgan Wilson @ Belcastro Literary | more info www.mjhuntsgood.com | pronouns gg/ez cause gender is a game I'm winning
Camsyn Clair (they) @beingcam.bsky.social Black, queer writer, artist, and horse-lover who very much believes in magic.
- 2025 Not Quite Write Artist in Residence
- Cover artist for the January 2025 issue of Small Wonders
Alyson Tait @rudexvirus.bsky.social Author, Horror Lover, Silly human.