Hopeful News @hopefulnewshq.bsky.social The newsletter full of good news. Start your day with a smile!
Keith Woodruff @keithwoodruff.bsky.social Everything would be great if The Smiths would just get back together.
Words: Wigleaf, HAD, Roi Faineant, Does it Have Pockets? Pithead Chapel, Your Impossible Voice, Trash Cat Lit, and BSF 2017, 2019. 2018 Pushcart recipient. www.keithawoodruff.com
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Buseum @buseum.bsky.social 
Pádraig Barry (PJ) @pjbarry.bsky.social Retired guy. Nurses and surgeons are my heroes. An English/History Major Should Have Been Trapped in an Accountant’s Body, LH Guy explains a lot, Married to a Saint, What a Great Life We Are Having Together 🚫porn
@chrisln47.bsky.social @chrisln47.bsky.social 
Amber Ken @amberken.bsky.social Writer of short stories, poetry, and CNF - I don't much like to choose (read: bisexual)
autistic & chronically ill 🥄
🌊 Folkestone-dweller
genres: literary, horror
Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social Imperfect hooman 🖤 Perfect mix of Angel 👼 and Demon 😈
Find me on X and connect - https://x.com/whisperingpoems
Halo McCoy @halomccoy.bsky.social Progressive Liberal Socialist. Blue dot in a Southern red zone. I don't do DMs. I DO NOT DONATE $ TO ANYONE ONLINE SO STOP FOLLOWING ME. Have pitchfork; will travel. Race: Satan. ANTIFA AND PROUD!
Harleysdad ☮️ @harleysdad4.bsky.social Made in Detroit
Yankee living in the deep south.
Dog dad
MAGATS and BOTS WILL be blocked!
🚫DMs 🚫Porn
#Resist☮️ 🌊
#FBR
#BlueCrew
🇺🇦 Slava Ukraini
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Scott B. Silverman @scottbsilverman.bsky.social Hi, friend. Me: fan of comedy, decency, democracy, and lox. Brand strategist, namer, copywriter. Articulated Brands®, Los Angeles. Detroit native. UW-Madison alum.
Geoff Cain @geoffcain.bsky.social Geoffrey B. Cain is a writer, artist, bon vivant et flâneur.
Dare to be random!
https://linktr.ee/geoffcain
David Gladwin @dlgladwin.bsky.social My novella Coldwell is published by Road Song - https://roadsongbooks.com/product/coldwell/
Environmental modernism:
Wensum Literary Magazine https://wensumlit.co.uk/issue-4-autumn-2023/
Further exploring:
Echtrai http://anmorstudio.uk
RobertA Beary (they/she) @shortpoemz.bsky.social Haibun Editor ‘Modern Haiku’
Awards: Winner - Bridport & Touchstone / Finalist - Rattle
📚 CRAZY BITCHES (selected haibun), CAROUSEL, THE UNWORN NECKLACE,
DEFLECTION, HAIBUN a writer’s guide
https://robertabeary.com
@tomwalker36.bsky.social @tomwalker36.bsky.social 
Jozzie Stuchell Velesig @jozziewrites.bsky.social Reader and writer. #amwriting a biographical historical fiction novel
Anna Iltnere @sealibrary.bsky.social creator of an ongoing artwork - Sea Library - one thousand books about the sea, by the sea, for everyone to borrow and read
writing a book for Facet Publishing / represented by Stimola Literary Studio
http://sea-library.com
Mandy @mandylange.bsky.social writer of short stuff, mother of poultry grand champions, seeker of iced coffee.
VO XO @voxo-wav.bsky.social Ride the wav 🌊
Love Herself out now
listen / save / add to ur playlists 💙
Linktr.ee/voxo.wav
Verde Mar @tetrametracall1.bsky.social I write enigmatic, paradoxical, melancholic micro-writes. #INFJ; My writes: http://allpoetry.com/Verde_Mar; Other platforms: tetrametracall1 🎶 💙 🐾 🦋
Michael Russell Jones @michaeljonas.bsky.social Word nerd.
Neurodivergent autodidact.
Proud survivor of childhood S.A.
Psych ward philosopher.
Resides and writes in Skokie, Illinois.
https://whiskeytit.com/article/five-poems/
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
Sydney Koeplin @skoeplin.bsky.social 🌾 she/her | writer&editor
Author Stephenson & Kitbrick Stop-mo. @authorstephenson.bsky.social Reader, writer, reviewer, coarse angler, blogger, at StephensonHolt.com. Author of 33 mixed genre novels, teaching grandson about fishing. His site on Youtube is @KitBR1CK
Zeb Haradon @zebharadon.bsky.social My books - https://www.zebharadon.com/p/books.html
Opinions are my own not employers etc.
Live in Seattle
Sophie? @sophontrack.bsky.social Writer. Love ghosts and justice and also trains. 🍉. All people are friends.
activehumanity.substack.com
Elise Blackwell @eliseblackwell.bsky.social Novelist interested in arts, sciences, curiosities.
Christina Tudor @christinaltudor.bsky.social Writer, vegan taco enthusiast, cat parent. Words in HAD, Flash Frog, Litro Magazine, Best Small Fictions 2024, and more. CALL MY BODY A CAUTIONARY TALE coming soon from Thirty West on October 23, 2026.
www.christinatudor.com
Brendan Gillen @beegillen.bsky.social Stories in Florida review, wigleaf, maudlin house, taco bell quarterly, had, xray & others. Pushcart & BSF nom. STATIC (vine leaves press '24). bgillen.com.
JMWW Journal @jmwwjournal.bsky.social jmww (https://jmwwblog.wordpress.com/guidelines/), a weekly journal publishing the best in fiction, poetry, flash, essays, and interviews. Our stories have appeared in Best American Essays, Best Small Fictions, Wigleaf Top 50, BIFFY, and Best of Net.
Nigel Stewart @nigelstewartbooks.bsky.social Writer…
Smalls Scenes in the Scheme of Things
Colouring In
Secrets We Hide From Ourselves
“A genius” according to @birdfeed of off BlueSky
https://nigelstewartbooks.co.uk
Mixed Bag @m-ixedbag.bsky.social Writer, Mom, Polyglot. Editor @lit-namjooning.bsky.social, Subs Editor @Smokelong. Words: BSF'23 @hexliterary,@tinymolecules @barrelhouse @BoothAJournal @wigleaf
Published work here: linktr.ee/hemanataraju
Kirsten Miles, Author 🌹 @kirstenmiles.bsky.social Author 🖊 Vegan 🥬 Libra ♎️
EDM forever 🪩 Write Your Heart Out ❤️
Visit me at kirstenmilesauthor.com 💕
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I do not read DMs here.
Elena Again @elenaagain.bsky.social #hike #travel published poet and author 🩷
#cancersurvivor 💙 #autoimmune 💜 #SCA10min ❤️ Army Vet
Here I am, again 🦋 love must triumph
#loveofblsky
substack.com/@elenaagain
*all pictures & writings are mine unless RP, quoted or cited; no AI
Pegah Ouji @pegahouji.bsky.social Writer
words: EPOCH @splitlipthemag.bsky.social @fuguejournal @epiphanylit
23' Roots.Wounds.Words Writing Fellow
24' fellow @smokelong.bsky.social
25' PEN American Emerging Writer Fellow
https://oujipegah.wixsite.com/mysite
@sarahhealeyeditor.bsky.social @sarahhealeyeditor.bsky.social Novelist and freelance editor. Drinks a lot of tea.
Published by Portland Press.
sarahhealeyeditor.com
SpoFest (James Bryant) @spofest.bsky.social Disabled avant-garde writer & musician
Author of the Dark Haiku series
Championing writers and their original work through unique audio & video programming since 2011
SpoFest
From Their Lips To Your Ears
https://linktr.ee/SpoFest
Joanne @punsunduly.bsky.social There’s no show without puns! 
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
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/
Robert Nazar Arjoyan @robertarjoyan.bsky.social Author & Filmmaker
arjoyan.com
Contributor to STOKER AWARD-WINNER Silk & Sinew🧿Maudlin House🧿Deadlands🧿Pleiades🧿JMWW🧿Ghoulish Tales🧿River Styx🧿Gone Lawn🧿Shotgun Honey🧿Roi Fainéant🧿Cold Signal🧿Apocalypse Confidential🧿Cleaver🧿Hobart🧿Monstrous Angels🧿BULL
Paul Bavister @paulbavister.bsky.social writes poetry
JR Fenn @jrfenn.bsky.social Writer, teacher, parent, dreamer | TINY VESSELS out from Red Mare Press | Words in or forthcoming in The Georgia Review, Orion's Belt, DIAGRAM, Split Lip, Witness, Boston Review, Gulf Coast | Ucross Fellow | Syracuse MFA | Prof at SUNY ESF | www.jrfenn.com
C. Oulens @owlnsquirrels1111.bsky.social Poet, thinker, dreamer, scribbler… in ascending order
For my recent posts: #Oulens
Winner, 3rd Annual Poe-it Like Poe Poetry Contest 2025 by sixdegreesofpoe
Horror Underground Film Festival @horrorfilmfestival.bsky.social Various options to submit to the Festival. A HYBRID model. Cinema screenings for audience feedback video.Blog and podcast interviews. And bonus Virtual screening (optional!).
https://filmfreeway.com/horrorunderground
https://festivalforhorror.comi
Rue Baldry @ruebaldry.bsky.social Author of Dwell (Northodox Press June ‘26) & Nice Things (Fly On The Wall Dec ‘26).
Winner of The First Novel Prize and Commonwealth Prize Region. 30 published stories. 2nd in Yeovil Prize. Discoveries longlist. Moniack Mhor & Arvon mentee. She/her
Aiden Walsh @aidenw.bsky.social My novel, Catch 2020: The Covid Deliria of Brian Jackson https://amzn.eu/d/5Np49ZH available at Amz on kindle or paper version. Next novel wip is on use of immersive VR in palliative care.
Bio: Wilms survivor / LFC / tech / v slow old jogger
Black Herald Press @blackheraldpress.bsky.social Éditeur indépendant / independent press
poésie, essais, textes courts / Poetry books, essays, short texts (in English or mostly bilingual) since 2010 / éditrice-publisher Blandine Longre @blandinelongre.bsky.social
https://www.blackheraldpress.com
Fantasy/Sci-Fi Film & Screenplay Festival @scififantasyfest.bsky.social This is a HYBRID film festival with live screenings for the audience feedback video, optional virtual 2nd showcase, and blog & podcast interviews with filmmaker
http://fantasyscififestival.com/
https://filmfreeway.com/FantasySciFiFilmScreenplayFestival
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
Toronto/LA Documentary Film Festival @docfestival.bsky.social 4 tiers to enhance your film.
- in person fest
- audience feedback video
- podcast interview
- virtual showcase
https://documentaryshortfilmfestival.com/toronto-festival/
https://filmfreeway.com/TorontoDocumentaryFilmFestival
Daily Screenplay Festival contests @dailyscreenplays.bsky.social Daily Screenplay Contest Deadlines
All of these top screenplay contests offer full feedback on each submitted works.
https://festivalreviews.org/daily-screenplay-contest-deadlines/
Hope Dickson Leach @hopedickle.bsky.social Filmmaker based in Edinburgh often found tending to my children and shouting about how hard it all is.
Christ @gonzaleschrist.bsky.social Votre destination de confiance pour l'achat de roulottes. Des hébergements fiables, conçus pour durer et sécuriser vos projets de camping.🍀
JBGarrity Photography @joegarrity.bsky.social I enjoy taking photos and sharing them, mostly of nature. All genres from astro, landscape, macro, marine life, wildlife, insects, flowers, etc.
Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social Short fiction, CNF, lit mags.
Sharing writing I like — and some of my own.
Stories in Vestal Review, Hinterland, Wallstrait, Neon&Smoke and others
Captain Cabinets @samebattime.bsky.social A fixation with TV, Film and Horror nostalgia and creating images to amuse myself and others of a like mind
PH @13972406.bsky.social Apenas PH
Andrea Damic @damicandrea.bsky.social #artist / #author / associate fiction editor - @jmwwjournal.bsky.social. I spend many an hour tinkering with my website https://damicandrea.wordpress.com/.
can you make the world better ???????????????????? @justtheonethatcan.bsky.social when will people get along
Liminal Space Creative @liminalspacecreative.substack.com Aspiring Métis writer drawn to the grey areas of the human condition. Places we bury deep, where love and sorrow quietly pool together. Spaces that hold both our capacity for sincere kindness and our potential for extreme cruelty.
Sacred Parasite @sacredparasite.bsky.social Publisher
Books Made in Berlin since 2023
www.sacredparasite.com
roni mia @ronimia.bsky.social 🎬 Content Creator
✍️ Professional Blogger & Storyteller
🚀 YouTube Shorts Content Automation Specialist
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/
Michelle Artistry @michelleartistry24.bsky.social I’m an illustrator who loves bringing ideas to life through art. I enjoy creating characters, telling stories visually, and bringing imagination to life in a way that people can connect with.
Manifested Insight®️ @jessilight.bsky.social 🌜 an earth angel ✨for the devine.
Luca Ermacora @luca-erma.bsky.social Europeista, di sinistra, viaggiatore incallito, odio i fascisti, i no vax e gli stupidi in generale.
some call me Tim @funbutfocused.bsky.social Building inkwell.world for writers.
Things I know some stuff about: tech, writing, cooking, marketing, basketball, baseball, coaching, being a dad, fun.
Curious about everything else.
Doric Literary @doricliterary.bsky.social An online journal publishing classically inspired short stories. Now open for submissions, 1000-8000 words. Edited by @CourtlandAvenue (Dave Gregory)
https://doric-literary.com/
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A Moveable Feed @amoveablefeed.bsky.social Blunt, funny takes on today’s biggest stories from a recovering DC insider. One sharp email a day so you actually understand the news. Subscribe ↓ https://buttondown.com/amoveablefeed
DreamWave Ambient @dreamwaveyoutube.bsky.social 🌙 Creating peaceful nature ambience for deep sleep, relaxation & meditation. Original ambient music, calming nature scenes, and soothing sounds. Welcome to DreamWave.
Chris Andrews @chrisandprose.bsky.social 
Matt @inpoetsshoes.bsky.social
Likes poetry, books, film oh and stuff (he/him) 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
#vss365
Anne Denoon @annedenoon.bsky.social Crone, wastrel, lapsed (but twitching) novelist. Posts about art & lit.
Me: https://www.writersunion.ca/member/anne-denoon
My book: Back Flip, a novel about art & the 1960s: https://t.co/m7fQSOo6At or (with reviews) https://tinyurl.com/4dzwzpdp
Rat Bag @ratbaglit.bsky.social 🐀 www.ratbaglit.com
🐀 https://ratbaglit.substack.com/
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Our authors on BS
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Jenna Martin-Trinka @jennamartintrinka.bsky.social Writer, flash fiction and CNF
Robert Ellison @robert-ellison.bsky.social Writer in the Deep South. Loves stories about plausibly real people dealing with plausibly real life situations with plausibly real emotions.
Superheroes and robots need not apply.
Monsters, unfortunately, still abound.
Jen Wyrauch Edson @jenwyrauchedson.bsky.social Writer and teacher studying the art of flash and memoir. Interested in the healing power held in finding and sharing our words.
Abigail Myers @abigailmyers.bsky.social Always on my way to the ocean. Writer, 2x Jeopardy! champion.
My debut short fiction collection,The Last Analog Teenagers:
https://www.stanchionzine.com/product-page/the-last-analog-teenagers
BSF 2025
Noms: Pushcart x2, BotN x2, Wigleaf Top 50 Longlist