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
Charlie Nutbrown @charlienutbrown.bsky.social Children’s writer from Bristol. Debut novel The Feathered Book out now, published by @everywithwords.bsky.social
https://www.everythingwithwords.com/authors/charlie-nutbrown/
Troika Books @troikabooks.bsky.social We are a small independent press passionate about publishing poetry, picture books and gripping fiction for children of all ages.
www.troikabooks.com/
Kim Wagner Nolan @kimwnolan.bsky.social #Kidlit Author & Illustrator @LittleThoughtsPress.com raising foster kids & chickens, Winner of #50PreciousWords, #SCBWIDrawThis https://linktr.ee/kimwnolan
Caroline Gill @carolinegillpoetry.bsky.social 'Driftwood by Starlight' (The Seventh Quarry Press, 2021) is my first full poetry collection. Website: https://www.carolinegillpoetry.com/
Cathy Stenquist-#amquerying @cathystenquist.bsky.social Author of Award-winning FOREVER HOME, 2022 IPNE Best Children’s Book; 2023 Writers Digest Honorable Mention-Children’s Picture Book. Published poet and writer, collage artist, baker and doter of grandchildren.
Steve Whitaker @stevewhitaker1.bsky.social Writer, book reviewer for Yorkshire Times, and grateful national park resident. https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/
Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social I write poems.
Shows: https://brianbilston.com/events/
Books: https://brianbilston.com/books/
Carolyn B. Fraiser @carolynbfraiser.bsky.social NF #PB Author, MOON TREE 🌙🌲(2022, Reycraft Books) & M IS FOR MASON JAR (2025, Familius). #STEM. #SCBWI. Crystal Kite Award. Rep: Michelle Z. Jackson, Jackson Literary. She/Her.
#KidLitEvents calendar is available at CarolynBFraiser.com/KidLit
Gita Ralleigh @gitaralleigh.bsky.social Writer/Poet/Lecturer/ex-doc
Kids' novels:
Minou Moonshine / Sam Singh @kidsbloomsbury.bsky.social
Poetry:
Empirical
@thebraag.bsky.social
Siren @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social
A Terrible Thing Bad Betty Press
https://linktr.ee/gitaralleigh
Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social Poet, New York Times bestselling author of Paleolithic Era novels, nonfiction writer, award-winning screenwriter.
https://marymackey.com/
Mermaid Writer @mermaidwriter.bsky.social SCBWI NY Eastern Up! Critique Coordinator
Kidlit writer, published poet, gemologist-in-training, wannabe polyglot, occasional mermaid, reluctant zebra 🍰💜🩶🤍💚 #kidlit #scbwi #amquerying #actuallyautistic
🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 Pronouns: you choose (anything but he)
Charlotte Tomson @charlottetomson.bsky.social Teacher. MA Writing for Children. Golden Egg WYSCN. Divides time between reality and escapades in MG fiction. Lives with one family, two guinea pigs and a very demanding cheese plant.
Niamh Savage @niamhsav.bsky.social Children’s poet. Works in TV production.
Words in The Caterpillar, The Dirigible Balloon
and RTÉ Jnr. Also YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Z6o86I
Summit County Libraries @summitlibraries.bsky.social #1 Most Followed Library in the USA!
https://summitcountylibraries.org/
Located in beautiful Summit County, Colorado.
Peter Clayton @petermclayton.bsky.social Wildlife photographer, Somerset UK
Scribblebibble @scribblebibbler.bsky.social Scribblebibble writing prompts for teachers, parents & schools to inspire kids & teens to write for pleasure! https://scribblebibble.com
Poetry with Linda @poetrywithlinda.bsky.social poetry, nature, writing, reading, art, culture, languages, photography, travelling 🎨🖌️🖼️
Let's also be friends on Substack:@poetrywithlinda
Kathryn Beevor @kathrynbeevor.bsky.social Poet Educator (children and adult), TEDx Youth speaker, editor, charity trustee (Kids at School in Nepal) and fundraiser. My work has been published by Little Thoughts Press, Yorkshire Times Publishing, Dream Well Writing Ltd, and the Dirigible Balloon
Rebecca Gardyn Levington @rebeccaglevington.bsky.social Rhyming PB Author & Poet. WHATEVER COMES TOMORROW; BRAINSTORM!; AFIKOMAN WHERE'D YOU GO?; LITTLE DREIDEL LEARNS TO SPIN, WRITE HERE WRITE NOW, I WILL ALWAYS BE…,FINDING FORGIVENESS (8/5/25), SOME DAYS I’M THE WIND (9/9/25) + more!
RebeccaGardynLevington.c
Sandy McIntosh @sandymcintosh.bsky.social Author of twelve volumes of poetry, a Chinese cookbook, and three computer software programs.
https://sandymcintosh.info
Raven @ravenbranhard.bsky.social He/Him Pro🏳️🌈 Social Democrat
Poetry, Art, Music. All my original work, unless stated otherwise.
Author of A Path of the Heart, Volume I
🌐 https://ravenbranhard.com
Aaron King @9000lives.org Inclusion | SEND | Schools
Be kind, even if someone's different to you.
98% positive. Yorkshire. #Edusky #SENDSky #Inclusion
www.9000lives.org/edu-blog/
Molly Looby - Author @mollylooby.bsky.social YA author of damaged, sarcastic (and often knife-wielding) girls
Querying my 98k YA paranormal fantasy/horror
THE CHAOS IN MY BLOOD 😈🩸🔪
www.mollylooby.com
Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social Artist, Scientist, Woodland Ecologist, Statistician, Historian & former Research Scholar at the RIA | Art from Dublin, Ireland 🌈 He/Him | Sé/é
Buy my work here: https://robertbohan.etsy.com
Anne Lipton, MD, PhD @annelipton.bsky.social Neurologist. Writer. Editor.
THE COMMON SENSE GUIDE TO DEMENTIA, PUTTING THE SCIENCE IN FICTION, THIS SIDE OF DOCTORING
Epistemic Literary Magazine.
#KidLitChuckleChallenge champion, #SpringFlingKidlit winner, #FallWritingFrenzy winner
Lena - Poet and Questioner @lena1370.bsky.social Poet, Questioner and Walker in darkness
DK Jones 📚 @dkjones32.bsky.social Reader, law student, runner 📚👩⚖️🏃♀️
📖CR: The Once and Future Witches
📚: 140/200 in 2026
Mickey Revenaugh @mickeyrevenaugh.bsky.social Author of SCHOOL'S OUT: Why Families Are Choosing Unconventional Education. Writer, wanderer, ed tech fangirl. Proud member of #5amwritersclub, follower of #Edusky.
https://linktr.ee/mickeyrevenaugh
June Gemmell @junegemmell.bsky.social Scottish. Writer. Reader for Fractured Lit. Published in Trash Cat Lit, Frazzled Lit, Moonlit Getaway, Gone Lawn, The Phare, Gutter, Hooghly Review, and National Flash Flood.
@alwynb.bsky.social @alwynb.bsky.social Creative writer, daily walker and upholder of children’s rights under UNCRC.
Gemma Elliott @drgemmaelliott.bsky.social Writing, gardening, and creeping in your recycling bins. She/her.
https://linktr.ee/gemmaelliott
Catherine Olver @thewordwoods.bsky.social Author & academic, Cambridge
Writing for a green future & proud LGBTQIA+ present.
www.catherineolver.co.uk
Poetry for kids, YA & adults in magazines. Sapphic fantasy fan & aspiring author.
PhD in kidlit, Uni of Cambridge. New article 'Nature's Puzzles'.
Ricky Monahan Brown @rickyballboy.bsky.social Writer. Poetry pamphlet Drawer of Letters from Broken Sleep Books – "Wonderfully audacious" 🖤 Terminal and Other Stories 🖤 Little Apples (novella) 🖤 Stroke: A 2% chance of survival (memoir) 🖤 Next: Teller of Tales in Tantallon Tìr’s Call of the Isles
Suzanne (writing as S A Greene) @sagreene1.bsky.social Writer. SOCIAL MEDIA BREAK 2026 (except for shameless self-promotion) DMs don't work. GoneLawn trampset TempleInACity GooseberryPie BlinkInk Mslexia Liars'League MythicPicnic NewFlashFicReview FictiveDream BulbCulture Phare MaudlinHouse FreeFlashFiction
Sarah Turner @scturnerfiction.bsky.social Writer. Short stories in: The Rumpus, Sonora Review, J Journal, Shooter Lit Mag, London Magazine, Fictive Dream, LEON, Litro & others | SL Bridport SS | Read my work at: www.scturnerfiction.com
Abi Hennig @abihennig.bsky.social Writes tiny stories in between teaching English, losing complicated board games and running slowly up and down hills. 
Taslin Pollock @taslinpollock.bsky.social Writer | Contemporary MG | Scottish Book Trust New Writer Awardee 2024 | S1 Leeds Literary LL 2024 | All Stories Mentee 2022 | HarperCollins Academy 2022 | Searchlight Novel Opening SL 2022 | Golden Egg Award SL 2022 | she/her
@northerngravy.bsky.social @northerngravy.bsky.social 
Laura Henry-Allain @laurahallain.bsky.social Educationalist, Consultant, Producer, Storyteller: The inspiration behind JoJo and Gran Gran, Daddio & Co, My Skin, Your Skin, etc
Website: www.LauraHenryAllain.Com
Oxford Poetry Library @oxpoetrylibrary.bsky.social Community-powered poetry in Oxford. Workshops, events, open mics and a lending library of poetry open on Saturdays from 12pm-3pm. Entirely volunteer-run. Currently based at The Community Works, 21 Park End St, OX1 1HU
https://linktr.ee/oxfordpoetrylibrary
Les @leshall.bsky.social Teacher, Maths lead NPQLPM, book reader, marine fish keeper, like to travel
Jane Bloomfield @janebloomfield.bsky.social Poetry & CNF in @takehe #Tarot #Turbine|Kapohau, @newsroom @1964Journal #a fine line @dustpoetry UK @frazzledlit Ireland| Finalist in the NZCYA Book Awards once. Liquorice Allsorts: janebloomfieldblog.blogspot.com
Steph Rae Moran @stephraemoran.bsky.social Folklore-inspired writer (fiction, blog, newsletter)
Reader of fantasy, historical fiction, and mystery
Loves nature, museums, and lattes
🌈 bi
newsletter: https://stephraemoran.substack.com/
website & folklore blog : https://stephraemoran.com/
Angela Arnold @angelaarnold777.bsky.social Poet/artist living in Wales. Collections: In Between (Stairwell Books, 2023) and another forthcoming with TPL. Pamphlet: Otherdays (ABP, 2026). Lefty, Quaker, environmental campaigner, worrier for the world's future.
Katherine Langrish @kathlangrish.bsky.social I write children's & YA fantasy novels, and moonlight as a folklorist. I blog at https://steelthistles.blogspot.com/
Pallavi Jesrani @paljes.bsky.social Mommy, #kidlit writer, poet with poems in The Dirigible Balloon, The Little Thoughts Press, Tyger Tyger, The School Magazine, #12x12pb, engineer, STEM, SCBWI, amateur painter.
londonkidslitfest @londonkidslitfest.bsky.social We are the UK's largest dedicated children's book festival returning Saturday 26 & Sunday 27 June 2027. Made in Barnes SW13 since 2015!
Jim Young @oyoguhito.bsky.social ~~ Bard of the Bays ~~
Bridget MacKeith @bridgetmackeith.bsky.social Illustrator with a background in children's books and greetings cards.
Now I do portrait commissions in the same style, as well as keeping a not-always-*entirely*-accurate illustrated diary.
@cheltpoetfest.bsky.social @cheltpoetfest.bsky.social 
Bookwagon Limited @bookwagonuk.bsky.social Independent children’s bookstore sharing the reading joy with you!
www.bookwagon.co.uk
Ray Douglas @mrraydouglas.bsky.social Children's author, poet and illustrator based in north west England. Books available on Amazon or direct from me. Fun, interactive and productive author visits to primary schools. See www.raydouglaspoet.co.uk
valerie 🌷🐌 @snailerie.co Illustrator and Designer 💫 drawing a lot of critters 🌷 sometimes making little paper goods 🐌
https://www.valerie-nelson.com/
https://snailerie.co/
@ravenhowell.bsky.social @ravenhowell.bsky.social 
Laken Brimicombe @lakenbrimicombe.bsky.social 🇨🇦Middle grade writer
🐈⬛Cat mom
Daryl Gottier @dlkgotts.bsky.social Debut picture book SET SAIL FOR SCHOOL, illus. by Gal Weizman, coming from Flashlight Press in Sept. 2026. #kidlit writer, nature lover, tea not coffee, quilter, morning person. www.dlkgottier.com #SCBWI #12x12PB
Scott Wolf -- Kidlit author @scottwolfwriter.bsky.social Writer of #picturebooks and #MG for kids. Seeking representation. Member of #SCBWI and Storyteller Academy. 2023 Kids' Choice Kidlit Writing Contest Finalist. Proud father/supporter of a nonbinary child and a child with cerebral palsy.
Stephen Cramer @stephencramervt.bsky.social Writer of poetry, hot sauce aficionado, & lover of ampersands. Winner of the National Poetry Series, The Louise Bogan Award, & finalist for the Vermont Book Award
Yvonne Evans Author @yvonneevansauthor.bsky.social Writer of prose and poetry. Voracious reader. Nature lover. Fan of ridiculously long walks. Hobbyist baker. Tea connoisseur. Canadian.
https://yvonneevansauthor.com/
Angelisa Fontaine-Wood (she/her/phd) #amquerying @angelisawood.bsky.social ...fled hellscapes, virtual and hardcopy, residing now in a shoebox of a garret, under the shadow of a castle. Between these book-lined walls, I read arcana, drink champagne, and write. angelisawood.blogspot.com and ko-fi.com/angelisa
Cindy Samul @cindysamul.bsky.social Illustrator with a life-long love of books, cartoons, and gummy bears (but not necessarily in that order). https://linktr.ee/cindysamul #scbwi
Katie Ives @katie-r-ives.bsky.social Mountain writer and editor, follower of the art of galumphing, climber against fascism. Author of Imaginary Peaks: The Riesenstein Hoax and Other Mountain Dreams. (she/they)
Roger Stevens @rogerstevens.bsky.social I am a writer and musician. I've published over 40 books, mainly poetry and mainly for children. I visit schools, libraries and festivals - performing and running workshops for children and teachers. 
Stephen Lightbown @stephenlightbown.bsky.social Adult and children's poet. Picture book writer. Adaptive surfer. Yoga teacher. Northerner. Wheelchair user. Represented by Alice Williams.
@otterbarrybooks.bsky.social @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social 
Niall M Oliver @nmoliverpoetry.bsky.social I'm a husband, dad and reader & writer of poems, from Ireland. I have poems in various journals and a couple of published pamphlets. You can buy them here https://niallmoliverpoetry.bigcartel.com/
The Caterpillar Magazine @thecaterpillarmag.bsky.social Annual Caterpillar Poetry Prize and art & lit mag for children (2013-2023), still available online. Younger sibling of @themothmagazine.
Robert Schechter @robertschechter.bsky.social Children's Poet. Author of THE RED EAR BLOWS ITS NOSE: Poems for Children and Others (Word Galaxy 2023). Starred reviews in Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, and School Library Journal. Common Sense Media Selection. Bank Street Selection.
Adam Rowan @shinjutnt.bsky.social Black lab dad. Writer and ambient musician. The Dynasty of the Divine out now!
www.adamrowan.ccard.co
Read my book (free in Kindle Unlimited): https://www.amazon.com/Dynasty-Divine-Adam-Rowan-ebook/dp/B0FS3G3WWH/ref
Lauri Meyers @laurimeyers.bsky.social Kidlit Author. Word juggler. Awkwardly funny. Embraces weird. #50PreciousWords Winner #KidsChoice Winner #PBParty 2023 HM #PBChat Mentorship 2021 #Madness!Poetry #SCBWI #12x12
Sadie Maskery @saccharinequeen.bsky.social Functions adequately.
Short story collection, 'Overboard', published by Acid Bath Publishing.
May contain smut.
Haiku Poetry @haiku-poetry.bsky.social Haiku Poetry (written by myself)
📍Switzerland
Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com Poet & writer | Creator of Thought Echoes 🎧 Podcast & Newsletter | Subconscious/consciousness wanderings have always fascinated me. Where are yours taking you?
Thought Echoes bethbonness.com/newsletter ➚
Tricia Torrible @ttorrible.bsky.social #PB writer and poet, TORRIBLE PUNS: A COLLECTION OF PUNNY POEMS (Gnome Road Publishing, Spring '25), PBChat Mentee, #SCBWI, #12x12pb, #picturebooks, #poetry, #kidlit @pbbuds.bsky.social
triciatorrible.com
torriblepuns.com
Sarah Atherton @sarah-a-author.bsky.social Children's Author & Teacher/SENCo
Winner #ChuckleChallenge 2024
Winner #springflingkidlit 2023
Mentor #WriteMentor 2023 & 2025
Ian Staerck @ianstaerck.bsky.social Primary teacher/book lover (especially children's books)/trail and fell runner/father of 3
Poetry Emma Meier @poetryemmameier.bsky.social Poet. Writer. Reader. Thinker. ✍️📖
Cynthia Grady @yaya6o9.bsky.social Poet & Writer (#PB, #NF) |librarian | naturalist | wild bird rehabber | foodie | quilter | 12x12 | 2020 KPBS One Book One San Diego Pick—WRITE TO ME—LETTERS FROM JAPANESE CHILDREN TO THE LIBRARIAN THEY LEFT BEHIND cynthiagrady.com
Tanya Konerman, Kidlit Author 📚 @tanyakonerman.bsky.social PB/MG; Nature/Verse/Prose
Agent: Mona Kanin
'28 OTIS: THE KING OF KATMAI 🐻🌊👑
‘25 MUD TO THE RESCUE! 🐘🦩🦫 🐢
‘24 HAUNTED STATES OF AMERICA 👻
SCBWI; WFH | hiker 🥾 | veggie 🌽|
bird&bear lover 🐤🐻 | nature 📷 | 💙
www.tanyakonerman.com
David Atkinson @davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.social (he/him) Prize-winning Irish poet writing in English & Ulster Scots. Pushcart nominated. MA from MMU. Archival poetics: Islandmagee Witch Trial & Irish War of Independence
The Children's Poetry Summit @cpsummit.bsky.social The Children's Poetry Summit is a UK Network of individuals and organisations actively interested in poetry for children.
Sue Hardy-Dawson @suehardy-dawson.bsky.social 💙Award winning&CLiPPAshortlist, Dyslexic, Poet/illustrator, picture book writer Moon Child #Hachette #WhereZebrasGo @OtterBarryBooks
If I Were Other Than Myself #Troika
#NSTBA18ApestoZebras @BloomsburyBooks @TroikaBooks @AuthorsAbroad_
Poetry Enthusiast @poetry-enthusiast.bsky.social Poetry & nature enthusiast ~ reader ~ writer ~ traveller ~ photographer
B.C. Byron @bcbyron.bsky.social I write poems and draw pictures, and some people like them
Malachy Moran @malformed-poetry.bsky.social Poet. 🇺🇸 immigrant in 🇳🇴 Writing something every day, even if it’s bad. My work is available in Rattle: Poetry, The Brussels Review, Anti-Heroin Chic, and others. My poetry has also been featured on Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield
Postcard @postcardlit.bsky.social A biannual magazine featuring 10 poems by 10 poets printed on 10 postcards with original art for each poem. Think of us as broadside-minis. EIC: @mrwojorising.bsky.social
www.postcardlit.com
Pie Corbett @piecorbett.bsky.social Teacher, writer. poet, storyteller, director of talk for writing, educational consultant… latest publication The Book of Dragons - https://shop.talk4writing.com/products/the-book-of-dragons
Kate Wakeling @katewakeling.bsky.social Poet & Musicologist • The Rainbow Faults (The Rialto) • poetry collections for children (The Emma Press & Otter-Barry Books) • writer-in-residence – Aurora Orchestra
Little Thoughts Press @littlethoughtspress.com A print lit mag for kids featuring writing and artwork by both adult and youth creatives. EIC: @clairemtaylor.com
littlethoughtspress.com
Laura Cooney @lozzakidwriting.bsky.social Writer, Edinburgh
Children's Writing Page.
https://lauracooneywriting.wixsite.com/website
Published in The Toy, Parakeet Mag, Brian Moses Blog Spot, Northern Gravy. Forthcoming in Little Thoughts Press and The Online Anthologies.
anne @annemorrigan.bsky.social 🇨🇦 poet
available everywhere popcorn is sold!
#haikufeels prompt source
follow the feed 👉 https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:zju537q75n6mut5sorj6c2rp/feed/aaamya5dfmxck
Nimblewitlit Mag @nimblewitlit.bsky.social Epistemic Literary's new adventure for a young audience!
Our all ages eMag will extend the conversation to a younger audience by exploring similar themes.
Issue 1: https://epistemiclit.com/nimblewitlit/taking-a-stand/
www.EpistemicLit.com/nimblewitlit
Daniel Rolph Author @danielrolphauthor.bsky.social Daniel Rolph grew up in the UK foster care system, experiencing firsthand the challenges that come with it. Now, he's channelling those experiences into his debut novel, Shattered Paths
Buy Now: https://geni.us/OEi75Gh
Jonathan Humble @northernjim.bsky.social Editor of The Dirigible Balloon (Submissions Closed)
A Poetry Bank for Children
#PoetryForChildren
dirigibleballoon.org
northernjim.wordpress.com
#Cumbria #Poetry
PaperBound Magazine @paperboundmag.bsky.social Online writing magazine and blog for the young and the young at heart. Featuring new writing & art for MG, teen & YA, plus content for readers and aspiring writers.
www.paperboundmag.com