Ileia Goode @ileiagoode.bsky.social MA student at UTSG
I'm a historical linguist with an interest in dialects and phonological change. Ask me about my research on /e/-lowering in 18C English!
The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social Your favorite BIPOC SFFH author's favorite award. Celebrating excellence and inclusivity in the genre. Brought to you by L.D. Lewis and Suzan Palumbo. 2025 medallion art (pfp) by Nilah Magruder https://ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/
Angela Hsieh @hisiheyah.bsky.social Writes and draws comics and other things.
✒️🎨LU & REN'S GUIDE TO GEOZOOLOGY (May 27, 2025)
🎨ANTARCTICA: THE MELTING CONTINENT (2022)
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eliushi (We 💜 Webcomics Digital Comic Fair) @eliushi.bsky.social 🦋Comic Editor at @augursociety
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TriCon @tricon-hfx.bsky.social TriCon is Atlantic Canada's literary conference for speculative fiction. TriCon 2026 will be held May 15th-17th, 2026 at The Westin Nova Scotian.
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Brianne Battye @briannebattye.bsky.social Writer of fiction, poetry, and video games.
Currently at Motive, previously at BioWare.
Friend to cats, rabbits, Mimikyus.
You can find more about my writing here:
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Manuela Amiouny @manuelaamiouny.bsky.social Canadian SFF writer/poet (she/her/elle) 🖤🤍💜
Words in Augur Magazine, Small Wonders, Best Canadian SFF, Radon Journal, The Sprawl Mag and others. Poetry Editor for Heartlines Spec.
https://www.manuelaamiounyauthor.ca/
Maia Kobabe @redgoldsparks.bsky.social reading books, writing books, defending books
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Nara Monteiro @notesfromnara.bsky.social 🇧🇷🇨🇦 • 🏳️🌈 they/them • writer, editor, cultural hybrid, hobbit • managing editor at Augur Magazine, editor at Tales & Feathers, crunching numbers for House of Anansi Press + Groundwood Books • linktr.ee/notesfromnara
derek @eerdk.bsky.social filmmaker. probably clenching my teeth
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Ellipsus @ellipsus.com Write like a human. Ellipsus is an easy-to-use collaborative writing tool made by writers, for writers.
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E.K. Johnston @ekjohnston.bsky.social "the meryl streep of ya". 18 books and counting. i WILL answer your rhetorical questions.
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Mountain & Myth Fantasy Cartography @mountainandmyth.bsky.social Bringing your fantasy world to life! We create hand drawn maps for your D&D/Pathfinder or other ttrpg games.
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Aishwarya Tandon @toondoon1010.bsky.social 🎨 Illustrator & Cartoonist (she/her)
📚 Clients include Scholastic, PRH, HarperCollins US, Beaming Books US & more.
📝 Rep'd by Claire Draper (Au Literary Management)
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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social jon
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madeleine @madeleinevign.bsky.social grad student, writer, editor @augursociety.bsky.social first reader @khoreo.bsky.social
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
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Matt Aytch Taylor @matthtaylor.com matthtaylor.com | m.taylor.productions@gmail.com | He/They | Comics & Illustration
Localized Maritime Disaster
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Hbomberguy @hbomberguy.bsky.social 🖥️ Gaming Youtuber, Media Critic, Philosopher King 🤴
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Sienna Tristen (they/them) @siennatristen.bsky.social Poet. Witch. Difficult beauty. One half of The Shale Project.
Thunder Lotus @thunderlotusgames.com Join the rebellion! 33 Immortals is out on Steam, Epic Games Store and Xbox Game Pass!
Makers of beautifully powerful 2D video games: Jotun, Sundered, Spiritfarer, 33 Immortals and At Fate's End (coming 2026).
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Brittany M. Willows 🐝🌻 @bmwillows.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Bi+ace • lvl 31 • she/her • Comic colorist/publishing assistant. Digital artist, anime trash, gamer. SFF Author of THE CALYSPIS PROJECT, BLOODY SPADE, THE HOWLING DARK (ETA 2027) 🐺🌓
contact ➡️ brittanywillows(@)zohomail(.)com
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Kai Lysander 🕊️ @kailysander.bsky.social 🌿 Kai 🌿 they/them 🌿 🇲🇽🇺🇸 🌿 Creator of 「GOLDEN HOUR」webcomic 🌿 Professional Inquiry: KLysanderArt @ gmail 🌿 Sorry if I repost here I forget what I’ve posted before
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Rachel Evangeline Chiong @rachellovesfish.bsky.social I’m an author who’s a big fan of fish, pikmin, hello kitty, but NOT that red-sweater wearing upper middle class white rat who lives in New York.
✏️ also working on book about magical Filipino veterinarians
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Erin Rockfort (they/she) @pineapplefury.bsky.social Writer, therapist, podcaster
Possible Programming Lead at Can*Con
Queer and neurodivergent
Beware of reptile
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'Nathan Burgoine (he/him) @nathanburgoine.bsky.social #Queer #Canadian author; Most Recent: DOGS DON’T BREAK HEARTS (queer hi/lo ya), UPON THE MIDNIGHT QUEER (queer holiday collection), TRIAD MAGIC (queer contemp fantasy); He/him 🏳️🌈; Prepare for #Husky photos; 🦖 "Trans Rights or I Bites" 🚫 LLM/GenAI/Substack
Aysha SPX hangover @ayshaufarah.bsky.social Locus and Ignyte-nominated writer and narrative designer. life is strange | hiveswap | magic the gathering | pathologic | amplitudes anthology
formerly a narrative lead at deck nine games. co-host of Worker's Lit
Straith 🍉 @straith.ca D.A. Straith (they/them). Toronto-adjacent fiction person • nonbinary trans & queer settler • work in Augur, Fusion Fragment, SHATTER THE SUN • Clarion West Novel Workshop ‘25 • #straithenfrancais • agent: Laura Zats @ Headwater • straith.carrd.co
Craig Shackleton @craigshackleton.com SFF writer and Swordplay instructor || Founder of Ottawa Swordplay || Lapsed TTRPG writer || AuDHD
Currently seeking a literary agent and writing more novels.
#IndigoEmployee || My posted opinions are my own, I don't speak for my employer.
Cortni @cortnifernandez.bsky.social Programmer for Can*Con. Sometimes I write things. She/her 💜♠️
✨ Vash Taylor ✨ 🏳️⚧️ TCAF #212 @deuxdel.bsky.social Queer Concept Artist, Comic maker and Writer of Things. I like to torture my friends via TTRPG. Opinions are my own. They/Them
DC, IDW, BOOM, TITAN, DARKHORSE
vashtheartist@gmail.com
https://ko-fi.com/vashtheart
https://patreon.com/VashTheArtist
chris johnson @ceeeejohnson.bsky.social he/him : white settler : managing editor, @arcpoetry.bsky.social : editorial assistant, @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social : opinions are my own : say hi
Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social Stop by for a sip of fun. Stay as long as you want; enjoy the view. Edited by Bennett North, Priya Sridhar and Hannya Kay https://translunartravelerslounge.com/
Broads and Broadswords Zine @broadswordszine.bsky.social valiant women, non-binary champions, and handsome swords.
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The Kraken Collective @krakencollective.bsky.social Collective of queer self-publishing authors putting out queer SFF!
krakencollectivebooks.com
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Elizabeth Cowper @eacowper.bsky.social 
rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social poet, fiction writer, publisher, critic, papa, etc.
out now: edgeless (Caitlin Press)
https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/
https://www.patreon.com/robmclennan
http://robmclennanauthor.blogspot.com/ https://robmclennan.substack.com/
Ottawa Transit Riders 🇨🇦🍁 @otttransitriders.bsky.social Hi! We're a group advocating for better public transit in the city of Ottawa. See details at our website: https://ottawatransitriders.substack.com/
Strong Towns Ottawa @strongtownsottawa.ca https://linktr.ee/strongtownsottawa
We're an urbanist group, focused on safer streets, giving citizens more options, and creating a more financially responsible city.
Help us support bus lanes on Bank St: strongtownsottawa.ca/bank
takahē magazine @takahemagazine.bsky.social Aotearoa’s longest-running independent journal of poetry, fiction, art, comics, and culture in review. Since 1989. https://linktr.ee/takahemagazine
kemendraugh @kemendraugh.bsky.social 
All Worlds Wayfarer (Literary Magazine) @awwlitmag.bsky.social Literary magazine exploring character-and-theme-driven speculative fiction. Submissions CLOSED. #litmag
Read stories at www.allworldswayfarer.com
VioletSyren @violetsyren.bsky.social Artist/writer. Lover of comics, books, video games, and a lot more.
Creator of Jax on webtooncanvas!
https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/jax/list?title_no=216915
ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly @arablit.bsky.social An online magazine & micropublisher. ALQ & Books: http://arablit.org/ * Reader-supported: http://patreon.com/arablit, http://arablit.gumroad.com * PACBI signatory
Eva @isthiseva.bsky.social South Asian book cover artist, illustrator, designer. I'm open for commercial work and commissions from 2027 and beyond!
isthiseva.carrd.co
(She/her)
Foglifter Press & Journal @foglifterpress.bsky.social San Francisco based LGBTQ+ journal and press—we publish powerful, intersectional writing that queers our perspectives. 🌈 🌉
https://linktr.ee/foglifter
Shiraki Press @shirakipress.com Independent publisher of adult fiction with a hopepunk vibe.
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Speculative Fiction Magazine Subscriptions @sffmagazines.bsky.social A list of active, regularly published fiction markets, including stories by today's best science fiction, fantasy and horror writers.
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Claudie @clh2oars.bsky.social Québécoise, indie author of platonic queer SFF and Indie Ink Award winner. Creator of the Aroace Database; member of the Kraken Collective. she/elle
Direct shop: https://claudiearseneault.itch.io/
All Links: https://claudiearseneault.com/welcome
Doc Shaner @docshaner.bsky.social Writer/Artist for DC Comics. He/him.
https://docshaner.bigcartel.com
Spencer Wan @spencerwan.bsky.social The animator
Yoshi Yoshitani @yoshiyoshitani.bsky.social Freelance Illustrator, Tarot & Oracle of the Divine Creator
Eisner Nominated
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Literary Agent: Thao Le at Sandra Dijkstra Lit Agency
Shop & Links yoshiyoshitani.com/click-me
Using #tarot #oracledeck #art
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ABD Illustrates @alexbdent.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 Queer comic artist and all-round nerd 🏳️⚧️ He/Him 🎂 28
✏️ Storyboard Artist for "Fantasy High" on Webtoon!
📖 "Draw Like An Artist" book is out now!
(Pls don't Edit/Reupload my art)
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Bugs @dappernahrwhale.bsky.social Hit 1970s sitcom dramedy mash btw ☝️
Dapper-nahrwhale on Tumblr (in case it explodes or smth)
Weightless Books @weightlessbooks.bsky.social DRM-free, AI-free, billionare-free, waitless ebooks from independent presses, sold to you by an actual human being who responds to emails, since 2010. https://weightlessbooks.com
Zi Xu @ziqqix.bsky.social Illustrator
🔗 https://ziqqix.crd.co
👥 https://www.patreon.com/cw/ziqqix
🖌️ www.ziqqix.com
📧 ziqqix@gmail.com
⏭️ Rose City Comic Con
Travis Baldree @travisbaldree.bsky.social NYT Bestselling Author: Legends & Lattes. Hugo, Nebula & Locus finalist. Audie winning Narrator. Ex-gamedev - Fate,Torchlight & Rebel Galaxy.
Brigands & Breadknives out Nov 11 '25 from Tor.
travisbaldree.com
ottawa small press book fair @ottawasmallpress.bsky.social twice a year since 1994 : the best of the small press in Ottawa,
lovingly organized/curated by rob mclennan
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member of https://bsky.app/profile/smallpressalmanac.bsky.social
Ellen Chang-Richardson @ehjchang.bsky.social poet • hybrid genre writer • judicial assistant • editor • co-founder of Riverbed Reading Series
www.ehjchang.com
📚 Blood Belies (2024) • Through the Eyes of Another (2027)
Rep’d by @seraphecda.bsky.social
Vincent🥂Great Gatsby Comic🥂 @vincentisvintage.bsky.social Vintage Illustrator+Graphic Novelist
Making Great Gatsby GN
#GreatGatsbyIIE
Transmasc 30//he/him
Vincent.1.vintage@gmail.com
Agent Jas Perry
https://vincent-is-vintage.carrd.co
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Megan Lloyd (offline til summer) @thirdchildart.bsky.social Offline for a bit! | Director on Star Trek: Lower Decks | She/Her
animatedjen @animatedjen.bsky.social just really into the Jedi games
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
M.R. Robinson @mruthrobinson.bsky.social MR, she/her. scholar, author, editor · poster of too many dog photos · Clarion West ‘25 · VP2024 · stories at BCS, Lightspeed, GigaNotoSaurus, elsewhere · co-founder of @othersidespec.bsky.social 🪐🗡️🌈
https://m-r-robinson.com
David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com Nightmares for sale. 🏳️🌈🇨🇦 Sunburst winner; Giller Prize, Amazon, Aurora & Shirley Jackson nominee. The Stone Garden. The Butcher’s Daughter. RED X. The Bone Mother. Gay/Queer. Cis. Old. No AI. https://daviddemchuk.com
Dream Foundry @dreamfoundry.bsky.social A non-profit for support and advocacy of emerging creatives working in the speculative arts. We run contests for writers and artists, Con or Bust, the virtual convention Flights of Foundry, and more!
Sebastián Píriz @sebastianpiriz.bsky.social https://bio.site/sebastianpiriz
Artist: Farewell to seasons, Jonny Quest, Speed Racer, Godzilla, VR Troopers, Census, Exorcists never die, Dejah Thoris (and more)
P. Djéli Clark | The Disgruntled Haradrim @pdjeliclark.bsky.social Historian. Writer. Jumbie & Duppy Conqueror. Rambler of Things. Doer of Stuff. Brotha From Another Planet | pdjeliclark.com
Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social *THE* Naijamerican PhD-holding, World Fantasy, multi-Hugo, Nebula, Eisner Award-winning, New York Times bestselling rudimentary cyborg writer, nnedi.com
Nalo Hopkinson - Jamaica Ginger & Other Concoctions @nalohop.bsky.social Award-winning author of prose & comics, maker of food and small objects she/her/hers http://nalohopkinson.com
Tate Brombal @tatebrombal.bsky.social 🌈Writes comics like Everything Dead & Dying, New Titans, Batgirl, Green Lantern Dark, Christopher Chaos and more.
✨Logged out. See you in the funny books. ✌️
Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social she/her: sharing Ottawa -area sugar crone (tinyurl.com/ottawamandy) literary, spoken word, storytelling & nonfiction events daily ish. Out now!: Beast Body Epic, Autumn 2023. https://linktr.ee/amandaearl.
Yilin (she/they) @ check out The Lantern and the Night Moths @yilinwriter.bsky.social Writer/Poet. Editor & translator, The Lantern and the Night Moths (Invisible Publishing 2024). Clarion West '21. ace 🏳️🌈. linktr.ee/yilinw
Lynne Sargent @lynnesargent.bsky.social Writer. Philosopher. Sky-dancer. They/She. Codex. LCP. Author of A REFUGE OF TALES. Poetry Editor at Utopia Science Fiction.
THOUGHT EXPERIMENT REVOLUTION forthcoming from ECW Press.
https://linktr.ee/LynneSargent
Octopus Books @octopusbooks.ca Woman owned, independent, and committed to making the world a better place.
116 Third Ave, Ottawa
Anishinaabe Territory
Canada
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Mattia De Iulis @mattiadeiulis.bsky.social Comic book artist
Eisner Award Nom. for The Cull,
Co-creator of THE CULL,
Image Comics - DC Comics
The Spaniel's Tale Bookstore @thespanielstale.bsky.social Ottawa's proudest indie.
Free shipping across Canada.
thespanielstale.ca
1131 Wellington Street West, Ottawa.
Books on Beechwood @booksonbeechwood.ca 
Shingai @shingai-be-like.bsky.social Writer. Reader. Swahili Sea Citizen. Voodoonauts co-creator. Past Podcastle Magazine Co-Editor & Fantasy Magazine Co-Editor. Octavia Butler scholar at Clarion.
New worlds in our Lifetime ❤️
Image Comics @imagecomics.com We publish the best comics.
Visit www.imagecomics.com. 
Rye Hickman @ryehickman.bsky.social They/them. I make comics!
Portfolio: ryehickman.com
海凝 Haining @hainingart.bsky.social Taiwanese comic artist
台灣漫畫家
Co-creator NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH｜Gotham City Sirens, Absolute Flash, Spirit World, Poison Ivy, Star Wars: Premonition
📨 hainingart@outlook.com
https://www.hainingart.com
Alyssa Wong @crashwong.bsky.social Nebula⚡️World Fantasy⚡️Locus Award-winning SFF + comics writer for Star Wars, Marvel, DC. Eisner + GLAAD nominated. Your favorite they/them femme. 🏳️🌈
Word Horde @wordhorde.bsky.social A publisher of award-winning horror, fantasy, and science fiction. Find us at www.wordhorde.com
Lethe Press @lethepress.bsky.social Since 2001, Lethe Press has been publishing acclaimed queer and weird books. Our titles have won numerous Lambda Literary Awards, the Shirley Jackson Award, and the Mary Lynn Kotz Art-in-Literature Award. 
Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social World Fantasy, Nebula, Ignyte, Locus & Shirley Jackson Award-winning speculative publisher. Baffling Magazine & novellas & anthos & queer 📚. Editor: dave ring.
P.S.C. Willis 🌈🖋️ Crying Out for Magic - Out Now! @pscwillis.bsky.social Pronouns: any
A meet cute across worlds: get 'Crying out for Magic' from Space Wizard Science Fantasy or https://books2read.com/cofm
Fan of tea, cake, and cats. Writer of optimistic queer sci fi and fantasy from flash to novel length
pscwillis.com
Becky Cloonan @beckycloonan.bsky.social Comics Rule Everything Around Me
Martha Wells @marthawells.com SF/F Writer - The Books of the Raksura, The Murderbot Diaries, Witch King, Queen Demon, and more. Nebula and Hugo Award winner. NYT and Sunday Times Bestseller. (She/her) Agent: Jennifer Jackson
PodCastle @podcastle.org Short fantasy from
@EAPodcasts
BFA winner, Ignyte winner
WFA, Hugo, Ignyte, Aurora finalists
Arc Poetry Magazine @arcpoetry.bsky.social Canada's Poetry Magazine, founded in 1978. Arc Poetry #109 is available to order now. Subscribe today at arcpoetry.ca!
Azure Arther @litgalz.bsky.social I read, write, teach, mom. WOTF winner, children's author, poet, playwright, novelist. Editor for Tales and Feathers, first reader for Augur. Stories somewhere.
Anathema Magazine @anathemamagazine.bsky.social Speculative literature by and for queer people of color. We are now OPEN for submissions! 💜
www.anathemamag.com
https://anathemaspec.subfolios.com/submit
Simo @srinivassimo.bsky.social he/they 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Spec fic + all things weird & queer. Stories in Fantasy, Strange Horizons, Tales & Feathers, khoreo & more. Lambda '25! http://srinivassimo.com
Hideo Kojima @hideokojimaen.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp Game Creator: 70% of my body is made of movies.
raven @ fire emblem fortune’s weave hype 🏳️🌈 @bloodraven55.bsky.social ◆ 27 ◆ ⚧️ ⚢ ◆ white ◆ any pronouns lesbian ◆ asexual and proud ◆ high probability of neurodivergence ◆ ENG/ESP 🆗 ◆ ❤️
@capt-introv.bsky.social
❤️
The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com a journal of ends and beginnings
https://psychopomp.com/deadlands/
published by @psychopomp.com, tweets by @feliciafm.bsky.social and @seanmarkey.bsky.social
Fantasy Magazine @fantasymagazine.bsky.social on hiatus...
https://psychopomp.com/fantasy/