The Turning Leaf Journal @turningleafjournal.bsky.social A home for CNF, Poetry & Art on the edge of change
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Franco Amati @francoamati.bsky.social writer, poet, SFWA & Codex, ViableParadise 2024,
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Alan Gillanders @alan.ison.blue If you've ever felt there's more to life than what you see, you're right. My work explores how mind and energy shape reality, guiding you toward clarity, peace, and your own awakening.
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Noris Roberts @norisroberts.bsky.social Lawyer who graduated from Santa Marรญa University in Caracas, Venezuela. She holds a Ph.D. in Literature and a Masterโs degree in Civil and Mercantile Law.
Ryan Vine @ryanvine.bsky.social poet | prof | deep north | books: The Cave (Best Poetry Books of 2025, California Review of Books), To Keep Him Hidden (Northeastern Minnesota Book Award), WARD & Distant Engines (Weldon Kees Award) | poems: APR, Ploughshares, The Southern Review, NPR ...
Write4Eddie @write4eddie.bsky.social Scurrying through the mire of existence. #AmQuerying a novel about a trip through the lives of ancestors.
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The Ubergroup @theubergroup.bsky.social a 501(c)3 nonprofit providing low cost education for writers. Prose, poetry, stage, screen, nonfiction, journalism, comics, animation, podcasts, you name it. If it has a writer at any stage, we teach it.
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CaseyAD @caseychavis.bsky.social Child of God, Proud Liberal, Brother, Uncle, Baker,Short Story Writer, Published Author, Cat Owner, World wide Traveler, Architect in a past (or future) life, Proud New Yorker living in Wisconsin. Introvert struggling to become more of an extrovert
Hank Moore @hankmoore.bsky.social Author 14 books: Pop Music Legends, Big Picture of Business, Classic TV Reference, Non-Profit Legends, Pop Icons & Business Legends. Nominated for 7 Pulitzer Prizes. 100+ awards. Speaker. Business guru. Corporate Strategist. Humanitarian. Pop Culture Maven
Chris Dolan @mcdolan.bsky.social I am angry about the nitrate levels in Iowaโs drinking water. My writing has recently appeared or is forthcoming in Strange Horizons, Maudlin House, The Disappointed Housewife, and others. www.dolanchris.com
@combatradio.bsky.social @combatradio.bsky.social Survived Warner Bros Studios/Now Exec Director of Combat Radio/Brigade-Radio-One based at NBC/Universal Studios. MMA practitioner. Terrorist attack survivor. Monk. https://linktr.ee/ethandettenmaier
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One Fall Review @onefallreview.bsky.social An online literary journal dedicated to professional wrestling themed poetry.
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Bjorn Klein ๐โ๏ธ๐ @worldsforus.bsky.social ๐ Author of ๐ท๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐ graphic novel ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐.
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The Nod/Wells Timelines @thenwt.bsky.social News and information about The Nod/Wells Timelines speculative-fiction literary universe. This account also boosts posts selected by the author of The Timelines, @michaelshotter.com.
Richard Puglisi @rpuglisi.bsky.social I am a poet and writer of nonfiction articles and essays. My websites are: https://rpuglisi.wordpress.com/ & https://richardpuglisipoet.tumblr.com/ I live in Yardley. Pa. with my wife and talking cat.
Gone Lawn Journal @gonelawn.bsky.social If you can describe us, you get magic coffee and jumping cookies.
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Joni Page Author @jonipageauthor.bsky.social Wild child. Optimist.
Writer of captivating, happy tales.
Author of Beach Shorts - a Sandthology & The Feminist EarthMother PartyGirl.
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Gratefully living on Kaurna Country, Australia.
Coral Vega is revising โ๏ธ @authorcoralvega.bsky.social Teacher, mom, author of
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A Dance of Fire ๐๐ผ๐ฅ
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K.M. Hanslik @kmhanslik.bsky.social My writing explores the nature of change, the psychology of grief, and landscapes as bridges between the spiritual and the physical.
Editor for The Turning Leaf Journal. @turningleafjournal.bsky.social
Chapbook โBonesโ 2026.
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Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue @nicolehigginb.bsky.social Author
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The Adroit Journal @adroitjournal.bsky.social โThe Adroit Journal is where I go when I want to know what the kids are reading.โ
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Frazzled Lit *Closed for Submissions* @frazzledlit.bsky.social We are Frazzled Lit! ๐ฅ ๐ฅ
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Eds @lozzawriting.bsky.social and @jmcm.bsky.social
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Variant Literature @variantlit.bsky.social Variant Literature is a small press and magazine. http://variantlit.com
Summer 2026 issue out now!
-ette review @ettereview.bsky.social Let's get small. -ette loves fiction and prose poetry under 1000 words.
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Best Small Fictions
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Thirty West Publishing @thirtywestph.com Est. 2015 in Pennsylvania | Escape the Mundane Poetry, novels, stories, & hand-made chapbooks
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Passages North @passagesnorth.bsky.social A national literary magazine based at Northern Michigan University.
Site: passagesnorth.com
Submissions open in September ๐ซ
Mid-American Review @midamericanreview.bsky.social Publishing poetry, fiction, nonfiction, translations, and reviews since 1980. Based at Bowling Green State University.
Joshua Walker @bigjosh84.bsky.social I take up space, even when the world says I shouldnโt.
Poet. Observer. Rebel of thought.
Every heartbeat a manifesto. Resisting always. ๐
2025 Pushcart & Best Microfiction Nominee
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Lisa Bellamy @lisalbellamy.bsky.social Reader - Writer - Writers Studio teacher - www.lisabellamypoet.com
Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com A writersโ community led by editors ๐ฅ
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Sarah Brockhaus @scbrock.bsky.social Poet // MFA from LSU // PhD student @ UNT // co-editor of The Shore Poetry
The Bulb Region @bulbregion.bsky.social An online literary journal dedicated to prose, poetry, comics, essays, humor, hybrid, and everything in-between.
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Lacey Cohen @laceyrco.bsky.social Writer, Michigander, 26-year-old posing as a middle-aged Brooklyn Townie dive bar dweller, and, of course, foodie
West Trade Review @westtradereview.bsky.social Publishing the best contemporary fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry since 2009. Literary magazine based out of Charlotte, NC.
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Belladonna's Garden @bdglit.bsky.social A curated literary magazine of stories & poems. Submit your work โ weโre listening. www.belladonnasgardenlit.com
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Aaron Burch @aaronburch.bsky.social Author: TACOMA; A KIND OF IN-BETWEEN; YEAR OF THE BUFFALO; STEPHEN KING'S THE BODY; BACKSWING
Editor: HAD; Short Story, Long (on Substack)
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Ted Morrissey @tedmorrissey.bsky.social Novelist, story writer, poet, scholar, translator, theorist, librarian, publisher, podcaster, educator
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Blue @squider.bsky.social Pro human. Pro women. Pro rights. Pro choice. ๐๐ Good Trouble
Laken Brimicombe @lakenbrimicombe.bsky.social ๐จ๐ฆMiddle grade writer
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Written by Uju โ๐ฝ @writtenbyuju.bsky.social My words are brushstrokes for the soul.
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Elizabeth Fletcher @esfletcher.bsky.social writer, yoga therapist, Bowie fan | asst cnf editor Pithead Chapel | Best Microfiction nom | Pushcart Prize nom | BOTN nom | wigleaf LL | stage NED | ope
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NaBeela Washington @nabeelawashington.com Poet. Chicago Journalist. Wanderer. Corgi Mama. Art Collector. Editor-in-chief @luckyjefferson.com. Support hyperlocal news @15west.org.
I post about everything (especially my favorite shows).
In case youโre wondering..itโs pronounced [Nah-Bee-Lah].
Kashawn Taylor @kashawntaylor.bsky.social Writer. Teacher. Student.
Prison Journalism Project.
Gotham Writers Workshop.
book: subhuman. out now.
JESUS THE APOLLO ๐๐ @jesustheapollo.bsky.social Musician | Actor | Scientist | Poet | Author | Philosopher|
Multi faith
โTo live to surf the silvers of the moonโ- JESUS THE APOLLO
28 -๐UK
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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com Writer of speculative poetry and prose | not hip, cool, or with it | words in Lightspeed, Modern Haiku, Dreams & Nightmares, and elsewhere | co-chair for the 2026 Rhysling Awards | member of SFPA and Haiku Society of America | ajwentz.com
Marshall Bood @marshallbood.bsky.social poet and author of Spring Cleaning(Ugly Duckling Presse, 2021)
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Ali @alibutterfly.bsky.social Mother, sister, daughter, teacher, caregiver, knitter, crafter, fair weather gardener. Seeking some joy after a super difficult year. Thankful for the poetry community on Bluesky and the distraction of the arts challenges ๐.
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Matthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social Weaving ways through poetry. Second full collection, โWhatever You Do, Just Donโtโ, a Poetry Society Book of the Year 2023, available from HappenStance Press.
Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social Poet, New York Times bestselling author of Paleolithic Era novels, nonfiction writer, award-winning screenwriter.
https://marymackey.com/
Ann Douglas @anndouglas.bsky.social Author of 26 non-fiction books, including NAVIGATING THE MESSY MIDDLE (a book about midlife). Trying to teach myself how to write my first novel. Passionate about democracy and social justice. http://anndouglas.ca
Laura Grace Weldon @lauragraceweldon.bsky.social Writer, poet, book editor, hope monger, cranky pacifist, effusive introvert. Author of five books. Braided Way editor. she/her Ohio 6a/ ecoregion 8 lauragraceweldon.com
Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social Subverter of the dominant paradigm
Hannah Grieco @writesloud.bsky.social Writer, Editor, Teacher | Author of First Kicking, Then Not (Stanchion 2025) | Columnist @ WCP
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Sรญdhe Press @sidhepress.bsky.social One-woman press based in Berlin. EIC @missyerem.bsky.social
https://sidhe-press.eu Trans rights are human rights.
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Carl Phillips @cphillipspoet.bsky.social Author, he/him
Susan L. Leary @susanlleary.bsky.social Poet | SENTENCE (Nine Syllables Press, 2026) | MORE FLOWERS (Trio House Press, 2026) | DRESSING THE BEAR (Louise Bogan Award, Trio House Press, 2024) + 3 ๐| Mayah ๐ถ | Indianapolis, IN | www.susanlleary.com
Natasha Kane @natashakane.bsky.social Associate Editor / Trio House Press | Typesetter | Educator | Local Bartender โจ
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Kris Bigalk @krisbigalk.bsky.social Executive Editor, @TrioHousePress.bsky.social; Board member, AWP. Lover of literary poetry and prose. Opinions are my own.
Trio House Press @triohousepress.org Publishing diverse, distinct poetry since 2012 - and, in 2024, creative nonfiction and more! @KrisBigalk.bsky.social - executive editor; @NatashaKane.bsky.social - marketing/acquisitions editor
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sarah ๐ฅ @sarahmillswrites.bsky.social sad girl from planet wonder
poet, writer, she/her
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debut poetry collection: Lit Fox Books - 2027
Nika Dubrovsky @nikadubrovsky.bsky.social Everything Was Forever Until It Was No More
http://davidgraeber.institute,
http://davidgraeber.org
@museumofcare
http://a4kids.org
David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social A platform for projects related to David Graeberโs legacy, developing his ideas and projects that will take on a life of their own, continuing and contributing to his work.
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Black Lawrence Press @blacklawrence.bsky.social New York-based publisher of contemporary poetry and prose. Founded in 2004, CLMP member. Home to annual contests, open reading periods, and the Immigrant Writing Series. We offer manuscript consultations, free monthly writing workshops, and more.
Samuel Day Wharton @fakeourway.bsky.social (re)lapsed poet / winemaker / jack of some trades
mostly poetry / some wine stuff / a dog or two / hopefully not too much politics
Sacramento CA
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
H. Perry Horton @hperryhorton.bsky.social New Novel Available Now:
DON'T LET THE DARKNESS EAT YOU UP
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Andrew Fox โ @foxphorescence.bsky.social Reader, writer, book collector, and all-around biblophile.
Learning to channel the soft whisper of the muses.
Autodidact.
INFJ
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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author @inventingreality.bsky.social I'm the author of 80+ books and an established editor who has helped more than 400 authors achieve their publishing dreams. My books include writing guidebooks, a novel, children's books and more. Visit inventingrealityediting.com
Jared Beloff @readinstead.bsky.social teacher, poet, father, husband | WHO WILL CRADLE YOUR HEAD (ELJ 2023) | Ed. POETS OF QUEENS 2 | EIC of @porcupinelit.bksy.social | Co-Founder of monthly reading series and poetry community get togethers, @notatawp.bsky.social
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Skylar Camp @skylarcamp.bsky.social skylarcamp.com
Writer. MILF.
Pushcart Prize and
Best Microfiction Nominee
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HAD @havehashad.com We had an idea that started as a joke. We had an affinity for that minimalist look and feel of early online journals. We had a couple drinks.
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Bookshelfie โญ๏ธ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
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Rod Mannix #WritingCommunity @rodmannix.bsky.social Writer ๐ Gladly reposting publication news for the writing community.
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Todd Dillard @toddedillard.bsky.social โWays We Vanishโ from Okay Donkey, โRagnarรถk at the Father Daughter Danceโ from Variant, finalist for the Donald Hall AWP Prize, poems in Threepenny, Southern Review, APR, HAD, etc.
The Shore @theshorepoetry.bsky.social The Shore is an online poetry publication seeking cutting, strange, and daring work from new and established poets alike.
https://linktr.ee/theshorepoetry
Shawnte Orion @shawnteorion.bsky.social Slacker poet. Author of "Gravity & Spectacle" (Tolsun Books) and "The Existentialist Cookbook" (NYQBooks). Editor at rinky dink press. Poems on vinyl from Related Records.
Tammy C. Greenwood @tcgreenwood.bsky.social Poet and Printmaker. Pushcart nom. Poetry in Rattle, Whale Road Review, The Pinch, McNeese Review, SWWIM, Door is A Jar, FERAL, Emerge Journal, Rust and Moth, Orange Blossom Review and elsewhere.
Nick Sturm @nicksturm.bsky.social post45 poetry, small press publishing, print culture, history of arts funding | Faculty in English @ U of Iowa | co-director of @nysnetwork.bsky.social | editor of books w/ Fonograf, City Lights, & Nightboat | book with Columbia UP | nicksturm.com
Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social Ploughshares | Best American Nonreq'd | Copper Nickel Editors' Prize | The Norton Reader | ElectricLit | Flash Fiction America | Swamp Pink | Wigleaf | Five Points (forthcoming) | The Art of Flash Fiction https://artofflashfiction.substack.com
Birmingham Poetry Review @bham-poetry-review.bsky.social Volume 52 Out Now! | Est. 1987 | Publishing Award Winning Poetry, Reviews, Essays, & Interviews | Open for Poetry Submissions |
https://linktr.ee/birminghampoetryreview?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=a6e4b253-f548-4727-91da-c69865518234
Annie Przypyszny @apryps.bsky.social Poetry MFA @ UMD // intern at the DC Writers Room // reader at Bicoastal Review // poems in Sugar House Review, Beltway Poetry Quarterly, Tupelo Quarterly, Tampa Review, Bear Review, SWWIM, The Shore, The Emerson Review, etc. // annieprzypyszny.com ๐ท๐ธ๐บ
Joseph Kerschbaum @josephkerschbaum.bsky.social Poet, posts about writing, subs, craft. Latest poetry collections: Midnight Sunrise (2024) & Mirror Box (2020), both from Main St. Rag Press. Poetry staff for The Flying Island Journal. Noms: Pushcart, BoTN, Lilly. More: www.thirstyocean.com
Festival for Poetry @poetryfestival.bsky.social Daily Poetry Deadlines
Submit for a free posting.
Submit for a poetry reading video.
Submit for your poetry to be made into a film.
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Rough Diamond Poetry @rough-diamond1.bsky.social Rough Diamond is an online and in print poetry journal. roughdiamondpoems@gmail.com
EIC - Charlotte Cosgrove
http://ko-fi.com/roughdiamond open for subs