Scott Westcott @westcottwriter.bsky.social Poet & Ponderer
Hannah Linden @hannahl1n.bsky.social Poet Devon, UK
1st Cafe Writers Poetry Competition 2021, 2nd Leeds Peace Poetry Prize 2024, H Comm. Wales Poetry Award 2021. Shortlisted Best Poetry Pamphlet Saboteur Awards 2023 https://vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/the-beautiful-open-sky.html 
Rekha Valliappan @silicasun.bsky.social Author - Poet
Award-winning Pushcart & Best of Net nom. Writer & Poet- Nature Nomad, Science Scarab, Art Aesthete -Stories, Poems, CNF, Flash Fiction, Haiku, Published in Over 100+ Literary & Genre Journals & Anthologies
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Athena Melliar @athenamelliar.bsky.social Poet. Greek. Feminist. Recent work in @lunchticket.bsky.social, @anotherchicagomag.bsky.social, @magmapoetry.bsky.social, @harpyhybrid.bsky.social, @petrichorlit.bsky.social, @neologismpoetry.bsky.social, @sotospeakjournal.bsky.social.
Holly Lyn Walrath @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social Writer. Poet. Editor. Nerd. Managing Editor Interstellar Flight Press. Author of NUMINOUS STONES, THE SMALLEST OF BONES, GLIMMERGLASS GIRL. She/They
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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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Vanessa Finaughty @vanessafinaughty.bsky.social Published author (indie & commissioned), editor by profession, avid reader and part-time nutcase.
Kevin J Fellows @kevinjfellows.bsky.social Writer and poet. Recovering technologist. Poet and author of the novel At the End of the World. Words in One Art, 34 Orchard, Strange Horizons, Translunar Travelers Lounge and others. Runner. https://kevinjfellows.com
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One Fall Review @onefallreview.bsky.social An online literary journal dedicated to professional wrestling themed poetry.
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John Lucy Ash - Fantasy Author @johnlucyash.bsky.social Debut novel The Nexus Prince out now!
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cmcrockford.bsky.social @cmcrockford.bsky.social BIRDSONGS (Alien Buddha, 2024) and WITH ONE'S OWN EYES (Moonstone Press, 2026). AuDHD. West Philly. Cat dad. Anti-fascist.
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S P Clark @spclarkwriter.bsky.social S P Clark is a writer of poetry, prose, plays, essays and articles. www.simonclarkwriter.com
Alison Lubar @theoriginalison.bsky.social poet & aspiring queer elder & mixed CA transplant 🌹 poetry collections w @thirtywestph '22 || Bottlecap '22 || @mouthfeelpress '23 || @stanchion '23 || METAMOURPHOSIS @fifthwheelpress ‘24 (they/themme) https://linktr.ee/theoriginalison
Melissa Brooks @melissa-brooks.bsky.social A memoir writer, writing about my experiences and childhood as a form of personal therapy.
Adele Gallogly @adelegallogly.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Flash fiction writer | 2025 Highly Commended Bridport Prize & Finalist New Millennium Writings | Published in FlashFlood, Paragraph Planet, 50-Word Stories, Flash the Court, Writers’ Hour, MacQueen’s Quinterly, and elsewhere.
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Corbett Buchly @buchly.bsky.social Writer of poetry and fiction. Author of W/Make, a poetry chapbook (Bottlecap Press 2026). Loves absurdist films, Dr. Who, steampunk, the post-apocalyptic, playing cards and the strange. #poet #scifi #writer
Jessie Carty @neysa.bsky.social Poet, educator, neurospicy
Michael Aaron Harrington | Cinnatus @cinnatus.bsky.social Reader. Scribbles a little, questions authority...hangs with the dogs and family
Samantha Lucia · poet @iamsamanthalulu.bsky.social Queer 🏳️🌈
Poetry and image from the seam of myth, ancestry, and the body.
At work on a novel, a cosmology, and whatever the next haunt asks for.
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Polly Conway @mspollyannacowgirl.bsky.social Senior TV Editor at Common Sense Media. Writer, editor, critic, kid advocate, open water swimmer, Sweet & Low lover. Opinions my own. www.pollyconway.com
Pamela Moffatt @pcmoffatt.bsky.social Parent, reader, author, listener, speaker. Ph.D.
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Marthine Satris @msatris.bsky.social Bay Area words & book person. Oakland. Associate Publisher at Heyday, Calendar compiler at ORB.
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Sixteen Rivers Press @sixteenrivers.bsky.social https://sixteenrivers.org/
anya ྀིྀི @nunyums.bsky.social insufferagirl on another platform 💌
i’m cooler on substack
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trampset @trampset.bsky.social A literary journal for the tramps in all of us. We accept poetry, CNF, flash, micro, and short fiction on a rolling basis.
All posts by @lmariharris.bsky.social
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Print Play Protect @printplayprotect.bsky.social We make cool tabletop items :D
Jed Myers @medjyers.bsky.social Longtime Seattleite from Philadelphia, poet, musician, wetland-walker, lit mag editor, married to writer Alina Rios, and father of three grown creatives. Newest book of poems: Can't Be Far (MoonPath, 2026).
Deborah @deborahzafer.bsky.social Reading, writing, rabbits 🐇 ✡️
Director of European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social
London
www.deborahzafer.com
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Jill Kitchen @jillkitchen.bsky.social language, longing, music, landscape. DC. co, nyc, & london still hold my heart. words in asterales, crabcreek, fourway, iowa, NAR, poetlore, split lip, vassar. soon in AQR, birdcoat, citron, june road. social media @ SWWIM she/her linktr.ee/jillkitchen
River River Books @riverriverbooks.bsky.social Where Poetry Moves. Two editors, publishing (at least) two exceptional poetry titles a year & the Plainwater Nonfiction Series. Poetry submissions open in May. Posts by editors @hanvanderhart.bsky.social and @amorak.bsky.social
www.riverriverbooks.org
Marshall Bood @marshallbood.bsky.social poet and author of Spring Cleaning(Ugly Duckling Presse, 2021)
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Dana Henry Martin @danahenrymartin.bsky.social Writer. Birder. Weaver. dif/Fused Ancestry: Mapping ancestries through geomaterials. They, she, any. 2026: Love and Cruelty, Meat for Tea. No Sea Here, Moon in the Rye Press.
Dirge Magazine @dirgemagazine.com The cultural feverdream that walks like a magazine. 2014-2017, 2025+
The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wastoids, dweebies, dickheads - they all adore us.
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Dina Strasser @dinaeliz.bsky.social Writer, teacher, semi-Luddite. I follow authors, educators, and lit mags.
Richard Foerster @richardfoerster.bsky.social Poet, editor. Recent books: Boy on a Doorstep: New and Selected Poems (Tiger Bark Press); With Little Light and Sometimes None at All (Littoral Books). National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Fellowships (1995, 2011). Maine Literary Awards (2007, 2011).
Paul Deane @rhunedhel.bsky.social Editor of Forgotten Ground Regained (https://alliteration.net), a website devoted to modern English alliterative verse. If you like Beowulf, or Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, or Tolkien's Fall of Arthur or Sigurd and Gudrun, you're in for a treat.
C. Oulens @owlnsquirrels1111.bsky.social Poet, thinker, dreamer, scribbler… in ascending order
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Winner, 3rd Annual Poe-it Like Poe Poetry Contest 2025 by sixdegreesofpoe
David Livewell @dwellphilly.bsky.social Author of two poetry collections: Shackamaxon (2012 T.S. Eliot Poetry Prize, Truman State University) and Pass and Stow (Paul Dry Books @pauldrybooks.bsky.social, 2026).
Tope Hall @topehall.bsky.social Adventures of Slothy and Lord Thrilling- M @mhsship.bsky.social @mhsship.bsky.social
Kolson Schlosser @kolslaw.bsky.social Interested in climate, labor, and literature. NTT prof in geography & environmental studies.
Dogs are my favorite people.
Poetry Emma Meier @poetryemmameier.bsky.social Poet. Writer. Reader. Thinker. ✍️📖
@szengierski.bsky.social @szengierski.bsky.social Writer. Photographer. Ocean advocate. TTRPG GM. Fervently defending democracy.
Unruly, but dedicated.
James Mcconachie @jamesmcconachie1.bsky.social Poet, apparently. Forward Prize, BOTN and Pushcart nom. Occasional horseman, remote rural Spain. Words in blackbough, iambapoet, eatthestorms, Modron, Madrid Review, Bad Lilies, Dark Mountain project and more.
https://linktr.ee/jamesmcconachiepoet
Collectibles Now @evibrations.bsky.social Retired MLB BASEBALL PLAYER - Collector Enthusiast Shop Owner / Media Producer / Writer - Subscribe
Cassandra Whitaker @casswhit.bsky.social Poet, Writer, Educator 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ (She/they/Mx). NBCC, Wolf Devouring A Wolf Devouring A Wolf available from Jackleg Press. https://queerthewolves.wordpress.com/
Neurospicy
Robert Vaughan @rgvaughan.bsky.social Author of 6 books, newest is ASKEW. I am the EIC of Bending Genres, LLC. Work in Best Small Fictions 2016 and 2019. Norton's Exceptionally Short Fictions 2018. www.robert-vaughan.com. www.bendinggenres.com 
Kathleen Florence @kathleenflorence.bsky.social LA writer, director, performer. Poet Film Stage. Moon Tide Press author 2025.
Dr. Colleen S. Harris 💙📚 #booksky #libraries #spoonie @warmaiden.bsky.social Poet, academic library scholar, chronic illness life. Author: The Light Becomes Us (Main Street Rag, 2025), Toothache in the Bone (boats against the current, 2025), more. See www.colleensharris.com
Stephanie Frazee @stephieosaurus.bsky.social Writes things, waters plants. 🦖🦕 Words in Centaur, Sundress Pubs, Midwest Weird, Variant Lit, Pithead Chapel, Marrow Mag, Stone Circle, Door Is A Jar, The Evergreen Review, Roi Faineant, Bayou Mag, ONE ART, Juked, etc. Asst Ed American Short Fiction.
Perugia Press @perugiapress.bsky.social Founded in 1997, Perugia is a nonprofit feminist press celebrating & supporting women poets, inclusive of gender-expansive identities, in print & beyond.
https://linktr.ee/perugiapress
DNC_Loyalist @dncloyalist846.bsky.social We're fighting for a future where every American thrives, with equality, justice, and opportunity for all – and we'll keep pushing back against Trump's divisive agenda to make that vision a reality.
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Ellen Girardeau Kempler @placepoet.bsky.social Poet / Writer / Author: Fire in My Head / Flame in My Heart: Poems for the Pyrocene (Kelsay Books, 2025) ~ Thirty Views of a Changing World (Finishing Line Press, 2017) ~ OR grown, CA rooted ~ This is not Ostrich Time. Resistance is engagement. 💚 
Kashelle @kashelle.bsky.social 
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Jason Prokowiew @jasonprokowiew.bsky.social Author of War Boys, Fat Boy Fat, and Let Him Be. Recipient of PEN America/Jean Stein grant, support from Bread Loaf, Ucross, Tin House, and Mass Cultural Council. U.S. Fulbright Scholar to Germany.
Gerry Thibeault @gerrythibeault.bsky.social Poet
Medha Singh @medhawrites.bsky.social Poet, editor and translator. Edinburgh. SciencesPo, UoE / TEDx / New Writer Awardee ‘23 (Scottish Book Trust). www.medhawrites.com
Ava C. Ryder @aryder.com I write immersive adventure stories told through the eyes of animal protagonists. My debut novel, "Ember's Gallop," follows a brave wild mustang as she leads her herd through a raging wildfire. Authentic animal perspectives make my work unique. aryder.com
Creative Writing at NEIU @neiu-cw.bsky.social Home of Northeastern Illinois University’s Creative Writing Minor, The 82 Reading Series, and more!
https://www.neiu.edu/academics/colleges-departments/arts-and-sciences/departments/english/student-groups-and-honor-society/82-writers-reading
Epistemic Literary- Read Issue 8: Righteous Rage now! @epistemiclit.bsky.social Read Issue 8! Epistemiclit.com
Digital anthology series celebrating knowledge, connection, and growth through poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction.
EICs @melruthwrites.bsky.social and @kristinwrites.bsky.social. CNF Editor @gcbwrites.bsky.social
Bex Hainsworth @poetbex.bsky.social Teacher and Poet. Pamphlets - Walrussey (The Black Cat Poetry Press, 2023) and Circulaire (Written off Publishing, 2025).
Circulaire available to purchase here: https://writtenoffpublishing.com/shop/p/circulaire-bex-hainsworth
Leah Umansky @leahumansky.bsky.social
Writer/ Poet/ Educator/ Artist/
Host + Curator of @coupletseries.bsky.social in NYC since 2011
Creator of #staybrave substack
📚: Delicate Machine (Dzanc Books, 2027)
Ordinary Splendor (Etruscan Press, 2028)
https://linktr.ee/leahumansky
Beach Sloth @beachsloth.bsky.social Support Each Other
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Sarah Holloway @sarahholloway.bsky.social Writer. Work in or forthcoming: SmokeLong Quarterly,'s blog, Roi Fainéant, Cowboy Jamboree, Necessary Fiction, Heavy Feather Review and elsewhere. Grandmother. Musician. She/her.
Peter J. King @rock-rex.bsky.social Poet, painter, translator (mainly from modern Greek & German). Originally from Boston, Lincolnshire, I now live in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds.
https://wisdomsbottompress.wordpress.com/peter-j-king
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“A republic, if you can keep it.” @silverliningunited.bsky.social Everything shared here is rooted in the Constitution and nonviolent civic resistance. This is about restoring democratic norms. Withdrawal of consent means refusing unlawful abuses of power, peacefully. That’s how free people protect democracy.
SunriseUp @sunriseup1.bsky.social Social Work, Animal Lover. Don't give in to fear. Hold on to the truth... and hope.
Victoria Spires @victoriaspires.bsky.social linktr.ee/victoriaspires
BotN, Pushcart & Forward nominated. Shortlisted/commended in various comps: Winner Alpine Fellowship Poetry Prize
Finalist Mslexia Women's Comp
Seeking publisher for new work.
America 4 All — A4A @america-4-all.bsky.social There’s enough money and resources in America for everyone to prosper. 🗽 🇺🇸
Decentralized network of creators/members with goals to:
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I'll say what the rest are thinking.
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I use clips, articles, memes, and my own opinions.
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Andy Williamson @andywilliamson.com Writer, poet, creative thinker & architect for democracy / Sgrìobhadair, bàrd, neach-smaoineachaidh cruthachail agus ailtire airson deamocrasaidh | Aotearoa & Isle of Skye | https://urbanbadgercollective.com/links/
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Cam McGlynn @pinkpossumclub.bsky.social Am I a poet dreaming that I'm a possum? Or a possum dreaming about eating all your bird seed?
@laurapoet.bsky.social @laurapoet.bsky.social 
Ree @annemariemartel.bsky.social Meditator Mother Sales Director Writer
Love is always the answer,
except when the answer is even more love.
Julene Tripp Weaver @trippweavpoet.bsky.social Poet—latest book: "Slow Now with Clear Skies." Writer. Herbalist—Green Witch. Therapist. Systemic or Family Constellation. Health Artist. #WOMPO https://www.julenetrippweaver.com
Tracie Renee (she/her) @tracierenee.bsky.social Librarian in sort-of Chicago.
PW book reviewer.
#Amquerying #SCBWI writer/poet.
Winner: #50PreciousWords, Highlights scholarship, ElegantLit, IAmWritingMG.
HM: #PBParty.
WTMP mentee, RisingTalent finalist, BOTN.
https://linktr.ee/tracie.renee