Valerie Estelle Frankel📚👩🏫🌌🎲🎮🏰📜🧷🧛🏻♂️🦇🎭✡️✍️🧙🏻🎃 @valeriefrankel.bsky.social 👨🎓Professor, 📚author of 100 books on drwho💫starwars✨outlander #sfwa🚀 #scbwi #kidlit Cali https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B004KMCLQK pitch me on #academic #Jewish #sff https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/series/jewish-science-fiction-and-fantasy/
Prairie Schooner @prairie-schooner.bsky.social Literary Journal of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln: 100 years of poetry, essays, fiction, & reviews. Posts by staff & interns https://prairieschooner.unl.edu
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
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Book tour inquiries: contact@book-shelfie.com
Kirk Wilson @kirkwilson.bsky.social Author of the story collection Out of Season, the poetry collection Songbox, the poetry chapbook The Early Word, and the crime study Unsolved. http://www.kirkwilsonbooks.com
Meg @megjmcbay.bsky.social Singer, performer and professional nap seeker
Advocating for human and animal rights
Lover of Art
Rémi Forte @rmfrt.com Poetic Program, Typographic System
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ʕᵔᴥᵔʔ Milla Lorelei Mélomane 💙 ʕᵔᴥᵔʔ @britpoptarts.bsky.social Catless cat lady wrangling tiny hausweezlz, progressive Dem leading w/ kindness & cuss words, collector/enjoyer of music, books, movies, tarot decks, yarn, rings… Mostly harmless. Good weird. Interested in many things (ADHD). She/her. I have no $ for you.
Siobhan Neile @sioneile.bsky.social Same as it ever was
https://linktr.ee/siobhan.neile
The Rally Reading Series @rallyreading.bsky.social The heart of a march in the body of a reading series--the Rally offers a whole new helping of literary discourse 1st Thursdays. 7pm at Pete's Candy Store.
Next up: May 7th
Event Link: https://tinyurl.com/yz2h254v
Taylor Strickland @taylor-strickland.bsky.social Poet. Translator. Winner of 2023 Saltire Award for Scottish Poetry Book of the Year. Get a copy of DASTRAM/DELIRIUM now -> https://linktr.ee/taylorstricklandarts
Chef Finney @cheffinney.bsky.social Executive Chef, Culinary Consultant, Guerilla Improv Comic, Anti-Fascist/Racist, Irish Polymath, Former Lots of Stuff, I am Stabby the MF Leprechaun. NSFW
(Ridire Créachta on Fashbook)
"I paint houses..."
"Tiocfaidh ár lá!"
"There is NO THEM!"
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Gerry Thibeault @gerrythibeault.bsky.social Poet
Christopher @c007goat.bsky.social Vancouverite. 2001. Pescatarian. Screenwriter. Songwriter. Playwright.
Patreon.com/JustChristopher
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
@amythatcher.bsky.social @amythatcher.bsky.social Learner of poetry. Keeper of bees. Daughter of the City of Implausible Things.
@maxrayn.bsky.social @maxrayn.bsky.social 
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Be excellent to each other.
Bobby Alemán @bobby-aleman.bsky.social writer. hiker. motorcycle rider.
https://texashighways.com/writer/bobby-aleman/
Vijay Joshi @vjwords.bsky.social Poet...Poems are a very constructive channel for inner self, to link it with the world out there...
#poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #poetry #poem
Naomi Simone Borwein @nsborwein.bsky.social Horror scholar, PhD, HWA, CSFFA | Global Indigenous Horror (UPM, 2025) | Poetry Editor Orion’s Belt | Words in Future Fire, UtopiaSF, Space&Time, Lovecraftiana | EIC @katabaticcircus.bsky.social co-EIC @angrygablepress.bsky.social
Kerry P (Author & Editor) @kerrypwrites.bsky.social 💻 Editor. CIEP professional member.
💞 Author of contemporary romance and romcoms with heart, heat & HEA.
💜 WIP: Hearts Adrift.
🧠 Neurodivergent.
James Lilliefors @jameslilliefors.bsky.social Poet, journalist, novelist. Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee. Poetry chapbook SUDDEN SHADOWS published last fall.
Stephen Jackson @fortyoddcrows.bsky.social Pacific Northwest: Seattle, Portland, Eugene 🌲 | Working-class, poet, photographer, vegan 🌱 | Allium, The Branches, fourteen poems, New Ohio Review, Prairie Fire, Washington State Queer Poetry Anthology
https://stephen-jackson.com
Allison Grace Myers @allisongracemyers.bsky.social Writer, Mother, Texan. Published in Image, Witness, Gulf Coast, Electric Literature…
www.allisongracemyers.com
Molly Ferguson Akin @mollyakin.bsky.social Kansas transplant to coastal MA. Library director, poet and occasional essayist. HOSPICE now available. | she/her | mollyakin.com
SwanAteMyBaby @swanatemybaby.bsky.social ¡Filadelfia! | Father of two (cats) | I am “the duckbilled platypus has feet like a duck but it’s furry” years old
Sarah Brodsky @sarahbrodsky.bsky.social Freelancer writing about personal finance and business. Interested in science, math, books, cooking, languages. St. Louis, MO #pwME
Kim Samek @kimsamek.bsky.social O. Henry Prize-winning author of debut story collection I AM THE GHOST HERE with Dial Press, out now. Pushcart Prize winner, Emmy nominated tv writer.
Sarah Ann Winn | Poet Camp @poetcamp.bsky.social I’m a poet, teacher and free-range librarian, and the founder of Poet Camp. #wompo
*And brand new to Bluesky as of 9/5!
PoetCamp.com
Travis Nichols @travisnichols.bsky.social Writer & illo-er of books & stuff for kids & post-kids. The Terribles (Random House), The HECKADECK (Chronicle), etc. Clown and witchy stuff. GROOSUM TOOSUMS ⬇️
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/travisnichols/groosum-toosums-a-game-of-dueling-duos
joshboardman.txt @handle.invalid It is my opinion as well as that of others that the word grey spelled with an e is greyer than the same word spelled with an a: gray.
Kathy Hoinski @austinkho.bsky.social Advertising enthusiast
Lisa Estus @lisaestus.bsky.social (she/her) Writer of fiction, poetry, essays. Reader 📚. Feminist. Queer, trans ally 🌈🏳️⚧️. Childless Cat Lady 🐈⬛. Moving to a Blue State. Gen X. Strength training 💪🏼. Profligate abuser of exclamation points. Pro-Democracy. Pro-reason. Pro-critical thinking.
Peggy A. Wheeler @pawheeler.bsky.social Writer of the fantastical, reader, world traveler, damned good cook, lover of good food and good wine, Bettie Page fan. Penning my 6th novel. Experiencing a massive, fun blast with this one!
Jena Heath @profheath.bsky.social Surviving the tech bro onslaught in Austin while teaching journalism, digital media & oral history. Managing Editor Sound Historian, research journal of the Texas Oral History Association.
Timothy Braun (a.k.a. The Braunologue) @timothybraun.bsky.social Writer for @nytimes @huffingtonpost @AmericanTheatre @AustinChronicle @Austin_Monthly @TexasStandard and some sad plays and operas. RT not a endorsement. https://substack.com/@timothybraun
Leila Sales @leilasalesbooks.bsky.social Leila Sales suffers for her art. Well, it's not really art. But it's something. And she suffers.
Author, editor, eater of chocolate. My newest book, THE MUSEUM OF LOST AND FOUND, is out now!
https://linktr.ee/leilasalesbooks
Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org Taco Bell Quarterly is The World's Most Prestigious Literary Magazine. Unaffiliated with Daddy Taco. We publish the boundaries of cease and desist. tacobellquarterly.org
Austin Kleon @austinkleon.bsky.social I’m a writer who draws. Author of STEAL LIKE AN ARTIST and other bestsellers. www.austinkleon.com
Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social Writer/reader/speaker/music lover/book reviewer (NPR, Locus, etc)/freelancer/photographer/PhD. Words in many places. I want to do all the things, so invite me!
https://linktr.ee/gabinoiglesias
marthalouisehunter @marrhalouisehunter.bsky.social Estate sale junkie. Taco Freak. Frequently pissed at my computer. Author of Painting Juliana … Austin, Texas 💙🏳️🌈🇺🇦
Trivarna Hariharan @trivarnahariharan.bsky.social Poet, pianist, flower-enthusiast. Founder of the creative writing community, Wildflowers are Prayers. 🌸
Jessica Ballen @jessicaballen.bsky.social Slightly funny, slightly poet; @_j___esus on Instagram
Kathy Valentine @kathyvalentine.bsky.social Musician. Songwriter. Singer. Author. Mom. Sober and Sparkly Fun. RRHOF inductee.
katval.substack.com
Katie Gutierrez @katiegutzwriter.bsky.social Bestselling author of More Than You’ll Ever Know | National Magazine Award finalist | tired mom trying to get the words in
Antonio Ruiz-Camacho @aruizcamacho.bsky.social Award-winning author and freelancer writer. Personal finance, travel rewards, books, fiction, nonfiction. Check out my portfolio: https://authory.com/AntonioRuizCamacho
Scott Semegran @scottsemegran.com Award-winning Writer. Latest book: STARMAN AFTER MIDNIGHT. Previous: THE CODGER AND THE SPARROW. https://scottsemegran.com/
Mike Hoinski @hoinski.bsky.social magazine editor | Texas Highways
@texashighways.bsky.social
I commission and edit the Open Road essay series: https://texashighways.com/topic/open-road/
Dina Gachman @dgachman.bsky.social Writer, Texan. Pulitzer Center Grantee. Always looking for a story.
Texas Highways @texashighways.bsky.social The official travel magazine of Texas. On the road since 1974.
https://texashighways.com
Joseph O'Neill @josephoneill.bsky.social Writer
Evan Smith @evanasmith.bsky.social Managing Director for Events, @theatlantic.com
Senior Advisor, Emerson Collective
Co-founder and former CEO, @texastribune.org
Former Editor-in-Chief and President, @texasmonthly.bsky.social
Ramona Reeves @ramoreeves.bsky.social Author, It Falls Gently All Around and Other Stories, Drue Heinz Lit Prize | Editor, Writing Coach | 🌈
Kelly Luce @kellyluce.bsky.social author of THREE SCENARIOS IN WHICH HANA SASAKI GROWS A TAIL (A\SO) and PULL ME UNDER (FSG). Radcliffe fellow. Editor of Electric Lit's The Commuter
Cara Blue Adams @carablueadams.bsky.social YOU NEVER GET IT BACK, a New York Times Editors' Choice. Work in the New Yorker and Granta. Associate professor at Temple University. Brooklyn & Beacon via Vermont.
Szilvia Molnar @szilmolnar.bsky.social Author of The Nursery
Lucas Schaefer @lucaseschaefer.bsky.social Debut novel THE SLIP out now from Simon & Schuster. Winner of 2025 Kirkus Prize for fiction. Paperback 6/23/26.
Deesha Philyaw @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social Author of THE TRUE CONFESSIONS OF FIRST LADY FREEMAN (on sale 9.29.2026; pre-order: https://bit.ly/firstladyfreeman) and THE SECRET LIVES OF CHURCH LADIES.
Adeena Reitberger @adeena.bsky.social Sometimes writer, editor at American Short Fiction, tennis person, animal friend. ~~ https://adeenareitberger.com/ ~~
Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social Independent journalist. Words in Rolling Stone, Marie Claire, Slate, The Daily Beast, Texas Monthly etc. My debut novel “Something’s Wrong With The Girls“ will be published by Rare Bird.
Wanna work together? oliviamesser@protonmail.com
Rebecca Makkai @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social Pulitzer finalist for THE GREAT BELIEVERS; new novel, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU, out now. Artistic Director at StoryStudio Chicago. Trying to give everyone the benefit of the doubt. You should, too.
rebeccamakkai.substack.com
https://rebeccamakkai.com
Lisa Lucas @likaluca.bsky.social 📚🐈🪴
BookPeople @bookpeople.com The largest independent bookstore in Texas 📚 A community bound by books located in the heart of downtown Austin.
S. Kirk Walsh @skirkwalsh.bsky.social lost between the social spaces. 
Sasha Frere-Jones @sashafrerejones.bsky.social https://n.sashafrerejones.com/archive/writing-about-2025/
Stephen Graham Jones @stephengrahamjones.com I’m on my way. https://www.stephengrahamjones.com
David Abrams @imdavidabrams.bsky.social Novelist (“Fobbit” & “Brave Deeds”), husband (42 years), human father (3x over), Cat Daddy (3x over). Avid reader. Founder and curator of #SundaySentence. Author of Van-ishing America on Substack: https://davidabrams.substack.com/
Elizabeth Kolbert @elizkolbert.bsky.social I am a New Yorker staff writer and author of "H is for Hope," "Under a White Sky," and "The Sixth Extinction," and “Life on a Little-Known Planet." Learn more at elizabethkolbert.com.
Steph Opitz @stephopitz.bsky.social Hypewoman. Also, Director of Bookstore Partnerships for Bookshop.org 
Cal Morgan @calmorgan.bsky.social Worshipful Company of Book Folk 📚
Senior Literary Agent, Enliven Endeavors ✨
“Please read.”
Daniel Alarcón @danielgalarcon.bsky.social Radio Ambulante Studios / The New Yorker / Columbia Journalism School
Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social I'm a writer. I don't believe in voices for the voiceless. Abolish the conditions of voicelessness instead.
Books include The Sympathizer, The Committed, A Man of Two Faces, The Refugees, and To Save and to Destroy: Writing as an Other.
Diane Seuss @dseuss.bsky.social Author of Modern Poetry, frank: sonnets, Still Life w Two Dead Peacocks and a Girl, Four-Legged Girl, all from Graywolf Press, and Wolf Lake, White Gown Blown Open (Univ. of Massachusetts Press), Chancellor for Academy of American Poets.
Chris Barton @bartography.bsky.social Author—THE DAY-GLO BROTHERS, SHARK VS. TRAIN, WHOOSH! & WE MATCH! Freelance editor—fiction/nonfiction. President—Texas Institute of Letters. Loves visiting schools. https://linktr.ee/bartography
CharleygirlTX @charleygirltx.bsky.social 📚✊🐈⬛🍻💃🏻🎶💞
Laurie Stone @lauriestone.bsky.social I hope to seduce you to read "Everything is Personal," named by Lithub one of the seven best literary publications on Substack. lauriestone.substack.com/subscribe
Steve Himmer @shimmer.bsky.social Writer, walker, and mandolin player. Probably that guy you saw looking at something on the ground. Faculty and MFA program director at Emerson College, and editor at https://necessaryfiction.bsky.social/.
http://www.stevehimmer.com
Dan Chaon @danchaon.bsky.social Novelist and short story writer.
Signed/personalized copies of my books here: https://www.macsbacks.com/dan-chaon
southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social Writer, lawyer, Dodger fan, internet dog. nycsouthpaw18 at gmail. 
Paul Lisicky @paullisicky.bsky.social My seventh book, SONG SO WILD AND BLUE: A LIFE WITH THE MUSIC OF JONI MITCHELL, is out now from HarperOne. 🏳️🌈🦌🐊🦀
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:
https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social Empowering and advocating for libraries and library workers to ensure equitable access to information for all. 🌎’s largest library association.
Find us at https://ala.org.
We follow the ALA Code of Conduct: https://www.ala.org/user-guidelines
Helen Macdonald @hjm.bsky.social Writer. One half of a dynamic duo. H is for Hawk, Vesper Flights. PROPHET with Sin Blache. Rep by the Clegg Agency. Non-binary. They/she 
Alice Wong @sfdirewolf.bsky.social Author, editor, activist, cat lover. Founder of the Disability Visibility Project.
#DisabilityJustice feed I created:
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:65kss3ewg5ida5mjyuk73v5r/feed/aaaba7ikg4sho
More about me
https://linktr.ee/disability_visibility
Jorie Graham @joriegraham.bsky.social
"Are you okay?"
MN, January 2026
New book: “Killing Spree”,Carcanet (UK); FSG (US). “The Dream of The Unified Field”(Pulitzer Prize for Poetry).
Antoine Wilson @antoinewilson.bsky.social Novelist (Mouth to Mouth, Panorama City, The Interloper), Contributing Editor (A Public Space), Photographer (Slow Paparazzo), Struggle Rapper.
Matt Bucher @mattbucher.bsky.social DFW Society, author of The Belan Deck, co-host of Concavity Show, mattbucher.com
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Deep Vellum @deepvellum.bsky.social Nonprofit publishing house & literary arts center bringing the world together in conversation through literature. Deep Ellum, Dallas TX. deepvellum.org
Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social Writing and yelling. 
Evil MoPac @evilmopacatx.bsky.social Pro-Gridlock Activist
Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social Texas news, politics, food, culture, travel, yee-haw, and more since 1973. 🤠
Texas Standard @texasstandard.bsky.social You're on Texas Standard time. We're a production of KUT Austin, KERA North Texas, Texas Public Radio
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