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Vesica Press @vesicapress.bsky.social Independent press publishing poetry, hybrid writing and creative-critical work at the collision of disciplines. The third thing. Journal: Hypnagogic Peacock. Based in the North of England.
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National Flash Fiction Day @natflashfictionday.bsky.social Celebrating flash fiction worldwide. Co-directed by Ingrid Jendrzejewski @lunchontuesday.bsky.social and Diane Simmons @scooterwriter.bsky.social
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Griffin Poetry @griffinpoetryprize.bsky.social The world’s largest international poetry prize for a single book of poetry written in, or translated in English
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Journal of British and Irish Innovative Poetry @innovativepoetry.bsky.social A journal of avant-garde, underground, late Modernist, non-mainstream and/or experimental British and Irish poetries since the late 1950s
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London Arts-Based Research Centre @labrc.bsky.social Combining research with creativity. Inspiring projects, workshops, conferences & courses. Publishes Indelible Literary Journal.
Nine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social Independent publisher of contemporary poetry since 2008, home of Under the Radar magazine. Made in the Midlands.
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Michael Marks Awards @michaelmarksawards.bsky.social The Michael Marks Awards for Poetry Pamphlets celebrate work published in the UK. The 2025/26 Awards are opening for submissions soon.
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Nia Broomhall @niaandthepoems.bsky.social Mslexia Poetry Pamphlet Prize winner 2023, ‘Backalong’ out now with Bloodaxe. Poet in Residence at Painshill Park with ACE. Co-Head of English. Brass bander. Somerset sonneteer. Cheese fan. Hi!
David Morley @profdavidmorley.bsky.social Professor at Warwick Uni, Poet at Carcanet, Ted Hughes Award for The Invisible Gift, PBS Choice for FURY, Forward Prize finalist, Writer of The Cambridge Introduction to Creative Writing, Fellow Royal Society of Literature,Thought Fox.
Lucy English @lucyenglish.bsky.social Spoken word poet, novelist, poetry filmmaker. Professor of Creative Enterprise, co-director of Lyra Bristol Poetry Festival. Loves trees.
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J.S. Watts @j-s-watts.bsky.social Writer (poet, novelist, short story writer and sometime reviewer) amateur photographer and very amateur musician. Website: https://www.jswatts.co.uk/
The Bridport Prize @bridportprize.bsky.social 📝 Worldwide creative writing comp
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📝 Alumni inc Kate Atkinson
📝 Honorary Patron Kit de Waal
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Atrium @atriumpoetry.bsky.social Online poetry mag edited by @clairewalkerpoetry.bsky.social and @hollyannepoet.bsky.social
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Kate Simpson @kate-elspeth.bsky.social writing through extinction
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Dr Florence H R Scott @florencehrscott.bsky.social Historian of queenship in early medieval England. Based in York UK.
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Cal Flyn @calflyn.bsky.social Author of the Sunday Times bestseller ISLANDS OF ABANDONMENT: LIFE IN THE POST-HUMAN LANDSCAPE—a book about the ecology and psychology of abandoned places. Currently at work on THE SAVAGE LANDSCAPE, expected early 2026
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