Liz Alfonzo @lizalfonzo.bsky.social Liz is a poet, reader, cinephile, appreciator of art & authentic connection. She is a practicing physical therapist in CT. Her poems have been published in Here, Caesura, Connecticut River Review, The Paddock Review & Two Cardinals Literary etc
ibi @ibikenibi.bsky.social picture book writer with too many hobbies
kidlit / horror / ecocrit / japanese lit
nor / eng / 🇯🇵 OK
Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social Ensuring a vibrant, diverse literary landscape by helping small literary publishers work better. www.clmp.org
Ivo Review @ivoreview.bsky.social A tiny quarterly lit magazine accepting poetry, fiction, non-fiction, drama, and art. https://www.ivoreview.com/
Susan L DeMiller @susanldemiller.bsky.social Author, weaver, photographer, certified yoga teacher, past shepherd, knitter, birdwatcher, level 69 in Pokémon Go she/her
Born in Chicago- Northwest Side-now lives in South Dakota
Alethea Paul @aletheapaul.bsky.social Writer.
Persistently drafting her next flash fiction to get rejected.
Constantly musing on that novel.
Repeatedly interrupted by life.
Dave Blackwell @daveblackwell.bsky.social Medical Engineer and Indie Author from Kent, UK. I am profoundly deaf and write comedy based on my experiences.
The Hospital is now available - check it out.
Marty Chan @martychan.bsky.social Author, playwright, and servant to my cats. Check out my website for my books: martychan.com.
Jennifer 📚🎧❣️ @jdawson001.bsky.social ♿️🏳️🌈American SFF author, poet, editor, & book reviewer living in England. She/her. The Poetry Society & The British Fantasy Society. Old OWW member.
Online at: WorldsOfMayhem.com
https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/dawson001
🏳️⚧️ rights = human rights.
Angela S. @jke-lly.bsky.social 
Debbie Roxburgh @debbierox.bsky.social Writer of MG, YA
Former SEN LSA
Winner of Wells Festival of Literature Children’s Book Local Writer’s Award 2024
#Flyboy my debut teen/YA publishing 10th September with #Zuntold
Fiona Woodcock @fionawoodcock.bsky.social Author & illustrator of Hiding Heidi, Poppy and the Blooms, Look, Hello and Silver Linings.
Little Lion Girl written by Olivia Hope out now!
Represented by The Bright Agency.
London
https://linktr.ee/FionaWoodcock
Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social Welsh writer and Poet posting verse, and other writing. #WritingCommunity
Host of #WildWalkPrompt, #SomethingEveryday
and part of the #PoetsOfDoom crew!
https://linktr.ee/quillofmnemosyne
Michelle S. Kennedy - Children's Picture Book Writer and Poet @michelleskennedy.bsky.social https://www.michelleskennedy.com/
https://x.com/MichelleSKenned
#PBWriter. Wife & mom. Loves Jesus. #SCBWI Southern Breeze Co-Asst. Regional Advisor, #12x12, #PBParty Finalist '24, '23, & '22 and #50PreciousWords HM '26, 25 and '23.
Karen Wants The Orcas In Charge @riceboilsover.bsky.social #TeamOrca. Aspiring Plant Witch of the Woods. Book collector. Former sociologist. Plant nerd. Fan of squirrels. Hater of AI.
#MaskUp because why would you want to be sick?
(she/her)
Kairat Zinashov @kairatwriter1.bsky.social Writer, author of books for children and young adults.
💡 Interests: ✍️ Writing & Storytelling 📖 Children’s Literature 🎒 Young Adult Literature 💖 Romantasy 🐉 Fantasy Literature 🦊 Furry Fiction 📚 Light Novels & Manga
Dudee Alwan @dudeealwan.bsky.social Novelist. ADAM: A Story of the Last Man — a literary dystopia, early 2027. 75,000 words, not one question mark. Ishiguro, Le Guin, McCarthy.
📍Koh phangan, Thailand
david tazzyman @gumdraw.bsky.social Illustrator
Malorie Blackman @malorieblackman.bsky.social Author.
Alice Oseman @aliceoseman.bsky.social author, illustrator, screenwriter, creator of HEARTSTOPPER 🍂
Mark London Williams @tricksterink.bsky.social Musings, panics, and such. Columnist. Storyteller. Brow-furrowed watcher of skies and collapsing empires. And https://graveside-press.com/product/max-random-and-the-zombie-500/, for go-karts, nano-zombies, and still more L.A-set apocalypse. 
James Carter Poet @jamescarterpoet.bsky.social Children's poet / non-fiction writer / musician / visitor to 1400+ Primary schools. Ambassador for National Poetry Day. Illus by Neal Layton
Mike Meraz 👨🏻💻 @mikemeraz.com Educator, Podcaster, Writer, Geek, Activist, and Dad.
Most know me as creator of the award winning "Aaron’s World" audio adventure for kids. 🌴🦕🌋
www.mydogrocket.com
THINKING is my resistance!
#MGLit #KidLit #ChildrensPodcast #Dinosaurs #SCBWI
Hey, Jim Hill! @heyjimhill.bsky.social Word nerd, pixel wrangler. Writes funny on purpose.
VCFA WCYA SCBWI
www.heyjimhill.com
Chris Houck Nihart @chrishoucknihart.bsky.social writer | middle-grade fiction | history lover | book hoarder #amquerying #amwriting #kidlit #middlegrade
Michèle Griskey @mmgriskey.bsky.social 
William the Librarian @williamottens.com Librarian in the Kansas City area. Creator of librarianproblems.com. Author of LIBRARIAN TALES. Lover of all things cats and books. He/him. williamthelibrarian.com 🏳️🌈📚😺
Betsy Franco @betsyfranco.bsky.social Creativity and my family keep me going strong. I write adult fiction, screenplays, YA, and children’s books.
Librarians of Littles @littleslibrarians.bsky.social A podcast about being a librarian working with our youngest students.
New episodes every Wednesday.
We discuss books, ways to connect to Makerspace, and give tips and tricks.
Catherine Ogston @catherineogston.bsky.social Flash fiction, short stories and longer fiction. YA ms going out on submission. Rep: Al Guthrie, The North Literary. 2026 Scriever for the Federation of Writers (Scotland).
Rock the Boat @rocktheboatnews.bsky.social 📖Children/YA imprint of Oneworld Publications
🌊Publishing books with complicated characters and diverse voices✨☀️💪
@chickenhousebooks.bsky.social @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social We're an independent-minded children's book publisher that loves new writers, artists and ideas. Join us here for the latest news from the coop!📚🐣
Walker Books @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social For the best children's books, look for the bear!
www.walker.co.uk
Holly Webb @hollywebb.bsky.social Children's author - look out for The Bold Kitten, my 60th Animal Story, publishing in January.
Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social Author of Chaos Walking, Monster Calls, More Than this, Burn, Different For Boys. Won a couple Carnegies and an Olivier. Four wins away from an EGOT.
Jen Carney @jencarney.bsky.social Author-illustrator based in UK.
Steve Blackman @steveblackman.bsky.social Writer, but not the one who did The Umbrella Academy. Or the wrestler. Rep'd by @CallenJMartin @BLM_Agency
PaperBound Magazine @paperboundmag.bsky.social Online writing magazine and blog for the young and the young at heart. Featuring new writing & art for MG, teen & YA, plus content for readers and aspiring writers.
www.paperboundmag.com
Anne @anneleblanc2.bsky.social Retired(ish) teacher, picture book writer, reader, library lover, geologist. I also love to sing, dance, code and learn about just about anything!
Kaitlyn Agcaoili @kaitlynpaints.bsky.social Illustration & Design
kaitlynagcaoili.com
Annika Carmen Schmidt @fuenfsiebenfuenf.bsky.social haiku, poetry, scifaiku, micropoetry,
kidlit in English, German, French, Plattdeutsch.
born: Wesermarsch, based: Berlin-Wedding.
Michael G. O'Connell @mocando.bsky.social Author/Illustrator from the Sunshine State. 🖤👻
Southern Gothic/Horror
Now available chapbooks & other goodies. https://linktr.ee/mocando
In Tales to Terrify, Dracula Beyond Stoker, WAS, Raven Review, Mystery Trib. & more
🚫DMs unless you already know me.
Marieke Nijkamp @mariekeyn.bsky.social #1 NYT bestselling author of novels, comics, and graphic novels | nonbinary | 🌈📚 | 🏳️🌈 | ♿
Out now: SPLINTER & ASH | Up next: AFTER WE BURNED
📖: mariekenijkamp.com
Liminal Space Creative @liminalspacecreative.substack.com Aspiring Métis writer drawn to the grey areas of the human condition. Places we bury deep, where love and sorrow quietly pool together. Spaces that hold both our capacity for sincere kindness and our potential for extreme cruelty.
One Fall Review @onefallreview.bsky.social An online literary journal dedicated to professional wrestling themed poetry.
www.onefallreview.com
Submit: https://duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/one-fall-review-0g27j
Timothy Forner @timothyforner.com Writes stuff. Cannot pass a dog without wanting to pet it. MG series *Montgomery Schnauzer P.I.* out now!
Official site --> https://MontgomerySchnauzer.com
Books! --> https://books2read.com/u/mvM0Zz
More books! --> https://books2read.com/u/4XO98N
Brian Gibbons @briangibbons.bsky.social Union Advocate | Public Education Supporter | Video Production & Podcasting | Writer & Storyteller | Former Television News Producer | Electric Guitars/Music | Baseball
New York City
Max Puffins @maxpuffins.bsky.social Book reviews & reading-related thoughts from a literature lover and speculative fiction author / creative writing MFA. 100% HUMAN powered.
The Great Wild Word Substack : https://open.substack.com/pub/maxpuffins
Shelly Blake-Plock @shellyblakeplock.com Writing horror fiction, making music, building weird things. Oh, and baseball. And open source. Also, I've lived in a haunted house for 23 years, which is fun.
Emma Phillips @words-outwest.bsky.social Flash fan, poet, short fiction writer. Likes actual and imaginary travel. Words: 2nd place Bath Flash June 2021, Best Microfiction 2022, Free Flash Fiction Competition Winner. 
Morna Sullivan @mornawriter.bsky.social Award winning writer in English, Scots and Ulster Scots. Avid reader. Keen baker. Crafter. SCBWI member, SCBWI Ireland Regional Advisor
http://mornawriter.blogspot.com/
John Dredge @johndredge.bsky.social Poet and humorist.
Toddling The Stacks @toddlingthestacks.com You should be reading #kidlit, and we'll help you see why.
A children's literature podcast by award-winning educator and Princeton-educated literature PhD @seangill.net
New episodes drop on Mondays!
http://www.ToddlingTheStacks.com
Nancy Viau @nviau.bsky.social Reader, Writer,📚 Biker, 🚴🏻 Hiker, Nature-Lover, 🏖️Traveler
Newest book: HANGING OUT WITH GRAM (Jan. 2026)
#PB #kidlt #author #travel
www.NancyViau.com
Phil Bildner @philbildner.bsky.social I write books for young people, picture books and middle grade novels. I’m the founder and President of The Author Village. Mets and Nets fan. LGBTQ🌈
Julia Is Waving, Not Drowning @booktweeting.bsky.social That’s not me asking for money, it’s someone spoofing me. I promise.
Non-stop book reviewing lady! Also writer, editor, aunt, godmother, curmudgeon. I love books and birds.
No DMs, sorry! I am extremely shy.
Casey Lyall @caseylyall.bsky.social Author of children's books and library staffer. THE LEAGUE OF LITTLES (Greenwillow, 2025), VAMPIRE JAM SANDWICH (Tundra, 2025), and more to come! More info at caseylyall.com
Josh Cook @joshthelibromancer.bsky.social Co-owner of @portersqbooks.bsky.social Author of The Art of Libromancy & An Exaggerated Murder. Opinions my own. BlueSky for @authorsabb.bsky.social & @massaabb.bsky.social He/him https://linktr.ee/joshthelibromancer
Mark Gerl @markgerl.bsky.social Middle School Tech & Innovation Teacher, teaching Robotics, Programming, Game Design, Wearable Technology, VR Design & 3D Printing. Advocate for UX for Edu (LX). Presenter, Workshop Leader, Curriculum Designer and Writer.
Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com Author/Artist * Asian Pacific American Librarians Association PB winner * Writes kid lit, diversity, & science * 🇭🇰🇨🇦🇺🇸 * she/her * SO: @indianaclimate * sign up for my newsletter at teresarobeson.com and get free art + story * 🚫 DMs or MAGA
luca zani @weurd.com Every thursday at 3pm GMT, Desolation, Blue publishes work on philosophy, culture, literature. desolationblue.substack.com.
David Fickling Books @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social ✨Where good stories begin...
📚We're an independent publisher of superb books for readers of all ages. Join the adventure here!
@thewindtrapp.bsky.social @thewindtrapp.bsky.social 
Nellie Cubed @nelnelnellie.bsky.social Reader. Obsessively so. Oh, and I have a bit of an obsession with Dutch things. But please don’t ever make me smell patchouli.
Al Sirois @alsirois.bsky.social Award-winning NC writer/editor/illustrator married to novelist Grace Marcus.
Under contract to Regal House.
THE KING'S GHOST now available
THE ROCKETS OF GREENWOOD LAKE (YA) due 2027
www.alsirois.com
Indie-, trad- & self-published.
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Emily Hall @emhall47.bsky.social Writer and Literary Critic. Work in Gooseberry Pie Lit, Passages North, The Disappointed Housewife, 100 Word Story, Bending Genres, and FlashFlood.
Prose editor for Pictura Journal. Contemporary Anglophone Lit PhD.
https://linktr.ee/emhall47
The Booker Prizes @thebookerprizes.com The Booker Prize and the International Booker Prize celebrate the best English-language fiction. https://thebookerprizes.com
shome dasgupta @shomedasgupta.bsky.social Author of The Seagull And The Urn (HarperCollins India), and most recently, Cajun South Brown Folk (Belle Point Press). Represented by Teffanie Thompson of Falkin Literary. 2019-2025 Series Editor of The Wigleaf Top 50. Lafayette, LA. shomedome.com
hotsimu.bsky.social @hotsimu.com 妮妮奇遇記兔子的薯泥砸猴子愛情與幸褔
I am a writer from Taiwan 🇹🇼 I write poetry and novels, and I also create art work, NFT
https://own.page/hotsimu
Boni Ashburn @boniashburn.bsky.social Children’s Book Author.
Librarian (Middle/High School & Public).
Mom. Dog mom. Human.
The U.P. of Michigan. boniashburn.com
AnneWritesKidlit @anneruggirello.bsky.social Picture book writer 📚 Bluesky newbie
Watercolor dabbler 🎨 Lover of apple crisp
#KidLit #picturebooks #SCBWI #amwriting
Ronna Mandel @ronnawriter.bsky.social #kidlit #neurodivergentsupporter #12x12PBChallenge, fmr European expat, ❤️ cats, poodles, purple + chocolate, SCBWI-LA Mingle coord. PB debut fall ‘27. Rep’d by Marisa Cleveland. goodreadswithronna.com + RonnaMandel.com @pbcreativecrew.bsky.social
Koko @mikekoko.bsky.social Walking on my hands 🤸🏽♂️, diving into kidlit—whether reading or writing 📚, and solving puzzles 🧩.
#PBRisingStar #SCBWI #12x12 #GoldenEggAcademy
New book alert! Teaching Storytelling in Classrooms & Communities
(shorturl.at/1obFR)
Marina Sofia @marinasofia.bsky.social Global nomad, translator (RO and DE to EN), writer and publisher, addicted to world literature. Blog at https://findingtimetowrite.wordpress.com, publish at https://corylusbooks.com
Amanda McCoy @illinimccoy.bsky.social Redefining school librarianship by day; playing outside in the afternoons and summers; singing, acting, and dancing at night. Proud lifelong Midwesterner. she/her
linktr.ee/illinimccoy
Nicole Tallman @natallman.bsky.social Poet Laureate of Miami 🌴 Author of Dolce Vita⚜️Poetry & Interviews Editor for South Florida Poetry Journal ☀️ Director and Editor for JackLeg Press 💙 Website: nicoletallman.com 🌈
Thomas L. Vaultonburg @wolftwinthomas.bsky.social 🐺 Wolf Twin Author 📖
Author of VANISHED ROADS
104 haiku on grief, renewal, and attention.
Available now:
https://www.wolftwin.com/product-page/vanished-roads
B. Luke Wilson @blukewilson.bsky.social Writer and editor. Words out in The Rumpus, ONLY POEMS, HAD, ect. Hollins MFA alum. Poetry Editor @chestnutreview.bsky.social.
Readit Club @readit.club If you’re into books - welcome 🤗
Everything about books, writers, reviews, literature discussions.
📚 ReadIt.club
Kimberley @theamazingkimmoth.bsky.social I make one line, over-simplified book summaries. There are a lot of books out there, but not all of them are good.
I am many things in life. But here, I’m mostly sharing bookish things.
https://www.youtube.com/@theamazingkimmoth
Write4Eddie @write4eddie.bsky.social Scurrying through the mire of existence. #AmQuerying a novel about a trip through the lives of ancestors.
NYC! 🏙️
Follow me at Medium.com/@edwardrstapleton
Christine Sarmel @christinesarmel.bsky.social Reader. Writer. Librarian. House plant assassin. 
Juan Martinez @fulmerford.com Author, dad, professor, doodler, loafer
https://www.fulmerford.com
Ellie Anderson @eljnor.bsky.social The librarian, not the feminist philosopher. Though that would be cool.
I’m a strong supporter of books as empathy builders for all ages, libraries as community spaces, and access to information.
Rachel A @rachiea.bsky.social Librarian by day, word scribbler at night. Find said words in Gavagai, GrendelPress, Plott Hound, Brilliant Flash Fiction, Apex’s Strange Locations, Malarkey, and elsewhere. Genre: Midwest weird. Codex.
@susancl.bsky.social @susancl.bsky.social Book collector & voracious reader!
Rachael Scotson @rachaelscotson.bsky.social Making it up as I go.
MAWYP @BathSpaUni.
@bathnovelaward.co.uk and The Bedford Competition longlistee. Book reviewer, librocubicularist, wobbly pot thrower and owner of “officially” the prettiest dog.
The Pulitzer Prizes @pulitzerprizes.bsky.social It's our 108th year honoring excellence in journalism and the arts. Visit us at http://pulitzer.org. 
Matthew Cordell @cordellmatthew.bsky.social Dad. Husband. Illustrator and author of books. 2018 Caldecott Medalist.
Anne Wynter @annewynter.bsky.social Writing books. Reading books.
Steven Bristow @sbristow87.bsky.social Hi, I am an artist creating my own manga and you can check it out on my patreon.
https://patreon.com/StevenBristow?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink
Also available for commissions.
Children's Book Council @cbcbooks.bsky.social The best in children's and young adult literature and literacy news! Learn more at https://www.cbcbooks.org/ and https://everychildareader.net/
Emily Jane Rothwell 🖤🌸🖋️ @emjanerothwell.bsky.social PhD candidate/historian/writer•♥️ history+art history, literary childhoods, intellectual pasts, books, prints, myths, maps, fairy tales, old sites, the cozy+kind• Canadian🍁 #ElbowsUp• #GoSensGo #BlueJays50• (my other account is hacked)•♥️ kindness🍃•
ashleylaffin @ashleylaffin.bsky.social Debut PB The Balloonimals available now!🎈Wife & mom💗 MFA Grad. Writer. Marketer. SCBWI member & guest blogger April ‘24. Kids’ Choice KidLit Writing Contest HM ‘24📚
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.
linktr.ee/adelegallogly
Cordelia Jensen @cordeliajensen.bsky.social MG/YA verse novelist, author of LILAC AND THE SWITCHBACK, EVERY SHINY THING, SKYSCRAPING, THE WAY THE LIGHT BENDS. Creative writing teacher, freelance editor and certified book coach.
Susan Hood @susanhood.bsky.social Award-winning children's book author of LIFEBOAT 12, ADA'S VIOLIN, ALIAS ANNA, HARBORING HOPE, THE LAST STRAW, SHAKING THINGS UP, and more. Rep: Brenda Bowen, The Book Group. susanhoodbooks.com New: LIFEBOAT 5!
Hannah V. Sawyerr @hannsawyerr.bsky.social A masterpiece after a wreckage. Author: TRUTH IS 🎙️ (out September 23!) + ALL THE FIGHTING PARTS 💙 (Morris Finalist + Walter Honor!)
Traci Sorell @tracisorellauthor.bsky.social Cherokee Nation citizen and author of fiction and nonfiction for young people. tracisorell.com
Cindy Baldwin @cindybaldwinbooks.bsky.social Kidlit author (latest: NO MATTER THE DISTANCE). Disabled activist with #cysticfibrosis and #ehlersdanlos. Homeschool mom, cosmetic formulator, human with too many passions. She/her