Second Fiddle Travel @secondfiddletravel.com Overlooked alternatives to famous destinations. Second fiddle. First choice.
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Michael Russell Jones @michaeljonas.bsky.social Wordy nerd. Dirty bird. Neurodivergent autodidact.
MFA in GFY.
Read my poems, please!
I’ll clean your toilet or shine your shoes.
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kerraway.bsky.social @kerraway.bsky.social Reader, writer, runner. No longer flying for work. Son of Portstewart, Co Derry, citizen of the world. Editor of deskboundtraveller.com.
TJ @ihavequalities.bsky.social Queer, writer, labor activist.
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Angie McCullagh @angiemccullagh.bsky.social Work in: The Sun Magazine, Colorado Review, Off Assignment, Wigleaf, The Razor, The Independent, Wired, HuffPost, Writer's Digest, The Belladonna, Slackjaw, One Story Conf '23, Bread Loaf '25, she/her, BLM https://angiemccullagh.weebly.com/
Luca Zani @lucazani.bsky.social I write essays and short fiction on PARAPHENATIC | paraphenatic.com
H'Rina DeTroy @hrina-detroy.bsky.social Montagnard American Writer, Flamenca 💃🏽2020 Grantee in Literature 🌹2019 Emerging Writer Fellow for Aspen Word 🖋2017 Curt Johnson Prose Award 🧨 ** all opinions are obviously my own **
E Ce Miller @ecemiller.bsky.social Writer. Reader. Words in DIHP, Liars' League, Lunch Ticket, Heavy 🪶 Rev, Pacifica Lit, more. Reads at Split/Lip Press, Four Way Review. Currently based in Washington D.C.
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Ley @savagelure.bsky.social My kids are my joy!
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social Slipstream Writer ✍️ Longform Prose Reader for
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Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social The place for writers
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MxCassandraSnow @mxcassandrasnow.bsky.social + I wrote Queering the Tarot plus 3 more!
+ Co-Host of "Chaos and Cunning, A Witchcraft podcast at the Crossroads of Magic and Daily Living."
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Kallie Hunchman @calicoproud.bsky.social She/They. Child of the 20th century.
Mother of four fuzzy meowing children. Passionate about books and their designs. Watercolor artist on the side, I suppose.
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Hannah Thomasy @hannahthomasy.bsky.social Science journalist & biology nerd. ❤️🧪 Be the best weirdo you can be.
Z @ Social Media: 2 🚬 @vulpixinculta.bsky.social Z ✨ he/him ✨ editor and sci-fi enthusiast 🌙
instead of a conscious mind there is a copy of Fallout: New Vegas (2010)
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Autumn Watts @autumnwatts.bsky.social Writer, Nevadan, former Guernica fiction editor (2014-2024), co-founder of litmatchcollective.com. She/her
One Fall Review @onefallreview.bsky.social An online literary journal dedicated to professional wrestling themed poetry.
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Chris Dolan @mcdolan.bsky.social I am angry about the nitrate levels in Iowa’s drinking water. My writing has recently appeared or is forthcoming in Strange Horizons, Maudlin House, The Disappointed Housewife, and others. www.dolanchris.com
Ron Reason @ronreason.bsky.social Excerpts from my Substack, and thoughts on the same.
Rebecca Farren @rebeccareads.bsky.social Perpetually tired leftie. Critical fandom enthusiast. Disabled, queer, Doctor Who nerd, reader, writer, researcher. 30s. She/her
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spidermate @matreicks.bsky.social
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Turn and Work (Hugh) @turnandwork.com Independent music, books, and short stories.
Humans writing things about humans making things.
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Sarena T (田 玮 炜) @sarendipitous.bsky.social Educator, writer, and doctor (the PhD kind). Cinnamon roll with a chunk of salt in the middle.
MUTHA Magazine @muthamagazine.bsky.social A place for real life parenting stories, real loud. For MUTHAs and others. Eds @meglemke @cherylekleinla + @jen-bryant + others / www.muthamagazine.com
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Other Links (& FREE POEMS):
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(Pictures that are not my own were sourced from: Pexels)
ObindoMag @obindomag.bsky.social Welcome to Obindo Magazine, where stories find a home. We are a resting place for stories, poems, and art from far and wide. Submissions are open! https://obindomag.com/issue-two/
Ras Mengesha @rasmengesha.bsky.social writer. teacher. zine maker. 
Kashawn Taylor @kashawntaylor.bsky.social Writer. Teacher. Student.
Prison Journalism Project.
Gotham Writers Workshop.
book: subhuman. out now.
After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com Philosophy | Ethics Short Story Literary Fiction Publisher. Top 10 (Chill Subs) LitMag 2023-2024, books, & podcasts. $ subscriptions (& Patreon) pay writers.
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@KatyWriteStuff @katywritestuff.bsky.social I write short fiction and cover arts and culture for The Provincetown Independent, a thriving community newspaper. Veteran of radio/TV news, MA Dept of Higher Education.
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
lutivini @lutivini.bsky.social writer| https://lutivini.com
Julie Buntin @juliebuntin.bsky.social author of Marlena and Famous Men (forthcoming July '26), co-editor of Notes to New Mothers (forthcoming August '26), assistant prof at the Helen Zell Writers' Program
Theodora Sutcliffe @theodora.bsky.social Freelance hackette, content queen and recovering nomad. Working on a novel.
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
Ken @msbsongs.bsky.social Musician, retired teacher, creating and producing songs and sharing them. The name of my group is MRS SMITH'S BASEMENT. I hope you will give us a listen. 
Blue Guldal @fugazulero.bsky.social Writer
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Ruby Rosenthal @rubyprosenthal.bsky.social arts & culture reporter, writer, second funniest person you know, was once called "garbage propaganda" on twitter and stands by it | All opinions are my own
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@mjawr.bsky.social @mjawr.bsky.social 
Kesh @indigokesh.bsky.social 🇺🇸🇿🇦 Writer. Lighter of signal fires. Www.keshniwashington.com
Links 👉🏽 https://linktr.ee/Keshni
Lisa Alvarez @ldalvarez.bsky.social Community college professor, occasional poet, author of "Some Final Beauty and other Stories" (Univ. of Nevada Press)
https://unpress.nevada.edu/9781647791971/some-final-beauty-and-other-stories/
Se llama el Golfo de México.
Nick Fogg @nickfoggwords.bsky.social Writer. She/her. Mslexia Novel Comp LL, Aurora Metro Virginia Prize LL, ACE DYCP & WriteMentor Mentoring Prog. BFI Network x BAFTA Crew alumna
Lauren Cortese @lacortese.bsky.social Querying my PhD novel about 9/11, January 6th, and the climate crisis as told by a dysfunctional DC family. It's fun, I swear!
Current: PhD in Creative Writing@University of East Anglia
Past: MFA@College of Charleston, Ed. Assistant@Swamppink
Hallie Pritts @halliepritts.bsky.social Writer. Finalist, Jeffrey E. Smith Editor’s Prize ‘24, Sewanee Writers ’22. CHTQA fellow. NZ writer-in-residence. Words in Mcsweeneys, MissouriReview, LitMag, Barrelhouse, TheBelladonna, OffAssignment, etc. Rode a bike across the US once. #nativeplants
Thirteen Bridges Review @thirteenbridges.bsky.social Thirteen Bridges Review is a Literary Arts Journal produced by the Department of English and Philosophy at Auburn University at Montgomery. Our mission is to publish work that is as exciting as it is groundbreaking.
https://www.thirteenbridgesreview.com
@susanbearman.bsky.social @susanbearman.bsky.social 
Fernando Gros @fernandogros.com Writer
Granta Memoir Workshop alumni
Shortlisted for The Deep Creek Residency Fellowship
Lived in 🇨🇱🇦🇺🇬🇧🇮🇳🇭🇰🇸🇬🇯🇵
Worked in academia and music
TCK
https://fernandogros.com/blog/
Made in Chile, grown in Australia, polished in Japan
Jack Sheehan @jacksheehan.bsky.social Writer, Historian, Photographer. Writing: Baffler, NYT, Washington Post, Irish Times, Guardian, Polygon, The London Magazine, The Fence, Tribune etc. Represented by Tyler Monson at Sterling Lord Literistic. jackosiochain@gmail.com
Cindy Ana 🇳🇿 @kakapowhakatoi.bsky.social Would rather write than talk. Sometimes I don’t read skeets properly, especially pre-coffee. Rāmere is my favourite day. Work can be found in Broken Spine Arts, takahē, Voicemail Poems
Special mention in Given Words 2025
'Olly @lilprincesays.com They/Them
#Author, scriptwriter, podcaster & games writer
Co-host of I'm A Fan Of That Podcast
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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
Kristin Houlihan, Writer @kristinwrites.bsky.social Poet, Wife, Mom, LongCovid/MECFS. Looking to connect and learning to advocate. EIC, Poetry @epistemiclit.Bsky.social, @nimblewitlit.bsky.social. Micropoetry chapbook Lift the Mask available widely. www.kristinhoulihan.com
Copytext Magazine @copytext.bsky.social COPYTEXT MAGAZINE is a new literary magazine dedicated to celebrating and publishing the work of revision. We publish poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction alongside an early and middle draft. INAUGURAL ISSUE | WINTER 2025. www.copytextmagazine.com
Ben Rempel @benrempel.bsky.social Migration policy, voluntary migrant to the west coast, minds like borders, books and windows, are better when open; time moves crabwise.
Noah Stetzer @noahstetzer.bsky.social editor @BullCityPress | #SLC #PGH | he/him/his 🏳️🌈
Mychal Denzel Smith @mychaldenzelsmith.bsky.social Books: Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching/Stakes is High/one in progress about Virginia. Smoking cigars, drinking coffee, playing chess. I dunno man, what even matters now?
chad mo b there @chadmobthere.com Professional tech guy, amateur music critic. Thought leader in Steely Dan shitposting.
Creator of:
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@steelydanenjoyer.bsky.social
Posts & opinions are my own.
Shara Lessley @sharalessley.bsky.social Poet, essayist, lover of insects & trees | 📚: The Explosive Expert's Wife, Two-Headed Nightingale, The Poem's Country: Place & Poetic Practice (co-edited w/Bruce Snider) | CNF Ed: West Branch | Consulting Ed: Acre Books | Mentor / 🐾 & human mama | 🏳️🌈
Brian Banks Ⓥ 🇨🇦 @brianbanks.bsky.social Scribbler (mainly nature, conservation, critters, science, climate); Geographer (Fellow, Royal Canadian Geographical Society); Soy nature boy. https://brian.eco/
Katie Harling-Lee @katieosha.bsky.social Literature academic and bookish person based around Edinburgh, Scotland, curiously crossing disciplinary boundaries in work and life 📚
Claire Phillips @clairephillips.bsky.social Author, A Room with a Darker View: Chronicles of My Mother & Schizophrenia; Lecturer: CalArts, SCI-Arc
The Brooklyn Rail, Brooklyn Vol.1, Joyland, Los Angeles Review of Books & more
Cyberflaneurs @cyberflaneurs.bsky.social 
Dana B. @dbaredit.bsky.social Curious about archives, sound, books
Maggie Downs @maggiedowns.bsky.social Author of BRAVER THAN YOU THINK and the forthcoming 50 THINGS TO DO BEFORE YOU’RE FIVE. Really good at traveling and coffee-ing.
Slyvia Rose (Aimie McAllester) @slyviaroseam.bsky.social Eventually I plan to be a functional adult. Until then, mind indulging in my fantasy of becoming an official Poet?
I guess that I’m considered a writer now? Just perpetually trying to leave the small town buried in the piney woods of Texas
vesna jaksic lowe @vesnajaksiclowe.bsky.social writer. bylines in 3 anthologies, NYT, Washington Post, NY Daily News, Catapult, Pigeon Pages. alumna of Hedgebrook,Tin House, Kenyon Review, Martha’s Vineyard. Immigrant Strong newsletter: immigrantstrong.substack.com
Caitlin Peterson Mandeville @cpmandeville.bsky.social Conservation scientist, ecologist, postdoc.
Thinking about nature with words, data, conversation, art, and 🏃♀️🚵♀️🎿🥾🏕
Generally enthusiastic.
Fan of ❄🐾
Stephen Yuffrida Brown (he/him) @scarletwitchy.bsky.social Beautiful but Sinister Forest Spirit 📍 Philly
stephenyuffridabrown.wixsite.com/publications
Wild Roof Journal @wildroofjournal.bsky.social WRJ is a community for visual & literary art. We're interested in creativity & nature & connections. Check out our website and open submissions / wildroofjournal.com / wildroofjournal.substack.com / EIC @aaronlelito.bsky.social
Meera Subramanian @meerasub.bsky.social 🌏Journalist. Author. Earthling.
🍃 A Better World Is Possible: Global Youth Confront the Climate Crisis (March 2026)
🖋️ Bylines: New Yorker, Nature, VQR, Orion contributing ed.
📚 Creative Nonfiction prof at Sewanee School of Letters
🌿 www.meerasub.org
Jenna Tang @jennathesoup.bsky.social Taiwanese Literary translator from Mandarin & Spanish/ Travel Writer/ Translator of Fang Si-Chi’s First Love Paradise (HarperVia)/ Educator/ 2025 TEDx Middlebury Speaker
Coffee House Press @coffeehousepress.bsky.social Coffee House Press is an independent nonprofit publishing house based in Minneapolis. Literature forever.
R.J. Cross @rj-x.bsky.social Writer/researcher/advocate @ the Public Interest Research Group. Usually: tech/privacy/AI. Sometimes: fiction/poems/satire/birds. Currently learning about: burrowing owls. Cool new lit project coming soon. Kansan at heart.
https://rjcross.org/
Caityschmaity @caityschmaity.bsky.social Librarian/refugee from fascist social media from 🇺🇸 😭! Pro-Socialist blabbermouth. Don’t forget- read banned books! Stay hydrated! Oh & REALLY, don’t forget- this place ain’t for EVERYBODY! Only the sexy people!
Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com Founder & Editor of @theneedling.com, Seattle's Only Real Fake News. Pulitzer Prize-winning real real news reporter.
A lil more about me: https://tinyurl.com/awveap8v
Points in Case @pointsincase.com Daily literary humor publication featuring enlightening and irreverent comedy, since 1999. pointsincase.com
Eaton Hamilton @eatonhamilton.bsky.social Visual art, writing
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ they/them ♿️ 😷🇨🇦 AuDHD #ActuallyAutistic, MG
UK Sunday Times bestseller, Guardian BOTY, Guernica, The Sun, NYT, Salon, Globe+Mail, Macleans, BAE Notables, BASS Notable, BAX, 10 books, won CBC fiction x2; on Patreon at HamiltonArt.
@writingco-lab.bsky.social @writingco-lab.bsky.social Writing Co-Lab is an online teaching cooperative owned and operated by artists passionate about craft, community, creativity, and the joyous power of the written word. Check out our class offerings https://www.writingco-lab.com
james folta @jamesfolta.com // staff writer @literaryhub.bsky.social //
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alex 🪺🌺🤍🌺🪺 @alexeverette.bsky.social Poet, Editor, Farmer, Herbalist, Queer as hell.
He-Berry (he/him)
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
George Orwell, 1984
Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social @Propublica.org journalist in Detroit, exploring Michigan and the Midwest
Author: "The Poisoned City: Flint's Water and the American Urban Tragedy”
Teacher: Alma College MFA program in creative writing
www.annaclark.net
RS Benedict @rsbenedict.bsky.social wrote that essay about superhero dicks * published in the New Haven Independent, New Haven Review, FSF, Fangoria, Blood Knife, Seize the Press, Typebar, Current Affairs * rs-benedict.com * RIP Rite Gud
Lisa @lisadellaporta.bsky.social Deep Woods of Philly | Sometimes Writer | Spoonie Crew | Accidental Startupper | Words in New Letters, Underbelly Press, Bookends Review, etc.| NO DMs
https://linktr.ee/lisadellaporta
Kristin Winet @kristinwinet.bsky.social Award-winning travel writer & professor ☀️ Loves travel, sunny weather, and finding the extraordinary :) http://kristinwinet.com
Kristin Gourlay @kgourlay.bsky.social Writer, reader, journalist, musician. Publish the Substack Magic Silver Bullet, about our common desire for the perfect cure. https://magicsilverbullet.substack.com/
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