Penstricken @penstricken.bsky.social Penstricken is an online literary journal featuring short fiction and poetry from new and established authors. 📚✍️
www.penstricken.com
Alea Amoris @aleaamoris.bsky.social "Alea iacta est."
RT/QT/Likes ≠ Agreement/endorsements
First Amendment above all else. 🥀
Dr V. Miranda @drvmiranda.bsky.social Mainly reading.
BlueSkyCitizen @daisykarely.bsky.social Trying to be on the right side of history
Justin Karcher @justinkarcher.bsky.social Buffalo, NY. Man About Town. Poet. Playwright. New Play Development Director. Editor of Ghost City Review.
E. LYNN ALEXANDER @elynnalexander.bsky.social ART POETRY ZINES MICROPUBLISHING BOOKFESTING & CATS @elynnalexander on IG/FB
Stuart Aken @stuartaken.bsky.social UK writer of fiction (12 books published). Photographer. Environment, science, atheist, humanist, walker, happily married. Find me here: https://stuartaken.net/ I DO NOT follow DMs, selfie promos & users w/o profiles or posts. Porn will be blocked.
Harrison Lemke @hplemke.bsky.social knyght full of thought and slepy • musician (harrison lemke, brother android, dragon warrior) • game dev (boots quest dx) • he/him
Geoff Cain @geoffcain.bsky.social Geoffrey B. Cain is a writer, artist, bon vivant et flâneur.
Dare to be random!
https://linktr.ee/geoffcain
David B. Prather @davidbprather.bsky.social Thus far, I have three poetry collections under my belt. I've had poems published in many journals, including New Ohio Review, Prairie Schooner, Poet Lore, Potomac Review, Seneca Review, etc. Website: www.davidbprather.com
sanpablopoetry.bsky.social @sanpablopoetry.bsky.social 
Thriller/Suspense Film Festival @thrillersuspense.bsky.social Entering its 10th year, this festival is a showcase of Thriller/Suspense Films & Screenplays from around the world, using the popular audience feedback video.
https://filmfreeway.com/ThrillerSuspenseFestival
https://thrillersuspensefestival.com
Odd Pocket Press @oddpocketpress.bsky.social The goal of Odd Pocket Press is to reinvent the way we publish poetry!
Poetryhole @ourpoetryhole2000.bsky.social There are things that are important beyond all this fiddle, but not right now. A darkening thrush, a skylark, & a nightingale walk into a bar & order Ludlow Ale. Someday, we’ll synthesize hyacinths & biscuits.
Social Justice @supergamer1234.bsky.social 🕊️I initially came to see the cat emojis, but later stayed for the sake of social justice.
No crypto, no money, no pornography
Ivo Review @ivoreview.bsky.social A tiny quarterly lit magazine accepting poetry, fiction, non-fiction, drama, and art. https://www.ivoreview.com/
Becky Masson @easyrecipesdash.com Easy, #healthy & delicious #recipes to inspire your daily #cooking! 🍜🍽️👨🍳📸
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#food #foodsky #foodie #diet #dinner #lunch #breakfast #drinks #wellness #fitness #lifestyle #cats #birds #gardening #nature #photography 🌿🌱🌾
Chris Emery @chrisemery.me Poet. Five collections from Arc and Salt, most recently Wonder (2025). Manchester-born, Irish citizen, living in Cromer. I publish other people’s books at Salt. Newsletter: chrisemery.me
Elena Again @elenaagain.bsky.social #hike #travel published poet and author 🩷
#cancersurvivor 💙 #autoimmune 💜 #SCA10min ❤️ Army Vet
Here I am, again 🦋 love must triumph
#loveofblsky
substack.com/@elenaagain
*all pictures & writings are mine unless RP, quoted or cited; no AI
moocat.net @moocat.net This is the official account for the literary magazine, moocat.net (2001-present)
In lieu of direct messages to this account, please use the Contact Us form on the website:
https://moocat.net/contact/
Downingfield Press @downingfield.bsky.social Publishing books for the enquiring mind since 2017. Specialising in non-fiction and poetry.
We accept submissions year round. Emerging writers welcome.
Melbourne • Montréal and London
downingfield.com
Ella B. Winters @ella-b-winters.bsky.social Writer, research, social worker, lecturer, eternal student, working on my PhD.
Artemesia Arts shortlist; Forward prize nominated; Pushcart prizes nominated x2
Anteroom (formerly The Winged Moon) @anteroompoetry.bsky.social Poetry through the cracks; we publish in print and online with amazing art and a vibrant weekly newsletter.
Poetry competition with a cash prize opens on 14 Sept '26
EIC @jaimichellepoet.bsky.social
Website: www.anteroompoetry.com
Light @lightpoetrymag.bsky.social North America's longest-running journal of comic verse (formerly Light Quarterly). Big biannual issues, plus news-based poems every week
https://lightpoetrymagazine.com
meggancpeak.bsky.social @meggancpeak.bsky.social Poet and former pathologist.
meggancpeak.carrd.co
Jean-Luc Maire @jlmaire.bsky.social Hey I’m an author, I write poetry and advocate for literacy and self-expression. Three books in Link below. HMU if you want a free pdf
https://linktr.ee/jeanlucmaire
Edward Phillips @edwardphillips3.bsky.social Fighting AML TP53 loving every minute of life! I write poetry. My book is on Amazon. It is called The Sexiest Coat on the Cancer Ward. Written and compiled for the most part in 2025 while fighting cancer and confined to a cancer institute.
@katiemd77.bsky.social @katiemd77.bsky.social 
Author Martin Hackleman @aumartinhackleman.bsky.social An internationally acclaimed musician and educator turned author of "In the Arena and Aroma of Words: Reflections Spoken to Print", exploring life, emotion, and the power of words. https://tinyurl.com/4erbx6hw #booksky
Radish Toast @radisheggtoast.bsky.social gal of negligible renown
Western North Carolina
The Creative Studio @thecreativestudio.bsky.social Build your creativity, five minutes at a time. ✦ AI-guided practice for writing, poetry, comedy & acting. Your creative journey begins here.
https://thecreativestudio.app/
devon. @devminor.bsky.social Writer, lately.
Experimental/Dance/Music Festival @dancemusicexper.bsky.social Festivals take place in downtown Toronto, Canada, for the audience feedback video.
The festival has created 4 tiers to enhance your festival experience.
https://filmfreeway.com/ExperimentalFilmMusicVideoFestival
https://experimentalfilmfestival.com
Action/Crime/Mystery Film & Screenplay Festival @crimemystery.bsky.social This festival now takes place every single month, giving filmmakers 4 tiers to showcase and promote their film. In-person public events also take place.
https://filmfreeway.com/crimemystery
www.crimemysteryfestival.com
Daily Novel Writing Festivals @novelfestivals.bsky.social All of these contests give you 3 options to submit: Full Novel; 1st Chapter; Performance video readings.
https://festivalreviews.org/daily-novel-festival-contests/
Female Feedback Film Festival @femalefilmfestival.bsky.social The FEEDBACK Female Film Festival (FFFF) was created for women filmmakers and screenwriters. The goal is to showcase the best of female talent from around the world.
https://femalefilmfestival.com/
https://filmfreeway.com/FEEDBACKFemaleFilmFestivalFFFF
LGBTQ+ Toronto & LA Film Festival @lgbtlatoronto.bsky.social Monthly festival showcasing the best of LGBTQ+ films and screenplays from around the world, using the audience feedback format.
https://lgbttorontofilmfestival.com/
https://filmfreeway.com/LGBTTorontoFilmFestival
not clarissa @missusdalloway.bsky.social sometimes i write a haiku based on a prompt from The Moth storytelling set
Fantasy/Sci-Fi Film & Screenplay Festival @scififantasyfest.bsky.social This is a HYBRID film festival with live screenings for the audience feedback video, optional virtual 2nd showcase, and blog & podcast interviews with filmmaker
http://fantasyscififestival.com/
https://filmfreeway.com/FantasySciFiFilmScreenplayFestival
Daily Stage Play Festival Contests @stageplaycontests.bsky.social Submit to these contests via Submittable. Full feedback on every submissions. Winners get their play performed by professional actors and made into a promotional video.
https://festivalreviews.org/daily-stage-play-contest-deadlines/
Daily FilmFreeway Festival Discount Codes @filmfreewaycodes.bsky.social Daily discount codes for various festivals to submit to on FilmFreeway
https://filmfreeway.com/festivals/discounts- C carrielt.bsky.social @carrielt.bsky.social
Kent Koprowicz @kentkoprowicz.bsky.social Kent Koprowicz is a poet and biostatistician based in Seattle, Washington. His work moves between statistical reasoning and lyric perception, exploring how systems of measurement shape attention, memory, and uncertainty.
Horror Underground Film Festival @horrorfilmfestival.bsky.social Various options to submit to the Festival. A HYBRID model. Cinema screenings for audience feedback video.Blog and podcast interviews. And bonus Virtual screening (optional!).
https://filmfreeway.com/horrorunderground
https://festivalforhorror.comi
Festival Reviews .org @festivalreviews.bsky.social Daily posts about film & film festivals. From mainstream to Indy movies.
https://festivalreviews.org
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
Risho @shmortalcoil.bsky.social - Hired gangoon.
- Gaston but woke.
- Goblin Tinkerer.
- Partnered-up, no DMs.
- Poems and art: electricpsalm.com
💖💜💙
SmilingLez @smilinglez.bsky.social Poet and storyteller (flash fiction and micro fiction) Co-founder of The Locked Cabinet (TLC) - a free, non-commercial, creative collective. Currently TLC is read-only beta. We are not accepting new members at this time.
https://thelockedcabinet.com/
Jeffrey Hecker @heckheck03.bsky.social Poet, Teen Writers Fellowship Poetry Teacher (The Muse Writers Center), Poetry Staff Reader for Quarterly West and Okay Donkey Magazine.
Connor Douglas Rice @connordrice.bsky.social poet • advocate • silly person
Scott Westcott @westcottwriter.bsky.social Poet & Ponderer
John A. Christian @johnachristian.com Writer, Navigator, Georgia Tech Professor
Steve Silas Hendrickson (No No No No) @phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social "Mamunduong tawo" 🌈🇵🇭
| Gay Widower | Bicolano Poet | Bibliophile | Gamer
Monthly Host: #PoetsOfDoom
Daily Host: #7SyllableSquad
Currently Sponsored by Ramen, Audacity, and Coffee 🍜 👻 ☕
Chronic Pop Culture Illiterate
🚫 DMs 🚫 Generative AI
Naa Asheley Afua Adowaa Ashitey @foreverasheley.bsky.social a writer who happens to like immunology research, BJJ, Fall Out Boy, and fashion
M2/G1, Morris + Sodji Labs, UW-Madison MSTP
UCSF Propel Scholar, 2024
UChicago Questbridge Scholar 2021🇬🇭
NaaAshitey.com
Paul Bavister @paulbavister.bsky.social writes poetry
Iain Grinbergs @g-bergs.bsky.social Writer, painter, professor. I block dodgy accounts. The views expressed are my own.
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iaingrinbergs.com
thecenote.bsky.social/OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS @thecenote.bsky.social A new poetry review, open for submissions (June 30-November 1). http://thecenotepoetryreview.org
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.
Joanna Fuhrman @joannafuhrman.bsky.social Poet, 7 books including To a New Era (Hanging Loose Press 2021) and Data Mind (Curbstone/Northwestern 2024). Co-ed. Hanging Loose Press and Rutgers professor, joannafuhrman.com
Y2(are you o)K? Zine @y2areyouok.bsky.social [ CURRENTLY ONLINE ]
A 90s/00s zine 😎
.:~^* Submissions Are Open! *^~:.
Issue 2.0 is all about Cyberspace and web 2.0!
Website: https://y2areyouok.wixsite.com/how-r-u
Instagram: @y2areyouok
https://y2areyouok.tumblr.com/
elena perez @thisiselena.bsky.social
TV writer, top secret poet, short stories, novel
pro bckgrnd: tech / marketing
a lot curious, a little furious
voted most likely to post about mint chip ice cream
drops music and poetry in the feed
NJ, NYC, LA
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm13004682/
🌴✨️💜John 💚🫶🦋🌴 @allpower2thepeople.bsky.social 🌟🌒🌓🌔🌕🌖🌗🌘🌟🌒🌓🌔🌕🌖🌗🌘🌟
💜 #INFJ💖 #💚👓📚
🌸 #Empath #💜🫶🦋
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❤️🔥 #Single💝 #📎📎📎
🦅 #Taurus 🎹 #🎵🎵
🫶 #Progressive #Solidarity
🔮 #Ecumenical #☮️⚖️
🌟🌒🌓🌔🌕🌖🌗🌘🌟🌒🌓🌔🌕🌖🌗🌘🌟
Krononaut Moon Project 🌑 @kronomoon.org Community Time Travel Research since 1982 Mar 09.
❛❛On the Night of the #TotalLunarEclipse,
#TimeTravelers descend in their space-time ships.❜❜
Next #BloodMoon on 2028 Dec 31. Celebrate wherever you are.
🔗 Me.dm/@KronoMoon #Mastodon
🔗 KronoMoon.org
Jana Watson @janawatsonwrites.bsky.social Poet, writer, and folklorist
AL ➡️ NH
I now own wool socks. Please send bbq.
Kaylyssa Quinn @kaylyssa.bsky.social poet
kaylyssa.com
David Elliot Eisenstat @eisenstat.bsky.social Managing Poetry Editor @variantlit.bsky.social (not my day job). Poems at https://www.davideisenstat.com/poetry/.
Mark Rice @markriceny.bsky.social American Studies professor. Social libertarian, probably.
Views are mine alone.
He/him
West Waterford Arts Group @westwaterfordag.bsky.social A cross-pollinating community of artists meeting in West Waterford with a multi-disciplinary approach to creativity.
#waterford #ireland #arts #poetry #visualarts #novelists #photoartists #collage #playwrights #musicians #songwriters #sculpture #speirgorm
Jess Piper Fan Page 💙 📚 @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social The Dem Voice of Missouri with her 262 Substack https://jesspiper.substack.com/ / @piperformissouri.bsky.social / @reichard4rep.bsky.social @wellmanformo.bsky.social @stegenmodem.bsky.social @iquitcigs.bsky.social @morgfair.bsky.social DMs ok 📚
Larry O. Dean @larryodean.bsky.social Flint-born, former San Franciscan, Chicago-based poet, educator, singer-songwriter, and kitchen sink sardonicist
https://www.larryodean.com
WILDsound Feedback Festival @wildsoundfestival.bsky.social Telling stories through film and conversation. WILDsound showcases the best of new films & screenplays from around the world in a daily film festival.
www.wildsound.ca
https://filmfreeway.com/WILDsoundFilmandWritingFestival
Pattie McCarthy @pattiemccarthy.bsky.social Philly poet
https://linktr.ee/pattiemccarthy
Christine Nayler 🇨🇦 @chrisnayler.bsky.social Trauma‑informed journalist, documentary storyteller,writer, artist & advocate. Writing and witnessing from systems of failure, grief & lived experience. #mentalhealth #neurodiversity #4Ryan https://substack.com/@christinenayler nationalapology.ca
Panatrope Arts Journal @panatrope.work see: https://panatrope.work
An imprint of Wildwood River Press, Panatrope is an artist-run collaborative. We create cross-media exhibitions and live performances. We publish creative work on the web and in print using open-source tools.
Ice Floe Press (OPEN for Subs June - July 2026) @icefloepress.bsky.social indie poetry publisher based in Canada with an international focus. we publish books and we have an online website with series and blogs w/poets, fiction writers, visual artist, experimental projects www.icefloepress.net EIC/publisher Robert Frede Kenter
AcausalQualia @acausalqualia.bsky.social 🖤Dark Hearts🩶Grey Skies🤍Light Matter
#Artist #AuDHD #Buddhist #Furry
#Genderqueer #Goth #INTP #Kink
#Libsoc #Occult #Panpsychist #Pansexual
#Poet #Poly #Queer #Sapio #Transfemme
#Transhuman #Virgo #Witch
🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ ⚧ 🐈⬛(she/her)
Primary → @rjvoidrabbot.bsky.social
nosed @nosedmag.bsky.social Every Monday at Midnght GMT, nosed publishes work on philosophy, culture, literature. nosed.substack.com.
Abigail George @abigailgeorgepoet.bsky.social Instagram https://share.google/3KbCEZug8OP9glUfG
Goodreads https://share.google/mqXkw7zrRJxpzUAk1
Poet.
Laine Thompson @marlinhoister.bsky.social The sailor cannot see the North but knows the needle can.
Full time carer for someone with LongCovid. Cancer survivor. Mostly photographs and thoughts connected to my immediate landscape in the ever decreasing circles of my life.
mclordselasi.bsky.social @mclorselasi.bsky.social (He/him) | Poet/Writer | Performing Artist 🇬🇭 | Longlisted – 2026 Commonwealth Short Story Prize | HM for Evaristo Poetry Prize '26
Sandra Marchetti @sandrapoetry.bsky.social Switch hitting witch. Cubs poet. Books at TAMU Press & Sundress Publications. Writing: Ecotone Magazine, Blackbird, Fansided. Former Poetry Ed at River Styx. George Mason MFA.
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.
haikunewsnetwork.bsky.social @haikunewsnetwork.bsky.social haikunewsnetwork.com
The news, briefly.
Poetic summaries of world events.
waterford rhyme @waterfordrhyme.bsky.social Promoting the waterford: a single verse quatrain, with an ABBA rhyming scheme and 8, 4, 4, 8 syllable count. Described as the Irish haiku, the waterford is a poetic expression of positivity. See waterfordrhyme.com - 2026 competition closed. Stay poetic!
Jeremy Michael Reed @jeremymichaelreed.bsky.social writer, editor, professor | creative writing, 20/21C US lit & cultural studies | edits @swiftslitmag.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/jeremymichaelreed
Erin Hoover @erinhoover.bsky.social My new poetry collection, Consent, will be published in May 2027 by Black Lawrence Press.
erinhooverpoet.com
Julie Bloss Kelsey @mamajoules.bsky.social Short-form poet, writer, mom of 3, naturalist. She/her. Likes dogs, kids, nature, travel, haiku, science, art, fanfic, & the Oxford comma. Also at @senecacreekcrafts.bsky.social
Links to my writing & Etsy shop: https://linktr.ee/julieblosskelsey
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
Website: www.Hlwalrath.com
@samuelamadon.bsky.social @samuelamadon.bsky.social 
@the-writingschool.bsky.social @the-writingschool.bsky.social The Writing School Online was founded by Kathryn Bevis in 2020 and we are here to help you find your creative voice and build a writing community.
@julesjems.bsky.social @julesjems.bsky.social 
Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social Slipstream Writer ✍️
Published or forthcoming in Strange Horizons | LITRO | Washington Square Review | Boudin | Neon Dystopia | Expat Press | HAWKEYE etc
Short story collection ⬇️
ashleymangtani.com
Cooper Reilly @sussingham.bsky.social Just a writer from San Diego, posting short stories as often as I can.
Fascinated by magical realism, frogs, flawed characters, altered states, Ween, finding transcendence in the mundane, absurd humor, gross stuff, maximalism…
sussingham.com
Dana Malone @danamalonewriter.bsky.social Poet. Writer. Storyteller. Singer. Native Appalachian. Hoops fanatic.
#musiccitysingsat6 Everyone Begotten, Everything Holy (April Gloaming Publishing, September 2026).
j r @osageorange.bsky.social low-rent ‘merican beat scribbler