Black Herald Press @blackheraldpress.bsky.social Éditeur indépendant / independent press
poésie, essais, textes courts / Poetry books, essays, short texts (in English or mostly bilingual) since 2010 / éditrice-publisher Blandine Longre @blandinelongre.bsky.social
https://www.blackheraldpress.com
Jay Besemer @divinetailor.bsky.social poet•author•artist•fool. aging, tr^ns, qu♾️r, sick/disabled, autistic. he/they.
🛑DO NOT ADD TO STARTER PACKS WITHOUT CONSENT!🛑
http://www.jaybesemer.net
Jane Alyson Clarke @janeeyrie.bsky.social I write high fantasy with low characters.
Poetry too. https://bio.link/janeclarke
Fond of: folk tales, birds, concept albums, woodruff cordial, peace 🕊️
Follows or reposts ≠ endorsement of any or all of someone’s views
BIGGSGGIB @ridebikeseatspuds.bsky.social Writer | Poet | Conservationist | Rider of Bikes | Occasional Musician | etc.
mitchellbiggs.blogspot.com
sword tree @sword-tree.bsky.social mobile and flexible becoming
any pronouns or none
mad
Stu Hatton @stuhatton.bsky.social Writer/editor, writing workshop facilitator. Poetry, philosophy, psychoanalysis, etc. Leftist. Parent, errant gardener, hack guitarist. Vice President of Australian Psychedelic Society.
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{SADPD} Officer Tazerballs @tazerballs.bsky.social Parody Account, taze balls at own risk.
the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social here we are, caught up in this big rhythm
Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af Sr. Engineering Manager at Slack. Profoundly autistic. Classically-trained pianist, public speaker, avid swing dancer, YA fantasy fiction lover, and a whisky enthusiast. Occasionally funny, usually by accident. More scared of you than you are of me.
LSU Press @lsupress.bsky.social Louisiana's premier academic publisher, established in 1935. #lsupress
Nicholas Common @nicholascommon.bsky.social Science fiction and fantasy novellas. Currently witing a novel about a society that solved aging, and the couple who chose it anyway.
Roughhouser @roughhouser-mag.bsky.social Online poetry mag. Submissions open.
Based in Chicago.
EIC: @willrusso.bsky.social
https://roughhouser.neocities.org/
Elizabeth Botsford @elizabethbotsford.bsky.social Middle grade novel writer. Longlisted, Yeovil Literary Prize 2026. Shortlisted, Jericho Writers Friday Night Live.
/liːd/ /oʊ/ @scintillen.bsky.social librarian who writes poetry, poet who works at a library. affiliated with bikes.
do not talk to me about AI unless you have two hours of your life blocked off
@ajk13.bsky.social @ajk13.bsky.social Lawyer, lurker
Michael Russell Jones @michaeljonas.bsky.social Word nerd.
Neurodivergent autodidact.
Proud survivor of childhood S.A.
Psych ward philosopher.
Resides and writes in Skokie, Illinois.
Poems: https://whiskeytit.com/article/five-poems/
Max Cerrina @alephnaught2tog.bsky.social Queer, cat dad, nerd, developer. Passionate about ALL THE THINGS. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🐿️ Autistic, ADHD, disabled, chronically ill.
Gaylestorming @gaylestorming.bsky.social Writer, reader, coffee drinker…dark brews & dark chocolate. A cozy horror creative searching for my place in the universe. 19th Annual Writer’s Digest poetry award winner 🏅 USAF Veteran
https://www.gaylestorming.com
PerfectGod = S. Cyn = L. Gates = J. Glacier = L. Simz = Ziwe +c. @blackswanborges.bsky.social Mx Józef ≈ M.
Lonely + Looking for
Poetry Fiends and Friends...
[ I wake up *wishing* that I was:
Gertrude Stein + Ursula K. Le Guin. ]
Mx M— Józef ≈ M. J. Le Tölm...
Cover credit to Samara Cyn.
+c. (: Thank you kindly,
And stay safe :)
Print Play Protect @printplayprotect.bsky.social We make cool tabletop items :D
Michael O'Brien @mobrien222.bsky.social small poems. collage. film making. music.
Antwerp
https://offland743280408.wordpress.com/
https://monostich.blogspot.com/?m=1
KM @kmbezner.bsky.social librarian. reads comics, makes zines, writes things
they/them
website in progress, coming whenever i get around to it
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
Sara McAulay @swmcaulay.bsky.social Fiction writer, poet, hiker, birder. Retired horse trainer, retired academic, retired on-the-cheap traveler. Now I train my dog, the cats train me. Oh yeah, and I'm older than dirt. Where's the wisdom that's supposed to come with that?
@kswann.bsky.social @kswann.bsky.social 
COSMOPOET @cosmopoet.bsky.social COSMOPOET is MSCA project by Divna Manolova @dulila.bsky.social. It is funded by the European Union (grant agreement No 101108590) and hosted by UGent. COSMOPOET rethinks the relationship between poetry and astronomy in the space of late Byzantine schools.
Danielle McMahon @dehm000.bsky.social EIC @the-engine-idling.bsky.social
https://www.d-mcmahon-writes.net
author of 4 poetry chapbooks & 2 microchaps
latest: rowhouse song (Ghost City Press '25) | irl (Stanchion '26)
https://www.stanchionzine.com/product-page/irl
Ravi @ravikd.bsky.social 
The Bloomin’ Onion | **SUBMISSIONS ALWAYS OPEN** @bloominonionlit.bsky.social A Literary Magazine with Layers. Est. 2024. Helping new and emerging writers find their way. Posts by the EIC.
Subs: https://www.thebloominonion.com/submission-guidelines
Perfect God = Lexa Gates @mx-j.bsky.social https://shop.capitolmusic.com/collections/lexa-gates
A Very Convincing Illusion of Joaquim @joaquimds.bsky.social if you are wondering why I followed you it's because you posted poetry
Vanessa Global @vanessaglobal.bsky.social 209K LIBRARY: universities,libraries,politicians,scientists,academics, lawyers,economists,linguists,historians,writers,BLUE, ANTIFA!
Me: brown NA,Oregonian,veteran,globetrotter,critical thinker,linguist,teacher,reader,atheist,constructive,ANTI-TRUMPIST
Mountain & Myth Fantasy Cartography @mountainandmyth.bsky.social Bringing your fantasy world to life! We create hand drawn maps for your D&D/Pathfinder or other ttrpg games.
Commissions are OPEN: https://tally.so/r/obEbob
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madeline blair 🐦⬛ @msblair.bsky.social something of a no rust buildup man myself
eic of @sabrtoothtiger.bsky.social 🐯🪽
𝔖𝔞𝔟𝔯 𝔗𝔬𝔬𝔱𝔥 𝔗𝔦𝔤𝔢𝔯 𝔐𝔞𝔤𝔞𝔷𝔦𝔫𝔢 @sabrtoothtiger.bsky.social an international lit mag with claws, teeth, & heart ❤️🔥 based in chicago, il 🪽eic @msblair.bsky.social
Dina Strasser @dinaeliz.bsky.social Writer, teacher, semi-Luddite. I follow authors, educators, and lit mags.
Kevin A. Risner @mrdecember.bsky.social It's Easy To Lose Your Breath (Match Factory Editions, 2026) & There's No Future Where We Don't Have Fire (Unsolicited Press, 2027)
www.kevinarisner.com
https://matchfactoryeditions.com/books/Its-Easy-to-Lose-Your-Breath-p820224211
Billy Mills @billymills.bsky.social Irish poet, cricket fan, book reviews, Bob Dylan.
See my blog: https://ellipticalmovements
#speirgorm
"I give as examples Billy Mills, Susan Howe and J.H. Prynne, although the assumption that they write for themselves is entirely my own" J.C.C. Mays
Reese @puppylove23.bsky.social 🐶 Woof! I'm Reese , a Boston Terrier with a black belt in snuggles. My human, BRETT CULBERT– you know, my actor papa who's on TV and all that? – thinks he's the star, but let's be real, I'm the real leading role here.
Beck The Feminist Lawyer @beckduff.bsky.social Soft heart.
Curious mind.
Big mouth.
Books by Beck Duffield available at most major booksellers.
Not your lawyer. Views are my own.
Betty Stanton @fadingbetty.bsky.social EdD, MFA, poet, author, speech & debate coach, director, teacher, editor, rpg nerd, game designer, bad at social media, located in Oklahoma
Nicotine Markshake @porcupine909.bsky.social 
K.McC @karmcc.bsky.social Book lover. Night owl. Proud “cat lady.” (Dogs too!)
@fraudesswrites AKA holly manno @fraudesswrites.bsky.social i was…now i am…
#books 💙📚
#endocancer
#dailyegg
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writer, maker, cookie baker
independent
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brain included
R E A D
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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
Leafe Press @leafepress.bsky.social Leafe Press was launched at a reading in Nottingham in 2000 and has published a wide range of poetry. Editor: Alan Baker
Greg Treviño @gtpoet7027.bsky.social Poet. Future lawyer.
Dreamer.
🐿️
KANSHIKETSU! @kanshiketsu.bsky.social A monk asked Yün-men, "What is Buddha?"
Yün-men said, "Dried shitstick."
https://endythekid.blogspot.com/
https://kanshiketsu.bandcamp.com/
https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/lunde
https://kanshiketsu.substack.com/
https://www.subvert.fm/kanshiketsu
Dan Schwerin @danschwerin.bsky.social Child of God. Product of grace. A bishop in The United Methodist Church. My new book of American sijo, lightly, is available from red moon press or the author.
Rebecca Hart Olander @rholanderpoet.bsky.social Poet: Singing from the Deep End (2026) & Uncertain Acrobats (2021) @cavankerrypress.bsky.social * Editor/Director: @perugiapress.bsky.social * writing teacher * mother * adorer of the Atlantic 🌊 * she/her
https://linktr.ee/rholanderpoet
Global Majority Press @globalmajoritypres.bsky.social Small indie lit press run by and for PoGM
Empowering marginalized creatives to tell their own stories
Editor: @mxchristalbot.bsky.social
Home of: thebkmagazine.bsky.social
bio.site/globalmajoritypress
Perceptivity Albums @perceptivityalbums.bsky.social Poet. Creative Writer. Sharing excerpts from my pieces.
In love with creative nonfiction. Passionate about self-love and the beauty of seeing the word mudita out in reality.
On Instagram: @albumsofperceptivity
Drag Station Alpha @dragstationalpha.bsky.social Drag queens in space - need I say more?
Sameer Kankali Ⓥ☮✌🏼🌱💚🍉🐸🐮🐷📚📖♟️✊🏼 @sameerkankali.bsky.social MUNDUS SINE CAESARIBUS 💙🦋
#Activist #HumanRights #AnimalRights #UBI #ClimateChange #Books #Tech #Poker #Chess
He/Him/His
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The Elegy Project @elegyproject.bsky.social poems in public places
reach us at: https://theelegyproject.org
Long Beach Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisiblelb.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/LongBeachIndivisible
We are committed to preserving democracy by advocating progressive and inclusive policies and supporting leaders who will fight for a just and equitable future for all.
Long Beach, California ❌ 👑 📎💙
River Elizabeth Hall @riverhallpoet.bsky.social Poet. Naturalist. Teacher.
Paige Against The Machine @paigemachine.bsky.social Used to be @paigeagainst.blksky.social before my account got lost to the void. I don't have the heart to do my whole description again. #ncat #adhd
Exact Editions @exacteditions.bsky.social The premium magazine platform for publishers, libraries and readers.
Find out more here: http://linktr.ee/exacteditions 
Stephen Yuffrida Brown (he/him) @scarletwitchy.bsky.social Beautiful but Sinister Forest Spirit 📍 Philly
stephenyuffridabrown.wixsite.com/publications
Samuel Day Wharton @fakeourway.bsky.social (re)lapsed poet / winemaker / jack of some trades
mostly poetry / some wine stuff / a dog or two / hopefully not too much politics
Sacramento CA
I Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social Anti-Smoker My Website campralquitsmoking.net See How I Quit 20 Years Ago Fought Nicotine 35 Years Supporting others who Quit 🚭 STL MO ❤️To Promote Authors 📚 & Ozarks 🌄 Photographer 📷 Pez Add @piperformissouri.bsky.social @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social 💙
Kelli Dianne Rule @kdiannerule.bsky.social I'm an art school dropout from the 1990s. I write about Florida. It is a weird and cursed land.
www.kellirule.com
www.instagram.com/kdiannerule
Vel @velveteensnails.bsky.social they/them, mid-20s. MDNI
David Atkinson @davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.social (he/him) Prize-winning Irish poet writing in English & Ulster Scots. Pushcart nominated. MA from MMU. Archival poetics: Islandmagee Witch Trial & Irish War of Independence- B Brandie Hanson @brandiehanson.bsky.social Children’s Author/Illustrator seeking representation
I also dabble in leather working and airbrushing
http://www.brandiehanson.com/
bella ˖°𓇼🌊⋆🐚🫧 @writingmermaid.bsky.social ⟢ she/her | 🇵🇭🇺🇸 writer, arc reviewer
⟢ wips: the sun bleeds red, where the starless lie
⟢ currently reading: oathbound, how to stand up to a dictator, stolen midnights, carnival fantástico
Surazeus Simon Seamount @surazeus.bsky.social Surazeus Astarius Συράζευς Αστάριος.
Cartographer. Epic Poet. Author.
Hermead epic poem about Philosophers
in 126,680 lines of blank verse.
Historical Fiction.
http://tinyurl.com/AstarianScriptures
https://surazeus.blogspot.com
betancur . n @nelbeu.bsky.social art & architectural historian / visual, material & religious culture
Sarvin Parviz @sarprvz.bsky.social Award-winning multigenre & genre-bender writer/interdisciplinary Artist (she/her)
Semifinalist in European Opera-directing Prize (EOP)
Unofficial Singer/Official Collaborator
sarvinparviz.com
#flashfiction
#writingcommunity
Junior Einsteins Science Club® @junioreinsteins.bsky.social Award-winning Science events for kids. Founded Ireland☘️ Scientist, Mum, speaker United Nations 🇺🇳 Fun, messy, screen-free hands-on, STEM fun Ireland 🇮🇪 UK 🇬🇧 Canada 🇨🇦 Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 Luxembourg 🇱🇺 Ukraine 🇺🇦 International Schools partnerships. Franchise.
Tom Kelly @tomkellyyyyy.bsky.social Writer. Teacher. Gamer. Sober.
Poems and stories in Electric Literature, Ninth Letter, Portland Review, etc.
📍WPB, FL
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
S France Thomason @france-thomason.bsky.social only thinks straight after tea✨Shortlisted in 2026 #IAmInPrint Commercial Fiction Competition ✨🌈✨Yeovil Literary Prize LL 2025 ✨3rd in 2024 #IAmInPrint SFF competition✨ @cbcreative alumna
#scifi ✨ #fantasylit✨ #WritingCommunity ✨
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Sjc 🩵🩵 @sjcremona.bsky.social Based in a stunning Mediterranean country, with a love for great books, music and films, meaningful time spent with two amazing best friends, and a deep appreciation for nature, animals, and a bit of adventure along the way.
Glad to meet you 🫱🫲 😊💙💙
Susan Tombrello @suso903.bsky.social Literary writer, Bennington MFA grad, SoCal native, mom, married, neurodivergent. Completing work on my debut novel Disassembled/Dissemblers. Three generations of an American family. They do their best while barely holding it together. No DMs please.- R @randomdaniels.bsky.social @randomdaniels.bsky.social Metapoet
Fee Thomas @feethomas.bsky.social Author of two poetry books: Owning the Color Blue, Dreams Never Die.
Poet, Artist, Activist, Photographer, Student, Mental Health Advocate. feethomas.blue
Jennifer Dillon @jenniferdillon.bsky.social Storyteller. Romance writer. Plot twister.
Sarcasm Required.
If you don't like caffeine then we can't be friends.
Creative Writing at NEIU @neiu-cw.bsky.social Home of Northeastern Illinois University’s Creative Writing Minor, The 82 Reading Series, and more!
https://www.neiu.edu/academics/colleges-departments/arts-and-sciences/departments/english/student-groups-and-honor-society/82-writers-reading
Jordan Stempleman @jordanstempleman.bsky.social Poet and professor. Author of the forthcoming collection, Spilt, winner of the 2025 Wishing Jewel Prize, Green Linden Press. Editor for The Continental Review, Windfall Room, and Sprung Formal. jordanstempleman.com
Eric Nguyen @ericnguyenisok.bsky.social 📘 author of THINGS WE LOST TO THE WATER | 👨🏻💻he/him
Le Petit Jeanne Illustré @kazhkoad.bsky.social Baby MCF Univ Rennes - IUT Lannion, Arènes #Bzh
Minority language movements, intangible cultural heritage, ethnography
Musicienne 
PD (Petey) Edgar MFA, MA @pdedgar30.bsky.social Texts & Technology PhD student @ U. Central Florida
Poetry culture online + in periodicals + AI
Founding editor @remediatelitmag.bsky.social
Creative work in MichQuarRev, Oroboro, Burning House Press
Mike O’Brien @zoomburst.substack.com Sixty odd years old - Sixty Odd Press
zoomburst.substack.com sixtyoddpoets.substack.com
Chrissy Stegman @chrissystegmanpoet.bsky.social Baltimore poet/writer. Words everywhere. BOTN/Pushcart nom. Reader at Fractured Lit. Reader at Atlanta Review. My chapbook Somewhere, Someone Is Forgetting You is available from Alien Buddha Press. www.chrissystegman.com
Susan Drew @susandrewwrites.com Kid Lit Writer. Author of Sadie Does Not Like Sorries.
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Art shop: https://susandrewart.net/
Newsletter: www.substack.com/@susandrew
Intagram: www.instagram.com/_susandrew/
Sam Oputa @sam-oputa.bsky.social Avid reader. Follow me, I follow you. SiguemeYTeSigo. https://www.amazon.com/stores/Sam-Oputa/author/B00FUP8QEC?ref
David Toms @daithitoms.bsky.social Writer. Hold Over Fire (2026) out now from Veer2.
Pacemaker (Banshee Press, 2022). Northly (Turas Press, 2019). Writing recently in Magma, DRB, aswirl, Banshee, Gorse.
🇮🇪 living in 🇳🇴.
Thomas J. Kitson @thatiliazdguy.bsky.social Translator from Russian to English. Iliazd, _Rapture_. 2019 NEA Translation Fellowship for Iliazd, _PhiloSophia_ (excerpts from Rab-Rab Press). Iliazd's _Speechless Sentence_ and excerpts from _parisites_ and _dUnkee fərEnt_ in _TYPO_ #7.
Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social 📸 Photographer | capturing life's candid moments with my camera 📸
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