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Whimsy @whimsyfiction.bsky.social A monthly microfiction contest celebrating the lighter, more peculiar side of storytelling. Yes, our alpaca travels by quill 🦙🪶 https://www.whimsyfiction.com/
WILDsound Writing Festival @wildsoundwriting.bsky.social Daily deadlines for poetry, short stories, screenplays, stage plays, and novels. Links to submit via sites and submittable: www.novelwritingfestival.com
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
Tomas Peiser🇨🇦 🗡️ Debatable Morality 💉 @writinginsawdust.bsky.social Neophyte writer, woodworker, quasi-retired, CABG survivor, guitar player, cat daddy😸, and PROUD CANADIAN 🇨🇦 https://tomaspeiser.substack.com/ Authentically Chaotic Selectively Empathetic while planting the seeds of fuckery.
Writing The Dawn @writingthedawn.bsky.social Where biodiversity, neurodiversity & creativity meet | Writing, creative workshops & coaching|For every kind of bodymind | Neurodivergent-affirming | Anti-racist| LGBTQIA+ affirming | Anti-oppression
I Write Like @iwritelike.bsky.social I'm Alexandra. I help build I Write Like, a #Markdown text editor. I also write stories: magical realism, myths, literary fiction. IWL: https://iwl.me My stories: https://saraf.iwl.pub/ #indie #software #writing #shortstory
Writers Write @writers-write.bsky.social Writers Write is a global resource for writers of every kind. Our online support system will guide you at every stage of your writing journey. www.writerswrite.co.za
Diane Olberg @dianeolberg.bsky.social Writer, reader, swimmer, cook, lover of democracy. Roommate of Feline Mack The Rascal. Proud native of Cook, Minnesota, and resident of Edmonds, Washington.
Emory 🩶 @emory-f8.bsky.social I write dark Victorian fiction and specialize in the long 19th century. She/Her 🏳️‍🌈🇪🇸✡️ (I'm always kind) #writer #historian #Lesbian #sapphic #wlw #Hispanic #feminist #goth #vampires #jpop #bibliophile NO DMs | Terfs & Narcissists DNI
Booze, Food, Travel @boozefoodtravel.bsky.social New Jersey native, 2-time expat (China & Taiwan). Writer, Editor, Teacher, Adventurer. Love biking and hiking. Writer of Booze, Food, Travel boozefoodtravel.com A community of feral squirrels in a cheap suit.
Big Sky Country Writing Group @bscwriting.bsky.social A writing group based in Lincolnshire, UK. Others welcome too. Posting last week's writing prompts from our discord server. ❌️Never AI❌️
FORGOTTEN INDUSTRIES @forgotten-industry.bsky.social An archive & lab journal exploring what happens to the things we leave behind. Old machines. Abandoned projects. Recovered selves.
hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social Full-Service Publishing 🏆Pro vetted seller on Fiverr 📚10K+ Books Published Helping aspiring authors self-publish & sell more! 📢 https://hmdpublishing.com/reach-out
Ian Johnson @youcanandyouwill.bsky.social Trying (trying, very trying) writer/Dad/runner. Words in @trashcatlit.bsky.social @apricotpress.bsky.social @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social @freeflashfiction.bsky.social etc. 2026 Best of the Net nominee.
Lothlorien Poetry Journal @lothlorienpoetryj.bsky.social Lothlorien Poetry Journal is a literary journal featuring free verse/rhyming/experimental poetry, short stories, flash fiction and art. https://lothlorienpoetryjournal.blogspot.com/p/submission-guidelines.html
Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social Supporting and promoting #WomenWriters. On insta at womenwritersnetwork and Twitter (X) @womenwritersnet.
Matthew_DS9 @matthew-ds9.bsky.social “It is difficult/to get the news from poems/yet men die miserably every day/for lack/of what is found there." - William Carlos Williams
Richelle C. Flores @richellecflores.bsky.social Writer & Editor
Lori Jones @lorijonespoetry.bsky.social Dreamer. Artist. Poet. (she/her) My debut poetry collection, The Sweetening, is available now. https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=tNc4PEbsbvaXfnA9b8WVRq1j2CfnRZBZCDjCL053p8L
emily fraser 🌿🐌✨ @emilyesfraser.bsky.social Former doc filmmaker/cinematographer/teacher, current full-time sick person, occasional poet
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. 🚫DM 🚫MAGA
Tracie Adams @tracieadams.bsky.social Books: Our Lives in Pieces (2025) and Not Finished Yet (2026) Words in Stanchion, Pithead Chapel, Cleaver, Fictive Dream, BULL, Hippocampus 2X Pushcart nominee, BOTN, Best Microfiction and LL Wigleaf Top 50 Retired educator and playwright
Jen J.C. @jennnne.bsky.social She/her 🦋 Poetry, love, humor, memes, tea, occasional adult themes 🦋 Human (Rights! ✊️) 🦋 Religionless 🦋 Progressive 🦋 Anti-capitalist 🦋 cPTSD 🦋 🔞 🩷💜💙 DMs are not 4 solicitation or 1st contact
GrahamC75 @grahamc57.bsky.social Amateur wildlife 'tog. Aspiring author. Mother Nature. Rugby. Classical Music. Opera. Apolitical. Practising agnostic. Reading. Writing. Tea. Twitter-quitter/ex-X. 314.8 ppm. Avatar: Pasqueflower - County flower of Hertfordshire. Adventura ante dementiam.
Three Word Genre @threewordgenre.bsky.social Share a photo, poem, reflection, or title—using just three words. Safe content only. Let our Daily Prompts inspire, or create your own “Three Word Genre.” Always tag #ThreeWordGenre. Genre ideas to explore: https://tinyurl.com/Genre-Inspiration-List
@morganrrhaze.bsky.social @morganrrhaze.bsky.social Follow at morganrrhaze.com Email morganrrhazeauthor@gmail.com
Brandon Nadeau @bnadeauwriter.bsky.social Canadian. Writer. Stories in The New Quarterly, The Antigonish Review, NōD, Shift, & others. Executive Editor: @MGLiterary.bsky.social. Lactose intolerant. MoonLitGetaway.com/brandon-nadeau
First Novel Prize @firstnovelprize.bsky.social Writing competition for unpublished and independently published novelists. Entries close on the 31st of May. Judged by Sally Williamson (Transworld) and Hayley Steed (Janklow & Nesbit). Organised by the Literary Studio. Bloomsbury, London firstnovel.co.uk
Blue Wave Alxs 🌸🏳️‍⚧️📚🍥✨ @bluewavealxs.bsky.social She/Her/Hers, Feminist, Democrat, Pro-Choice, Pro-LGBT, Agnostic, Artist, Writer, Actor, Traveller, introspective aesthete, Human Rights Activist, Trans Rights Advocate, Ambassador, Mental Health Matters, Autistic,ADHD, Music Lover, Book enthusiast.
S. A. Marshall @appalachianeditrix.bsky.social (she/her) Writer & editor. History Buff. Activist. Married to my soulmate for 35 years. Retired unschooling mom, doodler, fluid artist, amateur cruciverbalist. Inveterate spewer of profanity and sarcasm. Striving for joy in dark times. Vive la résistance!
Julie Shiel @forgottenbeauty.bsky.social A dark leopard of the moon #writing #fairytales #folklore #myths #art #books vintage #illustrations Nerdtastic writerly cat-loving garden witch ☪✨
Daniel A. Sheridan @danielasheridan.bsky.social Drummer in http://theimmigrants.com, Writer: http://danielasheridan.com, My book: Tim - http://timothyhosullivan.com, My Dad: http://savingprivatesheridan.com.
Justin Eger @fugitivecourier.bsky.social Writer-monkey, action-adventure enthusiast, inveterate smart-ass. Author of: - The Ethan Shaw thrillers - The John Ransom adventures - Novels of the Underground amazon.com/author/justin-eger
Paul Andrew Sneddon @pasneddon.bsky.social Ayrshire writer & musician. Stories on mental health, music, and life | Latest 'Shore' on http://paulandrewsneddon.com/blog
Rachel Armes-McLaughlin @mother-poet.bsky.social She/Her | Poet | 🏳️‍🌈 | ✊️ 🤩 Pushcart Nominated 2025 My work is published in The Chaos Section, where I am poetry co-editor; Loblolly Press; Medicine & Meaning; and a Central Arkansas Library System anthology, with one poem nominated for Best of the Net. 🔞
Lily Lawson @lifelovelily22.bsky.social Poet/writer/chocoholic/random human who lilyfies whatever she can. Music, books, poetry, writing, interviews & prompts. I've published 11 books! — see pinned. Free books every Friday👇 https://linktr.ee/lilylawson22 Everybody needs some Lily in their life!
Katherine Traverse @kattra.bsky.social she/they | 37 | 💖💜💙 Failed hermit | Attention whore Optimistic pessimist | Beautiful hypocrite writer of microfiction and poetry
CK Love 🇨🇦 @cklovewrites.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Author/Screenwriter Therapist/Somatic guide: writers/artists/memoirists -> road to insight 💯 Writing's a revelatory act Social warrior ⚔️ 🏳️‍🌈 support Spiritual badass. That's where the juice is. 🙏 DM me for mentoring.
AnnScot @annscot.bsky.social Not my real name. Literary Translator (English-German) and dog lover. Mainly here to help dogs find a new home. Used to tweet for BF_GoeKS. #xl8 #LITranslators #NameTheTranslator #Literaturübersetzer #Bücher #books #libraries #AdoptDontShop #RescueDogsRock
Neil Randall @neilrandall.bsky.social Writer and serial death cheat
Obsidian Voices @author.bsky.social Featuring poets from around the world. Daily spotlights, interviews, and unforgettable poems. Because every voice deserves to be heard.
Silvia Passiflora @silviapassiflora.bsky.social Grateful for what this space has given me. I’m writing at my website now. www.silviapassiflora.com
Tiny Prophecies @mercurialsilver.com Online lit journal of hearth, ruin, & whimsy. Free to submit—poems & tiny fiction. 🌈 ✣ Curated by @perilpoet ✣ mercurialsilver.com ✣
Shannon Frost Greenstein, Writer @shannonfrostgre.bsky.social Author. Nietzschean. Mother. Cat-lady. Advocate. Ally. Arachnophobe. #BLM
Sandra Jones @sljoneswriter.bsky.social Avid reader, writer & classic movie buff.
Michael Thériault @mtheriaultsf.bsky.social I’ve done a few things. I’m not quite done yet.
Mizz Whozza Whazzit @mwplovesmusic.bsky.social Poet, Writer, Host of Emoetry poetry prompt, Progressive Democrat, developer/engineer, ally of all, advocacy for victims of sexual violence, mental health and disability rights. Love music, animals, dark humor and cursing. Runner and DJ.
Anna Tizard, Exquisite Corpse Wizard 🌀🫖✍️ @annatizard.bsky.social British author writing, dabbling & daydreaming in comtemp. fantasy. Inspired by a surrealist word game played live on podcast, Brainstoryum. Join the creative mayhem! annatizard.com. Stories are doorways into the mind. 🌟✍️📚 No DMs unless u know me 😉
Amy Barnes @amygcb.bsky.social Associate Editor: @fracturedlit.bsky.social
Debra J. Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social Writer of poetry. To walk as a warrior, embracing grace, into the storms of darkness to breathe out light. Weaving the evil threads life hurls with the threads of wonder. Beauty is cultivated in darkness.
T Lee (he/they) @panoramicpoetics.bsky.social poet. trans. superhuman ADHD. father of GENDERED LULLABIES, published by @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social https://allmylinks.com/panoramicpoetics
🧿 Nya 💙 @seranyabeck.bsky.social 🧿 Seranya Beck ✌️ Artist | Author | Cosmic Architect Building @-Social™ — creators keep 100%, forever → https://at-social.social/ 🦋 Write What I Want 🌛 Dream of the Cosmos 💃🏻 Dance at the Pyramids 📖 Leone Nor 💙 ✍️🎨📸©️ #ArtBySeranya #CubistPoet #Seranya
The Creative Splurge @thecreativesplurge.bsky.social A source of writing challenges, competitions, prompts and ideas to get you started, keep you going, and help you achieve your writing dreams... https://www.thecreativesplurge.com/
Jennifer Yvette Brown @jenniferyvette.bsky.social Books 📚 Music 🎧 Nature 🌱Space 🪐 Human rights for every mother and our descendants 🕊️ Aspiring dirt farmer🪏 Writing like my life depends upon it ✍️
BornToBeA... Whovian! @emma1293.bsky.social I'm Emma, 31, #Doctorwho fan since I was 12, 10/14, #Merlin #Sherlock #SPN #GOT #Marvel #Starwars #LOTR, will talk about random stuff, writing a book series - A Tale of Two Forces, The Awakening of The Light is out now
LonelyWritersClub (ChiMetroNW) @lonelywritersclub.bsky.social Official Lonely Writers Club Chicago Metro NW 1/2 founder. I already have an account for politics, and this ain't it. DM's open. - queries: lonelywritersclubnw@gmail.com
Mike O’Brien @zoomburst.substack.com Sixty odd years old - Sixty Odd Press zoomburst.substack.com sixtyoddpoets.substack.com
Your Own Personal Elle Boyd @theelleboyd.bsky.social Transcriptionist by day, writer by night. Cat wrangling Bluenoser. 🇨🇦 Links to some of my shorties: https://elleboyd.com/ Unsolicited DMs will be ignored like the scourge they are.
Cari O. @cariwriting.bsky.social Writer. Wine taster. Chapbook prize winner. Memoirist. Words in Josephine Quarterly, Thin Skin, Taos Journal of Poetry, Thimble, Mom Egg Review, Literary Orphans, The Fourth River, Marbled Sigh, Lime Hawk Review... Found in Europe + Florida.
@fanthonypayne.bsky.social @fanthonypayne.bsky.social
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
Peggy Price @peggyprice.bsky.social Writer, photographer, lover of sand and surf and happy New Yorker.
Alpenglow Raevyn @landseasky.bsky.social They/them, AuDHD, Jumano Apache & Euro-American, Druid, UU, knitter, wounded healer, chaser of poetry, healing, songs and the numinous. Let’s make the world better. No DM replies if you haven’t been interacting with my posts a lot.
BlueSky Poetry @blueskypoetry.bsky.social A "respectful" space for poets to share work and connect with a vibrant community. All styles of poetry are celebrated. Use #BlueSkyPoetry and #SkyPoet to join a conversation, and tag us at @blueskypoetry.bsky.social for a chance to be featured.
anne @annemorrigan.bsky.social 🇨🇦 poet available everywhere popcorn is sold! #haikufeels prompt source follow the feed 👉 https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:zju537q75n6mut5sorj6c2rp/feed/aaamya5dfmxck
Jason H. Abbott @jason-h-abbott.bsky.social Author and artist of fantasy, science fiction, and more! Daily microfiction, and art sometimes. Host of #2WordPrompt. Editor and publisher of #SciFanSat Magazine. Books and art available at — www.blueboarpress.com/jason-h-abbott
The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk Independent poetry press + cultural review platform. We publish narrative-led work with edge. #PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs #PromoteIndieLit Edited by @alanparrywriter.co.uk www.thebrokenspine.co.uk https://linktr.ee/brokenspinearts
LindaAnn LoSchiavo @ghostlyverse.bsky.social Poet. Writer. New Yorker. Member: BFS, HWA, SFPA, Dramatists Guild. 2024 bks: Apprenticed to the Night; Felones de Se; Always Haunted. 2025 bks: Cancer Courts My Mother + Vampire Verses. YouTube @lindaannliterary8035 https://ko-fi.com/lindaann_loschiavo
Liz Gauffreau @lizgauffreau.bsky.social Fiction Writer in Poet's Clothing ~ https://lizgauffreau.com ~ https://substack.com/@lizgauffreau I have published a historical coming-of-age novel and 2 photopoetry collections. My latest novel was inspired by the closure of the last poor farm in VT.
3cents Magazine @3centsmagazine.bsky.social An online publication bringing poetry, fiction, and nonfiction into thematic conversations. Founding editor: @brandonarvesen.bsky.social www.3centsMagazine.com
Cass Donish 🐞 they/them @cassdonish.bsky.social Queer Poet & Writer. PhD. Widow/Suicide Loss Survivor. YOUR DAZZLING DEATH (Knopf, 2024).
Nicoli @nicoligongoli.bsky.social Poetry maker | anthill reader | paper hobbyist | Collector of cats + stamps and things | jibaritacore 🇵🇷 @succulentslug.bsky.social linktr.ee/NicoliGongoli
Hibah Shabkhez @hibahshabkhez.bsky.social Muslim Pakistani Woman Poet Author Student Rhyming poetry and Flash http://linktr.ee/HibahShabkhez
Brandon Diehl @iambrandondiehl.bsky.social Poet with autism and a cat. Author of ADULTHOOD (Anxiety Press, 2026). Here to connect with fellow writers and/or fellow neurodivergent people and/or fellow anti-fascists. he/him • NJ • www.brandondiehl.net
Scott Rochester @scottrochester.bsky.social London author and eccentric Retired teacher Dominated by horses and ships, 400 years in the future looks a lot like 200 years in the past. No oil, no cars and no internet. And pirates! https://www.slenderwolf.com
SunnyandSheryl @commgal.bsky.social Dinosaur, former Telecomm specialist, poet and essayist, fangirl of Nyota Uhura, family caregiver, advocate, activist 🚫 DMs sherylsingletonlynch.weebly.com
Linda Daunter @lindadaunter.bsky.social Still don't know what I want to do when I'm grown up. In the meantime, I write short stories, flash fiction & unfinished novels, draw, paint, take photos, garden, daydream and dance when nobody's watching. 📍NW England 🚫NO AI 🚫DMs - I can't read them!
Jen Miller @jenmillerpoetry.bsky.social Poet and mystic without the monastery. 📚 Black cat mom. 🐈‍⬛ Souled in Appalachia. Progressive Gen-Xer. 🤘 Nature lover. 🌳 jenmillerpoetry.com
M. Telari @telariofficial.bsky.social 22, he/him, author/poet of almost four years. I’m a social butterfly with a deep connection to music, photography, and poetry most of all. Wildly inspired writer in hopes of making myself proud before I take my leave. “The Playwright Trilogy” on Amazon!
Lin Hart @poetry-with-hart.bsky.social Poet, wannabe artist, and zinester from WV. Married, mother of two. Definately a cryptid in disguise. Poetry found in Broken Spines, Penstricken, and SixtyOddPoets, among others. Zines in kofi below. Enjoy 🤗 https://ko-fi.com/poetrywithhart
Daniel Rolph Author @danielrolphauthor.bsky.social Daniel Rolph grew up in the UK foster care system, experiencing firsthand the challenges that come with it. Now, he's channelling those experiences into his debut novel, Shattered Paths Buy Now: https://geni.us/OEi75Gh
Story Valley Writers @storyvalley.bsky.social Writers helping writers. Follow for tips & fun #writingcommunity interaction. Join our online writing conference in August, meet our favorite professionals. Send questions to storyvalleywriters(at)gmail.com Storyvalleywritingconference.wordpress.com
lauracbrown.bsky.social @lauracbrown.bsky.social I write. I draw. I make comics. I obsess.
Cambridge Writing Centre 🖋️ @aruwriting.bsky.social We're a creative writing research centre based at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, organising and posting both research and community writing events. We repost lit subs calls! https://creativeshowcase.aru.ac.uk/research/cambridge-writing-centre/
Christa Fairbrother @christafairbrother.bsky.social Gulfport, FL poet laureate I write poems about bodies - ours, animals, water, our collective nature Here to connect with poets & poetry lovers Author of Water Yoga (Singing Dragon 2022). Lover of tea & avocados 🥑 https://christafairbrotherwrites.com/
Mike Slavin @mikeslavinauthor.bsky.social Author of fast-paced action-oriented crime/ thrillers. -KIll Crime: a Vigilante series -Spike, 35 Kills and Smiling (Think Reacher meets Dexter) West Pointer, Support Democracy. Always learning. Free prequel at the website https://mikeslavinauthor.com/
amber nelson @thebodyreclaimed.bsky.social my new poetry collection, 𝑎𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑐, 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦, out now on Rainbow Carnage Press: https://www.rainbowcarnagepress.com/product/23685421/arsenic-baby-by-amber-nelson poetry, dad jokes, gaming, music, disability stuff 👩‍🦽 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 IG: @thebodyreclaimed
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site) Submissions open now: https://book-shelfie.com/submissions Postscript: www.pscript.app Book tour inquiries: contact@book-shelfie.com
Claire Shaw @kabikaj47.bsky.social Author | Writer | 🇬🇧 | She/Her claireshawauthor.com
Scottish Book Trust @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social A national charity dedicated to changing lives with reading and writing. Home of Bookbug, Book Week Scotland and Reading Schools.