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
Bex Hainsworth @poetbex.bsky.social Teacher and Poet. Pamphlets - Walrussey (The Black Cat Poetry Press, 2023) and Circulaire (Written off Publishing, 2025).
Circulaire available to purchase here: https://writtenoffpublishing.com/shop/p/circulaire-bex-hainsworth
Suzanna Fitzpatrick @suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social Poet published in magazines & anthologies in the UK, US, Ireland & Canada. Debut pamphlet: Fledglings (Red Squirrel Press, 2016). First collection: Crippled (Red Squirrel Press, 2025).
Prohibition Blunder @prohibitionblund2.bsky.social 
Black Cat Poetry Press @blackcatpress.bsky.social Independent poetry press.
Editors Satya Bosman & Catherine Balaq.
www.blackcatpress.co.uk
https://linktr.ee/blackcatpress
Marc Chamberlain @marcchamberlain.bsky.social Poet | Critic | Queer
www.marcchamberlain.net
@groundworkpoet.bsky.social @groundworkpoet.bsky.social 
Ellena D @eld208.bsky.social PhD at the University of Exeter on conjoined twins in literature and film. Disability studies, embodiment.
Currently working at Medify.
Chronically ill. Enjoys poetry, film photography and crafting. Nerd. Views own.
Alan Humm @alanhumm.bsky.social Editor of the online arts journal One Hand Clapping. Novelist, poet, teacher and father but not necessarily in that order. You can find my writing here: https://www.alanhummswriting.com/
Mirkka @mirkkawrites.bsky.social "Poetry is the last free art. No one will invest in it. We can do what we want." Joelle Taylor
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@mave-fellowes.bsky.social @mave-fellowes.bsky.social 
Dirge Magazine @dirgemagazine.com The cultural feverdream that walks like a magazine. 2014-2017, 2025+
The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wastoids, dweebies, dickheads - they all adore us.
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Discord: https://discord.gg/CNR6KVAQSs
Bookshelfie βοΈ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
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HM @helenmarianne.bsky.social poems
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@cloudscholar.bsky.social @cloudscholar.bsky.social Poetry School MA β25
Obsidian Fellow, Watering Hole Fellow
Griots Well Alumni
Recent work in: Prairie Schooner, Magma, ShΕ
Chapbook - in progress
Caroline Davies @carolinemdavies.bsky.social Poet and poetry enthusiast
LaIslaBonita @laislabonita.bsky.social β€οΈ music, arts, literature, poetry, travel, health, co-pro, PPI, equality, spirituality, theology, psychology, cats, nature. Celt, Christian, socialist, activist. Up for new adventures albeit small ones. Woke & proud!
Medha Singh @medhawrites.bsky.social Poet, editor and translator. Edinburgh. SciencesPo, UoE / TEDx / New Writer Awardee β23 (Scottish Book Trust). www.medhawrites.com
Johann Hari @johannhari101.bsky.social Author of 3 New York Times best-selling books, Exec Producer of Oscar-nominated film & 8-part TV series with @samuelljackson.
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Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine @doorisajarmag.bsky.social Quarterly literary magazine of #poetry, short #fiction, #nonfiction, #drama, #art and #bookreviews with cadence and personality to take readers on a journey.
https://www.doorisajarmagazine.net/
Oenone Thomas @oenonethomas.bsky.social Poems in Magma, Propel, Alchemy Spoon, Black Iris, Live Canon competition anthologies, etc, National Poetry Competition longlisted.
Poetry School MA graduate. Poet in residence, Cuckmere Pilgrim Path 24/25.
#poetry
Poetry Enthusiast @poetry-enthusiast.bsky.social Poetry & nature enthusiast ~ reader ~ writer ~ traveller ~ photographer
Mat Riches @matriches.bsky.social Poet, market researcher, husband, father, knobhead.
Book called Collecting The Data out via Red Squirrel Press or me. The "Aldi Stanley Tucci".
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Taylor Strickland @taylor-strickland.bsky.social Poet. Translator. Winner of 2023 Saltire Award for Scottish Poetry Book of the Year. Get a copy of DASTRAM/DELIRIUM now -> https://linktr.ee/taylorstricklandarts
Robert @robert-barlow.bsky.social 
David Hanlon @vespertine4.bsky.social Cardiff poet. Best of the Net nominee. Author of two poetry collections - 'Spectrum of Flight' published in 2020 & 'Dawn's Incision' in 2024. Co-Poetry Editor @brokenspinearts.bsky.social
Ruth Parkinson @rplancso.bsky.social Allotment, running, cycling, Leyton Orient. Up the Os! Yorkshire lass spreading white rose superiority in Lancashire. Facilitator, coach, poet and writer. @leytonorientear.com
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
Mx. Quinn Croft π³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈ (They/Them or Xe/Xem) @quinncroft97.bsky.social Trans-non-binary, chaotically bi, Christian anarchist. Geeky.
Festival for Poetry @poetryfestival.bsky.social Daily Poetry Deadlines
Submit for a free posting.
Submit for a poetry reading video.
Submit for your poetry to be made into a film.
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THE LAST DAYS OF TRUMP (A Liberal Fantasy for the Stage) @trumplastdays.bsky.social I am the best play. There is no better play. Not even Hamlet by that loser Shakespeare!
Next up: London ONE NIGHT ONLY Sep 1st
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It's going to be INCREDIBLE!
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Manchester Review @manchesterreview.bsky.social The Manchester Review is an online literary journal that brings together the best of new international writing.
https://www.themanchesterreview.co.uk/
Marcelle Newbold @marcellenewbold.bsky.social Poet- place and inheritance, Cardiff Wales
Bridport shortlist. Poems: Poetry Wales, Propel, IS&T, Iamb, Atrium, Fly on the Wall, Black Bough, Broken Spine, Ice Floeβ¦.
https://linktr.ee/marcellenewbold
Dithering Chaps - submissions open @ditheringchaps.bsky.social I'm David Herring, Lead Editor of indie poetry press, Dithering Chaps, based in Dorset, UK. We publish thematically-linked sequences of poems: works that riff on a core conceit, event or narrative voice. He/him. https://www.ditheringchaps.com
Rhianna Levi-Burton @rhiannalevi98.bsky.social Former Worcestershire Poet Laureate. Cover teacher. Youth worker. Social media manager. Published writer. Mental health advocate.
Coffee, cats, tattoos, movie fanatic. Tolkien enthusiast. π€
Worcester, UK
Script Haven LTD @scripthavenltd.bsky.social Thriving independent bookshop, coffee shop, event venue, safe community haven in Worcester, UK!
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Vijay Joshi @vjwords.bsky.social Poet...Poems are a very constructive channel for inner self, to link it with the world out there...
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@thehillstreet.bsky.social @thehillstreet.bsky.social https://uk.bookshop.org
Jodie Young, verray jangleresse @jangleresse.bsky.social Poet (reading more than writing atm) in Naarm | Melbourne, Australia
Poetry, books, art, history.
Resisting the urge to despair.
Rachel Mann @revrachelmann.bsky.social Priest. Poet. Writer. Broadcaster. Trans. Tired. Disabled. Autistic. (Private Passions: Military History, Austen, Golden Age Detective Fiction) T.S. Eliot Prize Shortlisted 2024
Retired Archdeacon
16 books. www.rachelmann.co.uk
Tasha Monroe @itstashamonroe.bsky.social Essayist, Novelist, Founder of Simply Edyn & Co.
Fibromyalgia Warrior | Women-Centered Health Advocate | Activist
www.simplyedynandco.com
Charlotte Cosgrove @charlottecosgrove.bsky.social Poet / Lecturer / Socialist / Wellbeing / Editor of Rough Diamond poetry journal
love writing, reading, cats, learning, and sitting down.
Emerson Costa @eescosta.bsky.social β¨οΈ Engenheiro Civil (DSc. em Eng. de Transportes);
β¨οΈ Pesquisador de Mobilidade Urbana;
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The Ordinary Office @theordinaryoffice.bsky.social Faith, community, activism. Daily prayer and occasional ramblings. Shouty Campaigner. Facilitated by @toorebecca, in memory of Dave Lucas.
Rough Diamond Poetry @rough-diamond1.bsky.social Rough Diamond is an online and in print poetry journal. roughdiamondpoems@gmail.com
EIC - Charlotte Cosgrove
http://ko-fi.com/roughdiamond open for subs
Rust & Moth @rustandmoth.bsky.social Lit journal, cellar door knocker, sic semper tyrannis. Work reprinted in Best of the Net. Open for poetry submissions December 1st - 20th!
www.rustandmoth.com
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Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social Poet &c | rishidastidar.com | linktr.ee/betarish
Alan Parry He/Him @alanparrywriter.co.uk Independent Writer
Spoken-Word Artist
EiC @thebrokenspine.co.uk
Workshop Facilitator
Podcast & Events Host #PromoteIndieLit
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@iamb.uk Poetry. Seen and heard. Four times a year. Enjoy new and previously published work from established and emerging talent.
Every poem read by its author. iamb.uk
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VERVE Poetry Festival @vervepoetryfest.bsky.social Festival of Poetry & Spoken Word β¨#Brum and onlineβ¨ Online Multi-press Poetry-only Bookshop @vervepoetryshopβ¨
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Nicholas Korn | The Wild Sonnets @wildsonnets.bsky.social For The Wild Sonnets books & downloads: www.wildsonnets.com
For The Wild Sonnets YouTube Channel (150+ videos): https://www.youtube.com/@wildsonnets
Anna Davidson @annadavidson.bsky.social Writing, editing, publishing. Poetry as A. K. Davidson. Debut novel April 27.
Writer Meet Editor on Substack - information & connection for authors, poets & book editors, across traditional, indie & hybrid publishing.
Links: https://linktr.ee/akdavidson
Abridged @abridgedmagazine.bsky.social Poetry / Art Magazine Edited by Susanna Galbraith and Gregory McCartney. Abridged since 2004. A Derry Magazine. www.abridged.zone
Scottish Poetry Library @byleaveswelive.bsky.social The Scottish Poetry Library is Scotland's number one poetry resource both online and in bricks and mortar. We're at 5 Crichton's Close, Edinburgh and we're open to the public Monday-Thursday 10am-3pm. Our online HQ is www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk
Caleb Parkin @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social Poet π‘ PhDing, Exeter RENEW Biodiversity πΏ 'Mingle' - Nine Arches β£οΈ 'The Coin' - Broken Sleep πͺ Bristol City Poet, '20-22 π¦ Ecopoetry, queer ecologies π Music, dancing, DJing πΆ Say hello ππΌ
https://linktr.ee/CalebParkin
Nick Yurchenko @nyurchenko.bsky.social Musician, songwriter, Nueva CanciΓ³n enthusiast
Member of former and current bands, among them Adelit@s (2006-2014) and Old City (2011-present)
Current music project: https://oldcity.bandcamp.com/
Leyton Laureate @leytonlaureate.bsky.social Leyton Orient season ticket holder, blogging at leytonlaureate.wordpress.com, writing/editing for the Orientear, and committeeing for RainbOs
Dr Amelia Dowler @ameliadowler.bsky.social National Officer FDA Union; Non-Stipendiary Research Fellow at the Institute of Classical Studies; Researcher in numismatics; Poet
Jo Clement @joclement.co.uk Poetry, Print & People π
π¦ Northern Writers Award Winner
π Managing Editor Butcher's Dog
π Lecturer in Creative Writing
π Poetry Book Society Selector
π Outlandish (Bloodaxe)
Proper Working Class Northerner πͺ
Gypsy, Roma, Traveller π΄
Sometime dodo π¦€
Kent and Sussex Poetry Society @kandspoetrysoc.bsky.social We're a friendly and lively poetry society with over 100 members. Founded originally by Vita Sackville-West, we hold monthly meetings in Tunbridge Wells and regular workshops. Find out more at our website -https://kentandsussexpoetry.com/monthly-meetings/
Rachael Clyne @rachaelclyne.bsky.social
UK poet and writer. Latest collection: 'You'll Never Be Anyone Else' - https://www.serenbooks.com/book/youll-never-be-anyone-else/ https://rachaelclyne.blogspot.com/ @rachaelclyne Substack
#PoetsOnBluesky #PoetryCommunity
#poets #ukpoets
Glen Wilson @glenhswilsonpoet.bsky.social Disciple/Husband/ Father/Poet /Lead Worshipper. Winner Seamus Heaney award for New Writing 2017 Poetry Collection #AnExperienceOnTheTongue out now
@doirepress
Matthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social Weaving ways through poetry. Second full collection, βWhatever You Do, Just Donβtβ, a Poetry Society Book of the Year 2023, available from HappenStance Press.
The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social A Podcast, a YouTube channel, a Poetry Press. All about the Japanese short forms in the English language.
Marian Christie @marianchristie.bsky.social Learner, listener, poet.
https://marianchristiepoetry.net/
Hedgehog Poetry Press @hedgehogpress.co.uk Hedgehog is a teeny one-man-band of a poetry press nobody knows about - shhh!
www.hedgehogpress.co.uk
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
Helen Ivory πͺ πββ¬ @helenivory.bsky.social Poet, artist. Cholmondeley Award winner. Sixth Bloodaxe collection, 'Constructing a Witch' is a PBS Winter Recommendation. I make collage and shadowboxes from broken things. I shout poems at the moon about the dark.
Broken Sleep Books @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social Award winning indie publisher | Poetry | Essays | Fiction | Lay out your unrest | Widening access to the arts | Editor: @godzillakent.bsky.social | For reviews: stuart@brokensleepbooks.com | Founded: 2018
Website: brokensleepbooks.com
Phil Vernon @philvernon.bsky.social Poetry, humanitarian issues, peacebuilding. Latest poetry collection Guerrilla Country (Flight of the Dragonfly Press, 2024): http://bit.ly/485JisV
Have finally quit the awful 'X' - why did I wait so long? - and landed here.
The Leyton Orientear @leytonorientear.com The countryβs second oldest football fanzine is here, spreading its wings and enjoying a respite from the other place. Still the only progressive voice for #LOFC. Est. 1986. Now an app and a website too!
leytonorientear.news- P Paul Garbett @pbgarbett.bsky.social Travel, good food, trains, music, hiking (and now waiting for people to realise how this place isnβt all it is cracked up to be)