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/
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Simone Nespolo @simonenespolo.bsky.social Friuli, Italy. 996
CC BY 4.0 + Respectful Use
Award-Winning Writer with International Recognition
L Pepin @leighpepin.bsky.social Teacher/writer in Scotland, Dad, Husband, sometime musician, love books, films, Liverpool FC, Scotland National Team, football, photography,
CaseyAD @caseychavis.bsky.social Child of God, Proud Liberal, Brother, Uncle, Baker,Short Story Writer, Published Author, Cat Owner, World wide Traveler, Architect in a past (or future) life, Proud New Yorker living in Wisconsin. Introvert struggling to become more of an extrovert
“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social 🏴🇪🇺 When the people of Scotland have no democratic route to achieving Scottish independence ,then this is not a union, it’s a british Prison🇬🇧
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Gill Steele @squirreltower.eurosky.social Working in renewables since 2005.Believe in land reform & social justice.I want a fairer society & realise now I have to help make that happen. Sucker for volunteering.Owned by a cat,dog & children.Just don’t self build😜 .English bird 30 years in Scotland
Stewart Guy @stewartguy.bsky.social Naturalist. Wildlife Photographer.
Aka StewRat. Founder of Wildlife.net
Share, Inspire, Protect.
Wildlife @worldwildlife.bsky.social Wildlife Community for those who care about species & habitat conservation. Photography, Art, Videos of Birds,Mammals,Reptiles,Plants,insects
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578489868735
https://www.tiktok.com/@wildlife.net?_t=ZN-8yV9vhsHk0c&_r=1
The Concord Society @theconcordsociety.bsky.social A nonpartisan project for civic renewal grounded in natural law, moral clarity, and human dignity.
Faith-shaped, reason-anchored, and committed to truth beyond ideology.
www.theconcordsociety.com
Kirsty Lilley @kirstylilley.bsky.social Archaeologist | Digital Humanities
Project Assistant for Barra and Harris
Unearthed @uhinwh.bsky.social
🏺 Archaeology strategy
@trimontiumtrust.bsky.social
🎓 PhD from Edinburgh
📍 South Uist, Outer Hebrides
All views my own. (she/her)
The Reading Room in Melrose @melrose-bookshop.bsky.social A small independent bookshop in the historic Borders town of Melrose, Roxburghshire, focusing on Scottish writing and the best new books around. Sister bookshop of @wedale-bookshop.bsky.social in Stow, Selkirkshire. Welcome!
@dimilne.bsky.social @dimilne.bsky.social 
Provenance Integrity Institute @provenanceii.bsky.social 🏛 Provenance Integrity Institute Limited (NGO)
💻 Global Scholars DAO Discord → https://discord.gg/ctstmGQWKv
🔗 PII LinkedIn → https://linkedin.com/company/provenanceintegrityinstitute
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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
Daily Screenplay Festival contests @dailyscreenplays.bsky.social Daily Screenplay Contest Deadlines
All of these top screenplay contests offer full feedback on each submitted works.
https://festivalreviews.org/daily-screenplay-contest-deadlines/
Michal Cvik @nightstopper.bsky.social London | South Downs | walks | architecture | history | folk horror | coast | estuaries | nature | cities | tea | photos Nightstopper.co.uk and Outskirts.co.uk
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Book tour inquiries: contact@book-shelfie.com
Roger Cox @outdoorscots.bsky.social Outdoors writer on The Scotsman newspaper, surf, snow etc, see https://www.scotsman.com/author/roger-cox-outdoors-columnist
Book of surf scribblings available here: https://birlinn.co.uk/product/the-view-from-the-shoulder/
Hunchpress Publishing @hunchpress.com For over a decade, HunchPress has stood as a beacon in the realm of digital publishing and marketing, propelling authors toward unparalleled success.
🌊 WordsRI.com | Where Books Find Their Perfect Mood Match @wordsri.com WordsRI.com is rewriting how readers find books through mood sliders, character-plot balances, and emotional wavelengths. Authors: Get your work into the hands of readers who crave exactly what you’ve created. Readers: No more mismatched books search.
Russel D McLean/R.D. McLean @russeldmclean.bsky.social Novelist, screenwriter, freelance dev editor. Crime/thriller/sff/horror. General miscreant. Dad of cats. Scottish. Latest Book: THE FRIDAY GIRL (as R.D. McLean) Rep: Allan Guthrie at the North Lit agency
https://www.russeldmcleanbooks.com
Peter Ross @peteralanross.bsky.social Author of Upon A White Horse: Journeys In Ancient Britain & Ireland. Also, Steeple Chasing: Around Britain By Church, & A Tomb With A View: The Stories & Glories of Graveyards. Substack: https://smallfinds.substack.com
Nazaret Ranea @nazaretranea.bsky.social Poet. Scotland’s Next Generation Young Makar. My debut collection, Nettles, is out now! 🇪🇸🏴
nazaretranea.com | https://www.instagram.com/nazareterreese?igsh=MWdyNmNpNHcxcjVwNg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
Wildlife Clothing @wildlifeclothing.bsky.social Birds, Mammals, Marine Life, Wildlife Tee Shirts & Clothing, Sustainably sourced through Teemill..
Wildlife.teemill.co.uk
Little Toller Books @littletollerbooks.bsky.social Award winning indie publisher of new and classic writing on place, nature and culture + The Clearing our online journal.
Based in West Dorset
www.littletoller.co.uk
Instagram / @littletollerbooks
Jen Stout @jenstout.bsky.social 🏴 Author of NIGHT TRAIN TO ODESA (2024, Polygon). Winner 'First Book', Saltire Society Literary Awards 2024. Journalist, photographer. Ex-BBC.
www.jenstout.net
Hagioptasia: Perception & Meaning @hagioptasiatheory.bsky.social Exploring the hidden force of perceived 'specialness' - a natural illusion shaping human belief, behaviour, & culture.
https://hagioptasia.wordpress.com
James Macdonald Lockhart @jmlockhart.bsky.social Author of Wild Air & Raptor.
Literary Agent: James Lockhart Agency: jameslockhartagency.com
Shelly Dennison @dennisonshelly.bsky.social I help not-for-profits write things. I also write other stuff.
https://shellydennison.co.uk/
The Berlin Literary Review @theberlinreview.bsky.social Home to some of the world’s best new writing.
http://theberlinliteraryreview.com
Henry Moxon @hjmoxon.bsky.social Bookseller and Medieval history graduate.
Paul 4Jags @paul4jags.bsky.social Posting on social media in a personal capacity about stuff I like, such as running, hillwalking, social history, big books, terrible music, and awful football teams.
Poetry Enthusiast @poetry-enthusiast.bsky.social Poetry & nature enthusiast ~ reader ~ writer ~ traveller ~ photographer
The Messy Ecologist @themessyecologist.bsky.social I’m campaigning for more messy spaces for nature, join our messy mission and let’s Rewild together by doing less- and letting nature do the rest!
PhD researcher - Rewilding with Beavers 🦫
Founder of the Wee Pond Project 🐸
Matthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social Weaving ways through poetry. Second full collection, ‘Whatever You Do, Just Don’t’, a Poetry Society Book of the Year 2023, available from HappenStance Press.
ChrisDean @mrcjdean.bsky.social dad, teacher, armchair philosopher, bad buddhist. here mostly for the haiku.
Hollywood Pitch Festival @hollywoodpitchfest.bsky.social 🔜 July 31-Aug 3, 2026 📍Los Angeles
🥇The Original Pitchfest for #screenwriters since 1996
🚀 Get Repped. Get Optioned. Get in front of Hollywood Buyers.
Hollywoodpitchfestival.com
BooksfromScotland.com @booksfromscotland.bsky.social A website from @publishingscotland.bsky.social dedicated to championing the best new writing in Scotland.
Subscribe to our monthly newsletter: https://booksfromscotland.com/subscribe/
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/BooksfromScotland
Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social Author Real Dorset (Seren), The Tattooed Hills (Aurum, April 2026), editor Going to Ground, works Little Toller, editor The Clearing. Events/writing/buy: linktr.ee/jonwoolcott
Peter Andreas Kirk Lossius @paklossius.bsky.social 
Basho Society @bashosociety.bsky.social The American Basho Society
Passion, Poetry, Power
Caroline Sanderson @carosanderson.bsky.social Reader. Writer. Associate Editor & #nonfiction previewer @thebookseller.com. Royal Literary Fund Writing For Life Fellow. Honorary President @indexers.bsky.social. Also on Substack: "What to Read Now"
Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social Edinburgh-based arts and culture journalist.
Arts and Entertainment Journalist of the Year - 2026 Scottish Press Awards.
Any views expressed are mine alone.
www.heraldscotland.com
Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social Freelance journalist & writer. Bylines at the Herald, the Guardian, the London Review of Books, the Big Issue, Prospect Magazine et al. Radio 4 documentaries, including Waiting for the Van & Prosecuting Polmont. Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize.
Far From The Madding Crowd Bookshop @ffmaddingcrowd.bsky.social Far From The Madding Crowd: an award winning indie bookshop with a bit on the side! Open 9:30-5 Mon-Sat, 12-4 Sun.
📍 Linlithgow, Scotland
🔗 https://linktr.ee/fftmcbookshop
📧 info@maddingcrowdlinlithgow.com
Lori Lou Freshwater @lorifreshwater.bsky.social Writer and journalist who apparently may or may not be notable. Writing on DoD environmental contamination and suing the United States government. I have no hobbies.
Signal: LoriLou.33
Loriloufreshwater@protonmail
Peter May @authorpetermay.bsky.social Award-winning writer of crime novels, including the Lewis Trilogy, The China Thrillers and the Enzo Files, as well as numerous standalones. Sixteen million books sold worldwide. “The Black Loch” out now.
Perth Women on Wikipedia @perthwomenwiki.bsky.social Group of editors and trainers partnering with library staff to bring the under-told histories of Perth's women to Wikipedia. Aiming to be inclusive and intersectional 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Changing the world in small and important ways!
Posts by Gill
Perth, Scotland
@sclea.bsky.social @sclea.bsky.social 
Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk Educational charity promoting the reading, writing, teaching & study of Scotland's literature & languages, past & present.
https://asls.org.uk
Gair Dunlop @gair.bsky.social Artist in but not necessarily about Scotland.
Video photography and text.
"It's a Sign!" exhibition and book crowdfunder
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/its-a-sign
www.atomtown.org
Vikki Reilly @bookyvikki.bsky.social Cheerleader for Books and Beatles.
20+ years in the book trade.
Supporting publishers @publishingscotland.bsky.social
Editor @booksfromscotland.bsky.social
Author of Beatles 101.
Gimme all yer culture!
Simon Spanton @simonguy.bsky.social "I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself."
Wandering. Wondering. Freelance SFFH editor. Commissioning for The Broken Binding. Living in Edinburgh. Views my own and independent of my employers. Photos my own unless otherwise etc.
Dave Borthwick @borthwickdave.bsky.social Lecturer in Environmental Literature at the University of Glasgow's School of Social & Environmental Sustainability: ecopoetry, walking, place - environmental humanities
The Edinburgh Bookshop @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social Small but mighty, award-winning indpendent bookshop in the heart of Edinburgh's lovely Bruntsfield area
https://www.edinburghbookshop.com/