Kairat Zinashov @kairatwriter1.bsky.social Writer, author of books for children and young adults.
💡 Interests: ✍️ Writing & Storytelling 📖 Children’s Literature 🎒 Young Adult Literature 💖 Romantasy 🐉 Fantasy Literature 🦊 Furry Fiction 📚 Light Novels & Manga
Pete M @petem.bsky.social Reader/Writer of MG and picture books, fascinated with history, working on home projects, and husband of a two time cancer survivor
@farehamboy.bsky.social @farehamboy.bsky.social 
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
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/
Sondra Eklund @sonderbooks.com Librarian. Writer. Book Reviewer. Math geek. Knitter. Progressive Christian. She/her. No DMs from strangers.
More at https://sondraeklund.com
LogosFan @logosfan.bsky.social I'm a logo artist of making logos in Paint since 2020, I made logos, and behind the scenes how I made these logos! and more!
Plus, I'm autistic support and my hobby is art because I like to be an artist!
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/
Environmental Film & Screenplay Festival @environmentalfest.bsky.social A festival designed to showcase the best of new environmentally themed films (shorts, features) and screenplays (shorts, features, TV pilots) from around the world. We accept any genre.
https://filmfreeway.com/EnvironmentalFestival
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
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
Action/Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Thriller Festival @actionfantasyscifi.bsky.social A showcase of the best Action/Adventure/Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Thriller Films and Screenplays from around the world.
Festival takes place every single month.
https://filmfreeway.com/ActionAdventure
Mike Meraz 👨🏻💻 @mikemeraz.com Educator, Podcaster, Writer, Geek, Activist, and Dad.
Most know me as creator of the award winning "Aaron’s World" audio adventure for kids. 🌴🦕🌋
www.mydogrocket.com
THINKING is my resistance!
#MGLit #KidLit #ChildrensPodcast #Dinosaurs #SCBWI
Usman @litlaunch06.bsky.social Beta reader & book editor. I catch the little things before your readers do
Line editing • Developmental editing
Novels • Stories • Manuscripts
Hire me on Upwork ↓
https://www.upwork.com/freelancers/~015d88443d2dd5edca?mp_source=share
AnneWritesKidlit @anneruggirello.bsky.social Picture book writer 📚 Bluesky newbie
Watercolor dabbler 🎨 Lover of apple crisp
#KidLit #picturebooks #SCBWI #amwriting
Brackenlowe Halt Storyworld @brackenloweproject.bsky.social A quiet storyworld for children and grown-ups. Gentle woodland tales, old railway memories, familiar characters — and a little place called Brackenlowe Halt. Meet the signalman and his friends . . .
brackenlowehalt.co.uk
Traci Van Wagoner @tracivw.bsky.social Traci VW Creations: Dragon Tamer & award-winning children’s book illustrator with a Kirkus star. I also do game art. By hand. No AI ever.
Let’s create beautiful things together! ↓
www.tracivanwagoner.com
#PaintPlay #KidLitArtist #NatureintheCity #SCBWI
Stephanie L. Ward @stephanielward.bsky.social #Fantasy and #SciFi #MG writer. #SCBWI member. #MGBees #WMCNA 2020 Longlist #WriteMentor Novel in Development Award 2021 Kid's Favorite List 
DearEditorDotCom @deareditordotcom.bsky.social Deborah Halverson—“The Editor”—posts writing tips, inspirations, news, & alerts when she answers new questions from writers on DearEditor.com
Olga Herrera @olgaherrera.bsky.social Latinx kidlit author illustrator rep’d by Abigail Samoun Red Fox Literary
www.olgaherrera.me Host - illoChat podcast
Rock & Spike GN series 2027
A Light For Lucinda 2026
Alice Alone 2025
The Unwelcome Surprise 2023
Jennifer L. Gadd @jenniferlgadd.bsky.social Author; free-lance editor; retired reading teacher; proponent of tea & scones; more left wing than you could possibly imagine; living blue in red Kansas; still masking; no AI, are you even kidding me; she/her.
https://jennifergadd.wixsite.com/jenniferlgadd
Cosplay Commons @cosplaycommons.bsky.social Cosplay Between Conventions...
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https://buttondown.com/cosplay-commons
Brian Kirby @boringstorybook.com Author/illustrator of humorous stories for kids.
https://briankirbystudio.com
SCBWI Ohio: North | #pbparty Finalist ‘24 & ‘25 | #kidlit booster
Represented by @KaitlynLeann17.bsky.social at
@Bradfordagents.bsky.social
@bettebergeron.bsky.social @bettebergeron.bsky.social 
Deb Cushman @debcushman.bsky.social Pacific Northwest author of fantasy adventures for children and teens.
I post stuff I like, and if it interests someone else, that's great. It makes me happy and gives me an outlet for my creativity. www.debcushman.com
easychore.bsky.social @easychore.bsky.social Want a simple, free to use Chore and Allowance App? Say no more!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.easychore.easy_chore
@reneesulzby.bsky.social @reneesulzby.bsky.social dog mom 🐶 engineer 🟰 disney nerd 👑lover of fantasy books 🥳 and an aspiring writer! 📖
Rob Gotobed @robgotobed.bsky.social Stand-up philosopher, scribe, bongo drummer and professional time-traveller. (Once dated Anne Boleyn)
Amazon: bit.ly/4hA0B7W
Apple: http://bit.ly/3K6WdB9
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2992620/
Sally Hoch @sallyhochwriter.bsky.social 🙋🏼♀️Writer. #STEMGirl. Math nerd. ✍️ KidLit author. Freelancer. Teacher. #SCBWI. 📍Oklahoma
www.sallyhoch.com
Nimblewitlit Mag @nimblewitlit.bsky.social Epistemic Literary's new adventure for a young audience!
Our all ages eMag will extend the conversation to a younger audience by exploring similar themes.
Issue 1: https://epistemiclit.com/nimblewitlit/taking-a-stand/
www.EpistemicLit.com/nimblewitlit
Veronica Bartles @vbartles.com Author: THE PRINCESS & THE FROGS and TWELVE STEPS, recycle-knitter, graphic designer (web/book design, etc.) #KidLitConfections cookie queen, book-grandma, #ActuallyAutistic. (she/her) https://vbartles.com
@ewgibson.bsky.social @ewgibson.bsky.social 
JoAnneh Nagler @joannehnagler.bsky.social Author, Singer, all things ART. Lover of my sweet husband. Yoga, travel, love being alive!
dogyard @dogyardmag.com Just a mag chasin’ tales.
We accept all types of work from all (leashed) walks of life: poetry, fiction, essay, art, nonfiction, and more.
Read & Submit 👇
dogyardmag.com
Account ran by @edithkrone.bsky.social
Pat Zietlow Miller (she/her) @patzmiller.bsky.social Picture book author. Reader. Bookstore and library lover. All about my kids and cats. Repped by Ammi-Joan Paquette. #Kidlit website: www.patzietlowmiller.com
Stephanie Lisa Tara @stephanielisatara.bsky.social 🌟Stephanie Lisa Tara Children's Books®
🌟PRESERVE, CONSERVE, INSPIRE, TEACH.
🌟Founded by a mom who cares,❤️
Amazon.com/dp/0989433404
San Francisco
http://www.stephanielisatara.com
IslandTwinArtists @islandtwinartists.bsky.social Hi! We're Dori and Kate! 💕 Identical twins, kidlit author-illustrators, educators, SCBWI members, bakers, nature lovers, moms of super kids and pets, neurodiverse 💞
✨ Joyfully seeking representation ✨
www.IslandTwinArtists.com
Kelly Crull 🦊 @kellycrull.bsky.social Author, illustrator, and photographer of picture books for children. THE BLACK MAMBAS (Lerner 2025), WASHED ASHORE (Lerner 2022). Rep’d by Deborah Warren. #kidlit 🇪🇸🇺🇸
KidsWord & AllKidsBooks – Explore, Read & Share! @allkidsbooks.com 🌟 Join our vibrant community of children's book lovers!
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MrsPowellsBooks @mrspowellsbooks.bsky.social K-2nd grade librarian & Author of THE LIBRARY KITTY book duo and HEROES NEED HELP (a chemo themed picture book written with my college kid).
AcademicPlayBooks.com
John Zeleznik @johnzeleznikauthor.bsky.social Father, Husband, Teacher & Writer. Jedi Knight & friend to Captain Solo. Winter is coming. Mets, Orange, Isles, Bills fan. Novelist & writer NOT the artist with the same name! Opinions stated are mine alone.
Winter's Discord: https://a.co/d/03HllUfX
Layne Johnson | Children’s Author - Is Querying @laynejohnsonkidlit.bsky.social Layne Johnson is a picture book writer/aspiring illustrator. #SCBWI. Humor and Heart|STEAM and SEL|ADHD #amquerying
Website: https://laynejohnsonkidsbooks.com/
Marc Kuchner | Author @marckuchner.bsky.social Dad. Author of the Cosmic Collisions books. Astrophysicist and Participatory Science fanatic @nasa. www.marckuchner.com
Jason Croot @jasoncroot.bsky.social Bradfordian, actor and author of the Bradford Back in the Day Memories Series: Bradford, Eh? & Bradford, Ye What? and the nostalgic football book Bradford or Leeds, Eh?
https://www.jasoncroot.com
Joan Schoettler @joanschoettler.bsky.social Writer and author of children's picture books and middle grade novels.
A DOCTOR AT HEART THE STORY OF GROUNDBREAKING SCIENTIST AND TEACHER VIVIEN THOMAS,
BOOKS TRAVEL THE WORLD, and
THE HONEY JAR: AN ARMENIAN'S ESCAPE TO FREEDOM
Jessica Ralli @jessicaralli.bsky.social Manager of #EarlyLiteracy Programs & Special Initiatives @ Brooklyn Public Library | #KidLit Writer @ RISE X Penguin Workshop | LJ Mover and Shaker 2020 |
Amanda Coppedge @acoppedge.bsky.social Writer and librarian near Madison, WI
amandacoppedge.com
Karen S. Chow @kchowrites.bsky.social Middle grade. Hiking enthusiast.
Miracle (Ottaviano/LBYR)
Title tbd (2026, Ottaviano/LBYR)
Rep: Andrea Cascardi
SCBWI AZ ARA
https://linktr.ee/kchowrites
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
Deborah Paquette @deborahpaquette.bsky.social Picture-book author/illustrator. #SCBWI Canada West Co-ARA.
deborahpaquette@shaw.ca
deborahpaquette.com
Denise Ganley @deniseganley.bsky.social Writer. Vegan. Pluviophile. Perpetually on Wizard Time. She/her. Arizona. Mural from Don Vegan in Quebec City. Photos 📸 by me.
Tina Hoggatt @thoggatt.bsky.social Writing and illustrating stories for young readers. Fond of books, animals, nature, and baseball. Northwestie.
Hamline MFAC, #scbwi #C2C, #12x12
@docmagik.bsky.social @docmagik.bsky.social 
Lindsay H. Metcalf @lindsayhmetcalf.bsky.social Author of nonfiction and poetry for kids and teens. Former journalist. OUTDOOR FARM, INDOOR FARM out now; TOMATOES ON TRIAL coming summer 2025. lindsayhmetcalf.com
Kip Wilson @kipwilsonwrites.bsky.social Author: WHITE ROSE, THE MOST DAZZLING GIRL IN BERLIN, ONE LAST SHOT, next up: BACKPACK, BOY, BERLIN (11/3/2026) | high school librarian | anti-fascist | www.kipwilsonwrites.com
Mae Respicio 🇵🇭🇺🇸 @maerespicio.bsky.social ✨ Writer of Books / Eater of Snacks
✨ APALA Honor Award, NPR Best Books
✨ www.maerespicio.com
✨ Author brand: tender+joyful+Filipino dad jokes
✨ Agent: Jennifer Laughran
Rebecca J. Gomez @rebeccajgomez.bsky.social Children's book author and illustrator, story time enthusiast, young-ish grandma of seven (so far).
Nicole M. Hewitt @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social MG Author (she/her) 🎵THE SONG OF ORPHAN'S GARDEN🌺 January 21, 2025 Feiwel & Friends🌟Bookseller (Kids’ Specialist)🌟SCBWI-IL Co-rep 🌟Former homeschool co-op teacher🌟Rep: Deborah Warren East/West Literary
https://linktr.ee/nicolemhewitt
Tracie Renee (she/her) @tracierenee.bsky.social Librarian in sort-of Chicago.
PW book reviewer.
#Amquerying #SCBWI writer/poet.
Winner: #50PreciousWords, Highlights scholarship, ElegantLit, IAmWritingMG.
HM: #PBParty.
WTMP mentee, RisingTalent finalist, BOTN.
https://linktr.ee/tracie.renee
Lyn Miller-Lachmann @lynmillerlachmann.bsky.social Author, translator & Lego builder. Winner 2023 LA Times Book Prize for YA Literature for TORCH. Author of MOONWALKING (co-authored with Zetta Elliott) & EYES OPEN, both historical novels in verse. 
Sandy Deutscher Green @sandydgreen.bsky.social I'm a former ballet dancer writing with musicality and rhythm as I turn to scaring the daylights out of children with my horror in verse books!
https://linktr.ee/sandydgreen | SCBWI | Horror Writers Assoc.
Michael K. Falciani @michaelkfalciani.bsky.social Epic fantasy author | Steampunk Dwarves | Fantasy Romance | 3x Imajinn award winner | High Aces Author of the Year 2024 | Avid reader | Educator | Hiker | Lover of irony and Cricket |
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09717GFMQ
Claire Eamer @eamer.bsky.social I live on a small 🇨🇦 island and write stuff. Often about science. Often for kids. But not always. Website: http://www.claireeamer.com/?m=1
Juli 💖💜💙 @juli-writes.bsky.social Kid Lit writer with ADHD who likes to rock climb (She/her)
Rep: Sharon Belcastro at @belcastroagency.bsky.social
IG: @juli_writes #12x12PB #SCBWI
Brittany Pomales @brittanypomales.bsky.social Children’s Book Author
Host of Kidlit Haha Week
SM & Publicity for The Little Press
Buy IT STARTED WITH A P 👇🏽
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/738107/it-started-with-a-p-by-brittany-pomales-illustrated-by-andrew-joyner/
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Andy T. Hanson @andythanson.bsky.social Sci-fi, fantasy and general fiction author, screenwriter, playwright and performer. Proud father, husband, secular humanist and Army veteran.
andythanson.com
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Andrew Fox Ⓥ @foxphorescence.bsky.social Reader, writer, book collector, and all-around biblophile.
Learning to channel the soft whisper of the muses.
Autodidact.
INFJ
#WritingCommunity
#Shelley #Keats #Tennsyon #HartCrane #Stevens #Whitman #Dickinson #Bloom.
Vegan FTA
Good vibes only. ~ ~ ~
Rob Bignell, Editor/Author @inventingreality.bsky.social I'm the author of 80+ books and an established editor who has helped more than 400 authors achieve their publishing dreams. My books include writing guidebooks, a novel, children's books and more. Visit inventingrealityediting.com
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Spantastic @spencer5000.bsky.social Passionate bi+ memoirist. Progressive, extroverted introvert, lover of music, Chicago, and the written word. Warmly opinionated.
Taylor Woolley @woolleystories.bsky.social Kidlit author and illustrator, graphic designer for higher education, owner of a giant tortoise 🩵✏️📖🐢🩵
BIRTHDAY BASH (2025) | EARTH ROVER (2025)
repd. by Dan Cramer @pageturnerlit.bsky.social
www.woolleystories.com
Jenna Brooks (Glatzer) @heyitsjenna.bsky.social Hi. Fiction and nonfiction writer, editor, reviewer. Cozy gamer (Stardew Valley, Pikmin Bloom). Single mom. Person with vocal disorder. Democrat. Your ally. She/her. Still loves Buffy. Still hates Nazis.
www.jennaglatzer.com
Katie Booms Assarian @commonpoem.com Poet, artist, quirky spiritual picture book creator. Parenting twin 1st graders 👯 with a loud librarian. Farmers' daughter turned former writing prof, nerd for native plants + community arts, Episcopal church lady by day. Total Grand Rapids townie. Say hey
Ginger Johnson @gingerjohnson.bsky.social Author. Artist. Wanderer. VCFA.
SCBWI. Rep’d by Michelle Witte @ MansionStLit #kidlit #thegenesisretreat #TheOtherSideofLuck #TheSplinteredLight
Kerry P (Author & Editor) @kerrypwrites.bsky.social 💻 Editor. CIEP professional member.
💞 Author of contemporary romance and romcoms with heart, heat & HEA.
💜 WIP: Hearts Adrift.
🧠 Neurodivergent.
Hope Ebel @hopeebel.bsky.social #Writer. #Doctoral Student. #Kisspitch Alum. #Pitchwars Alum. Mom of 4. School Counselor. She/her.
Blog: heebel.com
www.facebook.com/hopeebelwrites
Earthling Beta Readers @earthlingbeta.bsky.social Hello, writing community! We are the beta wing for the Darling Axe. Follow us for graphic writing prompts—all art is by actual humans. Find us here: https://tinyurl.com/earthlingbeta 🪓🪓
Corinne J. Wilder @corinnejwilder.bsky.social Writes YA and adult horror (SOMETHING WICKED, out now!) and is perpetually anxious. The two are unrelated. (Probably.)
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
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