Velour taphos @velourtaphos.bsky.social Author 🖋️ | Novelist 📖 | Writer & World Builder 🖋️
Reader 📚 • Writer ✍🏻 • Horror lover 🕯️ • Psychology enthusiast 🧠
I write the kind of stories I would want to disappear into. 🌙✨
Nadia Ali @nadiaawriter.bsky.social KidLit Author:
RAISAH AND THE BOAT TRIP (2023),
HUMPHREY THE EGG_SPLORER (2023)
THE ANIMAL SOCIETIES SERIES (2023)
12x12 Challenge
Jessie Romigh @jessieromigh.bsky.social Children's book writer & illustrator seeking representation. Finding whimsy & humor with a dash of puns. Illustrations are hand-drawn, inked, & painted with watercolor. SCBWI-Austin Chapter. She/Her
www.jessieromigh.com
#kidlit #picturebook #kidlitart
Becky Walker @beckywalkerbooks.bsky.social ✍️#Kidlit author (rep’d by Stephen Fraser)
📚Debut 2027, Charlesbridge
FRASER & HENRY GROW A FRIEND, May 25,2027
💻business owner
🧳explorer of the world
👋🏼Love making friends!
https://linktr.ee/beckysuzannewalker?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
Matthew Vecera @mvecera.bsky.social 
Avery Dexter | Romance Author @averydexter.bsky.social Amazon bestselling author with a spicy-spooky romance coming out next Halloween...
@lanebraxon.bsky.social @lanebraxon.bsky.social 
Peggy Ross @peggyrosswrites.bsky.social Anarcho-commie jewish writer in WA
they/them 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸
2026 PNWA literary contest Finalist (Speculative Fiction/Fantasy category)
Andie Powers @andiepowers.bsky.social Writer of books for kids and former kids
⭐️ WILD MOON ‘25 🌔🌕🌔
⭐️ I AM QUIET @Goodreads Choice Award Winner ‘22
I AM BOLD ‘24 #Picturebooksareart!
Suki @querytoapp.bsky.social Founder of QueryTo: an app for querying authors still using Word or Excel to track queries.
www.queryto.app
https://queryto.app/blog
https://queryto.app/events
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/
@aurorabreak.bsky.social @aurorabreak.bsky.social 
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
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/
SpoFest (James Bryant) @spofest.bsky.social Disabled avant-garde writer & musician
Author of the Dark Haiku series
Championing writers and their original work through unique audio & video programming since 2011
SpoFest
From Their Lips To Your Ears
https://linktr.ee/SpoFest
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
DoodleSmasher18 @buttonsmasher18.bsky.social Writer, Reader, Cult Escapee
Almost a Contestant for Fetch with Ruff Ruffman
I sneeze after eating chocolate.
Proteus Finnerty @proteusfinnerty.bsky.social A work in progress, and a big fan of the question mark. Working on trust issues but willing to share some details by request. Placing hope in community and the arts at present.
Elizabeth Botsford @elizabethbotsford.bsky.social Middle grade novel writer. Longlisted, Yeovil Literary Prize 2026. Shortlisted, Jericho Writers Friday Night Live.
Sid Jain @sid--j.bsky.social BSFA-longlisted writer of gothic, maximalist literary speculative fiction. Find me in Uncanny, Podcastle, Giganotosaurus. Newsletter: stratigraphy.substack.com
Jesse O Benitez - Writing @jesseobenitez.bsky.social Lifelong reader & writer
I'm here to make friends (especially people who write/read books) please reach out 📚📝✍️
I hope to make a better world for everybody
Never let them get you down!
https://linktr.ee/JesseOBenitez
Au Literary Management @auliterarymgmt.bsky.social Where stories are as good as gold.
🟡📖🟡📖🟡
Check out our clients, books, and publishing industry resources: https://auliterarymanagement.com/
Scott Westcott @westcottwriter.bsky.social Poet & Ponderer
Sonya Hammond @sonyasketchesit.bsky.social Children’s Author & Illustrator
with a love for all things nautical- and nature-inspired 🌿
The Real KT @kattseto.bsky.social Actually three yappy chihuahuas and a howler monkey in a raincoat pretending to be a normal human.
@majajonesey.bsky.social @majajonesey.bsky.social 
Ginny Newland @ginnewland.bsky.social Writer.Surfer.Creator.Keeper of Books.In Nature
Marnie A. Jackson @marnieajackson.bsky.social Executive Director, Whidbey Environmental Action Network • Novelist, The Alis Switch • Mule and donkey aficionado, Brays Of Our Lives. www.MarnieAJackson.com
M. Rob @oedipalschmedipal.bsky.social In the sober light of day it's a little too bright out |
Will be mean to people you hate for food | Writer | Ball Knower
Max Reval @maxreval.bsky.social Australian novelist. Literary fiction about meticulous people, the systems they trust, and the quiet ways certainty comes apart.
MaxReval.com.au
#booksky
Nancy Paulsen @nancyrosep.bsky.social Publishes kids books
Patricia Brown @patbrownbooks.bsky.social Retired Bilingual ESL teacher. Writer. Poems in @TheDirigible & Bards anthologies. #Kidlit #PictureBooks #SCBWI #12x12 #50PreciousWords 2024 & 2026 Winner. 📚
Katie Clifford - Author @katecliffordwrites.bsky.social Children's book author, educator, and creator of Story Sprout Studio. Whimsical stories, literacy inspiration, and trusted resources for young readers, families, and classrooms. 🌱
www.storysproutstudio.com
George Cecil Linton-Salmon 🇯🇲🇬🇧🇳🇬 @apexalphaoo7.bsky.social Windrush baby, X escapee, Director of a CIC, Writer, Oral historian, Activist, Educator, Anti Brexit, Arsenal supporter who worked on the Emirates. Married, Straight. Jamaican By Luck, British By Choice, African By God.
Waiting For Life AFTER Trump.
⛔️DMS.
Jessica Rusinowski | PB Writer @jrusinowski.bsky.social PB writer & K–8 art teacher 🎨 Writing stories with humor, heart & creativity—often inspired by the wonderfully messy world of kids. Former Disney & Universal scenic artist. SCBWI. #KidLit #AmQuerying
@kaitlindesroches.bsky.social @kaitlindesroches.bsky.social 
@lonesome32.bsky.social @lonesome32.bsky.social 
Mark Coakley @markcoakley.bsky.social True crime books: FACES OF FRAUD (coming soon); Hidden Harvest (ECW); Tip & Trade (ECW)
FACES OF FRAUD shows the psychology & tactics of fraud, the effects of scams on survivors & 10 steps to protect yourself
markcoakleybooks.com
#HamOnt #Ontario #Canada
Sue Sutherland, Author - TWELVE DAYS AT GLACIER @suemt.bsky.social Debut picture book author - TWELVE DAYS AT GLACIER, granola girl, weaver, quilter, traveler, photographer, 12x12, Montana SCBWI
Coming Soon - HOW HANNAH GOT HER LUMP OF COAL (2026), TWELVE DAYS AT YELLOWSTONE (2027), & NOTHING BUT NET TROUBLE
Linnea Solomon @sololinnea.bsky.social Kidlit and background artist! She/her, 22. Available for work. Business inquiries ✉️ linnea@solomonster.org
https://www.linneasolomon.com/
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
Alex Winters | Romance Author @awintersromance.bsky.social Amazon bestselling romance author with a passion for holiday music, junk food, cheesy 80s horror movies & Epcot...👍🎄📻🍫🕯📗
https://www.amazon.com/author/awintersromance
Claudia Rojas @claudidaudi.bsky.social she/her/ella, Teacher Librarian, book and podcast junkie, first gen, hija de inmigrantes, fur mamá, Tía, Nina, world traveler, board gamer, concert goer, Wordler, SoCal native, Chicana
CR 📚 Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xóchitl González
Joanna Gardner @joannagardner.bsky.social 🇺🇸 Liberté 🇺🇸 Égalité 🇺🇸 Créativité 🇺🇸
Writer & mythologist. Finding magic in reality through myth, creativity, and office supplies. Follow for book recs, podcasts, and other ways to glimpse the sizzle
Jason P. Crawford @jasonpcrawford.bsky.social #author of fourteen novels, more coming! He/him. Grand Prize Ozma Award winner, 2025. SFWA Member. Get monthly updates: https://bit.ly/3Op4pvD. No AI art or writing.
@TrishaWrites4#writingsomethingsomewhere#onquery#readingbooks @mindingmybizness.bsky.social Author , Mom, Wife , #SCBWI Businessowner, public education supporter , former ESL, disability advocacy ,
Speak up even if it’s uncomfortable.
ShannonReault @shannonreault.bsky.social Scientist by day, writer by night, witch by full moon, chronically ill….well, chronically
✍️📚☕️🧙🏻♀️🦓
Currently on draft 2 of my fantasy novel - heavy on disability, witchcraft & female rage 🖤
🚫AI
@socalsista.bsky.social @socalsista.bsky.social Pro California, Pro Constitution, Pro Science, Pro Multi-culturalism & Multi-Lingualism, budding gardener, Educator, Unaffiliated, English/Spanish, LDS, ADHD, neurodivergent ¡Hola! Hello!
Amanda @amininger.bsky.social Writer, reader, lifelong learner. Colorado native. The sky is blue. Two plus two equals four.
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
Precedent Journal @readprecedent.bsky.social The declared system and the operating system are never the same. Power lives in the gap between them. The person who can read that gap holds the position everyone else is still arguing about. Subscribe to https://readprecedent.substack.com/ to support.
Faith Gluskin @authorfaithgluskin.bsky.social #PICTURE BOOK Writer/#Teacher/#amquerying/Author of Gorillas’ Night Out (Indigo River Publishing/2019) and Matzah Means So Many Things (Yorkshire Publishing/2022). Member of #SCBWI
Sandra Kaye @sandrakaye.bsky.social Marketing strategy * Writing Kid Rangers chapter book series * Neurodivergent * Chronic Illness Warrior * Medical Parent * #BoilerUp #GoJays #MakeItSo
Sue (Susan Uhlig) she/her @susanuhlig.bsky.social Married. Children's Author. Writing PB, MG, some YA. Kidlit. SCBWI Regional Advisor Emerita. Former Institute of Children’s Literature Instructor.
I write helps & book recs on my site susanuhlig.com.
WA state. Owned by cat.
@otp79.bsky.social @otp79.bsky.social 
Kristen M. Kareem @kristenmkareem.bsky.social 🔪✍🏻 Writer of Suburban Thrillers and HOA Horror 😅
📖 Reading “What Happened Next”
📚 Boyd Mills Scholarship Recipient & Boyd Mills Muslim Storyteller & WNKN Winner
👩🏫 Educator
🛶 MN girl
🏃♀️Runner
✨ Writings here: https://linktr.ee/Sagasofsabr
Taylor Sosa @taylorquills.bsky.social Genre writer and tea addict. Creator of Bitty Book Nook Book Reviews. MA in English.
#amwriting #amediting #amrevising #writesky #WritingCommunity #booksky
Lance the AI @lancetheai.bsky.social World's first AI business operator ⚡ Most businesses waste $500+/mo on AI tools they barely use. Free 2-min scorecard shows you where → sgcblessings.com/ai-stack-scorecard
Cameron Blake @cameron-b-author.bsky.social Author (Sci-fi 🪐, Fantasy 🧜🏼♀️) & Film/TV Industry Professional (FX & Prosthetic Makeup)
Colin Lewis @colinlewis.se Designer + builder + writer.
https://colinlewis.se
Maria is Writing @mariakidlit.bsky.social #Kidlit PB/MG writer and enthusiast
Parent
Bunny person
#Scbwi
Nature
Foodie
Olivia Emerick @oliviaemerickagent.bsky.social Assistant Literary Agent at Metamorphosis Literary Agency
Open to queries through Query Manager (https://querytracker.net/query/oliviaemerick)
Ellen Weinstein @ellenweinstein.bsky.social Illustrator, Author, New Yorker
Five Stories, Holiday House
Yayoi Kusama:From Here to Infinity, MoMA
IG: www.instagram.com/ellenweinsteinilloz
WEB: ellenweinstein.com
https://linktr.ee/ellenweinstein
FVCKurFR!3NDS @fuckurfriends.bsky.social Coming soon, the new book ‘Fuck ur Friends’ by Mr Noble is a satyrical and introspective glance into friendship dynamics.
Sara K Joiner @skjoiner.bsky.social MG/YA author • librarian • ace
she/her
Write Query Hook @writequeryhook.bsky.social Find the right agents. Fast. Purpose driven tools to help writers out of the query trenches and onto agent client lists. Your agent is calling - try it free: www.writequeryhook.com/
@kaylenahall.bsky.social @kaylenahall.bsky.social 
Tanya Harris @tanyaharris.bsky.social Author who fled the U.S. for México City in 2025 and hasn't looked back. Learning Spanish and salsa dancing, enjoying romance and democracy.
Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social Your favorite nonprofit indie publisher of radical nonfiction since 1854.
beacon.org
Cameron Reznik @cameronreznik.bsky.social Writer of #Horror & #Grimdark fiction.
Currently #querying two debut novels, Pretty Little Things, and So Monsters We Became, with more ready soon!
Newly revamped website here! www.cameronreznik.com
naho ogawa illustration @nahoogawa.bsky.social Naho Ogawa
www.naho.com
Tokyo based published illustrator
Work inquiries: hello<at>naho.com
IG: nahoogawa_illustration
PaulOakley @horatorus6.bsky.social RVT
Caroline Anna Bock @cabockwrites.bsky.social ✍️Writer. The Other Beautiful People, a novel, (Regal House Publishing), publication date: June 2, 2026.
📚Co-President/editor with the Washington Writers’ Publishing House
Reader, Theater-reviewer, Small Talk columnist, lifelong 💙 and ally to all 🏳️🌈
Author JR Conway @authorjrconway.bsky.social Veteran • Pilot • Lawman • Storyteller
https://jrconwaybooks.com
G.G. Sherrill @ggsherrillreads.bsky.social Writer, Aspiring Middle-Grade Novelist, Fan of Nature, Underdogs, Encouraging Boys to Read, Making a Difference.
www.ggsherrill.com
Sedona 🤍 @wrotebysedona.bsky.social Writing. Wandering. Devouring words. 📚
Fortnight in the Valley
Read Chapter 1 ↓
https://tinyurl.com/FortnightintheValley
Jennifer Sweeney @storiesbysweeney.bsky.social 📚 Children’s Book Writer & Book Lover
🌴 SCBWI Southern Breeze Member
⭐️ Retired Educator
🥔 Passionate about Potatoes
StoriesBySweeney.com
#PB #SCBWI #kidlit
Jenna E Caputo @jennacapbooks.bsky.social Writer. Entrepreneur. Dancer. Lover of the arts. 🪶
www.jennaecaputo.com
Elie Axelroth @elieaxelroth.bsky.social Writer, hiker, birder, photographer. Seeker of social justice and all things hopeful. I blog at www.elieaxelroth.com (where I love posting about birds) Author of THIN PLACES and CROSS BODY LEAD, available wherever print and ebooks are sold.
Holly @hollydennler.bsky.social I write between being a wife, mom of 5, and running a restaurant. My dream is to live on a lake and spend my days writing murder mysteries.
Heather Lee @heatherlee.bsky.social KidLit writer. Nurse Practitioner. Overseer of the House Committee for Spoiled Cats.
SCBWI Member | 12 x 12 | Inked Voices | RACWI News Editor
Melissa Taylor @imaginationsoup.bsky.social Writer, communications/marketing consultant, fmr teacher & teacher trainer, author. M.Ed. TOVA’S SWEET SOLUTION (4/2026), https://melissataylor.net https://imaginationsoup.net
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 
Amy Leskowski @amyleskowski.bsky.social Rep'd by Keely Boeving. PB writer, #scbwi, #12x12, copyeditor, dog mom, mom of 3, actor, instructional designer, baseball fan, soccer mom, baseball mom, Red Sox Nation, rhymer, pickleball player, cake decorator
TogetherWeWrite @pamelabennett.bsky.social Identical twins Pamela Bennett and Janet Jones, Authors of TWINLESS. Learn more at https://together-we-write.com #writing #novels #amwriting
Sameer Kankali Ⓥ☮✌🏼🌱💚🍉🐸🐮🐷📚📖♟️✊🏼 @sameerkankali.bsky.social MUNDUS SINE CAESARIBUS 💙🦋
#Activist #HumanRights #AnimalRights #UBI #ClimateChange #Books #Tech #Poker #Chess
He/Him/His
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A.C. Harper (he/him) @harperac.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️ Transgender Author
📚 Hi, My Name Is Alex: https://a.co/d/0fD7INpf
www.echopressbooks.com/ac-harper
Michelle S. Kennedy - Children's Picture Book Writer and Poet @michelleskennedy.bsky.social https://www.michelleskennedy.com/
https://x.com/MichelleSKenned
#PBWriter. Wife & mom. Loves Jesus. #SCBWI Southern Breeze Co-Asst. Regional Advisor, #12x12, #PBParty Finalist '24, '23, & '22 and #50PreciousWords HM '26, 25 and '23.
Kai Koizumi @kaixxvii.bsky.social My name is Kai, and i’m an aspiring author!
@nolaamy.bsky.social @nolaamy.bsky.social 
Daniel Woods @danwoodswriter.bsky.social Terrible writer, solid takes. Petty bitch.
Neo-Americana; Speculative #Fiction & #SciFi
Bluesky is Lib, not Left.
IWW-FJU, Land of Enchantment, USA.
danwoodswriter.com for fresh reads!
#booksky #writingcommunity
Haven Lopaz | Editing @silenthisper.bsky.social 🌌 Novelist | Speculative Thriller WIP 🌙
📚 Bookstagram (7k+ Followers) • Aesthetic Reads & Reviews 🎨 7+ Yrs Graphic Design
Pat Cummings @betnoire.bsky.social Olympic medalist, Grammy winner, ballerina emeritus, storyteller, bookie.
Jack Preston King @jackprestonking.bsky.social Author, poet, philosopher. Courter, creator and curator of wonder. I write for people who intuit that there is more to reality than meets the eye. JackPrestonKing.com
Ed Teja @edteja.bsky.social Writer of thrillers, suspense stories, and crime fiction. Martial artist.
https://edtejaauthor.com/
#SEAsianPit @seasianpit.bsky.social #SEAsianPit is an annual pitch event for self-identifying Southeast Asian writers & illustrators everywhere.
🔗 seasianpit.carrd.co
Allison Hackworth @allisonhackworth.bsky.social Neurodiverse mom, wife, and nurse who absolutely loves creating colorful, spooky picture books with her husband! 📚📖✏️🎨🖌️👻💀🧟🧛🏼🦇🎃♥️🧡💛💚💙💜
Kate Gray is Querying ✨ @kategraycosplay.bsky.social Currently querying: High fantasy novel
UCSC Alumni (Creative Writing)
2026 WriteHive Mentee
WritesofNovember FCC 2025 and FPF 2026 winner
Wakefield Libraries @wflibraries.bsky.social We are the library service for Wakefield and its surrounding towns and villages.
Follow us for news, reviews & events, plus oodles of free online resources, learning courses & historical photographs!
🔗 https://www.wakefield.gov.uk/libraries