Marissa van Uden @marissavu.bsky.social Freelance Editor | EiC Violet Lichen (Apex Books) | Editor "ECO: The Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction" | woods mädchen | friend to animals | biodiversity stan | stories in Vastarien, Dark Matter, Los Suelos | ACES & EFA member
Shy Alon @shy-alon.bsky.social Author of speculative & medical thrillers 🧬
Querying my debut | #QuestPit
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Sage T. Greene, Author @sagetgreene.bsky.social 📚🐈 (they/them)
I’m that friendly acquaintance from way back when—hope you’re doing well! I write whatever tickles my fancy.
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No AI.
Rian O'Brien @rianobrien.bsky.social 
Michael Valentour @mjvalentour.bsky.social Michael Valentour - Fantasy author (debut fall 2027)
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IVF dad. Dog dad. No AI.
Noor is ✨️Querying & Drafting✨️ @n-a-writes.bsky.social ♏️ | ♏️ | ♒️
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Marufa Hoque @marufahoque.bsky.social 💠 I write YA Fantasy & Science Fiction w/Muslim MCs
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✍🏼 WIP: 🧕🏼⚔️👿 (YA post-apoc dystopia)
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Josephine Anstey @josephineanstey.bsky.social science fiction, climate fiction, consciousness, cognition, identity, electronic literature, intermedia performance, interactive drama, virtual & mixed reality, creative non-fiction, animation, economics, gardening
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C. L. White @clwhite572.bsky.social Writer and Paleontology Nerd (MSc Evolutionary Anthropology focused in primate brain evolution)
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Daemi Rhys, Now Querying! @daemirhys.bsky.social Author, currently Querying Avarice's Wake, a dark queer-normative SciFi with a central romance.
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Blythe Gilpin @blythewrytes.bsky.social Aspiring Fantasy and Light Sci-fi Author💫
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Arumi Writes @arumiwrites.bsky.social My NEW alt Bsky account, exclusively for writing & querying updates. ND #SFF writer, warden of tiny humans, lover of anime, sci-fi, otome games, fuzzy blankets & cocoa. #n7
#1stLinePit @1stlinepit.bsky.social A pitch event for writers using only the first few lines.
Next event: TBD
Past events: Aug-2025, Apr-2025, Sept-2024
Created & hosted by: Ann Glimmer
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Jacqui Culler @cullerpictures.bsky.social #RevPit ‘24 Winner | Writer (Fantasy) | Graphic Designer | she/her | IG: @cullerpictures
PosterPit @posterpitevent.bsky.social A literary pitch event for all manuscripts in the form of movie posters, hosted by @myleejmiller.bsky.social and others.
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ghoul thing @davevriser.bsky.social he/him. graduate student, writer, & transsexual horror. work appears in Bloodletter, The Arkansas International, and Dark Matter Presents: The Off-Season. Not Only Will This Kill You But It Will Hurt The Whole Time You Are Dying via Tenebrous Press 2027
GhostPit @ghostpit.bsky.social A pitch event on Bsky & X. Brought to you by @crystalbauthor.bsky.social and @rebleighauthor.bsky.social. The upcoming date is October 30, 2026. Summerween Kickoff Question and activity week is July 5 - 11
#PlaylistPitch @playlistpitch.bsky.social #PlaylistPitch a literary pitch event
Authors and illustrators pitch
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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social bsky pitch event for unagented creators from marginalized communities
next event September 30, 2026
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Path2pub (Path To Publication) @path2pub.bsky.social Path To Publication: From The Querying Trenches To The Shelves. We’re writers sharing our publication journey along with tips & lessons! #P2Ppit hosts.
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#MiseryPit @miserypit.bsky.social #MiseryPit - A pitch event focusing on Mysteries, Thrillers, and True Crime for the #writingcommunity and #Booksky authors. Hosted by @jocelynegregory.bsky.social
Next event: February 1st, 2026
QueerPit @queerpit.bsky.social Pitch event for 2SLGBTQIA+ writers and their stories. Next event is July 1st, 2026!
Hosted by: @nicolemtota @mjbowman @ntlovich @lucywrites and @andreamariana89
Pop Up Pit @popuppit.bsky.social Pitch event focused on uplifting completed manuscripts for agents & editors to find!
co-run by @akatepockett.bsky.social and @fitzthestory.bsky.social
questpit || next event: NOV 4th @questpit.bsky.social #questpit is a writers hype event that welcomes industry participation || any stage of your wip can be pitched || run by @leonahwrites.bsky.social and @minaareis.bsky.social
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#BluePit - A Storytelling Hype & Pitch Event @bluepit.bsky.social A BlueSky exclusive storytelling hype/pitch event designed for storytellers to uplift and encourage one another and connect with industry professionals. All works are welcome, regardless of the stage they are in. (https://bluepit.carrd.co/)
Unhinged Pitch Event @unhingedpit.bsky.social #UnhingedPit - where there are no rules other than nothing conventional! || hosted by @jeneedutary and @thewriterjo Next event allusively planned.
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
Bones @bonesandpoetry.bsky.social i write poetry sometimes
BASH BACK @bashback.bsky.social A trans-led direct action group combatting the rising tide of bigotry in the UK
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Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social Award-Winning Publisher of New Weird Horror + More, via Portland, OR & Transilvania, Romania.
@AlexWoodroe.com, Editor in Chief.
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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com by transfemmes. for transfemmes. about transfemmes. | @transjournalists.org member | thetransfemininereview.com | ed. Bethany Karsten
Cheyanne Brabo @cheysectoplasm.bsky.social she/her sci-fi/horror/spec-fiction writer. work feat. in work feat. in Broken Olive Branches, Scissor Sisters Antho., Inner Worlds, Unnerving Magazine, Sinister Society, Winner of Alien Buddha Press’ 2024 Horror Showdown
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mosh pit daria @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social poet laureate of the void • proud dad of @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social, Ramen Zine Distro, FRUITCAKE • mica photo '18/ubalt cwpa '24 • they
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Ro Wren @rwren.bsky.social Writer of horror fiction. Cares deeply about the role of ghosts in the JFK assassination. A kind of doppelganger of someone you know. Create and collect scrap paper in all its form. They / She 🇮🇪
a.d. 🌒 @godstained.bsky.social she/her. bisexual poet, writer & visual artist.
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Extra Teeth @extrateethmag.bsky.social A literary magazine with bite
Guest illustrator for each issue
Words from Scotland + everywhere else
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Dead Sky Publishing @deadskypub.bsky.social Dead Sky Publishing + Death’s Head Press
We make cool books.
Dim Shores @dimshores.bsky.social Micropress publisher of weird fiction. Cat enthusiast. Abyss gazer, void screamer. No ICE, no KKK, no fascist USA. Also no AI. Trans rights are human rights. Billionaires should not exist. He/him. dimshores.com
@chmmagazine.bsky.social @chmmagazine.bsky.social 
Partially Shy Magazine @partiallyshymag.bsky.social for all written and visual genres. queer owned, 1/2 POC owned. @partiallyshylitmag on insta. issue 6 subs CLOSED!!! SUBS ARE FREE. we do accept donations! 💕
transferring over from tw**ter.
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Revise & Resub @reviseresub.bsky.social #RevPit is a contest for #authors by #editors with the aim of presenting agent-ready manuscripts
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Nefarious Bat Press @nefariousbatpress.bsky.social We're an indie press specialising in queer horror, crime & dark fiction, run by TC Parker & Shauna Mc Eleney
(Skeets by TC/N, occasionally SME)
We like intersectional feminism. A lot
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No GenAI. No DMs (we can't see them)
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Wigleaf @wigleaf.bsky.social Seven-time Pushcart Prize winning journal of very short fiction. (Read us at wigleaf.com)
Oatleaf Poetry @oatleafpoetry.bsky.social An online poetry publication.
Submissions are open year-round!
oatleafpoetry.com
earworms magazine (SUBS OPEN UNTIL 11/5) @earwormsmag.bsky.social literary magazine interested in receiving writing and photography that explores “earworms,” the (wonderful/sometimes annoying/very catchy) music you can’t get out of your head!
the only bluesky account run by worms 🪱🪱🪱
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Epistemic Literary- Read Issue 8: Righteous Rage now! @epistemiclit.bsky.social Read Issue 8! Epistemiclit.com
Digital anthology series celebrating knowledge, connection, and growth through poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction.
EICs @melruthwrites.bsky.social and @kristinwrites.bsky.social. CNF Editor @gcbwrites.bsky.social
Poetry as Promised @poetryaspromised.bsky.social A former Lehigh Valley but current Monroe County based handmade literary magazine. Run and owned by Florence-Susanne Reppert
Underbelly Press @underbellypress.bsky.social Uncomfortable, unfiltered pieces that aren’t afraid to investigate the underbelly of existence. Narratives exploring the overlooked, the mundane, the human.
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Moist Poetry Journal @moistpoetryjournal.bsky.social A high humidity journal of poetry / Queer, fluid, trans affirming / currently publishing 3x a week / Home to the #FullMoonHaikuContest / 🏳️⚧️ https://moistpoetryjournal.com/ EIC: Han VanderHart.
W|I|T|C|H B|I|T|C|H @notveryalice.bsky.social slipstream simulacrum || writing @ House of Vlad, X-R-A-Y, HAD, Misery Tourism, Rejection Letters, Best British Short Stories @ Salt Publishing || fiction editor @ X-R-A-Y || EIC @ bodyfluids.org || painter || nuclear physics obsessive || pronouns: ae/aer
🦷bodyfluids🫀- a literary journal || ISSUE06 IN PRODUCTION @bodyfluids.bsky.social a place for the uncomfortable🦷we pay per submission🦷posts by @notveryalice.bsky.social 🦷 nazis & transphobes fuck off 🦷 bodyfluids.org
JEAN SALAD @jeansalad.substack.com london-based cult cosplaying a lit mag. great litrachuh. evil editors
Agita Publishing (formerly From Beyond Press) @agitapublishing.bsky.social Small press specializing in horror, sci-fi, contemporary fantasy, zines, poetry, and reprints. Voted best small press by our EIC's mom. agitapublishing.com
Sundress Publications @sundresspub.bsky.social Nonprofit literary press & writers residency. Also Best of the Net, Poets in Pajamas, and more. www.sundresspublications.com
new words {press} @newwordspress.bsky.social new words {press} is dedicated to the elevation of trans & gender-expansive voices. our focus is poetry, experimental poetry, & hybrid work. we publish a journal, chapbooks, books, & special projects.
en•gendered @en-gendered.bsky.social neck deep in pronouns and the water is fine
submissions reopen SEPTEMBER 1st
engenderedlit@gmail.com
engenderedlitmag.com
kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social literary home of the trans, queer, Crip, and sick
kithbooks.com
fifth wheel press @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social very queer lit and art publishing space
learn more about us: fifthwheelpress.com/links
Wild Ink Publishing LLC @wildinkpublishing.bsky.social Wild Ink Publishing is able to bring you some of the newest, brightest wordsmiths because we are not afraid of breaking a mold or two. If you are looking for something new to read, look no further. https://wild-ink-publishing.com/
Rose Metal Press @rosemetalpress.bsky.social Rose Metal Press is a non-profit publisher specializing in the publication of hybrid genre books. Founded in 2006. Posts by co-founders Abby Beckel and Kathleen Rooney. Check out our books and amazing authors here: www.rosemetalpress.com
@five2one.bsky.social @five2one.bsky.social 
Hiron Ennes (WORKS OF VERMIN out now!) @hironennes.bsky.social British fantasy award-winning author of LEECH and THE WORKS OF VERMIN
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Represented by Alexander Cochran @acochran.bsky.social
Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social Online magazine for flash and short fiction.
Chill Subs 2024 Community Favourites Flash Fiction #7
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Still on X @TrashCatLit
Editor: JP Relph @therelphian.bsky.social
Read Stories: https://trashcatlit.com/treasured-words/
Villain Era 🖤🔪 @villaineralit.bsky.social A literary magazine obsessed with revenge. Open for submissions! https://www.villaineralit.com Mastermind: @charlesjensen.bsky.social
Allium, a Journal of Poetry & Prose @alliumjournal.bsky.social Representing the range and diversity of writers' voices, Allium publishes fiction, nonfiction, and poetry - from traditional to experimental.
allium.colum.edu
@gnashingteethpub.bsky.social @gnashingteethpub.bsky.social Gnashing Teeth Publishing seeks to publish the best poetry, micro and flash fiction, and short form novels regardless of genre.
Wild Willow Magazine @wildwillowmagazine.bsky.social A literary magazine that showcases the wonderful, weird, and wild aspects of the human condition.
🌿 EIC: Melissa Ashley Hernandez 🌿
@epoquepress.bsky.social @epoquepress.bsky.social époque press is an independent publisher of contemporary literary fiction - books you will love to read.
Archive of the Odd @archiveoftheodd.bsky.social An archive of uncanny occurrences. In other words, a horror zine of unusual formats. Non-profit. Issue 3 out now! EIC: Cormack Baldwin
The RavensPerch @theravensperch.bsky.social www.TheRavensPerch.com
Publishing poetry, fiction, non-fiction, & visual art from creative minds around the world. Submissions via @Submittable
http://tinyurl.com/ravensperch
Lethe Press @lethepress.bsky.social Since 2001, Lethe Press has been publishing acclaimed queer and weird books. Our titles have won numerous Lambda Literary Awards, the Shirley Jackson Award, and the Mary Lynn Kotz Art-in-Literature Award. 
Katy Horan @katyhoran.bsky.social Interdisciplinary artist/illustrator of womenwitchessadangrygriefhorrorweirdfolkyvulvateeth
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4/29: Murder Ballads: Illustrated Lyrics & Lore from Andrews McMeel
Michele H. Porter @michelehporter.bsky.social Writer: horror, fantasy, Gothic. Stories: Kaleidotrope, Folklore Review, Neon & Smoke, 100-Word Story, Blood & Bourbon Mag, Bloodletter Mag. Existence: rural southern Illinois, ADHD, always cold. She/her. michelehporter.com
@blackfoxlit.bsky.social @blackfoxlit.bsky.social Literary mag w/an eclectic taste. We diverse fiction, CNF, poetry, & art. EST. 2010. Editors: @RacquelHenry and Elizabeth Sheets. FL-based/🇹🇹-owned.
blackfoxlitmag.com
Livina Press @livinapress.bsky.social Livina Press is dedicated to the things you feel like writing about | Print Publication | Subs Closed | EIC Laci Felker
periodicities : a journal of poetry and poetics @periodicities.bsky.social est. March 2020 : editor/publisher rob mclennan https://bsky.app/profile/robmclennan.bsky.social
built as a curious extension of above/ground press (b. 1993
https://periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/
member of Literary Magazines Canada Collective,
Cul-de-sac of Blood @culdesacofblood.bsky.social 🎃🔪A horror poetics journal 🔪🎃
https://www.culdesacofblood.com/
https://linktr.ee/culdesacofblood
Cipher Press @cipherpress.bsky.social An independent press publishing queer and trans authors
Jesse Raygun @whereforewoof.bsky.social Writer & Stage Manager, TTRPG enthusiast, hobbiest fiber artist, pre-eminent 'Will' (2017) scholar.
Timber Ghost Press @timberghostpress.bsky.social Timber Ghost is a small press that specializes in publishing #creepy, #weird, and #disturbing fiction.
https://www.timberghostpress.com/#/
darkwinterlitmag @darkwinterlitmag.bsky.social Small press and literary magazine from Ontario, Canada publishing poetry, short stories, novels, and novellas. Editor: Suzanne Craig-Whytock
L'Esprit Literary Review @lespritlit.bsky.social In Mediam Mentem. Consciousness-forward fiction and thought.
Championing fearless writing in short fiction, criticism, and literary nonfiction. Publishing in a revolutionary spirit.
Words: lespritliteraryreview.submittable.com/submit (Subs OPEN)
Wishbone Words @wishbonewords.bsky.social An online publisher of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, flash, translations, art, and photography from chronically ill, neurodiverse, & disabled creatives 👻💌
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River City Siren Press @rivercitysiren.bsky.social Small press publishing company with 8+ signed authors, representing the following genres: poetry, fantasy, science-fiction, romance, paranormal, literary fiction, short stories, thriller, and horror 📚
LinkTree - https://linktr.ee/rivercitysirenpress
Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social Vol. XI: “PARA/SOCIAL” launching 8/8
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Flash 405: QUAKE 🫨
Read Vol. X: 🌱 & Flash 405💥
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(s)crawl literary magazine @scrawlmagazine.bsky.social » issue no. 01 out now!
» horror focused lit mag amplifying voices marginalized within the genre
» we publish short fiction & poetry by LGBTQIA+, neurodivergent, BIPOC, disabled, and gender-diverse writers
» subs currently closed
🔗 scrawlmag.com
River Teeth @riverteeth.bsky.social A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative || Where good writing counts and facts matter.
Metachrosis Magazine (Subs open from 12 Dec - 01 Mar) @metachrosismag.bsky.social Irish literary magazine celebrating the arts, sciences, and the humanities. Queer run
Submission open 20 Dec - 28 Feb
Issue 6 is out now!
https://metachrosislitmag.com/
https://ko-fi.com/metachrosismagazine
tiny wren lit @tinywrenlit.bsky.social tiny wren lit focuses on tiny poems + tiny issues (2-3 times per year). Readers can download each issue in a zine format. Home of the tiny zine. Subs open.
Web: https://www.tinywrenlit.com/
Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE! @rfpress.bsky.social Digital lit mag & more. 5 editors in a trenchcoat. 2 indie lit 2 quit. Submissions open. https://www.roifaineantpress.com/ EIC @tiffanymarie.bsky.social Masthead: @skybarett.bsky.social @kelkel.bsky.social @melissacuisine.bsky.social @maybemargot.bsky.soci
Zoetic Press @zoeticpress.bsky.social Speculative fiction, poetry, and art, curated by a global team of editors who want the world to be its best self. 
The Metaworker Literary Magazine @themetaworker.bsky.social We're The Metaworker: where great stories are forged 🔨✏️
New content published every Monday at noon PST ✨
Check our website for updated submission windows 🖋️📚
themetaworker.com/link-in-bio/
WIREWORM @wirewormmagazine.bsky.social submissions closed
like the Paris Review but... wormier
dedicated to the best of the worst 🪲 💙
wirewormmagazine.com
Libre @librelit.bsky.social A southern literature & arts mag bent on brain pain, taking the narrative back, jiggling it open, extracting the oyster from its background of compressed pain to reexamine what it means to scavenge for agency in liminal states of illness.
Librelit.com
Bleating Thing Magazine @bleatingthing.bsky.social A twice-annual magazine of poetry, flash fiction, essays, hybrid work, & visual art.
EIC @cursetheground.bsky.social
More on our website: https://tinyurl.com/5vnsajea
Audi Locus @audilocus.bsky.social A contemporary poetry & art journal exploring liminality, existentialism, & the in-between. Featuring poetry, visual art, music/lyrics, & hybrid forms. Submissions: Apr–May & Oct–Nov.
www.audilocus.com
EIC @maudiemichelle.com