Jennifer McMahon @jmcm.bsky.social IRISH writer, repped by Brian Langan, Storyline Literary Agency. Winner, All-Ireland Scholarships Creative Writing Award (public caterory), Novel Fair '23. Shortlisted, Short Story of the Year at the Irish Book Awards '23. Words in many places.
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.
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JR Fenn @jrfenn.bsky.social Writer, teacher, parent, dreamer | TINY VESSELS out from Red Mare Press | Words in or forthcoming in The Georgia Review, Orion's Belt, DIAGRAM, Split Lip, Witness, Boston Review, Gulf Coast | Ucross Fellow | Syracuse MFA | Prof at SUNY ESF | www.jrfenn.com
Judy Darley @judydarley.bsky.social Writer & daydreamer living by the Somerset coast. Author of fiction collections #TheStairsAreASnowcappedMountain, #SkyLightRain (https://bit.ly/3zlfK7Q) & #RememberMeToTheBees. Workshop leader/journalism/brand engagement.
Burnham Book Festival @burnhambookfest.co.uk Burnham-on-Sea's literary festival is back on 17 May 2025. Talks, workshops, readings, contests and more!
Emorra (EM-er-uh) @wordsfromemorra.bsky.social Sometimes writer. Always dreamer.
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Emma Phillips @words-outwest.bsky.social Flash fan, poet, short fiction writer. Likes actual and imaginary travel. Words: 2nd place Bath Flash June 2021, Best Microfiction 2022, Free Flash Fiction Competition Winner. 
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Story Street @storystreetwriters.com Writers' collective. (A bit like an ant farm but much less organized) Exploring how to stay afloat in this world of words.
Fosseway Writers @fossewaywriters.bsky.social Supporting writers of all abilities and genres in the Newark-on-Trent area
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Ted Berg @ogtedberg.bsky.social A body like Arnold with a Denzel face
Electric Literature @electricliterature.com Making literature exciting, relevant and inclusive
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Curtis Brown Creative @cbcreative.bsky.social Start your story with expert teaching from acclaimed authors, leading literary agents and top publishers. Writing courses online and in London.
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John Hanley @johnhanleywrites.bsky.social Founder and Editor-In-Chief of NECKSNAP Magazine (necksnapmag.bsky.social). Writer and editor. 2020 Graduate of NC State MFA in Creative Writing. Work in North Carolina Literary Review, forthcoming in Midnight Ink (Livina Press) and swim press.
MARION @marion-writers.bsky.social MARION is a not-for-profit, member-driven literary organisation dedicated to championing the rights and interests of writers in the ACT region and beyond. Unceded Ngunnawal and Ngambri country.
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social Lead developer of Nightwell Games. Currently surviving the aftermath of the Eaton Fire. All-ages deduction game DEDUCTOPIA coming soon: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4429720/Deductopia/
Jessica Klimesh @jekwriter.bsky.social creative writer/writing coach/editor
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Fiction Collective Two @fictioncollective2.bsky.social We're an author-run, not-for-profit publisher of artistically adventurous, non-traditional fiction, committed to finding fresh & experimental works, both through member-sponsored submissions & two annual contests! https://fc2.org/ SUBMISSIONS OPEN NOW!
Stephen Delaney @stephendelaney.bsky.social Writer, editor, human. Words in New World Writing, Bending Genres, South Florida Poetry Journal, and elsewhere. Author of the chapbook OUR PLACE IS IN BETWEEN. 💙 #foreignlit #frogs
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Short Story Shoutout @short-story-shout.bsky.social Hey, writer. Are you reading enough short stories to know what literary magazines are looking for? SHORT STORY SHOUTOUT can help. Follow to get introduced to the best online fiction weekly for the low, low cost of nothing. https://freilly2020.substack.com/
Metagov @metagov.bsky.social Metagov is a laboratory for digital governance. We build tools, practices, and communities for self-governance in the digital age.
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The Village with All of the Flash Writers @heyflashvillage.bsky.social The VILLAGE 🏘 is a place where the world 🌍 feels a tiny bit smaller. Founded by SMOKELONG for the Global Flash Community
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SJ Bradley @bradleybooks.bsky.social Short story writer, novelist, audio playwright. Maps of Imaginary Towns,The Netflix Reviewer (Substack), Uneasy Listening (podcast). PGcert Teaching Creative Writing (Cambridge), K Blundell Trust Award.
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Zoe Davis @meanerharker.bsky.social Writer and avid doodler with words in the likes of Strix, Ink Sweat and Tears and Dust. 2x BotN nom. Forward Prize Nom. Lives in Sheffield UK. Interested in comics, computer games and sports. Member of Sheffield Eagles Wheelchair Rugby Club.
Allison Renner @allisonwrites.bsky.social Writer // Editor // @forgetcool.bsky.social
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Louise @lousie-w.bsky.social I'm here for occasional writing stuff, coz I write good and want to write even more good.
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Anne Louise Avery @annelouiseavery.bsky.social Writer and Art Historian. Old Fox stories. Edward M.Bannister catalogue raisonne and research. Reynard the Fox and Fox for All Seasons published by Bodleian Publishing. Oxford & Dorset. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/AnneLouiseAvery
Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social Ex-Financial Times Assistant Editor. Ex-editor Scotland on Sunday. Author of 'Made in Manchester' and 'Northerners: A History'. 'These Isles' due Feb 2026.
T.L. Tomljanovic @tomljanovic.bsky.social Flash Fiction Writer✍️ 🇨🇦 in metro Vancouver
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Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos @delgeo14.bsky.social Breton writer
Runner-up Novel Fair / 2X Pushcart nom / Wigleaf LL
EIC: Raw Lit Mag / Co-Founder @theprideroars.bsky.social /Contributor: Poverty House
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Rawhead @rawheadjournal.bsky.social Open to submissions of creative nonfiction and visual art. We believe in the power of art and literature as form of resistance.
Now on Submittable:
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Kara Kahnke @karakahnke.bsky.social I’m a writer with a passion for micro and flash fiction. Published in BULL, The Citron Review, Under the Gum Tree, Raw Lit, Micromance Magazine and other places. Pushcart and Best Small Fictions nominated.
Bloody Scotland @bloodyscotland.bsky.social Scotland’s International Festival of Crime Writing. Stirling. 12-14th September 2025.
Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social Award-winning publisher of short fiction from the UK & beyond. Championing the next generation of writers & translators. Shares do not equal endorsements.
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The Madrid Review @madridlitmag.bsky.social We're an international literary magazine in Madrid. We connect English and Spanish speaking literary cultures through fiction, poetry, essays and interviews.
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Tacilim @tacilim.bsky.social Hihi everyone! My name is Tacilim Oréfice, and I'm a writer. Nice to meet you! I want to share my passion for stories, storytelling, and books with the world while I travel.
Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social All Kinds of Weird 👽 literary magazine and book company publishing strange, surreal, shocking, beautiful sff & horror. 100% organic, no AI 🚫
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Exeter T. Stevens @exeterstevens.bsky.social Contest Goblin.
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C Maxfield @pickledp3.bsky.social Published via The Broken Spine, Blood+Honey, DarkWinter Literary Magazine, RiversSide and Silly Goose Press
Odd Embers Writing Contest @oddembers.com Odd Embers is a new flash fiction writing contest that aims to spark your creativity. You'll have 77 hours to turn unique prompts into a red-hot story. Feedback on every entry!
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CK Love 🇨🇦 @cklovewrites.bsky.social 🇨🇦
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Joey Gilbride @jgilbride.bsky.social Philly-based writer, editor, journalist, dungeon master.
Mary Murray Bartolomé @murraybartolome.bsky.social Writing & Adventure; winner of Alpine Fellowship Writing Prize ‘24, SL in Bath Short Story, Bridport Prize, Aurora Prize, Bath Novel Award, Writer's College comp. Querying debut women’s fiction and YA novel. https://wordstaleme.wixsite.com/website
Brosephine Wires, Perennial Soup-Lover @joparkerbear.bsky.social if you’re taking feedback, i hate it.
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The Sunlight Press @thesunlightpress.bsky.social A nonprofit digital literary journal for new and established voices. We welcome fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and photography.
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The Florentine @theflorentine.bsky.social The Florentine — the English news magazine in Florence since 2005.
News, Events, Art + Culture, International Living, Food + Wine.
https://www.theflorentine.net/
Tom Vowler @tomvowler.bsky.social Word-botherer.
Winner V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize
www.tomvowler.co.uk
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The Bridport Prize @bridportprize.bsky.social 📝 Worldwide creative writing comp
📝 Over £20K prize pot
📝 Alumni inc Kate Atkinson
📝 Honorary Patron Kit de Waal
📝 Raises funds for Bridport Arts Centre
The views of contributors do not reflect the views of The Bridport Prize.
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NewPages @newpages.bsky.social NewPages.com is your best guide to literary magazines, indie publishing, university presses, creative writing programs, writing and literary events, writing contests and submissions, independent bookstores, and more.
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Pangyrus LitMag @pangyrus.bsky.social Cambridge & Boston based literary journal, dynamic indie publisher of new voices and unexpected connections.
Daily Short Story Deadlines @shortstorycontests.bsky.social Submit your short story to the relevant genre. All of these contests are guaranteed acceptances. Your story gets a video performance reading made!
https://festivalreviews.org/daily-short-story-contest-deadlines/
Katy Mack @katymack.bsky.social Poet | First, I Turn Off the Light (Broken Sleep Books, 2024) | Research Associate at U of Sussex
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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social Multi-genre lit journal & community
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David Frankel @daveyfrankel.bsky.social Prize-dodging writer of stories. Here despite popular demand. 'Forgetting is How We Survive' pub'd Saltpublishing.bsky.social . Shortlisted @edgehillprize.bsky.social. Chapbooks @nightjarpress.bsky.social & @salopress.bsky.social .
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Tales to Terrify @talestoterrify.bsky.social An award-winning weekly horror fiction podcast
⛔ CLOSED TO SUBMISSIONS FOR NOW
🖤Stay tuned for when we'll reopen!
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Toasted Cheese @toasted-cheese.com Literary Journal and Writing Community | Established January 18, 2001 | Latest issue: TC 26:3 | https://tclj.toasted-cheese.com
Alex Davis @alexdavis1981.bsky.social Lecturer, workshopper and creative writing events organiser - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/alex-davis-events-17318878423
Richard Hooton @rjhooton.bsky.social Writer. Award-winning short fiction.
Debut novel THE MARGARET CODE published by Sphere Books out now: http://bit.ly/4eNE0CI.
Rep: @stubbleagent @ RCW
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The London Magazine @thelondonmagazine.bsky.social The UK's oldest literary journal: a review of literature and the arts, est. 1732, published bi-monthly.
thelondonmagazine.org
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Royal Society of Literature @rsliterature.bsky.social The RSL celebrates and nurtures reading and writing of all kinds. We're a charity that believes literature is for everyone. ✨ 200 years young. 🌟
Dog Throat Journal (Subs Open) @dogthroat.com Dog Throat Journal, flash and micro #fiction from around the known globe. We look for odd time thought provoking works from the edges of artistic expression. https://dogthroat.com / @victordavid.com
cream city review @creamcityreview.bsky.social University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s graduate student run lit mag. Publishing art, fiction, CNF, poetry and more since 1975!
https://beacons.ai/creamcityreview
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Ninth Letter @ninthletter.bsky.social Ninth Letter is a literary magazine edited and produced at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. We aim to present original literary writing of exceptional quality, illuminated by cutting-edge graphic design.
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WILDsound Writing Festival @wildsoundwriting.bsky.social Daily deadlines for poetry, short stories, screenplays, stage plays, and novels.
Links to submit via sites and submittable: www.novelwritingfestival.com
Literotica @literotica.com Official account of Literotica, the world's most popular community of adult fiction readers & authors for 25+ years. Millions of people visit Literotica.com daily. Hope you'll join us!
Farhana Shaikh 🍉 @farhanashaikh.bsky.social ✍️ Writer #Discoveries2023
📖 Publisher @DahliaBooks
Editor @theasianwriter
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Mainly posting #MondayBlues 📫
SIR @southerninreview.bsky.social 
New Millennium Writings @newmillwritings.bsky.social Awarding, publishing, and paying writers since 1996.
All writers welcome, regardless of experience.
No restrictions on style or subject matter.
Writing Awards Deadline: 6/30/25
www.newmillenniumwritings.org
newmillenniumwritings.submittable.com/submit
Jenny Stalter @jennystalter.bsky.social 2024 Best Small Fictions | 2023 Smokelong Fellow. Nom: Pushcart, BotN, Best Microfiction, Best American Short Stories. I love your cat. Are you gonna eat your pickle?
London Independent Story Prize C.I.C @londonistoryprize.bsky.social London Independent Story Prize (LISP) is a Community Interest Company that prioritises the interests of writers and filmmakers, founded by storytellers for storytellers. 
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists @thebulletin.org The best thinking on existential threats since 1945. Nuclear risk, climate change, and disruptive technologies. We set the #DoomsdayClock. thebulletin.org
The Milk House @themilkhouse.bsky.social Literary journal of rural writing and experience, edited by @penofryandennis.bsky.social
KezaWrites @kezawrites.bsky.social Writer of fiction about people, place, and the messy idea of home. Grew up on Welsh stories, grew into writing my own.
The Reader Berlin @thereaderberlin.bsky.social ✍️ Berlin's Platform for Creative Writers since 2011 ✍️
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Creative Writing Workshops & Writing Classes / Mentoring / Readings / The Berlin Writing Prize
Adele Gallogly @adelegallogly.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Flash fiction writer | 2025 Highly Commended Bridport Prize & Finalist New Millennium Writings | Published in FlashFlood, Paragraph Planet, 50-Word Stories, Flash the Court, Writers’ Hour, MacQueen’s Quinterly, and elsewhere.
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Brandon Diehl @iambrandondiehl.bsky.social Poet with autism and a cat.
Author of ADULTHOOD (Anxiety Press, 2026).
Here to connect with fellow writers and/or fellow neurodivergent people and/or fellow anti-fascists.
he/him • NJ • www.brandondiehl.net
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
Mizuki Yamamoto @mizuki-yama.bsky.social Prev. writing under Mizuki Yamagen.
Words in SmokeLong, hex, Lit Namjooning, Flash Frog, Does it have pockets? Lost Balloon & elsewhere. Soon in The Forge, The Baltimore Review.
✨ SmokeLong Smokey winner
🎗️ BOTN, BMF, Pushcart noms
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Rob Walton @robwaltonwriter.bsky.social https://theemmapress.com/shop/childrens/please-dont-read-the-footnotes-please/
www.robwaltonwriter.co.uk
“playful, zingy and warm”.
Carnegie Prize nominee.Whitley Bay via Scunny.All sorts of writing for all sorts of ages.
@robwaltonwriter on other places.
National Flash Fiction Day New Zealand @natflashficdaynz.bsky.social New Zealand's biggest celebration of the smallest form of fiction -- 22 June
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)
Oxford Flash Fiction Prize @oxfordflashfiction.bsky.social Oxford has inspired some of the greatest writers and poets in the world, and we’re here to expand its legacy into flash fiction.
Venkatesh Rao 🔹 @vgr.bsky.social Delver at contraptions.venkateshrao.com
Frazzled Lit *Closed for Submissions* @frazzledlit.bsky.social We are Frazzled Lit! 🥓 🔥
Looking for Flash, Poetry, CNF and Prose.
Eds @lozzawriting.bsky.social and @jmcm.bsky.social
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Writing Africa @writingafrica.bsky.social News from the African and Black literature scene since 2013.
Email: Kibara@gmail.com.
Website: http://www.writingafrica.com
S. Bhattacharya-Woodward @storyshaoni.bsky.social Writer/reporter. Shortlisted Dinesh Allirajah Prize 2025. 3rd place DRFWritersPrize 2020 and BristolPrize2019. Agent: Matthew Turner, RCW Literary Agency
Desperate Literature @desperatelit.bsky.social International bookshop in the heart of Madrid!
Home of the Desperate Literature Prize for Short Fiction (NOW CLOSED FOR 2026)
Munster Literature Centre https://munsterlit.ie/ @munsterlitcentre.bsky.social Cork based non-profit arts organisation promoting Irish and international literature since 1993.
Website: https://munsterlit.ie/
Royal City Literary Arts Society @rclas.bsky.social www.rclas.com
RCLAS’s mission is to maintain and build a welcoming community of writers and readers, to support the goals of writers at all stages of their development, and to promote an appreciation of all forms of literary arts.
Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social I wrote a novel about a woman radicalized against the patriarchy by her first hot flash—CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO. (out 10/14/25)
Preorder: bit.ly/3ZzgcNj
Substack: https://prefernot2.substack.com
Kate Blackadder @kateblackadder.bsky.social Writer (novel Stella’s Christmas Wish plus short stories + magazine serials) and reader (in many genres). Toast-and-marmite eater. Member of Romantic Novelists Association and Edinburgh Writers’ Club. http://katewritesandreads.blogspot.com/p/my-books.html
Julian Hoffman @julianhoffman.bsky.social Writing, nature, people, climate, place.
New book: LIFELINES - Waterstones Book of the Month
Author of IRREPLACEABLE & THE SMALL HEART OF THINGS
Upcoming: THE LAST WILD RIVER
Prespa, Greece. Rep'd by @jmlockhart.bsky.social
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Kerry Mead 🍉 @kerrymead.bsky.social I'm sorry, I don't know my personality type.
Writing memoir, essays, fiction, place, & neurodivergence. Curae Prize '23 & Bristol Short Story Prize '25 shortlisted.
#ADHD. Complete lefty.
linktr.ee/kerrymeadwriter