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Kate Hollingsworth 📚 @katehollingswrites.bsky.social Corporate consultant in Europe turned fiction writer, studying creative writing in the UK | stories in Fictive Dream, Maudlin House, FlashFlood, 101 Words, CafeLit, Flash Festival Anthologies 6 & 8 | Masters Review LL Summer 2025
Philippa Bowe @philippabowe.bsky.social Flash fiction, poetry, translation / Micro nouvelles, poésie, traduction. Ghost City Press, NFFR, Reflex Fiction, Bath Flash Fiction, Spark2Flame, Neither Fish Nor Foul, The Hooghley Review. Pushcart Prize nom. Dance, LFC, la belle vie. Elue municipale. 🌄
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Malina @iridescentwords.bsky.social Writer of literary and speculative fiction. Published in Odin by Flame Tree Press, Cast of Wonders, Gwyllion, Ellipsis, Eye to the Telescope, WestWord Journal, NFFD Antho & more.
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Justine Sweeney @justine1902.bsky.social Writing wee stories about Belfast and other bits and pieces. Bath Novella-in-Flash S/L 2025. Words in places like @theDublinReview.bsky.social @thecitronreview.bsky.social @mooncityreview.bsky.social @inkfishmagazine.bsky.social @fictivedream.bsky.social
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Andy Lavender @andylavender.bsky.social Sometime #Flashfiction writer, frequent procrastinator. Stories in Dribble Drabble Review, WestWord, 101 Words, Fudoki Magazine, Visual Verse and various Flash Fiction Anthologies. Based in South West UK
Dr Durre Shahwar @durreshahwar.bsky.social Writer, artist, creative writing lecturer. Editor: GATHERING: WoC on Nature (2024). Cardiff/London.
Paul Connolly @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social Writer
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(Broken Sleep Books)
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100+ poems in Agenda, Stand, Poetry Salzburg, Chiron Review, IS&T etc & on BBC
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Nina Nazir @ninanazir.bsky.social Poet, writer, artist, blogger. Bibliophile. Activist. Tree hugger. Caffeine connoisseur. Neurodivergent. Creative af. Room 204 Writer with Writing West Midlands. www.sunrarainz.wordpress.com / ninasnazir.substack.com
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Sara Dobbie @sdobbie.bsky.social Writer, “Flight Instinct” (ELJ Editions 2022)
"Static Disruption" (Alien Buddha Press 2022)
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Leeds Lit Fest @leedslitfest.bsky.social 6 - 14 June 2026. Returning for its eighth year, the award-winning festival of words aims to bring together, and help develop, the city’s literary scene, with writers, poets and performers from Leeds, Yorkshire and beyond!
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Vicki Meagher, Writer @vickimeagher.bsky.social Novelist and playwright in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA; AI-free
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Shelley Hastings @shelleyhastings.bsky.social Writer | Producer | Artist Facilitator | Kitchen Raver | Arts & Dementia: Resonate Arts | Winner: Sean Ó Faoláin Prize & Aurora Prize | Stories: Irish Times, Desperate Literature, Southword, Miro, Chroma Editions…
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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.
Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social Author, mum, feminist, reader of proofs. Agent: Jo Williamson Publisher: Boldwood Books
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Structo @structo.bsky.social A literary magazine and small press.
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Wasafiri Magazine @wasafirimag.bsky.social The magazine of international literature since 1984. Order our latest issue, Wasafiri 127: Solidarities
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Sarah Jane Butler @sarahjanebutler.bsky.social Reclaiming rivers for all of us. Next book, River Time, due soon. River campaigner, story gatherer, wanderer and swimmer My novel, Starling, published by @Fairlightbooks she/her; pwME https://linktr.ee/sarahjanebutler
Elizabeth Baines @elizabethbaines.bsky.social Writer of short stories, novels, plays.
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Eleanor Luke @eleanor-luke.bsky.social Writer of flash fiction, short stories and maybe a novel. Words in NFFD, FreeFlashFiction, Retreat West. LL Reflex Flash contest. Top 10 Oxford flash award 2022. 
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atmospheric quarterly @atmosphericquarterly.com a literary magazine
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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.
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matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social matchbook is an online literary journal that publishes one piece of short prose accompanied by an author's note every two weeks.
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Poetry Bus Press @poetrybuspress.bsky.social Tiny but mighty indie press specialising in poetry books and magazines. Hyena! by Fran Lock was shortlisted for the 2023 T.S. Eliot Prize and the PEN Heaney Prize. Grab a copy here https://thepoetrybuspress.onlineweb.shop/
Amsterdam Review @amsterdamreview.bsky.social A literary magazine publishing poetry, translations, fiction, interviews, essays, photography, and fine arts. Follow AR Tunes on Spotify.
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Janus Literary @janusliterary.bsky.social Online lit mag. CURRENTLY ON HIATUS.
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Guillemot Press @guillemotpress.bsky.social Small press publisher of beautiful books.
And Other Poems @andotherpoems.bsky.social Poetry magazine edited by Tom Bailey and Laurie Ogden.
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Alternative Milk Magazine @altmilkmag.bsky.social Independent literary and art magazine. http://www.altmilkmag.com/links
Bad Lilies @badlilies.bsky.social A digital poetry journal, edited by @kathryngray.bsky.social and @andrewjamesneilson.bsky.social Enjoy our blooms! badlilies.uk
Heavy Feather Review @hfr.bsky.social Literary publisher & book reviews site, EST. 2011 #babyeatbooks
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Rough Diamond Poetry @rough-diamond1.bsky.social Rough Diamond is an online and in print poetry journal. roughdiamondpoems@gmail.com
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PN Review @pnreview.bsky.social The UK's most stimulating literary journal, where the many worlds of poetry converse. Published by @carcanet.bsky.social. Subscribe here: http://goo.gl/QNqGCH
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ballast journal @ballastjournal.bsky.social a journal of poetry and more poetry and more poetry | editors @jacobschepers.bsky.social & Sara Judy | submissions always open | issue 3.1 out now | ballastjournal.com
Mississippi Review @mississippireview.bsky.social Literary magazine, founded in 1972. Publishing Fiction, Poetry, and Nonfiction out of the University of Southern Mississippi’s Center for Writers.
Guest Editor: Rachael Fowler
Associate Editors: Emilee Kinney & Madi Brown
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Nimrod Journal @nimrodjournal.bsky.social Bringing you the brightest new voices since 1956. Published by the University of Tulsa.
Shō Poetry Journal @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social Arizona-based nonprofit print journal. We publish an eclectic stew of poetry and award prizes for each issue. Submissions reopen December 15. Ed. @domkeykong.bsky.social + @johnnycordova.bsky.social. shopoetryjournal.com
Ice Floe Press (OPEN for Subs June - July 2026) @icefloepress.bsky.social indie poetry publisher based in Canada with an international focus. we publish books and we have an online website with series and blogs w/poets, fiction writers, visual artist, experimental projects www.icefloepress.net EIC/publisher Robert Frede Kenter
The Dodge @thedodgemag.bsky.social Literary magazine est. 1979, reimagined 2021.
Writing, translation, and art on the environment.
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Rattle Poetry @rattlepoetry.bsky.social #Poetry without pretension since 1995. Rattle is a publication of the Rattle Foundation, an independent 501(c)3, and not affiliated with any other organization.
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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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Hedgehog Poetry Press @hedgehogpress.co.uk Hedgehog is a teeny one-man-band of a poetry press nobody knows about - shhh!
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Polari Press @polari.press Queer publishing and design studio. Not affiliated with any other Polari-named things.
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ellipsis zine @ellipsiszine.bsky.social Literary magazine and independent press, publishing beautifully written flash and microfiction. 1,000 words or fewer.
Est. 2017-2024. Relaunched in 2026.
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The B'K Magazine @thebkmagazine.bsky.social The B’K is a quarterly art and lit magazine prioritizing traditionally marginalized creators, but open to all. Own voices only, please. Queer, Trans, ND, and POC led. Founded 2010.
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Longbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social Sheffield-based poetry publisher with an ethos of craft, care and collaboration. Books, recordings, films, walks, performances. Editor: Brian Lewis.
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404 Ink @404ink.bsky.social Your favourite book publisher, obvs.
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July 2016 - July 2026.
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Old Moon Quarterly @oldmoonquarterly.bsky.social oldmoonpublishing.com
Old Moon Quarterly is an indie magazine of weird sword-and-sorcery in the vein of Clark Ashton Smith, Tanith Lee and Karl Edward Wagner. 
Carcanet Press @carcanet.bsky.social Award-winning publisher of modern, classic and translated poetry, and the bi-monthly literary journal @pnreview.bsky.social.
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Mason Jar Press @masonjarpress.bsky.social A publisher of prose and poetry based in beautiful Baltimore, MD. http://masonjarpress.com/
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Fractured Lit @fracturedlit.bsky.social Fractured Lit publishes flash fiction with emotional resonance. Open year-round and is available to all writers. https://fracturedlit.com/ Posts by @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social
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Rust & Moth @rustandmoth.bsky.social Lit journal, cellar door knocker, sic semper tyrannis. Work reprinted in Best of the Net. Open for poetry submissions now (September 1st - 20th)!
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Luna Press Publishing @lunapress.bsky.social Award Winning Small Press. SFF in Fiction and Academia. Est. 2015. Member of Publishing Scotland. https://www.lunapresspublishing.com
Nightmare Magazine @nightmare-magazine.com Monthly magazine of horror and dark fantasy short fiction published both online and in ebook format. Edited by @wnwagner.bsky.social (till 12/26, then edited by @johnjosephadams.com).
Sarabande Books @sarabandebooks.bsky.social Award-winning publisher of poetry, short fiction, and essay. Headquartered in Louisville, KY.
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The Offing @theoffingmag.bsky.social Online lit mag. Authoring change. From the people who built these cities.
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Barrelhouse @barrelhouse.bsky.social Proudly independent literary magazine & small press, established in 2004. Books + print issues + online issues + conferences + writing retreats + other stuff.
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Kenyon Review @kenyonreview.bsky.social In the heart of literature since 1939. journal | workshops | fellowships
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Seven Stories Press @sevenstories.bsky.social Political non-fiction, world literature, social justice children’s books, and other works of the radical imagination ✨
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FIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social Award-winning Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction. Submissions CLOSED. Publisher + Executive Editor: @davaun.bsky.social #fiyahlitmag
Tin House @tinhouse.bsky.social Publisher of award-winning fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. For the workshop, head to @mccormackwc.bsky.social.
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Modern Poetry in Translation @mptmagazine.bsky.social Ted Hughes' and Daniel Weissbort's international poetry translation magazine. Edited by Janani Ambikapathy.
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Dr Mike Hollows/MJ Hollows He/Him @mikehollows.bsky.social "The John Lewis Christmas Advert of Authors." Historical fiction/SFF Author. PhD Creative Writing (Science Fiction)/Lecturer. ME/CFS, late diagnosed ADHD. He/Him. Liverpool-based. Rep’d by Liverpool Literary Agency
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