Elly Swartz @ellyswartzbooks.bsky.social Author of books for kids and their adults: SAME PAGE, HIDDEN TRUTHS, DEAR STUDENT, FINDING PERFECT, GIVE AND TAKE, SMART COOKIE, ALMOST TRUE (2027). Rep'd by Andrea Cascardi at Transatlantic. https://linktr.ee/ellyswartz
J. Anderson Coats (she/her) @jandersoncoats.bsky.social YA/MG author. Newest: The Unexpected Lives of Ordinary Girls (2025); The Loss of the Burying Ground (2024). She/Her. Located near the Salish Sea. Rep'd by ACM. https://www.jandersoncoats.com/
Alysa Wishingrad @alysawishingrad.bsky.social Author of fantastical novels for adventurous readers: The Verdigris Pawn (JLG), Between Monsters and Marvels (SLJ ⭐️)
Rep: @litagentmarini @highlineliterary
#mgauthorcade
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Janet Fox @janetsfox.bsky.social Kidlit author; writing course creator; lover of dogs, mountains, and all things magical. Blogs every week here: https://janetfox.substack.com/
Cynthia Levinson @cylev.bsky.social Kidlit author/presenter specializing in nonfiction and social justice--and now STEM! See more at cynthialevinson.com. Contact me at clevinson@austin.rr.com. Rep’d by EMLA.
Jo Knowles @joknowles.bsky.social Author: http://www.joknowles.com #kidlit #AABB #PB #MG #Tween #YA
Editorial Services: https://www.revise-and-shine.com/jo-knowles
Author visits: https://www.joknowles.com/school-visits
Teacher: Mountainview #MFA Center For Cartoon Studies (summers)
Andrea Wang @andreaywang.bsky.social 2022 Newbery Honor, APALA Award, & Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor winner. NYT Best Books 2021. PB & MG author. http://linktr.ee/AndreaYWang Rep: @agentemurph.bsky.social emliterary.com
Rajani LaRocca @rajanilarocca.bsky.social 2022 Newbery Honoree, Walter Award, Golden Kite winner. Doctor, author of MG & PB, fiction & nonfiction, prose & poetry. Pro-democracy, pro-reproductive freedom, anti-book bans.
Rep: Brent Taylor
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Cheryl B. Klein @cherylklein.bsky.social I notice things for a living. Editorial director, Workman Kids; author of THE MAGIC WORDS: WRITING GREAT BOOKS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS and five picture books, most recently IT’S HARD TO BE A BABY; 6yo mom; Virgo/goofball. Opinions my own.
Jessica Lee Anderson - KidLit Author @jessicaleeanderson.bsky.social Author of over one-hundred books for young readers. I am wild about my family, animals of all kinds (including the misunderstood), books, and travel. Rare disease advocate. Represented by Andrea Cascardi. (she/her) www.jessicaleeanderson.com
Jessica Vitalis @jessicavitalis.bsky.social Award-winning author, Greenwillow/HarperCollins. American by birth, Canadian by choice. 
Sarah Aronson @saraharonson.bsky.social Writer. Reader. Bike Rider. My books include: Abzuglutely: Battling Bellowing Bella Abzug (2024), Brand New Bubbe (2022) and Just Like Rube Goldberg (2019)! Are you writing a book? Subscribe to my substack or work with me at Highlights!
Casey Lyall @caseylyall.bsky.social Author of children's books and library staffer. THE LEAGUE OF LITTLES (Greenwillow, 2025), VAMPIRE JAM SANDWICH (Tundra, 2025), and more to come! More info at caseylyall.com
Grace Lin @authorgracelin.bsky.social Newbery & Caldecott Honor & Legacy Award & NBA Finalist • contact Hachette Speakers Bureau for appearance requests • https://linktr.ee/authorgracelin
Katherine Applegate @kaaauthor.bsky.social I write books, like the "ONE & ONLY" series, WISHTREE, ODDER, DOGTOWN, and POCKET BEAR.
My new novel, WOMBAT WAITING, is out now!
I post with some help from Two Cats Comm.
Jandy Nelson @jandynelson.bsky.social NY Times Bestselling author of the novels When the World Tips Over, I'll Give You the Sun, and The Sky Is Everywhere. 
Stacey Lee @staceyleeauthor.bsky.social Writer of historical fiction etcetera etcetera and how did my profile name get so long?
Erin Entrada Kelly @erinentrada.bsky.social Author + Illustrator | 2x Newbery Medalist | National Book Award Finalist | NYT Bestseller | Agent: Sara Crowe | Faculty: USF MFAY | https://linktr.ee/erinentrada
Laura Ruby @thatlauraruby.bsky.social Novelist, poet, teacher, unrepentant cat-lover, cancer patient, two-time National Book Award Finalist. Bone Gap, Thirteen Doorways, etc. Made of bees. @thatlauraruby on most socials. www.lauraruby.com
River River Books @riverriverbooks.bsky.social Where Poetry Moves. Two editors, publishing (at least) two exceptional poetry titles a year & the Plainwater Nonfiction Series. Poetry submissions open in May. Posts by editors @hanvanderhart.bsky.social and @amorak.bsky.social
www.riverriverbooks.org
June Road Press @juneroadpress.bsky.social Tiny, friendly poetry press based in Pennsylvania. Just two great books a year for now. More at juneroadpress.com and linktr.ee/juneroadpress
Perugia Press @perugiapress.bsky.social Founded in 1997, Perugia is a nonprofit feminist press celebrating & supporting women poets, inclusive of gender-expansive identities, in print & beyond.
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Ethel, a Micro Press @the-ethelzine.bsky.social Part Gucci part intestinal parasite, Ethel publishes handmade chapbooks, sewn with sword and talon since 2018.
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Lightscatter Press @lightscatterpress.bsky.social Lightscatter Press | the book *and* | the book *plus* | expanding the worlds in which the reader can encounter the text.
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Blair @blairpub.bsky.social A nonprofit, independent press that publishes diverse books, including literary fiction, poetry, and nonfiction about the American South and beyond.
Acre Books @acrebooks.bsky.social Acre Books, the small press offshoot of The Cincinnati Review, brings you volumes of beautifully crafted, award-winning fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. www.acre-books.com
JackLeg Press @jacklegpress.bsky.social bold. vibrant. authentic.
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Query Us @ https://jacklegpress.submittable.com/submit
Sundress Publications @sundresspub.bsky.social Nonprofit literary press & writers residency. Also Best of the Net, Poets in Pajamas, and more. www.sundresspublications.com
Tram Editions @trameditions.bsky.social Chapbook press, submissions always free!
Editors: Elizabyth Hiscox & Glenn Shaheen
Glass Poetry Press @glasspoetry.bsky.social Publisher of Glass Chapbook Series, Glass: A Journal of Poetry, and Crucible: An Online Reading Series. Subs always free. Posts by anthonyframe.bsky.social
www.glass-poetry.com
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Stone Circle Review @stonecirclereview.bsky.social Poetry that re-enchants the ordinary, that knows what the rational world has explained away. EIC @leepottspoet.bsky.social. stonecirclereview.com
Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social A new quarterly literary journal publishing 5 poems, 2 prose works, and original visual art. SUBS OPEN 2/1-3/15
Co-founders/editors @djvorreyer.bsky.social and @rebunting.bsky.social
http://www.asteralesjournal.com
Psaltery & Lyre @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social Online literary journal publishing poetry, flash, creative nonfiction, fiction, hybrid work, and book reviews. Publishing the intersection of belief and doubt, sacred and profane. Visit us: psalteryandlyre.org
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
Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social We’re a literary journal that’s totally bonkers-in-love with voice-driven writing, pop culture, and the kind of honesty that gets you right in the kidneys.
Posts: @carolinamata.bsky.social, AJ Jolish & @emotes206.bsky.social
https://splitlipthemag.com/
Poetry Daily @poetrydaily.bsky.social Poetry Daily presents a poem each day from new books and journals, along with poetry news, announcements, and more. Est. 1997.
Poems.com
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,
Firestorm Books @firestorm.coop Queer feminist collective in Asheville, NC, operating a bookstore co-op & social movement space since 2008 on Tsalagi land. Ⓐ Ⓔ Ⓥ
Noemi Press @noemipress.bsky.social Noemi Press is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit publisher committed to publishing innovative writing. We have been a historically brown and queer press since our founding in 2002.
https://www.noemipress.org/etel-adnan-poetry-prize/
Coffee House Press @coffeehousepress.bsky.social Coffee House Press is an independent nonprofit publishing house based in Minneapolis. Literature forever.
fifth wheel press @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social very queer lit and art publishing space
learn more about us: fifthwheelpress.com/links
Black Lawrence Press @blacklawrence.bsky.social New York-based publisher of contemporary poetry and prose. Founded in 2004, CLMP member. Home to annual contests, open reading periods, and the Immigrant Writing Series. We offer manuscript consultations, free monthly writing workshops, and more.
Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com 🇨🇦 Author/illustrator. Illus books by Judy Blume, Michael Ian Black, others. Author news, more: https://debbieohi.com/links/ Atmosphere updates: https://debbieohi.com/standard-reader
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Jennifer Laughran @literaticat.bsky.social literary agent with a lot of opinions 👀 also a podcast 👀 also my puppy looks like baby chewbacca! www.jenniferlaughran.com / www.andreabrownlit.com
KaitlynLeann7 @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social Kidlit Literary Agent at Bradford Lit, Middle School Math Teacher, PB author Repped by Jackie Kruzie, Living that “eat a cookie while you can” kinda life
Paige Terlip @pterlip.bsky.social Dog lover, book hoarder, outdoor enthusiast 🌈 Founder + Lit Agent @ Starling Literary + Media
www.paigeterlip.com
www.starlingliterary.com
www.cowritecollective.com
Andrea Brown Literary Agency @andreabrownlit.bsky.social We are a full service literary agency repping the best books in the world since 1981. (Not that we're biased.) We LOVE books and their creators! www.andreabrownlit.com
Ginger Knowlton @gingerninja.bsky.social I’m a literary agent specializing in children’s books at Curtis Brown, Ltd. in New York, and celebrating my 38th year there already. Time flies. 🦋
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Page Turner Literary Agency @pageturnerlit.bsky.social Page Turner Literary reps kid lit authors & illustrators. I stand with all people whose right to choose/privacy was taken away. 🏳️🌈Protect Trans People🏳️⚧️
Essie White @essiewhite.bsky.social
Educator, writer, literary agent, artist and documentary enthusiast. Powered by children, and what matters most to them
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Chelsea Hensley @chelseabigbang.bsky.social Probably watching Golden Girls
Sean McCarthy @mccarthylit.com Founder/Literary Agent at mccarthylit.com, long-suffering Mets fan, hops (beer and rabbits) enthusiast. 
Seth Fishman @sethasfishman.bsky.social Vice President & LA based literary agent @ The Gernert Company & author of picture books like A HUNDRED BILLION TRILLION STARS & BAD DRAWER.
Jem is OPEN to queries @jemiscoe.bsky.social Founder + Agent @Starling Literary + Media, representing authors & Illustrators. Wife, mom of 3, MFA grad, & former Asst. Director for film & TV. https://www.starlingliterary.com | http://querymanager.com/query/Jemiscoe
Kelly Sonnack (like "Sonic") @ksonnack.bsky.social Children's Agent. Reader. Mama.
Header art by Marissa Valdez.
Joyce Sweeney @joycesweeney.bsky.social Literary Agent, author
Jason Yarn @kalyarn.bsky.social Lit guy. Lawyer human. Jason Yarn Literary Agency - query submission details on my website: www.jasonyarnliteraryagency.com
Hannah Bowman @hannahnpbowman.com Literary agent @ Liza Dawson Associates, prison abolitionist, public theologian
hannahnpbowman.com
christiansforabolition.org
Abolition Ecclesiology, Nov 2026: https://www.fortresspress.com/store/product/9798889838357/Abolition-Ecclesiology
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Jennifer March Soloway @marchsoloway.bsky.social Founder + Agent @StarlingLiterary | she/her | @MillsMFALit alum | horror fan (bring on the blood) | In love with all things story | ✨Revision is magical!✨
Jolene Haley @jolenehaley.bsky.social Lover of books 📚, coffee ☕, dogs🐕, nature 🌲, and magic🔮🌙. Literary Agent at DMLA. True Crime junkie. Also haunts: @mdnight_society
Sally M. Kim @sallymkim.bsky.social Literary Agent @AndreaBrownLit
https://querymanager.com/query/sallyabla
Jennifer Mattson @jmattson.bsky.social ABLA agent, Chicagoan, observer of ducklings. Takes ballet lessons & loves tiny houses. Banner art (c)2020 by Taeeun Yoo from WHEN THE STORM COMES by Linda Ashman
Laura Rennert @ljrennert.bsky.social Executive literary agent at Andrea Brown Literary Agency. www.litagentlaurarennert.com
Caryn Wiseman @carynwiseman.bsky.social Executive Agent @ Andrea Brown Literary Agency
Laura Dail Literary Agency @ldlainc.bsky.social Literary agency representing a diverse list of bestselling/award-winning authors. We ❤️ immersive reads, stories that move you, and ideas that make you think.
JABberwocky Literary Agency @awfulagent.bsky.social Query guidelines and other useful info can be found on our website: https://awfulagent.com/
You can also visit Joshua's Blog to find deeper takes on our posts and our agency's business.
SteelWorks Literary @steelworksliterary.bsky.social Founded by Lori Steel, SteelWorks Literary represents authors, illustrators, and graphic novelists for the children's and YA markets, and beyond.
https://steelworksliterary.com
https://QueryManager.com/LoriSteel
Christie Megill @christiemegill.bsky.social Kidlit agent at The CAT Agency, writer, story collector. Future ghost.
Newsletter: throughlines.substack.com
Saritza Hernández @litagentsaritza.bsky.social ✨Lit Agent @andreabrownlit.bsky.social✨
@aalitagents.bsky.social Member✨ #tabletopnerd ✨Coffee junkie✨Romance Enthusiast✨💖💙💜Boricua✨#LGBTQIA & Autism Advocate✨#DementiaCaregiver ✨
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Jordan Hamessley @thejordache.bsky.social Literary Agent at JABberwocky Literary Agency representing picture books through YA. Musical Theater nerd. Disney adult. Fan of all things spooky.
QueryManager.com/HamessleyQuery
Saribel Pages @saribelp.bsky.social She/Her
Literary Associate at Gallt and Zacker Literary
Proud nerd and Kidlit advocate
Loudest GRD Jeerleader
All thoughts are my own
Michelle Hauck @michelle4laughs.bsky.social Senior Literary Agent with Storm Literary Agency | Represents MG, YA, and Adult Fiction | Currently CLOSED to select queries | she/her
https://linktr.ee/michellehauck
Caitlin McDonald @literallycait.bsky.social literary agent at Maass Literary Agency for SFF, YA, & GN • she/her • queer • ADHD • chronic pain • intensely editorial 📚 #BLM #TransRightsAreHumanRights
Kelly Dyksterhouse @kellydhouse.bsky.social Literary Agent, The Tobias Literary Agency | #kidlit | AALA | SCBWI | 🐱and 🐶 | writer-hiker-daydreamer | www.KellyDyksterhouse.com
Sera Rivers @writeloudly.bsky.social Writer. Literary Agent at Speilburg Literary. Status updates and MSWL at SeraRivers.com Rep’d by Katie Shea Boutillier at Donald Maass Literary Agency
Emily Keyes @esckeyes.bsky.social Founder of the Keyes Agency, LLC. Bookish. Short. Invisible Disability. Brooklyn, NY. She/her
Leslie Zampetti @literarylesliez.bsky.social Founder & Literary Agent at Open Book Literary. Lapsed librarian. Rapacious reader. Wishful writer. She/her. Member of @scbwi & @aalitagents. http://www.openbooklit.com/
Kate McKean @katemckean.bsky.social Literary Agent at Morhaim Literary 📚 Newsletter: Agents & Books at agentsandbooks.com. 📚 WRITE THROUGH IT out June ‘25 📚📚 picture book called PAY ATTENTION TO ME out in ‘26!
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Write-Through-It/Kate-McKean/9781668055540
LK Literary Agency @lkliterary.bsky.social Lori Kilkelly (she/her) posting for my boutique literary agency. Reps seasoned & rising talent in children's & YA lit (est 2018).
Molly O'Neill @mollyoneill.bsky.social Literary agent at Root Literary. Builder of bookmakers. Collector & connector of words + art + people + stories. Shameless sharer of cat pics. mollyoneillbooks.com
Alex Slater @abuckslater.bsky.social Ingram Content Group
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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social 🏠 Founder & Agent at Neighborhood Literary.
📚 Award-winning Author.
👴🏽 Perpetually Tired Dad.
Latest book: With or Without You.
Next: The Adopted Kids’ Guide to Surviving Seventh Grade (Crown, Spring 2027)
🚪 https://www.neighborhoodliterary.com
Nephele Tempest @nepheletempest.bsky.social Literary agent at The Knight Agency, writer, and unapologetic bookworm. 📚 She/her. Pasadena, CA.
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Erin Murphy @agentemurph.bsky.social Partner at Aevitas Creative Management and Aevitas Kids & Illustration. Member AALA. Knitter. Gamer. Cats and dogs. She/Her. Views expressed here are my own. Header photo is my backyard in Maine.
Ameerah Holliday @msholliday93.bsky.social Someone once told me ‘the grass is much greener on the other side.’
Opinions are mine I Dancer | Poetess | Revolution | Agent - Serendipity Lit
Stacey Kondla @staceykondla.bsky.social Books are life. Biophilic. Soup lover. Concerts feed my soul. Stroke survivor. Opinions are my own. Smash the patriarchy. she/her
Publishing Specialist at FriesenPress
https://books.friesenpress.com/r/ud-3mrw8/skondla
Lisa Amstutz @ljamstutz.bsky.social Author, ecologist, agent @StormLiterary
. http://linktr.ee/LJAmstutz
Jennifer Azantian @jenazantian.bsky.social Founder and Literary Agent at Azantian Literary Agency. Mom to humans and pups. Occasional sharer of TMI. Queer. ND. First-gen Armenian (she/her)
Heather Cashman @heathercashman.bsky.social Literary Agent at Storm Literary Agency | Podcast Cohost: Way-Word Writers | Writer
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Daniele Hunter @danieledhunter.bsky.social She/her. Junior Agent, McIntosh & Otis, KidLit!! Pro em dash; anti AI. Queer, disabled. Wife, cat lady, knitter. Ambidextrous optimist. Opinions mine.
http://dhunteragent.com/mswl/
#WeNeedDiverseBooks #BrainTumorSurvivor #CerebellarAtaxia #Endometriosis
Janine Le @janinele.bsky.social Founder & Agent at Janine Le Literary Agency. Found outdoors or in a book.
janinele.com
As the World Stearns @mikalroy.bsky.social Former editorial director and editor; current agency head, book packager, and writer. USC film, Hollins U, Clarion West alum. Dad. Books & cats & f&sf & film & games & music & Brooklyn. He/him/foul unspeakable one. 
Jes Trudel 🇨🇦 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ @jestrudel.bsky.social Literary agent with The Rights Factory. Founder of WritingCommunity.ca. CLOSED TO QUERIES.
jen rofé @jenrofe.bsky.social Senior Agent at Andrea Brown Literary Agency
www.jenrofe.com
www.andreabrownlit.com
The CAT Agency @thecatagency.bsky.social Boutique art & literary agency, representing creators from all over the world. 
lit agent tasneem motala @seraphecda.bsky.social chronically tired but determined
✒️ literary agent at belcastro agency
🎨 brand director at alpha publishing services
gen queries: CLOSED FOR 2026
bipoc queries: OPEN
find me everywhere: https://linktr.ee/seraphecda
Literary Agents of Change @litagentsofchange.bsky.social A 501(c)(3) nonprofit helping people from underrepresented groups become literary agents.
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Becca Podos @beccapodos.bsky.social Senior Agent at Neighborhood Literary. Lambda Award-winning author, sometimes. HOMEGROWN MAGIC out now, WHAT IF…KITTY PRYDE out next
Monica Rodriguez 🇲🇽 @loveleemonicaa.bsky.social 🕵🏻♀️Senior Agent at Context Literary 🎙️Host of Find A Lovely Life: A Self-Love Journey Podcast ✍️ Author rep’d by Alyssa Eisner Henkin
Ashley Lopez @ashleylopez.bsky.social Literary agent. It’s a lifestyle. It’s a delusion.
https://www.ashley-lopez.com