Ape House Magazine @apehousemagazine.bsky.social poetry magazine. stripped down bare bones lo fi. curated by @hubbsd.bsky.social
submissions at apehousemag@gmail.com
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J.R. @miller580.bsky.social J.R. (Jim) Miller is an ex-pat writer of fiction & cnf living in the UK.
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Geoff Cain @geoffcain.bsky.social Writer, artist, bon vivant et flâneur.
Dare to be random!
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Alchemical: A Literary Journal of the Speculative @alchemicaljournal.bsky.social alchemical is a mixed media presentation of speculative literary fiction, essays, articles, graphic narratives, and original artwork.
Issue 1 to be released Spring 2027. Now open to submissions.
https://www.alchemicaljournal.com
Katabatic Circus @katabaticcircus.bsky.social an anthology of speculative poetics
https://duotrope.com/anthology/katabatic-circus-36036
[open to submissions for volume 3]
EIC @nsborwein.bsky.social
Vee @ldvee.bsky.social Writer, activist, youth worker. A member of the Féile Vegan crew. Grassroots Irish vegan music fest.- S @spiritlevel.bsky.social @spiritlevel.bsky.social
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Ivo Review @ivoreview.bsky.social A tiny quarterly lit magazine accepting poetry, fiction, non-fiction, drama, and art. https://www.ivoreview.com/
Piper Rasmussen @piperennial.bsky.social Poetry & sundries at piperrasmussen.com
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Andrija B. Ivanović / mardukkk @mardukkk.bsky.social Poet, writer, journalist, traveler, amateur photographer...
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Sad Press @sadpress.bsky.social Small press based in Bristol / Brighton.
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Invisible Books @invisibooks.bsky.social We make books.
Die Laughing Magazine @dielaughingmag.bsky.social Horror stories so funny they'll kill you. Online at dielaughingmag.com. EIC - @probablyharmless.bsky.social and @cassandradaucus.bsky.social. Issue 3 coming soon!
Palimpsest Press @palimpsestpress.bsky.social Small independent publisher 📍Windsor ON CAN
Beautiful Poetry | Fresh, Innovative Literature
Prototype @prototypepubs.bsky.social London-based independent publisher of fiction, poetry, anthologies & interdisciplinary projects, committed to championing the work of new voices in free-form contemporary literature.
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Briardene Books @briardenebooks.bsky.social A micro-press specialising in non-fiction about science fiction and fantasy. Shop: briardenebooks.uk
Viper Books @viperbooks.bsky.social Books with bite: crime, thrillers mysterious fiction | British Book Awards Imprint of the Year 2022, CWA Publisher of the Year 2023.
Neem Tree Press @neemtreepress.bsky.social Publisher of award-winning books that change and broaden perspectives 📚
Charco Press @charcopress.com Award-winning publisher of outstanding Latin American literature. Edinburgh.
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Julianna Poupard @juliannapoupard.bsky.social writer • artist • scholar
Ella B. Winters @ella-b-winters.bsky.social Writer, research, social worker, lecturer, eternal student, working on my PhD.
Artemesia Arts shortlist; Forward prize nominated; Pushcart prizes nominated x2
mica in ███████ @hierophantmica.bsky.social me-cuh | they/them | ghost/fighting | 30+ | trying to find homes for various projects
Marisa Ellen Mills @gawanthegorgays.bsky.social Assistant Professor of English & Journalism @PensacolaState, faculty advisor of The Corsair! Medievalist, romantasy writer, and frustrating human being. Worst case of OCD you've ever seen. NOT a PSC spokesperson. Views my own.
LGBTQReads @lgbtqreads.bsky.social Queering up your shelves, one rec at a time. Check it out at LGBTQReads.com
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Pat Foran @pdforan.bsky.social writer, editor, axolotl with a pretty good throwing arm
Out now: Songs from the Blimp Ruins, a flash collection. Published by Silverbacked Punk: https://qgyjj4z.s.gy/sTuEPy Inscribed copies available (message me).
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Outsideleft @outsideleft.bsky.social Outsideleft.com features music, arts and other stuff broadly ignored elsewhere. Outsideleft is inspired in some ways by California's 1960s Assemblage Artists and the UK's late 70s fanzine publishers. Outsideleft—Culture fewer people care about matters here
brief + incorrect @briefincorrect.bsky.social A small online literary magazine for the strange, the hybrid, and the difficult to categorize. Prose that resists sense but maintains something else. Under 1,000 words.
Frozen Sea @frozenseapoetry.bsky.social New poetry journal. Focused on publishing exceptional work from early-career poets in a mobile friendly format 🌊🧊🪓
Chicago Quarterly Review @chicagoqreview.bsky.social Independent literary magazine honored by Best American Short Stories, O. Henry Prize Stories, Best American Essays, and the Pushcart Prize
Solstice Literary Magazine @solsticelitmag.bsky.social Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry. Graphic Literature. Translation. A Magazine of Diverse Voices.
zachspruce @zachspruce.bsky.social Rochester, NY. Trashpoet.
Author of the chapbook Vanishing Sun (2024) from Bottlecap Press.
Sidekick Books @sidekickbooks.bsky.social 📚 UK publisher of collaborative/hybrid poetry books since 2010, based in London and Cambridge. Editors: Kirsten Irving (@kirstenirving.bsky.social) and Jon Stone (@shotscarecrow.bsky.social).
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Out-Spoken Academy @outspokenacademy.bsky.social Intensive online poetry courses. Register now for March 2025 4-week Creative Non-Fiction with Amy Key and Jenn Ashworth.
Polari Press @polari.press Queer publishing and design studio. Not affiliated with any other Polari-named things.
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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.
bridportprize.org.uk
Amsterdam Review @amsterdamreview.bsky.social A literary magazine publishing poetry, translations, fiction, interviews, essays, photography, and fine arts. Follow AR Tunes on Spotify.
amsterdamreview.org
EIC @danielnemo.bsky.social
Managing Editor @phebel.bsky.social
@thelakepoetry.bsky.social @thelakepoetry.bsky.social 
Emergence Magazine @emergencemagazine.bsky.social Webby-winning, Ellie-, Peabody- and Emmy-nominated publication and creative studio exploring the threads connecting ecology, culture and spirituality. Currently not active on Bluesky. Find us here:
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New Writing South @newwritingsouth.bsky.social New Writing South is dedicated to inspiring, nurturing and connecting all kinds of creative writers in southeast England.- B berlin lit @berlinlit.bsky.social Online journal for new poetry
Poetry By Heart @poetrybyheart.bsky.social National schools poetry recitation competition, open to all schools and colleges in England, re-igniting a love of poetry. poetrybyheart.org.uk
The Poetry Kiosk @thepoetrykiosk.bsky.social The Poetry Kiosk is a small press and exhibition platform of visual poetry run by Astra Papachristodoulou. Browse our shop and online exhibitions: www.thepoetrykioskcom
Forward Prizes for Poetry @forwardprizes.bsky.social The best new poetry published in the UK & Ireland
Corbel Stone Press @corbelstonepress.bsky.social Small press of Autumn Richardson & Richard Skelton. Words, art & music about landscape and the other-than-human world.
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@cheltpoetfest.bsky.social @cheltpoetfest.bsky.social 
bookhaus @bookhaus.bsky.social Contemporary bookshop located in the heart of Bristol's vibrant Wapping Wharf. Member of the Alliance of Radical Booksellers. 
LRB Bookshop @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk 20,000 titles across two floors in Bloomsbury, plus the best events in town.
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Kent and Sussex Poetry Society @kandspoetrysoc.bsky.social We're a friendly and lively poetry society with over 100 members. Founded originally by Vita Sackville-West, we hold monthly meetings in Tunbridge Wells and regular workshops. Find out more at our website -https://kentandsussexpoetry.com/monthly-meetings/
The TLS @thetls.bsky.social The Times Literary Supplement. Subscribe here: https://www.the-tls.co.uk/buy
The Poetry Business @poetrybusiness.bsky.social Smith|Doorstop Books • New Poets List • International Book & Pamphlet Competition • New Poets Prize • Writer Development Agency
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Green Ink Poetry @greeninkpress.bsky.social Independent Poetry Press | Celebrating Wild Weather, Deep Roots, And Green Hearts | http://linktr.ee/GreenInkPoetry | Submissions Open
Peepal Tree Press @peepaltreepress.bsky.social Publisher of Caribbean and Black British books. Proudly decolonising bookshelves since 1985.
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National Centre for Writing @writerscentre.bsky.social The National Centre for Writing is a place of discovery, exchange, ideas and learning for writers, translators, readers and everyone who loves words.
Women's Prize @womensprize.bsky.social Charity changing the world through books written by women📚
Women's Prize for Fiction and Non-Fiction supported by Audible, Baileys, Findmypast
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Fitzcarraldo Editions @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social Independent publisher.
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The Poetry Archive @thepoetryarchive.bsky.social With over 2000 free poems, 500 poets’ work and 5 million visitors a year, the Poetry Archive represents a rich diversity of both poets and poetry.
Ilkley Literature Festival @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social The north of England's longest-running literature festival.
Coming in 2026: 2-18 October 2026.
#ILF26 | Produced by @thewordupnorth.bsky.social
Faversham Literary Festival @favlit.org Book talks. In a brewery!
10-days of author talks and book events taking place annually in a Kentish medieval market town
20 Feb – 1 Mar 2026
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intergraphia @intergraphiabooks.bsky.social Publishing at intersections and edges. Editors @emmabolland.bsky.social and @rachelartsmith@bsky.social
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Penguin Books @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social We publish fiction and nonfiction adorned with the famous dignified but flippant logo.
Ram Gulrajani Author 📚 @rockape65.bsky.social From suspense to soul-stirring stories I writes them all Love the arts, writing, painting, strumming my guitar & generally being creative. From Gibraltar originally Website: https://t.co/8gSEmJ7TCu Team Site @iquitcigs.bsky.social
Ashleah reads a lot @rusereviews.bsky.social (she/her)
🌈 queer
🧠 neurodivergent
❤️🩹 chronic pain
📚 2026: 18/52 (35%)
🛑 2 DNFs
😍 speculative, romance, mystery/thriller, horror, NF, historical
@wmgso.bsky.social alto
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Emily Hall @emhall47.bsky.social Writer and Literary Critic. Work in Gooseberry Pie Lit, Passages North, The Disappointed Housewife, 100 Word Story, Bending Genres, and FlashFlood.
Contemporary Anglophone Lit PhD.
https://linktr.ee/emhall47
Eric Taylor Roth @erictroth.bsky.social Engineer | Screenwriter | Dad | Sleepy
Roberta Warner @robertawarner.bsky.social Fantasy writer of characters who sometimes happen to be neurodivergent.
Currently querying my debut (historical fantasy + romance) and drafting the next book (contemporary fantasy).
Writes true stories that didn't actually happen ✨
Chromatics @chromatics.mobile I'm M. I make chromatics. The classics, prepared - careful typography, a color for every speaker, read-along audio. iOS, in beta.
https://chromatics.mobile/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
Jeffrey Hecker @heckheck03.bsky.social Poet, Teen Writers Fellowship Poetry Teacher (The Muse Writers Center), Poetry Staff Reader for Quarterly West and Okay Donkey Magazine.
AWP @awpwriter.org AWP provides community, opportunities, ideas, news, and advocacy for writers and teachers of writing.
Trish Hopkinson @trishhopkinsonpoet.bsky.social Poet and Literary Advocate - Linktree: https://linktr.ee/trishhopkinsonpoet
Website: https://trishhopkinson.com/
Folklore Review @folklorereview.bsky.social Folklore Review is a literary journal for magic enthusiasts. We love unique works born from magic, myths, and legends. The weirder, the better. https://www.folklorereview.com/submit
Roughhouser @roughhouser-mag.bsky.social Online poetry mag. Submissions open.
Based in Chicago.
EIC: @willrusso.bsky.social
https://roughhouser.neocities.org/
Ian Johnson @youcanandyouwill.bsky.social Trying (trying, very trying) writer/Dad/runner. Words in @trashcatlit.bsky.social @apricotpress.bsky.social @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social @freeflashfiction.bsky.social etc. 2026 Best of the Net nominee.
Kirsty Isla Thomas @kirstyislathomas.bsky.social Scottish 🏴🏳️🌈 she/her
Queer, disabled creative.
Poetry, Art, Zines, Photography.
Assistant Publisher at Uncanny Magazine.
@uncannymagazine.bsky.social
Siobhan Potter. @shivpotter.bsky.social art,writing, body psychotherapy.
Ireland.
Profile Books @profilebooks.bsky.social Independent publisher of inventive books, fearless writing and powerful voices. Our authors include Mary Beard, Shoshana Zuboff and Francis Fukuyama.
Marie @michmom1035.bsky.social Schizoaffective | Mental Health Advocate | Poet | Artist | Quaker
https://linktr.ee/M.Charon
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PJ Braley @pjbraley.bsky.social Whatever else I may be, words are the best part of me.
Author of the Fire Slayers series, The Painted Fan - and -
The Bookbinder's Apprentice and other Impossible Love Stories
https://pjbraley.com/
DMs only if I've met you - in person, not in your dreams.
Sean Bates @seanjbates.bsky.social writer/poet/educator
https://substack.com/@seanjbates
https://linktr.ee/seanbateswrites
poems in:
Paddler Press
Emerge Literary Journal
Stone Canoe
Rising Phoenix Review
"What Saves Us"anthology ed. Martín Espada https://tinyurl.com/44yksnmp
Paul Connolly @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social Writer
Poetry: Debut collection due Spring ‘27
(Broken Sleep Books)
Forward Prize/BOTN nominee
100+ poems in Agenda, Stand, Poetry Salzburg, Chiron Review, IS&T etc & on BBC
Charles Causley & Bridport shortlists
Prose: Orwell Prize/Bridport Novel longlists
Shakti Bhakti @shaktibhakti.bsky.social Shakti, the divine feminine, is a metaphor for the dynamic, creative energy of existence. Bhakti is devotion & love for the divine.
Niamh Hollis-Locke @niamhvh-l.bsky.social Poet, writer, editor, too many hobbies-haver, etc. Shortlisted Ginkgo Prize, Heroines Prize. Writing a book (very slowly).
UK born, Aotearoa-based, holder of slightly too many English degrees. Enjoys a good walk.
https://linktr.ee/nh_l
𓂀 𓆗Jay𓆗𓂀 @kitchenraptorj.bsky.social The Oregon Sage. Creator. Dinosaur. VO Person. Poet. Bathtub Cryptid. Sentient Crumpet. My brain has too many tabs open.
Magedah Shabo @magedah.bsky.social education writer | academic editor | English language instructor
author:
📖 Techniques of Propaganda & Persuasion (Prestwick House)
📖 Rhetoric, Logic, & Argumentation: A Guide for Student Writers (Prestwick House)
📷 botanical photography
🖋️ micropoetry
Jan Steckel @jan-steckel.bsky.social Bi Jewish disabled writer and poet. Lambda Literary Award winner. Medical editor. Retired physician.
Rod Rhimes @rodrhimes.bsky.social Author of the novel "Taking Life" available for Kindle. Please see pinned post for the link!
Persist And Resist!
#PersistAndResist
Pronouns: Hey!/You!
Buck Sinclair 🇨🇦 Elbows up! @nowsentient.bsky.social Artist, poet, writer, drummer, Canadian.
I’ve broken 17 bones over 50 years, falling off things with wheels!
Truth & morality when imprisoned, sips from rage within their confines - becoming fury with a lion’s jaw awaiting all to hear the roar.
@morganrrhaze.bsky.social @morganrrhaze.bsky.social Follow at morganrrhaze.com
Email morganrrhazeauthor@gmail.com
DeRicki Johnson @derickijohnson.bsky.social Wanderer, writer, reader
Ambassador for daily writing prompt, #vss365, and inquisitive human.
Marié Rojas Tamayo @mariewriter1963.bsky.social Published writer, more than 30 books 📚 🖋️ 🔮
Mother of two illustrators.
Kid's books, speculative fiction, sci-fi, haunted houses, paranormal, fantasy, poetry, cats.
Not looking for agents!
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