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/
Joelle McTigue 📷 @joellemctigue.bsky.social Artist examining memory as unstable matter shaped by movement, repetition, access, power, and erasure. Madrid. joellemctigue.com
@colm-keegan.bsky.social @colm-keegan.bsky.social 
Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social Poetry collection New Famous Phrases @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social, UNESCO Bridges of Struga Award, Ilkley New Northern Poet, New Writing North North East Poet, BBC New Creative
https://www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page/daniel-hinds-new-famous-phrases
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Book tour inquiries: contact@book-shelfie.com
Mir Arif @mirarif.bsky.social 🏳️🌈
Susannah @susannahmccarthy.bsky.social Living and writing Nature and Night on the chalk downs of Kent ~ Granta Nature Writing alum ~ exploring the world of darkness ~ guiding women into the night ~
Siobhan Maher @siobhanmaher.bsky.social ✍️ Jewellery copywriter & brand storyteller @ Authology Studio. In the final throes of my MA Creative Writing & writing my debut novel… 🗽
Alison McCrossan @alison-mc.bsky.social Paints for the pure joy hobby of it. Writes poetry and fiction-hard working and persistent it seems. Writing in Southword, Orbis, Prole, The Honest Ulsterman, Abridged, Stand, Anthropocene, elsewhere. LL, The National Poetry Comp. SL, Bridport
Koss (she/they/Aquarian) @kossworks.bsky.social Poet, artist, writer. Dancing Backwards Towards Pluperfect, Diode Editions. Lammy Poetry Finalist 25, BSF 20, Wigleaf Top 50 longlist. Granta Memoir Bursary
Website: https://koss-works.com
Book: https://koss-works.com/dancing-backwards-towards-pluperfect/
RTÉ Radio 1 @rteradio1.bsky.social The official Bluesky home of RTÉ Radio 1 ☘️ 📻
RTÉ One @rteone.rte.ie The BlueSky home of RTÉ One, Ireland's most watched TV channel.
RTÉ @rte.ie Raidió Teilifís Éireann | Ireland's National Public Service Multi-Media Organisation
www.rte.ie
RTÉ News @news.rte.ie RTÉ News and Current Affairs - Irish and International News
@keithwalsh69.bsky.social @keithwalsh69.bsky.social 
Care Champions Ireland @carechampions.bsky.social A family led volunteer advocacy group who advocates with and for people who use care services. #SafeguardingLaws #CarePartner #PeoplesCovidInquiry
Kate Johnson @katejohnsonwrites.bsky.social Heal religious trauma, family dysfunction & shame. Reclaim your voice & freedom.
Bi exvangelical pastor’s daughter + survivor advocate.
⬇️ Substack
Quips and Confessionals: https://open.substack.com/pub/katejohnsonwrites
Lisa Ann Richey @brandaid-world.bsky.social What can I do to 'help'? #Politics #Africa #Humanitarianism #Aid #Writer Professor of Globalization, Copenhagen Business School. http://lisaannrichey.com She/her
Jacob Swenson-Lengyel @byjacobsl.bsky.social Essay & Memoir Writer. Social Movement Strategist. Dad to Jules and Iona.
William Cooper, Author @wcooperbooks.bsky.social Civics. Psychology. The intersection between the two. https://will-cooper.com/
Jimmy Kindree @jimmy-kindree.bsky.social ✍️Writing at Electric Lit, Ecotone, Raritan, Hopkins Review, etc., teacher👨🏫, 🇺🇸🇳🇴, knitter🧶, baker🫓, banjo🪕, he/him🏳️🌈, favorite moon phase🌖
Cleo E @cleoe.bsky.social Mostly reading, sometimes writing, drinking too much coffee...
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Daily Novel Writing Festivals @novelfestivals.bsky.social All of these contests give you 3 options to submit: Full Novel; 1st Chapter; Performance video readings.
https://festivalreviews.org/daily-novel-festival-contests/
Lesley Stanley Roberts @lesleylsroberts.bsky.social Writer. Mom. Widow. Midwest.
https://riverteethjournal.com/beautiful-things/just-now/
Fernando Gros @fernandogros.com Writer
Granta Memoir Workshop alumni
Shortlisted for The Deep Creek Residency Fellowship
Lived in 🇨🇱🇦🇺🇬🇧🇮🇳🇭🇰🇸🇬🇯🇵
Worked in academia and music
TCK
https://fernandogros.com/blog/
Made in Chile, grown in Australia, polished in Japan
Circusaerialist @circusaerialist.bsky.social Writer, Academic.
Ninth Letter Literary Award finalist, Bridport Story Prize long list,ABR Elizabeth Jolley Story Prize long list, Bath Story Prize long list.
Granta Workshop Alumni.
www.jenniferwawrzinek.com
Claire Deans @clarabelled.bsky.social Writer, teacher, mother, lover of life.
Published in New Writing Scotland, Gutter, Poetry Scotland, longlisted Mslexia short story competition.
Adrian Astur Alvarez @adrianasturalvarez.bsky.social Writer of literary fiction & poetry.
Work in JMWW, Soundings Review, Hot Metal Bridge.
LA Martinson @lamartinson.bsky.social Film Producer/Director & Writer. Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius BBC. TinHouse Planning a Novel24. Granta: Writing Literary Short Fiction24
https://www.lisamartinson.co.uk/
Some Random Monk @phranicholas.bsky.social Educator. Community builder. ☸️ monk. Tragically woke. Race traitor. Tends not to reply to DMs. https://linktr.ee/phranicholas
d a n i e l s y l v a n p a i g e @danielpaige.com anthropomorphically misreading the room
writer | tv & fiction | granta writers’ workshop alum | stuff in wigleaf, major 7th, imdb | mythic picnic prize finalist | dogs
Eleanor Fuller @eleanorfuller.bsky.social Winner Far Horizons Award for Short Fiction 2023; finalist Fiddlehead Short Fiction Prize 2023 & Cambridge Short Story Prize 2024. Edith Wharton WiR 2024. Words: The Waxed Lemon, The Moth, Malahat, The New Quarterly & other lovelies. CCA-funded sabbatical!
Lena Hunter @lena-hunter.bsky.social Editorial director, anthropologist & journalist
l.hunter@newsweek.com
📍 Denmark
Jane Marcellus @janemarcellus.bsky.social Writer, professor, cat mom
Rima Praspaliauskiene @begoniavasa.bsky.social Anthropologist, Historian, Writer. Author: “Enveloped Lives: Caring & Relating in Lithuanian Health Care” (2022, Cornell UP);
Kathryn Aldridge-Morris @kazbarwrites.bsky.social COLD TOAST Dahlia Books. Republic of Consciousness Prize 'Book of the Month'. Shortlisted for International Rubery Book Award. Wigleaf Top 50, Bath Flash Fiction Award, Mancs. Writing School QMD Prize, The Forge CNF prize
www.kamwords.com
Alan Keelan @alanjke.bsky.social Writer - memoir, story collection, novel all on the go
Alumnus of Granta memoir-writing course 2024
Lifemap: England-Australia-England-South Africa-England-Czech Republic-England
Philip Murray @murraypj.bsky.social Writer, Teacher, Father. Dog Dad. Angler.
Granta Writing Short Fiction alumnus
MA Creative Writing, Lancaster University
Kamuka @kamuka.bsky.social Lefty, plant based, Buddhist, reader
LGBTQIA2S+ ally. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion! Anti-Fascist!
NYCFC! Mets! Everton! Gotham! Knicks!
https://letterboxd.com/kamuka
https://friendshipwithshams.blogspot.com/
https://motleykamuka.blogspot.com/
Dayna Bateman @daynabateman.bsky.social Incurably curious // 2026 PEN/Jean Stein Grant for Literary Oral History // 2025 Bridport Memoir Prize Runner Up Winner // https://campsite.bio/daynabateman // Storyknife, Tin House, Granta Memoir Alum
Alex Davis @alexdavis1981.bsky.social Lecturer, workshopper and creative writing events organiser - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/alex-davis-events-17318878423
@alice-roberts21.bsky.social @alice-roberts21.bsky.social Philosophy PhD Student
Granta Short Fiction Alumi
Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social Supporting and promoting #WomenWriters. On insta at womenwritersnetwork and Twitter (X) @womenwritersnet.
The Irish Times @irishtimes.com Official account of The Irish Times. Diverse opinion, thorough reporting and outstanding writing from http://irishtimes.com
Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social Independent publisher of stories underrepresented in Irish literature
📚Contentious Spaces by Rosaleen McDonagh & The Posthumous Book of Shahrazad by Raquel Menéndez trans by Robin Munby
🎤In the Half Light:Voices from Black Ireland curated by Phil Mullen
David Hanlon @vespertine4.bsky.social Cardiff poet. Best of the Net nominee. Author of two poetry collections - 'Spectrum of Flight' published in 2020 & 'Dawn's Incision' in 2024. Co-Poetry Editor @brokenspinearts.bsky.social
Susan Muth @susiemuth.bsky.social Poet | MFA from @mason__cw | Executive Editor @offseasonmag | jigsaw puzzler | she/her
JP Maney @j-p-m.bsky.social My three most recent books are now available online. "Ireland Feeds My Soul", "A Booklover's Last Stand" and "It's Your Day, Make it your Tao" are all available on the Big A. You can also order Tao from your local bookshop. More at www.jpmaney.com
Fidel Walsh @dragonslayerma.bsky.social Writing poetry. 3 poetry collections, Living with Love, Time & Out There. Short stories, Thrice Remembered an Anthology.
I'm 1 of the #PromptCombo hosts
Maynooth University English Department @maynoothenglish.bsky.social 
Chelsea Bright @cmrbright.bsky.social She/Her/. Writer who has an F1 obsession. Yogi. Caravanner. Happens to have founded a literary journal. sparksjournal.bsky.social #writingcommunity #amwriting #amquerying NO DMs.
Sinéad Griffin @sineadgriffin.bsky.social Poet, Dublin. Co-editor for poetry @the4facedliar.bsky.social
Writing.ie Online Writing Magazine @handle.invalid Award winning magazine for writers at all levels http://www.writing.ie - based in Ireland but for writers everywhere. Featuring book and writing news, tips, technique, competitions, submission opportunities and much more. We want to help! 📚💙
The Pride Roars @theprideroars.bsky.social A collective of women's voices -2025 social media posts by @mlmcguinness.bsky.social
https://theprideroars.blogspot.com
Anna Wang @annawangyuan.bsky.social A Lifelong Student of Literature 
Neil Black, How To Write @howtowrite.bsky.social Novelist (PRH et al) and founder of How To Write
Writing guides, mentoring and manuscript assessment from www.thisishowtowrite.com
Adam Lavis @adamlavis.bsky.social Founder and Director at SUSPENSION
Doire Press @doirepress.bsky.social Award-winning publisher based in the west of Ireland.
Free worldwide shipping on all orders over €60.
Supported by the Arts Council of Ireland.
John Yorke Story @johnyorkestory.bsky.social We're all about story. News, opportunities, advice and training from BAFTA-winning John Yorke - from #scripted and #unscripted TV to #games and #podcasts.
👉 johnyorkestory.com/
Doreen Duffy @doreenduffy13.bsky.social MA in Creative Writing. Creative Writer & Tutor. Pushcart Prize Nominated Writer. (all views my own)
http://doreenduffy.blogspot.com
God @skeetofgod.bsky.social Disappointed but not surprised. Now ruling a brand new universe: https://theskeetofgod.com.
Monica Lewinsky @monicalewinsky.bsky.social yeah, that one.
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.
🔗 https://path2pub.wordpress.com/
Martin Doyle @martindoyle.bsky.social Books Editor of The Irish Times; author of Dirty Linen: The Troubles in My Home Place (Merrion Press)
Seán Ronayne @seanronayne.bsky.social Irish ornithologist & wildlife sound recordist.
http://www.irishwildlifesounds.com/
Using bird sound as a tool to spread love for Irish nature.
Albums:
-Wild Silence
-Hope
Book: Nature Boy (Irish biography of the year 2024)
Doc: Birdsong
Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/roxanegay
Writer, editor, publisher, professor. Some people call me a bad feminist and by some people I mean me.
Jennifer Redmond @puffpeace.bsky.social Artist/writer in Ireland.
Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social Fiction writer (EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU, LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE, OUR MISSING HEARTS). Science nerd, ex-Clevelander, embarrassingly sincere. Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch who watches over you. she/her. www.celesteng.com
Lilja Sigurðardóttir @liljawriter.bsky.social Award winning Icelandic author of “The Reykjavik Noir Trilogy” and “Arora Investigates” series. New book: BLACK AS DEATH - out now!
https://linktr.ee/liljawriter
Anthony Addis @anthonyaddis.bsky.social I used to write, read and live in Cairo, KL, Jakarta and Riyadh. Now I do all that in Lichfield while placating two Indonesian streetcats.
My novel 'Do Not Keep Silent' is available on Amazon.
anthonyaddis.co.uk
JMWW Journal @jmwwjournal.bsky.social jmww (https://jmwwblog.wordpress.com/guidelines/), a weekly journal publishing the best in fiction, poetry, flash, essays, and interviews. Our stories have appeared in Best American Essays, Best Small Fictions, Wigleaf Top 50, BIFFY, and Best of Net.
Gullivers Bookshop @gullivers.bsky.social We're an award winning indie bookshop in Wimborne, Dorset.
We love books, dogs and friendly people.
Est 1968
Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social Novelist and essayist, most recently author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel. Professor of Creative Writing at Dartmouth College. He/him. alexanderchee.net
Rayne Hall, Author & Publisher @raynehall.bsky.social "In a world of AI, bots and fakes, Rayne Hall will always be real."
#NoAi #Writer of non-fiction and #Gothic #fiction. #Publisher of Gothic fiction anthologies. Teacher, coach. Avid #permaculture gardener. Lives in #Bulgaria with #rescuecats.
Irish Writers Centre @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social Leading support and development organisation for writers in Ireland. Programmes | Resources | Courses | Events | #InternationalDebutNovelCompetition 📚
Supported by Arts Council of Ireland.
Faye Rapoport DesPres @fayerd.bsky.social Author of 7 books and sometime poet, Best Microfiction 2023 winner, animal advocate, amateur wildlife photographer. www.fayerapoportdespres.com
#WritingCommunity #WritersCoffeeBar #WritersCoffeeClub #Wildlife #5amwritersclub
Hannah Grieco @writesloud.bsky.social Writer, Editor, Teacher | Author of First Kicking, Then Not (Stanchion 2025) | Columnist @ WCP
she/they 🏳️🌈 ❤️
www.hgrieco.com
Amanda Bell @gagebybell.bsky.social Poet, author, editor: new fiction and poetry titles forthcoming in 2027, from Salt Publishing and Doire Press. Funded by the Arts Council of Ireland.
www.amandabell.ie
Patricia Q. Bidar @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social Author: Pardon Me for Moonwalking (Unsolicited Press), Wild Plums (ELJ).
Contributor: Flash Fiction America (Norton)
Wigleaf 50 2024, 2025; Best Small Fictions '23, '24; Best Microfiction '23
James Montgomery @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social Flash writer ✍️ | Latest: Crow & Cross Keys, Fictive Dream, FlashFlood, The Bulb Region, 100 Word Story, NFFD Micro Comp ‘26 | 📖 Best Small Fictions ‘25, Wigleaf Top 50 ‘25 | 💫 Welkin People’s Prize ‘25 | He/Him 🌈 www.jamesmontgomerywrites.com
Jude Higgins @judehwriter2.bsky.social Founder Bath Flash Award, directs AdHocFiction + Flash Fiction Festival Flash collection Clearly Defined Clouds out now s/l Bridport x 4, s/l SmokeLong Mikey x2, Best Microfictions x2 Pushcart nominated
Tara A. Elliott @tara-a-elliott.bsky.social Poet, Teacher, Executive Director of Eastern Shore Writers Association, Host of Thursdays with ESWA Writing Zoomcast, Chair of Bay to Ocean Writers Conference
Ruth McKee @ruthmckee.bsky.social Debut novel, Wild Iris (Dedalus)
"...filled with luminous detail and a voice that is tender, intimate and pitch perfect."—Catherine Dunne.
ruthmckee.org
Stephanie Carty @stephaniecarty.bsky.social Fond of creativity, pyjamas and kindness.
Rory @roryduffy.bsky.social Stories. Winner #ennisbookclub 2025 & #RedLineBookFest 2019 Shortlisted/runner up- Sean O'Faoláin, RTE Short Story Award (twice), #Cuirt, Bath, @WritersWeek. Wild Atlantic Words. John McGahern Award. PJ O'Connor. @ForwardPrizes nominee 2021. LL - Bridport
Nick Holland @nickholland.bsky.social Author, animal lover. Books: In Search Of Anne Bronte, Emily Bronte: A Life In 20 Poems, Crave The Rose: Anne Bronte At 200,The Real Guy Fawkes. TV: The Gunpowder Plot: Countdown To Treason, Bronte's Britain 
Archie @artemwriting.bsky.social UPenn. MBA. Books 📚 Writing ✍️ Art 🎨 Cooking & Gardening 🌱 Photos my own 📸 Married. From California ☀️ Got a Wacko Immune System 😅 Connecting here 🤗 https://substack.com/@archartem
Rachel Greenley @rachelgreenley.bsky.social Writer / CNF
Ex-Tech Worker
Words in: New England Review, The New York Times, Orion Magazine
Bennington Writing Seminars
linktr.ee/rachel_greenley_writer
BuriedInPrint @buriedinprint.bsky.social 📚📝🔁
Work: Chicago and LA Reviews of Books, EVENT, Literary Ladies, prism international, The Temz Review, Vol. 1 Brooklyn and World Literature Today.
Member: @bookcritics
James Bailey @drjamesbailey.bsky.social Writer from Manchester. LIKE A CAT LOVES A BIRD, my biography of Muriel Spark, out now! 🐈⬛
https://lnk.to/LikeaCatLovesaBird
Instagram.com/drjamesbailey
Melanie Mulrooney @melmulrooney.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Writer (mostly flash), reader (gimme all the books), mama (so many kids), living in Nova Scotia. she/her
Always yes to: a cup of tea, books, board games, new pens, writing contests, em-dashes, pockets
Always no to: hard pants
Jessica Grene @jgrenewriter.bsky.social Irish writer. Reader. Mother of redheads. Leftie nerd. She/her.
https://www.jessica-grene-writer.com
https://humag.co/prose/the-egg-that-split
Sumitra Singam @pleomorphic2.bsky.social PFP by Terijian
MOTHER KARMA NOVELLA! https://forms.gle/SN3EFQrGSg7CvUxs6
BSF 2025
Have you ever seen me and Kali in the same room? Thought not
Bi (2) x Demi (1/2) = 1 Sexual
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Bernard Pearson @bernp.bsky.social Novelist: books 'Where the Willows End, In Red Blood' 'One of Our Own,' Poetry: 200 poems published worldwide. old friend's description of him, 'I've known this idiot most of my life.'