Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social Politics (mainly UK and a bit of US), comedy and popular culture more generally.
Hear me on a radio near you blathering about Burnham or Farage. Probably.
Political Sandbox here: https://substack.com/@politicalsandboxmark
Deryn Rees-Jones @notjustdancing.bsky.social Poet, editor, critic
https://liverpooluniversitypress.blog/tag/pavilion-poetry/
https://www.serenbooks.com/seren-author/deryn-rees-jones/
https://thamesandhudson.com/paula-rego-the-art-of-story-9780500021378
Colin Williams @colgw.bsky.social - O onestateon.bsky.social @onestateon.bsky.social
williamngomes.bsky.social @williamngomes.bsky.social Freelance journalist, author and human rights advocate | British-Bangladeshi | York, UK | PhD researcher at the University of Essex
https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/author/B0C1XLCFK6?ingress=0&visitId=96fdbc0f-ea53-4e86-843d-04b56931b3b3
Kirsten Irving @kirstenirving.bsky.social Lincs-born, London-based poet and editor. Crows! Folklore! Viz!
Co-founder of indie press @sidekickbooks.bsky.social
w/ @shotscarecrow.bsky.social. My deliciously weird collection 'Hot Cockalorum' is loose!
https://linktr.ee/kirstenirving
Seniores sed non seniles @christol.bsky.social Vigneron Indépendant - Apiculteur - Dolce far niente
The past is a foreign country — they do things differently there
L. P. Hartley
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The Sea Of Maybe @theseaofmaybe.bsky.social I am a poet in love with the sea and sunsets. I write about grief, sapphic love, and the power of a human heart.
An amateur painter and flower photographer. Love to craft and create diferent frorms of art. 💙🌊
Toronto/LA Documentary Film Festival @docfestival.bsky.social 4 tiers to enhance your film.
- in person fest
- audience feedback video
- podcast interview
- virtual showcase
https://documentaryshortfilmfestival.com/toronto-festival/
https://filmfreeway.com/TorontoDocumentaryFilmFestival
Festival Reviews .org @festivalreviews.bsky.social Daily posts about film & film festivals. From mainstream to Indy movies.
https://festivalreviews.org
Thriller/Suspense Film Festival @thrillersuspense.bsky.social Entering its 10th year, this festival is a showcase of Thriller/Suspense Films & Screenplays from around the world, using the popular audience feedback video.
https://filmfreeway.com/ThrillerSuspenseFestival
https://thrillersuspensefestival.com
Fantasy/Sci-Fi Film & Screenplay Festival @scififantasyfest.bsky.social This is a HYBRID film festival with live screenings for the audience feedback video, optional virtual 2nd showcase, and blog & podcast interviews with filmmaker
http://fantasyscififestival.com/
https://filmfreeway.com/FantasySciFiFilmScreenplayFestival
@londonliving.bsky.social @londonliving.bsky.social 
Female Feedback Film Festival @femalefilmfestival.bsky.social The FEEDBACK Female Film Festival (FFFF) was created for women filmmakers and screenwriters. The goal is to showcase the best of female talent from around the world.
https://femalefilmfestival.com/
https://filmfreeway.com/FEEDBACKFemaleFilmFestivalFFFF
Daily Screenplay Festival contests @dailyscreenplays.bsky.social Daily Screenplay Contest Deadlines
All of these top screenplay contests offer full feedback on each submitted works.
https://festivalreviews.org/daily-screenplay-contest-deadlines/
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/
amannamedprice.bsky.social @amannamedprice.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 | Queer Text Editor & Theatre/Gallery Marketer based in Lancashire. Wannabe Writer currently working on a pulpy Gay horror series.
@katiemd77.bsky.social @katiemd77.bsky.social 
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
Matthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social Wild eyed Welsh poet. Anti-discrimination, democracy, rights, transcendence.
Environmental Film & Screenplay Festival @environmentalfest.bsky.social A festival designed to showcase the best of new environmentally themed films (shorts, features) and screenplays (shorts, features, TV pilots) from around the world. We accept any genre.
https://filmfreeway.com/EnvironmentalFestival
Action/Crime/Mystery Film & Screenplay Festival @crimemystery.bsky.social This festival now takes place every single month, giving filmmakers 4 tiers to showcase and promote their film. In-person public events also take place.
https://filmfreeway.com/crimemystery
www.crimemysteryfestival.com
Horror Underground Film Festival @horrorfilmfestival.bsky.social Various options to submit to the Festival. A HYBRID model. Cinema screenings for audience feedback video.Blog and podcast interviews. And bonus Virtual screening (optional!).
https://filmfreeway.com/horrorunderground
https://festivalforhorror.comi
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.
https://lgbttorontofilmfestival.com/
https://filmfreeway.com/LGBTTorontoFilmFestival
Under 5 Minute Film Festival @under5minutefest.bsky.social Submit your short film that's 5 minutes or less and get it showcased at the FEEDBACK Short Film Festivals in Los Angeles and Toronto. A monthly film festival event!
http://under5minutefilmfestival.com/
https://filmfreeway.com/Under5minFilmFestival
Sameer Kankali Ⓥ☮✌🏼🌱💚🍉🐸🐮🐷📚📖♟️✊🏼 @sameerkankali.bsky.social MUNDUS SINE CAESARIBUS 💙🦋
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Peepal Tree Press @peepaltreepress.bsky.social Publisher of Caribbean and Black British books. Proudly decolonising bookshelves since 1985.
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Claire Delune 🦄 @clairedelune.bsky.social Queer author of speculative fiction whose work has been featured in various outlets including HuffPost. Has a freakish depth of knowledge about animals and a worrying fixation on unicorns. Resides in Washington, where this sort of thing is encouraged. 🦄
National Association of Writers in Education @nawewriters.bsky.social
The National Association of Writers in Education advocates for Creative Writing as a subject, supporting writers & good practice in teaching & facilitation in all settings. Conference, journal & more.
Ramp It Up @wearerampitup.bsky.social Ramp It Up is a disability-led online magazine and podcast. Website and opportunities coming soon!
Julene Tripp Weaver @trippweavpoet.bsky.social Poet—latest book: "Slow Now with Clear Skies." Writer. Herbalist—Green Witch. Therapist. Systemic or Family Constellation. Health Artist. #WOMPO https://www.julenetrippweaver.com
Trevor Ship @trevypoos.bsky.social I am a person who sometimes writes, performs and makes comedy stuff.
I am either very close, or very tall.
I am neurodivergent with anxiety, depression and ADHD.
Excelling at mediocrity
https://trevorship.co.uk
Push the Boat Out Festival @ptbopoetry.bsky.social Edinburgh's International Poetry Festival 12-15 November 2026
Festival, open mic, workshops, podcasts, and more.
#PTBOFestival2026 programme announced! Tickets ON SALE NOW
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Ullumma @ullumma.bsky.social Ullumma = sports. I am a middle aged ♂️ in middle 🇺🇲. Coach💕.
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Out of Kilter Theatre @outofkiltertheatre.bsky.social We are a Manchester-based company interested in devising, developing, and performing new work as well as bringing our own approach and ideas to the production of published plays.
r. p. singletary @rpsingletary.bsky.social W(e)i(r)dely published in so-called 'underground publications,' or so they said. www.rpsingletary.com
Print Play Protect @printplayprotect.bsky.social We make cool tabletop items :D
Hugh S. Cooper @hughscooper67.bsky.social Neurodivergent educator & poet. Gen X soul. ADHD & dyslexic mind threading memory, myth, classrooms, & the long echo of growing up differently. Weimaraner companion. Southern ghosts. New Zealand skies. Australian futures. Writing toward transcendence—
David Atkinson @davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.social (he/him) Prize-winning Irish poet writing in English & Ulster Scots. Pushcart nominated. MA from MMU. Archival poetics: Islandmagee Witch Trial & Irish War of Independence
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
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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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williamwyld.bsky.social @williamwyld.bsky.social Poet, visual artist and carpenter. Buy my book from Little Betty Press! https://badbettypress.com/product/the-butterfly-bush-william-wyld/
Rebecca Goss @gosspoems.bsky.social More on Instagram @gosspoems
Poet & mentor. Books with Carcanet Press. Poet-in-Residence for CW+, the official charity for Chelsea & Westminster Hospitals. Writing for Life Fellow with the Royal Literary Fund.
Nev @alphukit.bsky.social Outdoors and all things nature type of guy.
I love camping, hiking, foraging and travelling anywhere, anytime.
Poets of Humanity @poetsofhumanity.bsky.social "My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together." - Desmond Tutu.
Melissa Brooks @melissa-brooks.bsky.social A memoir writer, writing about my experiences and childhood as a form of personal therapy.
First Novel Prize @firstnovelprize.bsky.social Writing competition for unpublished and independently published novelists. Entries close on the 31st of May. Judged by Sally Williamson (Transworld) and Hayley Steed (Janklow & Nesbit). Organised by the Literary Studio. Bloomsbury, London
firstnovel.co.uk
Chetham's Library @chethamslibrary.bsky.social Founded in 1653, we are the oldest public library in the English speaking world. This Bluesky account is for connecting with researchers and institutions.
The Poetry School @poetryschool.bsky.social The Poetry School is the UK's largest provider of poetry education and a proud Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation.
🏝️ Book Summer Courses: https://poetryschool.com/new-courses/summer-2026-quick-course-guide/
Clodagh Chapman @clochpmn.bsky.social writer + director / she/her
clodaghchapman.co.uk
Robert Shearman @robertshearman.bsky.social Writer of stuff, often quite odd. (Both me and the stuff.) Owned by a cat.
Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social Poet &c | rishidastidar.com | linktr.ee/betarish
QSO Media 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @qsomedia.bsky.social your new favourite source for all things arts & culture through a lavender lens (read: rly queer independent entertainment journalism) - https://www.quasistellar.space - 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 No DMs, pls email us or use replies
Writers & Artists @writersandartists.bsky.social The best industry advice for writers & artists!
Stuart Aken @stuartaken.bsky.social UK writer of fiction (12 books published). Photographer. Environment, science, atheist, humanist, walker, happily married. Find me here: https://stuartaken.net/ I DO NOT follow DMs, selfie promos & users w/o profiles or posts. Porn will be blocked.
Mal Morgenstern @malmorgenstern.bsky.social writer and artist: fiction and spoken word trapped in the late 90s, media journalism about the implicit eroticism of violence/a really dirty bassline, and comix to make you nostalgic and sad.
I make edgy music: @dantealexander.bsky.social
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Gita Ralleigh @gitaralleigh.bsky.social Writer/Poet/Lecturer/ex-doc
Kids' novels:
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Poetry:
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@thebraag.bsky.social
Siren @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social
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Carl Kears @carlkears.bsky.social 
Queerlings Magazine @queerlings.bsky.social A literary magazine of queer writing from the LGBTQIA+ community. Submissions open annually from Jan 1st to March 31st.
Esther Richardson @estherichardson.bsky.social Artistic Director, Pilot Theatre
@pilottheatre.bsky.social
Veblen Director Programme @veblendirectors.bsky.social Helping ambitious people get their first board seats. Regardless of your background.
Lee Chottiner @leechott.bsky.social Award-winning journalist, published poet, under-radar kind of guy. It’s the under-radar types who will save the world.
Evan Jones (Ευριπίδες Ιωάννου) @evanpjones.bsky.social Post-Canadian poet, Cavafy translator, author of Men of the Same Name (Carcanet 2025). I’ve published in the Guardian, TLS, Malahat Review and PN Review.
WILDsound Feedback Festival @wildsoundfestival.bsky.social Telling stories through film and conversation. WILDsound showcases the best of new films & screenplays from around the world in a daily film festival.
www.wildsound.ca
https://filmfreeway.com/WILDsoundFilmandWritingFestival
SHINE @shinetrust.org.uk SHINE is an education charity working with inspirational teachers across the North of England to break the link between family income and how well children fare at school. www.shinetrust.org.uk
Jack Wright @jackwrightauthor.com Horror author from the North of England. Reyt Spooky.
Stories of grief, folklore, and the things that move when they shouldn’t.
Duskfield Pines — ???
Anna’s Veil — ???
https://ko-fi.com/jackwrightauthor
https://buymeacoffee.com/jackwright
Michael Marks Awards @michaelmarksawards.bsky.social The Michael Marks Awards for Poetry Pamphlets celebrate work published in the UK. The 2025/26 Awards are opening for submissions soon.
Our partners are @britishlibrary.bsky.social, Wordsworth Trust, @thetls.bsky.social and The British School at Athens.
Kashawn Taylor @kashawntaylor.bsky.social Writer. Teacher. Student.
Prison Journalism Project.
Gotham Writers Workshop.
book: subhuman. out now.
GREEN Environment Conservation @greenenvironment.bsky.social "With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you're connected to the sea. No matter where on Earth you live. Most of the oxygen in the atmosphere is generated by the sea." ~ Sylvia A. Earle ~
Christopher Vincent @chriscath.bsky.social If there is only one thing you can be today- be kind. And…defend democracy, protect the environment, provide quality education and health care for all.
Callum Laing @callumlaing.bsky.social I help ambitious people raise capital, get board seats, take companies public. Let's get more entrepreneurs and builders on bsky!
Author of 4 best selling business books
Festival for Poetry @poetryfestival.bsky.social Daily Poetry Deadlines
Submit for a free posting.
Submit for a poetry reading video.
Submit for your poetry to be made into a film.
https://festivalforpoetry.com
Adriana Janaína Poeta @adrianajanainapoet.bsky.social Adriana Janaína Poeta, CPF.:01233034782/ Adriana Janaína Alves de Oliveira. Escritora, editora, casada com Marcelo Bernardo de Oliveira. Criadora/ fundadora e proprietária do Clube de Leitura dos Poetas.
adrianajanainapoeta01233034782@gmail.com
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Postscript (Book Formatter, Cover Designer and Socials Post Maker): https://book-shelfie.com/postscript
Get Launched @getlaunched.bsky.social Make yourself the 'Go To' person in any industry and earn a side income from running small networking events.
Earn through entrance fees, membership fees, sponsorships & deals. GetLaunched.org
Nathan Kelly @nathankellyedu.bsky.social Leader, Educator, Curriculum specialist FE/HE, Advocate for the Creative Industries
Daily Submittable Deadlines @submittabledaily.bsky.social Best writing and poetry festivals to submit to each day on submittable.
https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/projects
Ayesha Chouglay @ayeshachouglay.bsky.social • writer, facilitator, curator, artist, deaf •
🌷 former writer for Nature Calling 🌷
current Creative Fellow for Plantlife 🌱 | FRSA | Probably writing poems!
Dave Wakely @davewakely.bsky.social Househusband, cook, gardener, guitar player, composer, writer. Shortlisted for Manchester, Bath + Cambridge Short Story awards; fiction/poetry in numerous journals and anthologies. Owns huge number of cookbooks. Online Programme Mngr, @MKLitFest.
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@dorotheasmartt.bsky.social @dorotheasmartt.bsky.social 
Daily FilmFreeway Festival Discount Codes @filmfreewaycodes.bsky.social Daily discount codes for various festivals to submit to on FilmFreeway
https://filmfreeway.com/festivals/discounts
Mat Riches @matriches.bsky.social Poet, market researcher, husband, father, knobhead.
Book called Collecting The Data out via Red Squirrel Press or me. The "Aldi Stanley Tucci".
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Laura Greenfield @lauragreenfield.bsky.social Director of the Royal Society of Literature @rsliterature.bsky.social; previously @theUL.bsky.social; Clore Fellow; FRSA. I like books, libraries, culture and cake.
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. 🌟
Blackheath & Greenwich writers @blackheathwriters.bsky.social A workshop group for confident writers in southeast London, est 2018. www.blackheathwriters.com
Blue Bar Productions @bluebarprod.bsky.social Theatre company focussed on producing exciting new writing founded by Sam Went and Becca Rowson
💰 The Wolf of Poyais | Golden Goose Theatre | Oct 21-25th 2025
🎟️: https://www.goldengoosetheatre.co.uk/whatson/the-wolf-of-poyais-featuring-joz-norris
Anna Nixon @annanixonwriting.bsky.social I read, I write, I cry (occasionally)
Dr Stephanie Conn @stephanieconnpoet.bsky.social Poet. 'off-kilter', 'The Woman on the Other Side', 'Island' (Doire Press). 'Copeland's Daughter' (Smith/Doorstep) Research: Poetry & Chronic Illness
Hiram Larew @hiramlarew.bsky.social Poet. Newest collection, "This Much Very," was published in 2025 by Alien Buddha Press. Founder of Poetry X Hunger -- bringing a world of poets to the anti-hunger cause. HiramLarewPoetry.com and PoetryXHunger.com
Beth Mitchell @bethjmitch.bsky.social writer, trade unionist, ambassador for the biosphere. my debut poetry pamphlet 'shingle' is available from broken sleep books.
Daily Stage Play Festival Contests @stageplaycontests.bsky.social Submit to these contests via Submittable. Full feedback on every submissions. Winners get their play performed by professional actors and made into a promotional video.
https://festivalreviews.org/daily-stage-play-contest-deadlines/