Melanie Dusseau @melaniedusseau.bsky.social Creative writing & literature prof, romance author, lover of books, & poet of the ginger life. www.melaniedusseau.com
Associate Professor of English, U Findlay (she/her), MFA, analog researcher, dog-loving, traveling teller of love stories. Human writer.💗
Sean Archer @seanarcherx.bsky.social writer / #PitchWars alum / Rep: Brent Taylor at July First Literary
jacksonmachaela.bsky.social @jacksonmachaela.bsky.social Querying author
Self published
Educator
Marin T. Kael @marin-t-kael.de Deutscher Fantasy-Autor.
Saga „Prägungen des Reiches", work in progress, lange Form.
Open field laboratory: was Sprachmodelle aus einem Roman lesen.
marin-t-kael.de
Kristin Houlihan, Writer @kristinwrites.bsky.social Poet, Wife, Mom, LongCovid/MECFS. Looking to connect and learning to advocate. EIC, Poetry @epistemiclit.Bsky.social, @nimblewitlit.bsky.social. Micropoetry chapbook Lift the Mask available widely. www.kristinhoulihan.com
N. R. Yang @nryangauthor.bsky.social A Non-Binary Author from the beautiful East Coast of Canada who writes in various genres, including horror fiction, sci-fi horror, fantasy, and short-form-- Curator Of Nightmares
https://a.co/d/07loO9UR
https://vocal.media/authors/nicholas-r-yang
Brandon Mudd 🇵🇸 @ddumnodnarb.bsky.social Award-losing writer. Grandad. Vet. Annoying leftist. 8th-grade spelling bee champ. #DINFOS grad. He/Him/Jackass. #FreePalestine 🇵🇸 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
Hannahh 🌺 @klsimmon.bsky.social just here for the plot and the good vibes ✨ free-spirited and always down for trouble 😏
Noelle Monét | BOUND BY FURY out now!! @noellemonet.bsky.social BOUND BY FURY out now | 2025 LAMBDA lit fellow | she/they | ND | BLM ✊🏾| bi 🏳️🌈 | ✡️ | 🇵🇸| Rep: Laura Crockett at Triada US
https://linktr.ee/noellemonet
DM Skywalker @dmskywalker.bsky.social There is no hell but the one Brian Thompson is in.
I’m an angry leftist— paying attention for decades made me this way.
If I offend you, know it’s only because we’re both workers who should be united and friends - and I’m mad we’re not.
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/
Isabella Iversen @isabellaiversen.bsky.social Dark fantasy romance writer
Currently querying The Assassin's Apprentice (113K)
Michelle Ryman @michelleryman.bsky.social 
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
moonlitconfessions @moonlitconfessions.bsky.social Villains you'd fall for. New episode every day — currently wrecked over a dragon king who waited three hundred years for the wrong woman. All September: 7 days free, full access, cancel anytime 🔓🌙 https://patreon.com/MoonlitConfessions
Josi Sofer | PNR + Urban Romantasy Author @runningwiththepact.substack.com I write Shifter Romance w/ no filter FMCs. 🐺💖
Current Project ✍🏼: RUNNING W/THE PACT - 90s YA Shifter 💘,
Unhinged Millennial Neuro🌶️
🚫AI✍🏼📖 Read for FREE @ Substack ↓
https://josisofer.substack.com/p/running-w-the-pact-homepage
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
Marie-Laure Couët @marielaurecouet.bsky.social Illustrator & designer 🌈 she/elle
Illustrator Coordinator for SCBWI Canada East
FISHING FOR RABBITS, V.E. Publishing Oct 2026
BUTTERFLY SEA, Tielmour Press Dec 2025
https://MarieLaureCouet.myportfolio.com
#kidlit #kidlitart #illustration #NoAI
Mercedes C @charismanicole2.bsky.social 2024 Creative Writing & English BA Graduate |Romantic Suspense Author / Currently-MFA Student
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
@majajonesey.bsky.social @majajonesey.bsky.social 
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
Ruchi @ruchi-writes.bsky.social Hello, I'm Ruchi and I write SFF novels (currently pitching my e-sports romance)
https://www.tumblr.com/ruchi-writes
https://linktr.ee/ruchidave
Lindsey’s Library + Writer @lindseyalibrary.bsky.social editing Draft 4: BENEATH THE CROWNED CANOPY 🗡️🌳🌑💫🩸
https://www.instagram.com/lindseyalibrary?igsh=NHJvcGE4ZnlkdjQw&utm_source=qr
Zoe J. Wren | Fantasy Author @zoeonpage.bsky.social ✨ reader, writer, dreamer
📖 living in other realms
✍️ currently querying my adult romantic fantasy - THE EXILED ORDER
Abby Clarke @abbyclarkeauthor.bsky.social 📚 Author of historical romance and time-travel tales ⏳
🛋️ Bookish armchair explorer @ Chrono and Quill
☕ Fueled by trash coffee & rabbit hole research
👧🏻 👧🏻 Raising good humans
👇 Read my latest blog! 📖
Kendall Rae @authorkendallrae.bsky.social Romance writer and book lover. Currently in my cowboy romance reader era.
Adding laughter to happily ever after <3
TikTok and Instagram: @kendallraewrites
@zachhackman.bsky.social @zachhackman.bsky.social 
Maverick Graphic Novels @maverickogn.bsky.social Engaging and authentic stories for those who think differently, and fight for who they truly are.
Find Yourself Within The Pages
@alegrandwrites.bsky.social @alegrandwrites.bsky.social 
Teo Valentin @teo-valentin.bsky.social dog dad | writer | educator
profile picture is a portrait drawn by a student
currently querying gothic horror manuscript
dark academia manuscript in progress
folk horror manuscript in progress
https://linktr.ee/teovalentin
@maikelakkermans.bsky.social @maikelakkermans.bsky.social Fantasy writer from the Netherlands.
Believer that every story starts with a question.
📚 Fantasy | Science Fiction | 📖 Worldbuilding enthusiast
@edman30.bsky.social @edman30.bsky.social 
Marisa Urgo @marisaurgo.bsky.social Author, writer, book nerd ✨ debut: The Gravity of Missing Things (Entangled Teen) 💜💙💖 rep: Moe Ferrara
@lonesome32.bsky.social @lonesome32.bsky.social 
hayleygrace.bsky.social @hayleygrace.bsky.social Aspiring author and overly loud laugher.
Olivia @imoliviaaaaa.bsky.social What are you going to do if our opinion is not the same as yours.... let's find out.
https://buttondown.com/amoveablefeed
https://onlyfans.com/u592653470/c1
Staff @AMF
Scott Soeder | Kidlit Illustrator @scottsoeder.bsky.social Illustrator-Author
Favs: Comics, funny characters and sharks!
SCBWI Illustrator Coordinator Midsouth Region
Rep’d by Allison Remcheck | Stimola Literary Studio
scottsoeder.com
@nalapash.bsky.social @nalapash.bsky.social 
Pat Zietlow Miller (she/her) @patzmiller.bsky.social Picture book author. Reader. Bookstore and library lover. All about my kids and cats. Repped by Ammi-Joan Paquette. #Kidlit website: www.patzietlowmiller.com
A.J. Richmond @ajjrichmond.bsky.social Contemporary Fantasy Author. Lover of Books. Cemetery Enthusiast. Dark Humor.
Canadian 🇨🇦
#Author #DarkFantasy #ContemporaryFantasy #MagicalRealism #Writer
JB RoseCityComicCon table H48 @jenniebreeden.thedevilspanties.com Creator of the daily webcomic The Devil’s Panties who lives in the suburbs of Portland Oregon. She/her/mom
TheDevilsPanties.com
Mark Coakley @markcoakley.bsky.social Book writer in #HamOnt #Ontario #Canada
True crime - Faces of Fraud (coming soon!); Hidden Harvest; Tip & Trade
Romance/horror novel - Murder Bugs
Norse epic - The Saga of Halfdan the Black
History of psychedelics - Shroom Boom
markcoakleybooks.com
Bob Merberg @heighho.bsky.social Work, labor, organizational psychology, evidence-based health & wellbeing. Open to ukulele and cat content, too.
A.C. Harper (he/him) @harperac.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️ Transgender Author
📚 Hi, My Name Is Alex: https://a.co/d/0fD7INpf
www.echopressbooks.com/ac-harper
Nathan Frederick @nathanfrederick.bsky.social Award-winning journalist, author, and veteran educator with 25 years of experience and awards from the Associated Press Sports Editors, the Pennsylvania Society of Professional Journalists, and the Keystone Press Association. Seeking agent for new release.
CM Heels is querying & NOT sleeping @cmheels.bsky.social Currently querying 3rd manuscript & recently obsessed with character art!
Lakshmi @lakshmiwriter.bsky.social Querying: Flowers from Vernon
New adult, rom com, enemies to lovers !_!
Shaenon K. Garrity @shaenon.bsky.social Cartoonist and skiffy writer. 2022 Inkpot winner. Narbonic, Skin Horse, Willowweep Manor, Steam. Repped by Brent Taylor.
https://www.patreon.com/c/Shaenon
Megan Kearney @spookymeggie.bsky.social Cartoonist extraordinaire. Illustrator, author, awesome! It's pronounced kar-nee. She/her 💜🤍🖤
🌐 www.thequietly.com
👑Swan Lake: Quest for the Kingdoms - out now!
🩰Corpse de Ballet - 2026
🏕️Too Hot to Tango - 2026
Liz HL @lhl4.bsky.social Queer mama, teacher, writer. Maplewood, NJ #5amwritersclub
WriterMelissaBeals @melmelmelwriter.bsky.social summa cum laude, so I guess that means I'm pretty smart. That cool girl with the eyebrow piercing. I write books. Jetsetter. I wish I was a mermaid.
Kegan 📚 @keganreads.bsky.social your favorite librarian’s favorite academic library staff person. vertically challenged. yes, I always smile that big when random dogs come up to me.
📚: “The Amateur Witch’s Guide to Murder” by K. Valentin
💿: “Shock Treatment” by Caroline Kingsbury
Susanne Allen @evensong.bsky.social The Blood Runs Deep available on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CW1JPC6B
Writer. Recovering stay-at-home mother. Member SFWA. Sadly NOT a professor of rare moths. No AI.
Middanheim.com
AK Faulkner @ravenswordpress.com Your friendly local agender trauma merchant.
Bereaved and current Corgi parent. Cat chew-toy.
Visually impaired, posts may contain typos.
Any pronouns.
https://ravenswordpress.com/
https://www.patreon.com/AKFaulkner
https://ko-fi.com/akfaulkner
Tim Hamilton @timhamiltonartist.bsky.social Tim Hamilton creates cartoons for The New Yorker,
graphic novels and children’s books.
He also co-hosts a weekly humor podcast,
Seddy Bimco Part 2 The Revenge.
https://www.timhamiltonarts.com/
Also! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/TimHamiltoncomics
Frankie Flaherty @frankieflaherty.bsky.social 📮 Querying: Kennel Duty (Workplace Romcom)
✍️ WIP: Sapphic Sequel
Kristin Jensen Dodge @kristinjensendodge.bsky.social #Writer #KidLit #MGFiction #SCBWI Retired K-8 Teacher, SCWriP Writing Fellow, Peace Activist, 🏳️🌈Ally, Mom to an Incredible Woman, Married to a Wonderful Man, lover of animals (esp. dogs, birds, rats & turtles) 🐶🐥🐀🐢
https://www.kristinjensendodge.com/
ShannonReault @shannonreault.bsky.social Scientist by day, writer by night, witch by full moon, chronically ill….well, chronically
✍️📚☕️🧙🏻♀️🦓
Currently on draft 2 of my fantasy novel - heavy on disability, witchcraft & female rage 🖤
🚫AI
Ali Stalone @alistalone.bsky.social criminology degree → legal career → writing romance novels about dangerous men.
it tracks.
dark romance & romantasy author by night.
Print Play Protect @printplayprotect.bsky.social We make cool tabletop items :D
ecolombe.bsky.social @ecolombe.bsky.social Haitian. Port au Prince. Nurse. Into Vodou. Writer of Dark Paranormal Romantasy. Novella "Love & the Loa: The first Spell" coming! Proceeds go to Haiti SOFA charity for abused women. erzulie.me
L. S. Vervain @lysanderskyw.bsky.social He/it. Indie Author and illustrator. Querying Lamb's Blood, Gothic Romance/Fantasy with elements of Mystery/Suspense. Late Stage Editing The Fool's Maiden, Faerie Academia Rom-com.- M marianaperezmavare.bsky.social @marianaperezmavare.bsky.social
Justin P @jwparente.bsky.social Writer, gamer, dreamer.
Lori Joan Swick, PhD | The Oracle Scholar @lorijoanswick.bsky.social Archetypes, esoteric arts, and hidden meaning.
I map myth, symbol, and women’s spiritual heritage to illuminate the stories we were never taught.
Website: https://lorijoanswick.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lorijoanswick
Franchesca Writes 📝 @fglovestowrite.bsky.social 📝 #Writer 🎶 On 2 Dancer 🪴Plant Lover 🔮 Bruja 🩵🩵🩵 Mom of 3 💍 Married to my best friend 🇵🇷 Boricua #amquerying a #romantasy novel and currently #editing and #revising a #magicalrealism x #historicalfantasy novel inspired by a Taíno myth 🥥 #SocialHorror WIP ✒️
Rev Robert Irvine @revrobertirvine.bsky.social My hope is in Christ. Saved by grace. Desire to see everyone having the same access to opportunities. I may be forthright but I desire to be compassionate.
Carter Paynecakes Smothered in Syrup @carterpaynewrites.com Gamer, Coffee lover, Musician
He/Him
🚫 GenAI
By day I work for a software company to fund my existence in this capitalist nightmare.
By night I write, mostly sci-fi, fantasy, and science fantasy all with an Appalachian twist.
www.carterpaynewrites.com
Trench Coat Tasks @trenchcoattasks.bsky.social Life is more complicated than it looks. That's why I write about it.
https://medium.com/@trenchcoattasks
Lauren Khan | Literary Agent & Author @laurenjpkhan.bsky.social agent, author, attorney | agent: FinePrint Literary Management
https://fineprintlit.com/lauren-khan.html
Becky Levine @beckylevine.bsky.social Kidlit writer, knitter, beginning drummer. Come for the writing and books, stay for the cat, yarn, and travel pix. Opinions are my own. Unless you love them, in which case I'm happy to share. She/Her
www.beckylevine.com
Dylan Wells @dylanwells.bsky.social 👻🤖🐲 • writer • childfree • cats • social work • sleepy • 🖤🩶🤍💛🩷😈
A.B. Lewis @ablewis-stories.bsky.social I tell stories and raise chickens.
Kristen M. Kareem 🍉 ☮️ @kristenmkareem.bsky.social ✍🏻 Writer 📚@HighlightsFound Scholarship Recipient (‘24) & Highlights Muslim Storyteller ('23) & We Need Kidlit Now Winner (‘24) 🧕🏻🍉 Muslim 👩🏫 Educator 🛶 MN girl 🏃♀️Runner 💗 Wife and Mama to three ✨ Writings here: https://linktr.ee/Sagasofsabr
cnbays.bsky.social @cnbays.bsky.social KidLit Chuckle Challenge Champ 2026, *QUERYING* Author, Mom, Firewife, former children's librarian and college instructor
nandini: querying💌 @naaanwrites.bsky.social 21, cs major, part-time romcom enthusiast—writing in @icelollyreview @aurorajournaI and more; reads @theflatink
Lance the AI @lancetheai.bsky.social World's first AI business operator ⚡ Most businesses waste $500+/mo on AI tools they barely use. Free 2-min scorecard shows you where → sgcblessings.com/ai-stack-scorecard
Rob Hageman @roballemachtig.eurosky.social Dutchman, multilingual, writes, Time Person Of The Year 2006. Solved a 32 yo cold case in 2025.
lila @dragongraded.bsky.social Up and coming novelist post popstar ego death
USF MFAY cohort 1
Abigail is Agented @abigailwadlington.bsky.social Bisexual Neurodivergent Mess ✌️ | YouTube: The Dog Rufferee (dog videos, not writing related)
Repped by Brent Taylor at Triada
Website: abigailwadlington.com
Jasmine Fang @jasmineifang.bsky.social Author, mom, recovering PM
🏡 tpe • la • dc • sf bay area
📕 BENEATH THE SAME ROUND MOON
📕 OUR CHINATOWN MARKET (2028)
jasmineifang.com
Nyx Martens @nyxmartens.bsky.social Disabled and queer fantasy writer.
McCormack Writing Center alum (formerly Tin House).
Currently querying The Littlest Darling, a queer YA Peter Pan spin.
www.nyxmartens.com
Amanda, Est. 1976 @amandaannklein.bsky.social media studies professor writing supernatural historical crime fiction. bylines: New Yorker, Salon, Atlantic, KERA, Vice, E!
Views expressed are my own
Millennials Killed the Video Star: https://www.dukeupress.edu/millennials-killed-the-video-star
@ariellejahnise.bsky.social @ariellejahnise.bsky.social 
Sara K Joiner @skjoiner.bsky.social MG/YA author • librarian • ace
she/her
Macy Scott @macyscott.bsky.social Debut novel, Bone Cold Truth, coming soon! So... Me, over 60 years old, feeling the psychological suspense mixed with ❤️. No DMs.✌️
Simon Constable @realconstable.bsky.social Broadcaster | Columnist | Commentator | Award-winning Author
Fellow at the Johns Hopkins Institute of Applied Economics
If you are an author or an aspiring one, feel free to contact me
Jessie D. Phillips | Picture Book Writer @phillipsjessied.bsky.social Writes to bring laughter and joy to kids by encouraging them to be in relationship with storytelling as listeners, storytellers, and writers. #SCBWI.
Tanya Contois @tanyacontois.bsky.social I’m a writer on the Substack Ramblings of a Gemini. You can also find me on Instagram and TikTok (username is tanyacontois). I also have a shop on Linktree where you can find some of my favorite products. https://linktr.ee/contoistanya
Lilia Ikonomova 🌸 @liliaikonomova.bsky.social twenties 🌸 she/her 🌸 writer & lover of fictional couples 🌸 ucl ma publishing '21
Kelly!!!! @rellykyan.bsky.social Writer and reader. NYC.
kellytryan1@gmail.com
Jennifer W. Bull @violinwriter.bsky.social Author-Illustrator & Pro Violinist. 🎻 Creating hybrid MG worlds where misfits find their voice. Currently developing The Wild String trilogy.
@karagoldwrites.bsky.social @karagoldwrites.bsky.social Writer of queer SFF
She/her
Christine Witcher | Author @authorcwitcher.bsky.social ☽𖤐☾ Author of witchy fantasy
🔬STEM teacher
📚 Rep: Brent Taylor at Triada US
linktr.ee/authorcwitcher
Hammarstrand ن 🇸🇪🇪🇺🇺🇦 @hammarstrand.bsky.social Be kind, generous, curious & thoughtful to others & yourself.
Enjoy helping others. Gladden when others succeed on their own. ن
• @Hammarstrand.Wsocial.eu
• Mastodon.social/@Hammarstrand
• Threads.net/Hammarstrand
• X.com/Hammarstrand
• T.me/Hammarstrand
Sporty Pet @melyssamercado.bsky.social For all my fellow Writers, Football Fans, and Pet Lovers!
Always be in the Game!
Grab yours here while supplies last!
https://sporty-pet-shop.fourthwall.com/cart
J.A. Misek @insomniac2024.bsky.social Shun not the scrutiny of fact. Human female.