Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social Publisher & editor of Slant Books. Founder of IMAGE journal & the SPU MFA in Creative Writing. Author of Beauty Will Save the World, The Operation of Grace, etc.
Melissa Ostrom @melostrom.bsky.social Author. Potter. Mom. THE BELOVED WILD (Feiwel & Friends, 2018) & UNLEAVING (Feiwel & Friends, 2019) Rep’d by Faye Bender. melissaostrom.com
Music Box Magazine @musicboxonline.bsky.social Exploring the world of music and fighting the good fight. You will get nature photos, music, TV, movies, and some politics.
All the years combine....
#Posties #ExPost
Josh J Architect @josharchitect.bsky.social Josh an architect from New Dorp Beach and now in Austin
Architecture, pro wrestling, chicken parm
Law of Fairness @lawoffairness.bsky.social Could life be literally fair for everyone? Learn more about the global research project evaluating if conscious experience obeys a law-like closure condition. DMs open for questions and formal discussion. https://linktr.ee/LawOfFairness
Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social The place for writers
Everything History @everythingbriefing.bsky.social Documenting historical events, tracking global developments, and posting notable quotes. Subscribe for free on Substack. ⤵️
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One Fall Review @onefallreview.bsky.social An online literary journal dedicated to professional wrestling themed poetry.
www.onefallreview.com
Submit: https://duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/one-fall-review-0g27j
dan sinker @dansinker.com I make stuff. Currently Says Who and Rebel Spirit podcasts & writing at dansinker.com. Formerly Punk Planet (RIP), impeachment dot fyi, OpenNews, and much more. Always something new coming soon.
Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social We are Authors Against Book Bans. We stand united against the deeply unconstitutional movement to limit the freedom to read. We unequivocally support diverse voices on our library shelves, in our schools, and in our culture.
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
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
Chicago 2100 Urbanism @chicago2100.bsky.social Petition to Demand A World-Class Chicago Transit System: https://www.change.org/Chicago2100
Advocating for a better tomorrow, one street at a time
J. D. Nelson @madverse.bsky.social poet
MadVerse.com
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poetry micropoetry anti-poetry
Boulder, Colorado
almost human
Christus Super Omnia ☩
Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social Politics & government reporter @evanstonnow.bsky.social 📸✍🏼 // @bostonu.bsky.social alum //matthew@evanstonnow.com
Have a tip? I'm on Signal: mattheweadie.02
Angela Joynes @angelajoynes.bsky.social She/her Short Fiction writer, 🇨🇦 in TN. Pub in ILANOT REVIEW, WEST TRESTLE REVIEW, FICTIVE DREAM,SUSURRUS, SOUTH 85+. BA,MD, Certificate Creative ✍️, Nom Pushcart, Best Microfiction, Best Small Fictions
Kara Kahnke @karakahnke.bsky.social I’m a writer with a passion for micro and flash fiction. Published in BULL, The Citron Review, Under the Gum Tree, Raw Lit, Micromance Magazine and other places. Pushcart and Best Small Fictions nominated.
Victor Sandiego, creative fiction @victordavid.com Author of challenging creative fiction that respects your intellect. https://dynamiccreed.com Founder/editor of Dog Throat Journal, #flash #fiction, @dogthroat.com / https://dogthroat.com
#stay #blessed #WritingCommunity
https://victordavid.com/books
Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein @fklein907.bsky.social Alaskan poet, teacher, parent. Books: Text Messages from The Angel Gabriel (Gnashing Teeth 2024), Another Life (Riot in Your Throat 2025)
https://linktr.ee/francesklein
Truth Tony 📣 @truthtony.bsky.social ⚖️ Nonpartisan. Nonviolent.
🗣️ Piercing the veil using unfiltered truth.
👇
https://truthtony.substack.com/
Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social I make Dad jokes on NPR and also write books and other things. 
Archinode @archinodestudio.bsky.social A curated archive of architecture, furniture and design.
Based in Stockholm, Sweden.
linktr.ee/archinodestudio
paul goyette @pgoyette.bsky.social Chicago-based photographer documenting and uplifting collective action for progressive change. Most work licensed via Creative Commons at flickr.com/pgoyette
dogyard @dogyardmag.com Just a mag chasin’ tales.
We accept all types of work from all (leashed) walks of life: poetry, fiction, essay, art, nonfiction, and more.
Read & Submit 👇
dogyardmag.com
Account ran by @edithkrone.bsky.social
Dog Throat Journal (Subs Open) @dogthroat.com Dog Throat Journal, flash and micro #fiction from around the known globe. We look for odd time thought provoking works from the edges of artistic expression. https://dogthroat.com / @victordavid.com
The Pig's Back @thepigsback.bsky.social The Pig's Back is a literary journal based in Donegal. Edited by Dean Fee + Emily Cooper. Produced by the Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny.
Jenny Lam @jennylam.bsky.social Self-taught artist, indie curator, writer, traveler. Artists on the Lam founder. Named one of 2023’s Culture Shifters by @huffpost.com. Voted “Best Arts Blog” in @chicagoreader.com & “Best Art Exhibit” in NewCity. Nerd. http://www.artistsonthelam.com
Anthonyuplandpoetwatkins @anthonyupwatkins.bsky.social Poet, Publisher, Painter, Educator, Novelist, old guy who taking pictures of north Florida, writes a lot.
The Minister, a novel, (shopping agents), follows a small-town southern preacher through his life experiences & how they relate to & shape his faith. 
Vijay Joshi @vjwords.bsky.social Poet...Poems are a very constructive channel for inner self, to link it with the world out there...
#poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #poetry #poem
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
Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social Former metro editor at Chicago Tribune and Sunday editor at Chicago Sun-Times. Co-author of 11 books, mostly on history. Writer of the Stop the Presses newsletter at www.stopthepresses.news. Subscribe!
James Finn Garner @jamesfinngarner.bsky.social Humor monger. PC Bedtime Stories. Rex Koko, Private Clown. Bardball. American Bystander. AHOY Comics. "You can't put a price on money."
Jamesfinngarner.substack.com
Nadine Halfling @nadinehalfling.bsky.social I'll think of something clever in a minute. Chicago.
Lauren Beitler 🇵🇸 @laurenbeitler.bsky.social Founder, Chicago Free School. 
Jennifer Davis @jmd5120.bsky.social I live in Chicago. I work in a lab. Sometimes I bike. Views are my own.
Lady Topham Catt @ladytophamcatt.bsky.social Short. Black. Mom. Wife. Writer. Photographer. Profanity enthusiast. Chicago architecture & history + classic film. Photos mine unless noted. Opinions always mine. Fighter against the tyranny of hard pants & unyielding waistbands. she/her
Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9.bsky.social Professional landscape photographer focused on Chicago and Ireland. My website is BarryButlerPhotography.com for prints, books and calendars.
Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social Entrepreneur
Costplusdrugs.com
205TF @205tf.bsky.social TF, two letters that stand for Type Foundry and Typographie Française (French Typography).
https://www.205.tf/
Peggy @peggybishop.bsky.social Chicago area Boomer, gardener, Cubs fan, whiner (wine drinker), and yes, I'm an old Grinch. 💙💙💙💙 🫘
Turned my hobby into a craft shop. https://www.etsy.com/shop/BishopBitsandBobs?ref=seller-platform-mcnav
No DM's.
David Leavitt @davidleavitt.bsky.social Award-Winning Multimedia Journalist.
Bylines: CBS, AXS, Yahoo, Examiner, etc.
I love #Games, #Lotr, #StarWars, and #StarTrek.
Casual #MTG #TTRPG, & #Boardgames player.
Work w/me: DavidLeavitt@gmail.com
linktr.ee/david_leavitt
Christopher Warren 📸 @cwarrentravels.bsky.social A man with a camera and not afraid to use it 🤪
I have photographed all 7 continents
Fine Art Ocean Photographer
Travel - Hospitality - Destination Photographer
www.cwarrengallery.com
www.cwarrentravel.com
Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social Suburbanite. Sustainable transportation advocacy, for Chicago and Chicagoland. #BuildTheTunnel
“The smart, transit-oriented [social media] account” -Chicago Tribune
Planning, building, breaking, rebuilding.
Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com Architecture, interesting & historic places, Chicago, exploring cities by bike & transit. Mostly photos. Views my own. He/him. 🚲 🏙️ 🚆 🐱 🏳️🌈 📷
George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social Husband, Actor, Activist, Uncle George to the Internet 🖖
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social Mondays at 9pmET on MS NOW
MaddowBlog.com
𝑀𝒶𝓎𝓇𝒶°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･🫧 @lepapillonblue.bsky.social Street and landscape photographer with a zest for life. 𝓝𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓻. 📸 #Nikon #Sunset www.MayraPhotography.com
Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social Proud Girl Dad, TV Producer, Filmmaker, Vedic Meditation Practitioner, Kitesurfer, Human Rights & Racial Justice Advocate and an Abolitionist!
And I don't act! 😆😆😆👻👻👻
Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social Your garbage mom; writer; she/her; I ♥️ unions; essayist on film, books, fairy tales, and horror; author of HAPPY PEOPLE DON’T LIVE HERE; rep’d by Kent Wolf; I just want you to be happy, honey
linktr.ee/ambernoellesparks
Maggie Smith @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social Poet & NYT bestselling author of A SUIT OR A SUITCASE, YOU COULD MAKE THIS PLACE BEAUTIFUL, DEAR WRITER, GOOD BONES +📚 Host of @slowdownshow.org
The B'K Magazine @thebkmagazine.bsky.social The B’K is a quarterly art and lit magazine prioritizing traditionally marginalized creators, but open to all. Own voices only, please. Queer, Trans, ND, and POC led. Founded 2010.
Check our guidelines and submit: https://www.talbot-heindl.com/link-tree
Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social Quarterly print literary magazine & small book press in the Philly 'burbs. Founder & EIC Jeff Bogle. linktr.ee/StanchionZine
Nathan Bransford @nathanbransford.com Author of How to Write a Novel and the Jacob Wonderbar series. Blogging holdout. Reach out to me for help with your book!
www.nathanbransford.com
Paul Sullivan @pwsullivan.bsky.social Chicago Tribune reporter. "In the Wake of the News" columnist. Mizzou alum. https://www.chicagotribune.com/author/paul-sullivan/
Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social A consortium of libraries, museums, and other institutions with archives that collaborate to preserve and share the history and culture of the Chicago region.
Irv Leavitt @irvleavitt.bsky.social Writer. Listener. Skeptic, not cynic. Grace under pressure. Chicago. 
Bauhausian @bauhausian.bsky.social Exploring the world of Bauhaus—where form follows function. Join to delve into modern art, design, and architecture. Celebrating simplicity, functionality, and geometric beauty. #Bauhaus #Design #Art #Architecture
https://www.bauhausian.com
MikeMack @mikemack79.bsky.social US Marine Officer, Family Man, Entrepreneur, Golfer. Unapologetically Chicagoan
BluesterB @bluesterb.bsky.social He/him, bi,💙. I don't normally do social media, but this place seems less aggressive than most of the internet.
S.L. Wisenberg @slwisenberg.bsky.social #writer #breastcancer #Chicago #cnf #fiction #WeimarRepublic #onebreastedfeminist #FrenchResistance, author, THE ADVENTURES OF CANCER BITCH, THE WANDERING WOMB: ESSAYS IN SEARCH OF HOME, HOLOCAUST GIRLS, THE SWEETHEART IS IN
Ecotone Magazine @ecotonemagazine.bsky.social A biannual magazine that seeks to reimagine place. Founded & made at UNCW. Winner, 2022 AWP Small Press Publisher Award & 2023 Firecracker Award
Rémi Forte @rmfrt.com Poetic Program, Typographic System
https://www.rmfrt.com/
Megan Abbott @meganabbott.bsky.social NYT-bestselling author of EL DORADO DRIVE (out June 24, 2025), BEWARE THE WOMAN, THE TURNOUT, GIVE ME YOUR HAND, YOU WILL KNOW ME, THE FEVER, etc. Co-creator/showrunner: DARE ME on Netflix. www.meganabbott.com 
Bill Savage @rogersparkman.bsky.social Watch your noggins, everyone.
Carmella de Keyser @carmellapoetry.bsky.social Prizewinning poet
Harlow Stanza founder
Judge Harlow Open🏆
5 books published/forthcoming|Hedgehog Press|Alien Buddha Press|Parlyaree Press|Seventh Quarry
Widely published inc
by Macmillan
Beatles|90s nostalgia
https://www.carmella-de-keyser.com/about
Sue Barry-Schulz @susanbarryschulz.com poetry, collage, disability, Crohn’s Disease, Covid Informed, very sad, Buffalo Sabres fan, 🇪🇪, #LGM, ModPo alum, IC grad, she/hers, physical therapist in another life, NY➡️NC
www.susanbarryschulz.com
#keepmasksinhealthcare
#abolishICE
Sheree La Puma (Poet) @shereelapuma.bsky.social I'm a poet. Cancer survivor. Feminist. Reader OBR. Writes in Baja, MX & Los Angeles. MFA CalArts. Multiple BOTN & Pushcart nominations. Penn Review. Mantis. Pinch Journal. Frontier Poetry. Redivider. The Maine Review. Poetry Salzburg Review. 150 + journals
Sarah Ann Winn | Poet Camp @poetcamp.bsky.social I’m a poet, teacher and free-range librarian, and the founder of Poet Camp. #wompo
*And brand new to Bluesky as of 9/5!
PoetCamp.com
John M Bailey @johnmbailey.bsky.social Photographer and digital artist enjoying life. Posting art of talented colleagues and my own. A member of Pixels/FAA a network of professional artists. Check out my portfolio at https://pixels.com/profiles/9-john-bailey
Inkfish Magazine @inkfishmagazine.bsky.social Magazine & Press edited by @katehorsleywriter.bsky.social @petermcallister.bsky.social | short fiction | flash | non-fiction | concrete, vispo, experimental | prose, poetry & hybrid chapbooks
https://inkfishmag.com
Harebrained @harebrained.bsky.social Harebrained is a Chicago design company that makes underwear, shirts, trivia games and anything else we fancy. Artist owned. Fuck AI.
www.harebraineddesign.com
Amy Ulivieri @amyulo.bsky.social creative director. photographer. content creator.
📍chicago
ffs.org @slpullia.bsky.social All the opinions that nobody asked for.
@almost-conscious.bsky.social @almost-conscious.bsky.social 
Jessica Jewett @artbyjessicajewett.bsky.social I'm a progressive, a Civil War researcher, a paranormal researcher, a dog mom, a quadriplegic, and more. 💙♿🇺🇦🍉
Marie-louise McGuinness @mlmcguinness.bsky.social Words @ Fictive Dream, Banshee, Splonk, Bending Genres, Flash Frog, The Forge, Milk Candy Review, Gone Lawn, 2x Pushcart nominated, LL Bath Short Story Award, Best Microfictions 2025, BBC Radio 4, Co.Founder: The Pride Roars, Editor Raw Lit
Susan L. Leary @susanlleary.bsky.social Poet | SENTENCE (Nine Syllables Press, 2026) | MORE FLOWERS (Trio House Press, 2026) | DRESSING THE BEAR (Louise Bogan Award, Trio House Press, 2024) + 3 📚| Mayah 🐶 | Indianapolis, IN | www.susanlleary.com
Lisa Thornton @thorntonforreal.bsky.social Writer, school nurse. Midwestern. Stories in SmokeLong Quarterly, Wild Roof Journal, Cincinnati Review+. Pushcart, Best Small Fictions & BotN noms. Editor @jmww. Sucker for a good barn.
lisathorntonwriter.com
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Emily Maloney @emilyfmaloney.bsky.social Author of COST OF LIVING (Holt), now in paperback. New book forthcoming. I also make pots and ride horses. Artist in Residence at the University of Central Oklahoma. she/her www.emilymaloney.net
@klastastic.bsky.social @klastastic.bsky.social I love economics, law, finance, Chicago, and sometimes politics. Colorado is home. I’ll never leave Chicago tho. I am exactly the median age in the U.S. 🏳️🌈 my garden (in header) is my pride & joy
Pokey @junkyardcrawler.bsky.social architecture, dead mall, train, car enthusiast
Chicago-based
takes too many photos
non-binary
Blog: https://whatusedtobethere.blogspot.com/
Website: https://etaoin-shrdlu.net/
RIP COHOST - EGGBUG FOREVER - KEEP EM POSTING IN OUR HEARTS
D. J. Runnels — author 📚💙 @djrunnels.bsky.social Almost published by HarperCollins, went Indie, hit the Amazon top 150 in US humor and top 100 in Absurdist Satire. Litfic disguised as ghost stories. Vonnegut meets Du Maurier. Chicago. ND. #SkyWriters 🚫AI
Linktr.ee/LifesAnExpedition
Jack Colby @jackcolby.bsky.social Won’t you pour me a Cuban breeze, Gretchen?
Chicago YIMBY. Sam Eagle-esque. Edgewater-Lakewood Balmoral
Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social Chicagoan, journalist, photographer, author, copy editor, flâneur. https://www.robertloerzel.com/- N 🇺🇸 @n976wow.bsky.social
Catherine Parnell @victoriancat.bsky.social Writer, editor, educator. Director of Publicity, Arrowsmith Press. Editor, MicroLit. CatherineParnell.com
Seven Stories Press @sevenstories.bsky.social Political non-fiction, world literature, social justice children’s books, and other works of the radical imagination ✨
sevenstories.com
@chicagocritter.bsky.social @chicagocritter.bsky.social 
Erik @es06x.com Web developer, traveler, runner, reader, cat dad, electric car lover, and Chicago resident. 📚🇺🇸🏳️🌈
I run robots for @isthereaneventtoday.com and @isthereacubsga.me
Hedgehog Poetry Press @hedgehogpress.co.uk Hedgehog is a teeny one-man-band of a poetry press nobody knows about - shhh!
www.hedgehogpress.co.uk
dmercer.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social Look up and stay curious. Mostly architecture.