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Digital anthology series celebrating knowledge, connection, and growth through poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction.
EICs @melruthwrites.bsky.social and @kristinwrites.bsky.social. CNF Editor @gcbwrites.bsky.social
Arielle Arbushites (writingthewayhome) @writingthewayhome.bsky.social Arielle is a licensed social worker who has been a writer all her life. Published poet. Arielle lives in PA where she balances motherhood, hospice work, & poetry as a means of understanding what it is to be alive.
https://linktr.ee/ariellearbs
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
J. C. Jones @thejcjones.bsky.social Author of the best selling Louisa Moss detective series.
Ex-nightclub boss and, due to carelessness, owner of only half a lung.
Poems and Limericks daily.
Based in Hereford, UK.
Ahrend Torrey ⎮ Poetry @ahrendtorreypoetry.bsky.social Ahrend Torrey's Poetry Page ☀️🐝🏳️🌈
Author of This Moment; If it’s darkness we’re having, let it be extravagant: The Jane Kenyon Erasure Poems; Ripples; and Bird City, American Eye, all from Pinyon Publishing; and Small Blue Harbor (Poetry Box Select)
Joseph Radke @josephradke.com Re-emerging poet. None of my e's are silent!
Poems in Copper Nickel, Bellevue Literary Review, Boulevard & Southeast Review (forthcoming)
📖 my work ⤵
www.josephradke.com
Laura Hannett @lauraupat5am.bsky.social Poet-in-progress, LMT
Max Pearl 🏳️⚧️ @pearlbear.com Black, Trans, Queer, luddite, multi-genre writer. Ph.D. Neuroscience. MFA student Antioch University. Cazadero, CA
https://maxwellpearl.com
https://overlappingmagisteria.com
Joshua Walker @bigjosh84.bsky.social I take up space, even when the world says I shouldn’t.
Poet. Observer. Rebel of thought.
Every heartbeat a manifesto. Resisting always. 💙
2025 Pushcart & Best Microfiction Nominee
https://www.amazon.com/Least-Weird-Person-Awake/dp/B0GT1262KP
Jason Bentsman @jasonbentsman.bsky.social Wayfaring Writer & Photographer
// Debut photobook out now from 89Books Italy ➨
www.tinyurl.com/WhichCannotBeSeen
// Bklyn Review, Offing, LitroMagUK, Mercurius, Tiny Mcules, AmBystander, MTL Review, HAD, Amstdm Qtrly, FStop, et al
Waylon & Elephant Journal @elephantjournal.com We share inspiring, helpful, challenging articles. And quotes, and whatever I care about. You can write & get featured on Elephant at elephantjournal.com/post
Elephant: about The Mindful Life, since 2002: elephantjournal.com/best (free) to stay connected.
Sarah Banks @sarahbanks.bsky.social Writer | Nurse | Educator🪻🍀
Lindsay Wilson @lindsay-wilson.bsky.social Poet & Professor in Reno, NV. Author of The Day Gives Us So Many Ways to Eat and No Elegies. Poetry editor at The Meadow
www.lindsaywilson.net
V.C. Myers @vcmyers.bsky.social author of Ophelia (Femme Salvé Books, 2023) & Give the Bard a Tetanus Shot (Vegetarian Alcoholic Press, 2019) | Fmr editor/reader Muruch, Barren, Ice Floe, Frontier, Sarabande Books | work in EPOCH, Poet Lore, Bombay Gin, HAD, etc. http://vcmyers.com
Bob Estes @onscrn.bsky.social Texas roots but more than half my life in Boston area. PhD in Physics, UC Berkeley; US-Italian Space Shuttle missions; 60-odd poems published: Louisville Review, Gargoyle, Cola Literary Review, The Moth, Masque & Spectacle, The Madrigal…
Rob Hardy @rbhardy3rd.bsky.social Former Poet Laureate of Northfield, Minnesota (2016-2023)
Haiku Poems @haikupoems.bsky.social Welcome to the haiku poems collection 📖✒️
Ezekiel McAdams @pocketfullofish.bsky.social 
Karen Bramblett @poetryeverywhere.bsky.social Poet, nature lover, outdoor enthusiast
Sarah Cummins Small @sarahcumminssmall.bsky.social "Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world..." (Percy Bysshe Shelley)
My poetry collection, Stitches, available at: https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/stitches-by-sarah-cummins-small
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
Victoria Spires @victoriaspires.bsky.social linktr.ee/victoriaspires
BotN, Pushcart & Forward nominated. Shortlisted/commended in various comps: Winner Alpine Fellowship Poetry Prize
Finalist Mslexia Women's Comp
Seeking publisher for new work.
Emily Tee @emteepoetry.bsky.social Poet, writer, editor/judge with The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press. Lives in the UK.
Dabbles in Flash Fiction, speculative genres. Writing a novel. Mini poetry pamphlet due late 2026.
One of the hosts of PromptCombo
BIGGSGGIB @ridebikeseatspuds.bsky.social Writer | Poet | Conservationist | Rider of Bikes | Occasional Musician | etc.
mitchellbiggs.blogspot.com
Tom Marshall @tommarshall-writer.bsky.social Teaching & learning guy, card-carrying journo, proud husband & dad, weekend novelist, poet in training, travel writer. International educator in Europe, Middle East, and Asia. My math: inspirational people + great storytelling = better world.
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
@jeanettelynes.bsky.social @jeanettelynes.bsky.social Writer, writing teacher. Upcoming novel on women codebreakers in WW Two. The Paper Birds. Summer 2025! Professor of Creative Writing, University of Saskatchewan
Victoria Melekian @victoriamelekian.bsky.social Writer, quilter, person who practices piano. My poetry collection "The Accidental Courage of Our Lives" is available from Sheila-Na-Gig Editions.
https://victoriamelekian.com/
Haiku Poetry @haiku-poetry.bsky.social Haiku Poetry (written by myself)
📍Switzerland
Jennifer's TBR is huge... @jdawson001.bsky.social ♿️🏳️🌈American SFF author, poet, editor, & book reviewer living in England. She/her. Member of The Poetry Society & The British Fantasy Society.
Online at: WorldsOfMayhem.com
https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/dawson001
Trans rights are human rights.🏳️⚧️💋
Poetry Enthusiast @poetry-enthusiast.bsky.social Poetry & nature enthusiast ~ reader ~ writer ~ traveller ~ photographer
Poetry Emma Meier @poetryemmameier.bsky.social Poet. Writer. Reader. Thinker. ✍️📖
Bookish Bliss @agirlincyber.bsky.social Kind is sexy.
Bibliophile | Photography | Travelling
A girl in cybersecurity💻🖥️
Hey👋😊, You follow me and I'll definitely follow you back. Thanks for following, you are wonderful 😊.
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
Poetry with Linda @poetrywithlinda.bsky.social poetry, nature, writing, reading, art, culture, languages, photography, travelling 🎨🖌️🖼️
Let's also be friends on Substack:@poetrywithlinda
J. D. Nelson @madverse.bsky.social poet
MadVerse.com
linktr.ee/jdnelson
poetry micropoetry anti-poetry
Boulder, Colorado
almost human
Christus Super Omnia ☩
Jason M Thornberry @jason-m-thornberry.bsky.social THE FINISH LINE (Sand and Gravel Press) • novel & memoir forthcoming • Blood Type: Curry • Leeds United • Anti-AI
#LUFC
jmthornberry.wordpress.com
sandandgravelpress.com/store/the-finish-line-jason-thornberry
Beth Kanter @beekaekae.bsky.social Writer, teacher, workshop leader.
Hand holder
Words in: X-R-A-Y Literary Magazine, Emerge Literary Journal, Unbroken, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Cease, Cows and others.
Pushcart nominee.
www.bethkanter.com
Books: No Access DC & Great Food Finds DC…
Susan L. Lin 林🦕 @susanllin.bsky.social Storyteller
Ann Tiplady @anntiplady.bsky.social Was a wildlife biologist, then was a farmer, now a writer. All the issues I care about rest on a foundation of healthy democracy. That's the big enchilada, isn't it? Find me at https://anntiplady.com
Paraselene @paraselenemag.bsky.social A new online literary magazine for poetry and book reviews on poetry. Always open for submissions. Proud CLMP member. #1,597 on the FISH list. Posts by themichaelbeard.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/paraselene
Aubrey Hirsch @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social GRAPHIC RAGE on Substack. Writer & illustrator of stories, essays and feminist comics. '22 NEA fellow. Work in TIME, Vox, New York Times, Washington Post, etc. Very charming IRL. she/her
Paul Guest @paulmguest.bsky.social Poet and memoirist. Published in Best American Poetry, The Paris Review, Poetry, and elsewhere. Whiting Award Winner and Guggenheim Fellow.
Poets & Writers @pw.org Official account of Poets & Writers, the primary source of information, support, and guidance for creative writers since 1970. Sign up for our newsletter: at.pw.org/newsletter- N 🇺🇸 @n976wow.bsky.social
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
Emma Straub @emmastraub.bsky.social Novelist and bookseller. 
Emily St. John Mandel @emilymandel.bsky.social Six books including Sea of Tranquility, The Glass Hotel, and Station Eleven. St. John is just my middle name; the books go under M.
Benjamin Percy @benjaminpercy.bsky.social Writer of novels (Ninth Metal, Red Moon), comics (Punisher, Deadpool), essays (Thrill Me), audio dramas (Wolverine: The Long Night), film (13th Night, Summering), TV (Urban Cowboy), and dad jokes (Knock, knock…). WGA member. www.benjaminpercy.com
Nicole Dufalla @dufalla.bsky.social Lover of travel, words, nature, espresso. They occasionally love me back.
Josiah Nelson @josiahnelson.bsky.social I'm what you call shy - William Steig/me
Debut book forthcoming with @invisibooks.bsky.social
Words in Brick, CV2, Fractured Lit, Grain, and the Literary Review of Canada
Finishing Line Press @finishinglinepress.bsky.social Finishing Line Press is an award-winning small press publisher, since 1998. FLP is a proud member of CLMP http://Finishinglinepress.com
John Chapman @johnwchapman.bsky.social Reader, printer, librarian, backpacker.
DeAnna Beachley @deannabeachley.bsky.social Historian, #gender, #suffrage, poet, essayist, artist. Avid reader, nature lover, and a HUGE fan of ravens, vultures, and condors. I draw rocks.
Neil Ellis Orts @neowrites.bsky.social Writer, goof. Not necessarily in that order. 
Matt Bell @mdbell79.bsky.social Writer, teacher. Up next: PENITENT, a novel (2028, Doubleday); TYPO, nonfiction (2027, Bloomsbury). Out now: APPLESEED (2021, Mariner). REFUSE TO BE DONE (2022, Soho Press).
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
sarah rose etter @sarahroseetter.bsky.social a little sweet, a little spicy.
wrote the book of x, ripe (scribner, july 2023)
Rusty Barnes @rustybarnes23.bsky.social poet
http://www.linktr.ee/rustybarnes23
Oliver de la Paz @oliverdelapaz.bsky.social Poet Laureate of Worcester, MA. Author and editor. Kundiman. NEA Fellow. Teaches at the College of the Holy Cross and in the low res MFA at PLU.
Graywolf Press @graywolfpress.bsky.social No longer active here. Find us on IG and TikTok @graywolfpress!
The Paris Review @parisreview.bsky.social Quarterly literary magazine founded in 1953.
https://www.theparisreview.org/
https://theparisreview.substack.com/
Shakespeare and Company @shakespeareandcompany.com Indie bookshop in Paris📚Online store ships to the world 🌎 Listen to our podcast here: https://podfollow.com/shakespeare-and-company 🎧
Oxford American @oxfordamerican.bsky.social The Oxford American is a national magazine dedicated to featuring the very best in Southern writing while documenting the complexity and vitality of the South.
https://linktr.ee/oxfordamerican
National Book Foundation @nationalbook.bsky.social National Book Foundation, presenter of the National Book Awards. Dedicated to the celebration of the best literature in America. 
Granta @grantamag.bsky.social The Magazine of New Writing.
https://granta.com/
Tin House @tinhouse.bsky.social Publisher of award-winning fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. For the workshop, head to @mccormackwc.bsky.social.
Powell's Books @powells.bsky.social The legendary independent bookstore.
Portland, OR | est. 1971
The New York Review of Books @nybooks.com ‘The premier literary-intellectual magazine in the English language.’
Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social A multimedia literary and cultural arts magazine with an enduring commitment to the written word. https://lareviewofbooks.org/
Aaron Burch @aaronburch.bsky.social Author: TACOMA; A KIND OF IN-BETWEEN; YEAR OF THE BUFFALO; STEPHEN KING'S THE BODY; BACKSWING
Editor: HAD; Short Story, Long (on Substack)
https://linktr.ee/aaronburch
Rachel D'Amboise @r-d-apostrophe.bsky.social 
The Bitter Southerner @bittersouth.bsky.social Indie media co, 2 print magazines, books, record label, podcast, tees, flags, ASME 🏆 2026 (General Excellence Literature Science & Politics), 9 James Beard Awards #BetterAmerica #BetterWorld — please subscribe
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@paulsmithson.bsky.social @paulsmithson.bsky.social 
Molly McCully Brown @mmccullybrown.bsky.social Poet. Essayist. Educator. "Places I've Taken My Body" & "The Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded" Co-author "In the Field Between Us" w Susannah Nevison. Editor in Chief @ Image Journal. http://mollymccullybrown.com
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.
Paul Lisicky @paullisicky.bsky.social My seventh book, SONG SO WILD AND BLUE: A LIFE WITH THE MUSIC OF JONI MITCHELL, is out now from HarperOne. 🏳️🌈🦌🐊🦀
Lauren Groff @legroff.bsky.social Writer
Ilya Kaminsky @ilyakaminsky.bsky.social www.IlyaKaminsky.com
Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social A daily literary website highlighting the best in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and criticism.
https://linktr.ee/lithub_
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