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
Sean Bester - Author and creator of Crime Opera @seanbester.bsky.social Author of ECHOES OF AN ERRANT EPOCH and #oelvn #vndev creator currently working on the next #sequel #visualnovel, Crime Opera III: The Snowball Effect.
Megolas @perpendorkular.bsky.social Not able-bodied
I love all of your dogs
Misha Solomon @mishasolomon.bsky.social 
sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social small press + zine distro!
Tiohtià:ke // Montréal
transsexual-run // anti-ableist // pro-🇵🇸
https://sheerspite.ca/
https://sheerspite.bigcartel.com/
Assembly Press @pressassembly.bsky.social Independent publisher of ambitious literature.
BC Studies @bcstudies.bsky.social The British Columbian Quarterly: a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to exploring BC's cultural, economic, and political life; past and present.
Josiah Neufeld @josiahneufeld.bsky.social Religion reporter for The Winnipeg Free Press and Broadview magazine.
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/biographies/josiah-neufeld
Author of The Temple at the End of the Universe.
www.josiahneufeld.com
Trina Moyles @trinamoyles.bsky.social Yukon-based journalist and author of BLACK BEAR, LOOKOUT, and WOMEN WHO DIG. Northern correspondent for The Walrus. Articles for CanGeo, The Narwhal, The Globe and Mail, and more.
Read my work at: www.trinamoyles.com
Turi King @turiking.bsky.social British & Canadian geneticist/genealogy/forensics/archaeology #DNAFamilySecrets, #RichardIII DNA gal, Television/podcast presenter.
Johanne Boucher @johanneboucher.bsky.social Tea addict|book lover|writer.
Neurodivergent|Info Specialist (MLIS)
Montréalaise à Ottawa
*Blocks yellers/political partisans*
📚/🎾/⛸️/soap fan.
Profile pic of red tea lights+candles on white holders.
Background yellow + red tulips near pathway and canal.
Paul Allen 🌐🇨🇦 @paulallen.ca Clinical director of intensive mental health services for children and youth in Canada (ret.). Believer in Truth and Reconciliation. Denier of Denialism. Student of semantics and statistics. "AI" too.
Dean Jobb - True Crime Writer @deanjobb.bsky.social Strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre, contemplating a crime.
A Gentleman and a Thief • The Case of the Murderous Dr Cream • Empire of Deception (Algonquin Books/HarperCollins Canada)
Website: www.deanjobb.com
Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/y935u82h
Kirsten Miles, Author 🌹 @kirstenmiles.bsky.social Author 🖊 Vegan 🥬 Libra ♎️
EDM forever 🪩 Write Your Heart Out ❤️
Visit me at kirstenmilesauthor.com 💕
🏳️🌈🇸🇪💋✈️⛵️🌊
I do not read DMs here.- 3 Elvi D @3lvi.bsky.social
@bradbarrycox.bsky.social @bradbarrycox.bsky.social 
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
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
EditorJo @johjohba.bsky.social Longtime editor who's into music, movies, art, books, travelling, hiking, nature, politics, social justice, radical overthinking
Sofi P. @sofip.bsky.social Writer. Mother. Tired.
https://bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/radium-girl?fbclid=IwY2xjawHiwnxleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHXygvf1GdC9XqrKQH8rOKqVfgiOcUaR66kk5FwRFULvR9lhGs8HOjNiXjQ_aem_mLm1_goqGeZiFk125HZGNw
IdaMae West @idamaewest.bsky.social Elementary Teacher-Librarian, teacher-author and creator a.k.a. That Fun Reading Teacher at https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/that-fun-reading-teacher
LiFest Alberta @litfestyeg.bsky.social LitFest is a celebration, a moveable feast of nonfiction. At LitFest, books about real life come off the page. Avid readers connect with writers through a series of live events, great conversations, and exciting gatherings every October in Edmonton, AB.
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
Christine Estima @cestima.bsky.social Author of THE SYRIAN LADIES BENEVOLENT SOCIETY (2023) and LETTERS TO KAFKA (2025) Bylines: The New York Times, The Walrus, Observer, The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, Vice, Chatelaine, and more. Free Palestine🇵🇸 Free Lebanon🇱🇧
Experimental/Dance/Music Festival @dancemusicexper.bsky.social Festivals take place in downtown Toronto, Canada, for the audience feedback video.
The festival has created 4 tiers to enhance your festival experience.
https://filmfreeway.com/ExperimentalFilmMusicVideoFestival
https://experimentalfilmfestival.com
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
Na Malum Afrad @namalumafrad.bsky.social Journalist and documentarian posting independently curated and underreported global news.
Amplifying grassroots movements & mutual aid.
Anonymous for safety, vocal for justice. 👇 Drop tips in replies.
Peter Coffman @petercoffman.bsky.social Retired 🇨🇦 architectural historian. https://carleton.ca/aah/people/peter-coffman/ Photographer. Pilgrim. Occasionally a writer. Chief of Staff to two cats. Photos mine unless otherwise credited.
Michael Munnik @michaelmunnik.bsky.social Canadian pilgrim in Wales. Sociologist of media and religion, senior lecturer at Cardiff University, Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK. Musical side-hustle at https://michaelmunnik.ca/
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 FilmFreeway Festival Discount Codes @filmfreewaycodes.bsky.social Daily discount codes for various festivals to submit to on FilmFreeway
https://filmfreeway.com/festivals/discounts
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
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/
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/- A @akublik.bsky.social @akublik.bsky.social
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
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
Festival Reviews .org @festivalreviews.bsky.social Daily posts about film & film festivals. From mainstream to Indy movies.
https://festivalreviews.org
Another Book on the Shelf Podcast @anotherbookpodcast.bsky.social We started a book club in 2018 but never actually talked about the books - so we started a podcast! New episodes every other Wednesday. There will be spoilers, rants, tangents, and creative epiphanies.
bismarckeart14.bsky.social @bismarckeart14.bsky.social Hi, Bluesky! I’m Silmar Dembicki ( Bismarcke), a digital comic artist and colorist specializing in horror, mystery, and dark fantasy.
I create atmospheric, high-contrast, and detailed artwork for comics, covers, and graphic novels.
SpoonFellas#NAFO NC Gen❌🦋🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪🏳️🌈🇨🇦🇬🇱🇩🇰🇦🇺🌈💙democrat 💛 @spoont51.bsky.social We stand together with these nations and the people of these nations 🇨🇦🇬🇪🇲🇽🇲🇽🇺🇦 #NAFO #FAFO .
Giller Prize @gillerprize.bsky.social Canada's first word in fiction.
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
Erin Brown-John @eebeejay.bsky.social Writer, science communicator, maker/mender. I like to spin yarns.
melanie brannagan frederiksen @melanie-b-f.bsky.social poet, poetry columnist @winnipegfreepress
📚 the night, the knife, the river (forthcoming March 2027 with @atbaypress.bsky.social)
elsewhere: @melaniebf@mstdn.ca; @melanie.b.f on instagram; @melanie_b_f on hey.cafe
Shyanne Johnson💍 @marshylove25.bsky.social Well I’m 25 years old , I am author/writer I love to write and journal this will be my writer place, plus I love to draw, color, just use my imagination also I’m a first timer if you have any ideas feel free to tell me because I’m still figuring out kdp
Ennoble @ennoble.bsky.social Lifting up, not punching down.
Tips on how to reboot government.
Tips on enlightenment.
Possibly something funny.
🌈😷🇨🇦❤️
George Murray @bookninja.bsky.social Poet | 10 books | Neuromancer | Dog person | Habitual founder of things | Nerd | St. John's | http://newpoetry.ca | Other links: https://linktr.ee/georgemurray
Shawna♍️🖤✨️ @smhenley.bsky.social Married.
Canadian Woman🍁
Baby Richman @babyrichmanband.bsky.social Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Rflnb0WvYeuK5B6AHVSXE?si=UUprpuvURT6fW6SAVEo6rA&utm_source=copy-link
⬇️ PRE-SAVE SHADOWS ON THE WALL
https://hypeddit.com/9m8n9w
Medusa Salt Poet @medusa-salt-poet.bsky.social Envisioning and writing liberation and meaningful healing from modern Empire. 🇨🇦
@jenlutes.bsky.social @jenlutes.bsky.social 
Joanna Lilley @joannalilley.bsky.social Author of books including the extinction poetry collection Endlings and the novel Worry Stones. From the UK, now living in Yukon, Canada. 
Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social Lives near that river, in Ottawa, Canada. Has been known to edit & work in arts orgs. Appreciates your book posts.
Vanelle 🦋🇨🇦 🎹🎤 & Buy Canadian Warrior @vanellemusic.bsky.social GenX musician — early electronic/eclectic.
Out here adding all 🇨🇦's I can find - found lots!
My opinions are my own. Coping mechanism - apologies in advance!
I 🚫 no posts
#BuyCanadian:
https://canshoponline.ca/
MUSIC:
https://ersarecords.ca/link-tree
Catherine Owen @cowenwriter.bsky.social Poet, writer, maker of things. Seventeen collections of poetry and prose. Born and raised Vancouverite now living in Edmonton. ANTI-artificial thievery. Editor, reviewer, teacher of poetic forms. Loves: books, cats, gardening, family, real life. #canlit
@Shamlet @shamlet.bsky.social HS English teacher in Canada.
Umbel Nomad @umbelnomad.bsky.social Writer, agvocate, The Water Lady, Canadian, nomad
Etienne @etienne-madelein.bsky.social Avocat vivant à Montréal. Intéressé par la politique et les politiques publiques.
Montreal-based lawyer. Interested in politics & public policy.
🏳️🌈⚖️ he/him/il
Micaëla (she/they) @micdicclarke.bsky.social fantasy writer and editor 🏳️🌈⚔️🍁
collecting wikipedia articles I'll definitely read later
no AI here, friends! ✨
Jídé Salawu @jidesalawu.bsky.social Black Ìrìǹkerinredò. Ọ̀gán. Sùúrù Ọkọ Ìwà.
Sandra Love @hellosandralove.bsky.social Writer
Mystery Thriller
🇨🇦🏴
Mystery Writers of America
Sisters in Crime - Toronto
@maxgall1.bsky.social @maxgall1.bsky.social 
Canadian Notes & Queries @cnandq.bsky.social Canada's oldest magazine of literary criticism. Books, culture, a Canadian perspective, a backward glance. Design by #Seth.
https://linktr.ee/cnandq
Neda Zi @nedazi.bsky.social 
Shona Cook @shonacookto.bsky.social Publishing publicist. 🇨🇦
Posts deleted regularly as I'm not making the same mistake I made at the other place.
Dr. Ishaan @reluctantmicroblog.bsky.social Literary scholar for my sins
Academic prole
English and Cultural Studies PhD
Animal studies, Marxism, indie rock, cinema
https://ishaanselby.owlstown.net/
https://bandcamp.com/edsays
Be Fuddled @befuddled.bsky.social Treaty 8. Here for the artists, the writers, the nature nuts.
@hume1711.bsky.social @hume1711.bsky.social 
@lonesome32.bsky.social @lonesome32.bsky.social 
rhrogers.bsky.social @rhrogers.bsky.social I like poetry and ancient languages
Julie Casey @juliecasey.bsky.social High school English, History, and Food Studies teacher. 90s pop culture savant. Sci fi and horror addict. Cat lover. Farm girl. 🇨🇦
Iain Aire @iainaire.bsky.social Word alchemist, the quest for the unobtainable. EcoFiction, Fantasy, SciFi, Crime & Book Binder. The borderland of worlds. www.iainaire.com The Grey Pilgrim’s Gambit https://thegreypilgrimsgambit.laterpress.com Seeds anthology https://seeds.laterpress.com
chris johnson @ceeeejohnson.bsky.social he/him : white settler : managing editor, @arcpoetry.bsky.social : editorial assistant, @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social : opinions are my own : say hi
Tay @taytayokbaybay.bsky.social New to bluesky, escaping threads. Chronic illness book baddie
Beaumont House Press @beaumonthousepress.bsky.social Publishing the best Canadian writing
https://www.beaumonthousepress.com
Mark Coakley @markcoakley.bsky.social #book #writer in #HamOnt #Ontario #Canada
True crime - Hidden Harvest; Tip & Trade; Faces of Fraud
Romance/horror novel - Murder Bugs
Norse epic - The Saga of Halfdan the Black
History of psychedelic therapy - Shroom Boom
markcoakleybooks.com
Christine Nayler 🇨🇦 @chrisnayler.bsky.social Trauma‑informed journalist, documentary storyteller,writer, artist & advocate. Writing and witnessing from systems of failure, grief & lived experience. #mentalhealth #neurodiversity #4Ryan https://substack.com/@christinenayler nationalapology.ca
Canada Fiction Fest @canadafictionfest.bsky.social Like a great big online book fair, featuring Canadian fiction books and authors from all across the country. 🍁🦫🫎 | FictionFest.ca
(Also @nptwrites.bsky.social)
Avishek @avisghosh.bsky.social I am a self taught artist,living in kolkata india .. I am born in 1991 , here I will post my every days works .
Natalie Zed @nataliezed.bsky.social Author of HENCH and VILLAIN. She/her. Spec fic, videogames, heavy metal, horror, MMA, comics, TTRPGs, LARP. CanLit Tank Girl. Extremely unlikely. Rep'd by Ron Eckel at CookeMcDermid.
Sean Paul Bedell @seanpaulbedell.bsky.social father, husband, fountain pen user, horibell spelar, retired paramedic, former firefighter, lover of Canadian Literature. My novel, Shoebox, is coming soon to your favourite bookseller. www.seanpaulbedell.ca
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
la Vermeer @lavermeer.bsky.social Author, editor, publisher. Fierce feminist. 
Aaron Chan @theaaronchan.bsky.social 🌈Pro in disappointing my Asian parents. Books: memoir: THIS CITY IS A MINEFIELD; picture book: THE BROKEN HEART | linktr.ee/theaaronchan
@whatn5xt.bsky.social @whatn5xt.bsky.social 
@bookhugpress @bookhugpress.bsky.social Book*hug Press is a radically optimistic Canadian-owned publisher working at the forefront of contemporary book culture.🍁
Vicki Ziegler @bookgaga.bsky.social Booklover, blathering at http://www.bookgaga.ca - literary news, reviews, discussion, poetry posted daily (aka #TodaysPoem http://bit.ly/2J4ym4C), member of a thriving silent book club group (aka #SilentBookClub http://bit.ly/2NSBVtw) ... oh, and I crochet
Anne Denoon @annedenoon.bsky.social Crone, wastrel, lapsed (but twitching) novelist. Posts about art & lit.
Me: https://www.writersunion.ca/member/anne-denoon
My book: Back Flip, a novel about art & the 1960s: https://t.co/m7fQSOo6At or (with reviews) https://tinyurl.com/4dzwzpdp
Amy Bell - Shorebird Pottery @amy5bell.bsky.social Artist. Pottery and Textiles. Teacher, lover of music and good food.
Havergal College @havergal.on.ca Havergal College is a leading independent school for girls (JK to Grade 12) in Toronto, Canada. Learn more at: http://havergal.on.ca
Christy Climenhage @cclim.bsky.social SFF author. Muddling through the pre-apocalypse. CSFFA SFWA. She/her. 🐙🐾
Unceded Algonquin territory. 🇨🇦 Debut 2025: THE MIDNIGHT PROJECT with Poplar Press (Wolsak & Wynn). Rep’d by Sara Megibow. Views my own.
www.christyclimenhage.com
MrSalvor @mrsalvor.bsky.social Emeritus. #YYZ #GeorgianBay
Sara @paperbacklinguist.bsky.social 
Adele Gallogly @adelegallogly.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Flash fiction writer | 2025 Highly Commended Bridport Prize & Finalist New Millennium Writings | Published in FlashFlood, Paragraph Planet, 50-Word Stories, Flash the Court, Writers’ Hour, MacQueen’s Quinterly, and elsewhere.
linktr.ee/adelegallogly
Leah de la Mer @leahcallen.bsky.social Canadian poet 🇨🇦
Forever feminist and anti-fascist.
www.leahcallen.com/about
🚫DMs.