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@bridportprize.bsky.social
📝 Worldwide creative writing comp 📝 Over £20K prize pot 📝 Alumni inc Kate Atkinson 📝 Honorary Patron Kit de Waal 📝 Raises funds for Bridport Arts Centre The views of contributors do not reflect the views of The Bridport Prize. bridportprize.org.uk
@fiddes.bsky.social
Poet and creative director. '*Other Saints Are Available' (Live Canon), 'The Rainbow Factory' + 'The Chelsea Flower Show Massacre' (Templar). Dubai, Barcelona, London and unmapped places in between. https://markfiddes.com/
@emmadonoghue.bsky.social
writer of fiction (The Paris Express, Learned by Heart, Haven, The Pull of the Stars, The Wonder, Room, etc), films, plays...
@taraskurtu.bsky.social
Poet/Writer. Writing Coach. Speaker. Books: The Amoeba Game, next up: Faith Farm. CEASEFIRE NOW. FREE PALESTINE. 🍉
@0x0.boo
Security. People matter most. Creator of news.0x0.boo 📰 Bluesky Signal group invite 🔗 signal.0x0.boo #TeslaTakedown
@riverriverbooks.bsky.social
Where Poetry Moves. Two editors, publishing (at least) two exceptional poetry titles a year & the Plainwater Nonfiction Series. Poetry submissions open May and June. Posts by @amorak.bsky.social and @hanvanderhart.bsky.social www.riverriverbooks.org
@utahcornelius.bsky.social
Long-time dedicated activist. Commited to resistance. I don't pay oligarchs to destroy Democracy. No Twitter, FB, Instagram, Threads, WhatsAp, Amazon. LGBTQ+/BLM/Climate Ally, rescue dog owner, husband, dad. He/him. Opposed to death threat rule. No DMs.
@bookwormvaught.bsky.social
Author of many books, Creative Writing & English teacher, Curae prize, campaigner, mum of 3 lads. Rep. @keslupo Maass Agency, NYC Wilts, Wales, Southern US https://linktr.ee/bookwormvaught?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=00043ddf-6cad-43e1-8c8a-d89
@adamjfarrer.bsky.social
Essayist, Editor @ The Real Story, Winner NorthBound Book Award for COLD FISH SOUP (Saraband, 2022). BROKEN BISCUITS (HarperNorth, 2025) MD ANT https://linktr.ee/adamjfarrer
@susannacrossman.bsky.social
Writing. 'The Orange Notebooks' Bluemoose, 05/25 'Home is Where we Start', Penguin https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/457409/home-is-where-we-start-by-crossman-susanna/9780241650905 Words: Guardian, Aeon, Vogue... https://susanna-crossman.squarespace.com
@kathyhoyle.bsky.social
Writer, dreamer, PhD student exploring working-class voices. Northern lass. Words @Northerngravy.com @nffr.bsky.social @theforge.bsky.social @EmergeJournal @fictiveDream.bsky.social @SoFloPoJo.bsky.social Winner @Bathflashaward https://kathyhoyle.com
@barbarabyar.bsky.social
Writer Debut Novel: IN THE DESERT Spring 26 from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social Collection: Some Days are Better than Ours (Reflex Fiction) Fiction Editor: Variant Lit https://barbarabyar.wordpress.com Kerry via San Francisco
@jntod.bsky.social
Poetry critic and editor. Norwich is my New York. Writing about poetry here: https://someflowerssoon.substack.com/
@rachaeldunlop.com
Writer of #FlashFiction, #ShortStories and a never-finished novel. Spaniel-wrangler. Curmudgeon. Forest dweller. #MDANT She/her/cis rachaeldunlop.com
@lmcknighthardy.bsky.social
Author of NIGHT BABIES (2026) @johnmurrays.bsky.social & DEAD RELATIVES (2021) and WATER SHALL REFUSE THEM (2019) @deadinkbooks.bsky.social She/her lmcknighthardy.com Agent: @donaldwin.bsky.social @watsonlittle.bsky.social
@hjm.bsky.social
Writer. One half of a dynamic duo. H is for Hawk, Vesper Flights. PROPHET with Sin Blache. Rep by the Clegg Agency. Non-binary. They/she
@stephaniecarty.bsky.social
Author & Clinical Psychologist. Saboteur Award (novella). Eyelands Book Award (story collection). Psychology for Writers series. Short & long fiction. Fond of pyjamas and kindness. Novella and workbook coming July 2025.
@louisemangos.bsky.social
Author of suspense & historical novels Stories in 20+ anthologies MA crime writing UEA Wild swimmer Skate skier Cyclist Fizz drinker
@isabelrogers.bsky.social
Writer. Relatively chirpy. Stockwell Park Orchestra series, and sometimes poetry. isabelrogers619 on instagram https://farragobooks.com/book-series/the-stockwell-park-orchestra-series isabelrogers.org
@sineadgleeson.bsky.social
🇮🇪 Writer Hagstone | Constellations | This Woman’s Work (with Kim Gordon) | Agent: Peter Straus at RCW | Newsletter: momentsofrecognition.substack.com
@eveainsworth.bsky.social
Award winning working class author. Writes children’s books and adult romance/suspense. Safeguarding Lead. Part time Lady Stardust. Somebody I Used To Love - 2024 Pieces of Us - 2025 Loves football, fudge and fascinating fascinations.
@louisemumford.bsky.social
Thriller writer. New book THE FESTIVAL out now. (HarperCollins). Co-Chair of Crime Cymru. Welsh 🏴 Agent: Kate Shaw. Committed insomniac. Care Bear devotee. Website: www.louisemumfordauthor.com
@kathyfish.bsky.social
Ploughshares | Best American Nonreq'd | Copper Nickel Editors' Prize | The Norton Reader | ElectricLit | Flash Fiction America | Swamp Pink (fmrly Crazyhorse) | Wigleaf | The Art of Flash Fiction https://artofflashfiction.substack.com
@helenrye.bsky.social
Writer, editor. UEA Prose MA and fledgling PhD researcher. Won some writing things. Published some writing things. @smokelong.bsky.social senior ed. She/her.
@kirstenp.bsky.social
Writer (agency copywriter plus own nonsense). Bookish slattern. Owned by a spaniel. Don't make me do this again. Substack: https://inbetweengirl.substack.com/
@debialper.bsky.social
Author, freelance editor, creative writing tutor and fearless slayer of Doubt Demons. Also interested in mudlarking, singing with my choir, micro gardening, working class peeps and radical Jewish voices. Owned by my cat. She/her.
@louiestowell.bsky.social
Writer/illustrator of the LOKI: A Bad God's Guide books, Writer of Otherland & The Dragon in the Library. https://louiestowell.com. No terfs. Many fluctuating fandoms incluing BtVS + Doctor Who. This feed isn't for kids.
@annelouiseavery.bsky.social
Writer and Art Historian. Old Fox stories. Edward M.Bannister catalogue raisonne and research. Reynard the Fox and Fox for All Seasons published by Bodleian Publishing. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/AnneLouiseAvery
@vaginamuseum.bsky.social
World's first bricks and mortar museum dedicated to vaginas, vulvas and the gynae anatomy. Website: https://www.vaginamuseum.co.uk/ Other social links: https://beacons.ai/v_museum
@longbarrowpress.bsky.social
Sheffield-based poetry publisher with an ethos of craft, care and collaboration. Books, recordings, films, walks, performances. Editor: Brian Lewis. https://longbarrowpress.com
@nualaoconnor.bsky.social
Writer. Irish. Autistic. Latest book: Menagerie (poetry). https://nualaoconnor.com/
@andrewwille.bsky.social
Reads, writes, edits, gardens, cooks. Natural history, nice people. Whippet person 🌈🇪🇺🌹🥮🐺 Also Andrew Wille Writing Studio www.wille.org https://linktr.ee/andrewwille
@tanyashadrick.bsky.social
Author #TheCureForSleep: a late-waking life - a Waterstones & Evening Standard Book of 22 | Creator Wild Patience Scrolls: A Mile of Writing, #BirdsOfFirle & #ConcentratesOfPlace | Founder Selkie Press | Fellow Royal Society of Arts
@maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social
The other one. Poet & NYT bestselling author. Next 📚: DEAR WRITER (April 2025), THE PEOPLE’S PROJECT (Sept 2025), A SUIT OR A SUITCASE (March 2026).
@jamesmcconachie1.bsky.social
Poet, apparently. Forward Prize, BOTN and Pushcart nom. Occasional horseman, remote rural Spain. Words in blackbough, iambapoet, eatthestorms, Modron, Madrid Review, Bad Lilies, Dark Mountain project and more. https://linktr.ee/jamesmcconachiepoet
@galleybeggars.bsky.social
Galley Beggar Press is an independent publisher from Norwich. Citizens of the world. And foreign.
@judepickledplum.bsky.social
Tea drinking fool, storyteller, humanist. Easily distracted by cats and reverb. Quiet voice, loud hands. Likes writers, books and awful puns.
@marinabenjamin.bsky.social
Writer. Editor at Aeon. Midlife trilogy (Middlepause, Insomnia, A Little Give) Essays in Granta, Aeon, Paris Review. New work cooking. Rep Rebecca Carter
@butchersdog.bsky.social
Canny. Inclusive printed bi-annual magazine and anthologies for emerging and established poets in UK/ROI. Best Magazine 2022 + 2023, Saboteur Awards. Editor @joclement.co.uk
@godzillakent.bsky.social
Working Class Poet/Writer | Publisher of @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social | The Working Classic (2023, the87press) | Awen Medal | Stroke Survivor | he/him | Agent: Kate Rizzo (Greene & Heaton)
@lilydunn.bsky.social
Sins of My Father ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Guardian Non-Fiction Book of the Year. Academic. Memoir lover. #lifewriting Co-founder @londonlitlab.bsky.social Find me here: https://lilydunn.substack.com/
@cazroz.bsky.social
Editor of fiction. Author/ghostwriter of non-fiction. Lover of books. Overly fond of Lindt chocolate bunnies & gravy (not together). Exiled Mancunian. www.carirosen.com
@damianbarr.bsky.social
Writer & broadcaster. 🏴 🌈 🖊️📚 🎭 📺 📻 🪴 🐔 🥃 He/Him 📕 The Two Roberts is my new novel (Sept 2025). I’m also curating a show about them for Charleston. 📕 Maggie & Me. 📕 You Will Be Safe Here. 📺 Big Scottish Book Club on BBC iPlayer. PhD, FRSL, FRSE.