Jacob Schepers
Poet, Co-Editor of @ballastjournal.bsky.social
www.jacobschepers.com
www.ballastjournal.com
@jacobschepers on the gram
Starter Packs
Created by Jacob Schepers (1)
Another poets starter pack: best-kept secrets?
A pack of some exciting/under-the-radar/off-beat/off-the-trail poets + some faves/big names + venues who might’ve been missed in other starters thus far
@francoinstitutend.bsky.social
Founded by the University of Notre Dame's College of Arts and Letters in 1984, the Franco Family Institute helps advance research in the arts, humanities, and social sciences at the University of Notre Dame. https://linktr.ee/franco.nd.ed
@stuc80.bsky.social
@romyewing.bsky.social
work in HAD, BRAWL, Bullshit Lit, BRUISER, Major 7th Mag, Oyez Review, fifth wheel press, + more. poetry + cnf editor at JAKE ૮ ˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶ ა
@ezhang77.bsky.social
Writer | Chicago | Work in HAD, Maudlin House, The Citron Review + more | Pushcart Prize and BotN nom | Best Microfiction ‘24, '25 https://elenalzhang.wordpress.com/writing/
@salem-zine-witch.bsky.social
I’m a librarian, witch, poet, and artist resisting the patriarchy anyway I can. https://linktr.ee/dawnstahura
@micropoetry.bsky.social
poet & author MadVerse.com linktr.ee/jdnelson poetry micropoetry poem writer writing book chapbook e-book Dada Surrealism experimental weird literature haiku ecopoetry nature wildlife animal tree kindness Boulder Denver Colorado Christus Super Omnia +
@ghostproposal.bsky.social
Post-genre literary journal + chapbook press. ghostproposal.com
@radicalcatalyst.bsky.social
SUBMIT NOW! Queer feminist art and literary journal committed to igniting change at the intersection of art, literature, politics, and social justice. https://linktr.ee/radicalcatalystjournal
@bjtap.bsky.social
Author of Upon the Burning, forthcoming with Midnight Meadow Publishing 🌈 (she/her)
@martycain.bsky.social
Poet / scholar / bisexual dad / aging punk freak / library worker in Ithaca NY. Co-editor of Garden-Door Press, author of three books including The Prelude (Action Books, 2023). Vox in Joyous Shrub. He/him www.marty-cain.com
@p-cunning.bsky.social
Co-Managing Editor @actionbooks.bsky.social | Author of SOCIOCIDE AT THE 24/7 (@eldiagram.bsky.social, 2025); FALL GARMENT (Schism, 2022); THE HOUSE OF THE TREE OF SORES (Schism, 2020)
@jpthorn.bsky.social
queer, neurodivergent bookworm. actual worm 🪱 sometimes i make art & play video games. 👾🎮 loud ampersand advocate / pop cultist / anti-fascist / 90s&00s forever http://thorn.jp
@flatt.bsky.social
Poet, publisher of Threadsuns, book designer. Pain Olympics champion.
@vestigiaflammae.bsky.social
Poetry * translation * medieval literature * Aeneid (Shearsman Books, 2023) * Postmodern Poetry and Queer Medievalisms (Medieval Institute Publications, 2022) * https://linktr.ee/dhadbawnik
@angelacv.bsky.social
Author of ARENA GLOW (Tourane Poetry Press, ‘24). Writer, ponderer, saunterer.🍍on everything. Critter enthusiast. Poems in Oxford Review of Books, NAR, 32 Poems. Poetry reviewer: #100smallpress. AssocEd. for Scrub Jay Press. www.angelachaidezvincent.com
@writerinworkboots.bsky.social
Writing books, building houses, getting rained on in the PNW. www.rozray.net
@drrachelrochester.bsky.social
Writer, educator, climate advocate, and general goon about the Pacific Northwest. Reviewer for #100smallpress. Purveyor of Portland’s own Little Ghost Library and lover of every haunt.
@nancyjane.bsky.social
https://nancyjanemoore.com/ Latest novel: For the Good of the Realm from Aqueduct Press. https://t.co/DwcGwH7Hhe Blog: https://treehousewriters.com/wp53/ she or they If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers
@allisonxgreen.bsky.social
Writer, community college writing teacher, dog mama. PNW/Seattle 🏳️🌈 she/her #100smallpress THE GHOSTS WHO TRAVEL WITH ME and HALF-MOON SCAR allisongreen.org
@judithclaire.bsky.social
I do writerly things like novels (A Reunion of Ghosts, The Last Day of the War), essays (NER, Sewanee Review, The Sun, etc), and naps. UWisc-Madison Prof Emerit. judithclairemitchell.com Also helping out at www.miriamgershow.com/100smallpress
@raimalarter.bsky.social
Writer & Scientist. Nonfiction Editor @utopiascifi.bsky.social Author of 3 novels, 2 collections & 1 nonfiction science book. Websites https://raimalarter.com/, raima.substack.com, https://writing.exchange/@raimalarter In Denver & loving it!
@therafaeljohnson.bsky.social
Dad. Coffee lover. Author of The Through (Jaded Ibis Press), Absinthe Party at the Fly Honey Warehouse (LiveJournal), and UNOFFICIAL. Co-author of Creative Evaluation and Engagement: Essentials. Supported by the MN Heritage Fund and viewers like you.
@ambersparks.bsky.social
Your garbage mom; writer; she/her; I ♥️ unions; essayist on film, books, fairy tales, and horror; wrote AND I DO NOT FORGIVE YOU; HAPPY PEOPLE DON’T LIVE HERE in October; rep’d by Kent Wolf; I just want you to be happy, honey linktr.ee/ambernoellesparks
@ishmish17.bsky.social
a passionate, fragmentary girl(boi), maybe writer, feminist, gymnerd, & admirer of the well-written college mission statement they/she
@bethkephart.bsky.social
Writer, paper artist, teacher, believer in the good that will one day overcome, National Book Award finalist, and a Substacker (The Hush and the Howl). Due in April 2025, Tomorrow Will Bring Sunday's News, with Tursulowe Press.
@victoriancat.bsky.social
Writer, editor, educator. Director of Publicity, Arrowsmith Press. Editor, MicroLit. CatherineParnell.com
@clairepolders.bsky.social
Author of 5 novels and 100+ essays, stories, and book reviews. Memoir in progress. Born in the Netherlands, lived in Paris, married an American, and in love with Japan. Mindful nomad, slow-traveling the world. Dreams of being a rebel. She/her.
@daniellezacc.bsky.social
English teacher, new mom, EIC of Fast Flesh Literary Journal, and author of Suppose Muscle, Suppose Night, Suppose This in August.
@dianejosefowicz.bsky.social
novelist, historian, amateur hoofer www.dianejosefowicz.com | GUARDIANS & SAINTS coming 10/25 @cornerstonepress | THE GREAT HOUSES OF PILL HILL coming 2026 @sohopress
@scooterwriter.bsky.social
Co-Directs National Flash Fiction Day. Author of NIFs ‘Finding a Way' (Ad Hoc Fiction), ‘An Inheritance' (V.Press), ‘A Tricky Dance’ (Alien Buddha Press), William Prichard & Co’ (Arroyo Seco Press). dianesimmons.co.uk
@misdonnacolta.bsky.social
Author of LIVING COLOR (WA State Book Award Finalist), HOLA AND GOODBYE, and WHEN THE DE LA CRUZ FAMILY DANCED. New novel coming 2026. Estadounidense recently relocated to Spain, now with birthright Mexican citizenship, cuz, options. donnamiscolta.com
@hramsaroop.bsky.social
ha-lay-na • She/her • Freelance editor, book reviewer and bioarchaeologist • Assistant Editor @augursociety.bsky.social • Copy Editor for Muslim Literary Festival • First Reader @khoreo.bsky.social 🍉🇬🇾🇨🇦📚👩🏾🔬✨ https://linktr.ee/hramsaroop
@jennyhayes.bsky.social
Seattle writer, former '80s Berkeley teenager, punk rock wine mom. (she/her, all views my own)
@jennyshank.bsky.social
Representing Jenkind. Writer, reader, eater. Books: MIXED COMPANY & THE RINGER. Teach: Mile High MFA & Lighthouse Writers Workshop. Words: The Atlantic, Washington Post, McSweeney’s & jenny.shank.substack.com
@joeannhart.bsky.social
Author of environmental fiction and nonfiction. Climate activist and lover of animals, especially my rescue pigs. New novel is Arroyo Circle out by Green Writers Press, 2024.
@kalenski.bsky.social
Zone 6a. Book Babe Extraordinaire. Old skool Denver. Queen of food allergies. Her indoors. Nuggets. Jazz (the music not the team.) Pottymouth. I talk about books. Vaccinated. "Always insightful...." —Kyle Clark
@ltrombi.bsky.social
@lorraineberry.bsky.social
Writes about books @latimes.com Trained as a historian. Grew up in the PNW.
@boonewrites.bsky.social
Author of books for curious kids. 📕✏️📚 PEDAL PUSHER, SCHOOL OF FISH, BUGS FOR BREAKFAST and more. Represented by Stacey Kondla at The Rights Factory.