kara oakleaf
reader of all the things, writer of a few things. assistant professor and wrangler of other bookish things in the dmv. words at karaoakleaf.com
@thorntonforreal.bsky.social
Writer, school nurse. SmokeLong, Pithead Chapel, Cincinnati Review, Hippocampus, Necessary Fiction +. SL Bridport. SL Bath. Pushcart & BotN nominations. Associate Flash Fiction Editor at JMWW. Watcher of trains. lisathorntonwriter.com 🌾 🪺 🌞 ☁️ 🌙 🕊
@chloeyelenamiller.bsky.social
Writer & Writing Teacher in Washington, D.C. Co-founder of @brownbaglit.bsky.social Author of Perforated ('26) and Viable ('21) from Lily Poetry Review Books
@shastagrant.bsky.social
Writer and editor in Indianapolis. Co-founder of @brownbaglit.bsky.social www.shastagrant.com
@brownbaglit.bsky.social
An online writing community with classes, events and more with @shastagrant.bsky.social and @chloeyelenamiller.bsky.social https://www.brownbaglit.com
@manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social
📚The new, non-Twitter home of #MSWL! We are a way for agents and editors to tell writers what they *wish* they had in their inboxes. Full agent profiles here: https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/ Newsletter: https://manuscriptwishlist.com/subscribe
@tinhouse.bsky.social
Publisher of award-winning fiction, nonfiction, and poetry & home to a renowned writers’ workshop.
@drobnik.co
Fiction writer, author of VOSTOK & RIVERINE. Words in Split Lip Magazine, HAD, Fractured Lit, Foglifter, etc. He/him
@mrhwm.bsky.social
sinǎḱii. ǎmsḱǎaṗii ṗīīḱǔni nation. real big ndn. words at the newyorker, atlantic, paris review, espn, etc. “I’m a disco guy.” substack @ https://aphoristic.substack.com
@andrewporter01.bsky.social
Author of THE DISAPPEARED (Knopf), THE THEORY OF LIGHT AND MATTER (Vintage), IN BETWEEN DAYS (Knopf), and THE IMAGINED LIFE (Knopf, forthcoming 2025) CW Prof. www.andrewporterwriter.com
@johncopenhaver.bsky.social
Award-winning author. Educator. HALL OF MIRRORS out now! Order link in Linktree. http://linktr.ee/johncope74 (he/him) muckrack: http://bit.ly/3Uxxm9E
@rokwon.bsky.social
📚 nationally bestselling novels Exhibit & The Incendiaries • co-edited Kink • ✍🏻 NYT, New Yorker, Time, Vanity Fair, Guardian 🌈 she/her www.ro-kwon.com/exhibit
@thelincoln.bsky.social
Author and professor type person. SF noir novel! 🤖🕵️♂️🧬 http://tinyurl.com/5f6nxu24 Newsletter: http://countercraft.substack.com
@rebeccamakkai.bsky.social
Pulitzer finalist for THE GREAT BELIEVERS; new novel, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU, out now. Artistic Director at StoryStudio Chicago. Trying to give everyone the benefit of the doubt. You should, too. rebeccamakkai.substack.com https://rebeccamakkai.com
@gracelp.bsky.social
Writing about belonging & diaspora in NYT, Longreads, LitHub, The Offing and elsewhere. Author of the memoir THE TRANSLATOR’S DAUGHTER (Ohio State Univ Press, 2024)
@clairedederer.bsky.social
Author of MONSTERS: A FAN'S DILEMMA, a New York Times Notable Book and a national bestseller. Named a best book of 2023 by The New Yorker, Fresh Air, The Washington Post, Esquire, Kirkus, Vulture, Electric Lit & more.
@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
Raised on Coast Miwok land, longtime resident on Ramaytush Ohlone land, writer, climate person, feminist, wanderer. Just started a newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com.
@rpmirabella.bsky.social
Writer, reader, office potato. I'm queer. Author of Brother & Sister Enter the Forest. Lambda Award Finalist. NY Times Editors' Choice. Real human. No, really. richardmirabellawriter.com
@bendinggenres.bsky.social
Bending Genres is an online journal and a global community. We publish hybrid material bi-monthly. We also offer online weekend workshops with various teachers, an ongoing writer's roundtable and two annual week long writing retreats. www.bendinggenres.com
@atticusreview.bsky.social
We are a triannual literary journal that publishes fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, mixed media, book reviews, and interviews. Submissions are open!
@lostballoon.bsky.social
Lost Balloon is a literary magazine that published flash fiction, flash nonfiction, and prose poetry.
@literaryhub.bsky.social
A daily literary website highlighting the best in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and criticism. https://linktr.ee/lithub_
@thestorygraph.com
An app for you to track your reading and choose your next book. Founded by @nodunayo.bsky.social. Built by her and @robfrelow.bsky.social. [email protected]
@jrobertlennon.com
Books include CRITICAL HITS (with Carmen Maria Machado), Graywolf; HARD GIRLS, Mulholland; BUZZ KILL, Mulholland, Spring 25
@wordperv.bsky.social
Poet. Feminist. Dog mom. Books: Her Dark Everything (Riot in Your Throat), Her Whole Bright Life (Write Bloody), Exquisite Bloody, Beating Heart (Riot in Your Throat), Beautiful & Full of Monsters (VA Press). she/her www.courtneyleblanc.com
@mocounderground.bsky.social
MoCo Underground is a free, bimonthly get-together in Sandy Spring, MD, where awesome writers can share their work with a live audience. More info: https://justscribbling.com/mocounderground/ OR [email protected].
@bookbent.bsky.social
THE BELLES (Simon & Schuster / Atria, Sept. 2025), a dark academia novel with a Southern gothic twist, is available for preorder: https://linktr.ee/laceyndunham
@jsavrankelly.bsky.social
Debut novel ENDPAPERS (Algonquin 2023), writer, cat person, #AuthorsAgainstBookBans, #5amWritersClub, production editor at Cornell University Press, she/they | jennifersavrankelly.com
@lorimbarrett.bsky.social
she/her Writer/Tutor Work in Citron Review/JMWW/Laurel Review/Peatsmoke/Identity Theory/Maudlin House Wondering if my dog is depressed
@emanquotah.bsky.social
Novelist, essayist, comms professional -- author of BRIDE OF THE SEA (Tin House)
@maudlinhouse.bsky.social
weird press that publishes weird books https://shop.maudlinhouse.net/
@electricliterature.com
Making literature exciting, relevant and inclusive electricliterature.com
@mooncitypress.bsky.social
Small independent press sponsored by the Department of English at Missouri State University in Springfield. Publisher of books and Moon City Review.
@pleomorphic2.bsky.social
Flash fiction/cnf only. Best Microfic 2024. Trauma writing workshops. Yeah Nah Reading Series. Will probably rearrange your dishwasher. 🇦🇺🇲🇾🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ sumitrasingam.squarespace.com CHAPBOOK Are You Willing w Amy Marques: https://bottlecap.press/products/willing
@sarahjanecody.bsky.social
📖 Writer. Words: Cincinnati Review, Gulf Coast, The Common, Joyland, & more. Bathrobe Gal webcomic. 👋 autistic. Rep: Jess Regel. Former Asst. Editor Pigeon Pages. she/her. sarahjanecody.com bathrobegal.com
@ramccafferty.bsky.social
Writer. Reader. Reporter. Editor. https://rachelabbeymccafferty.com/
@pronounced-ing.bsky.social
Fiction writer (EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU, LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE, OUR MISSING HEARTS). Science nerd, ex-Clevelander, embarrassingly sincere. Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch who watches over you. she/her. celesteng.com
@retreatwest.bsky.social
All about writing great stories. Courses, competitions, workshops and a friendly online community. WestWord literary journal. Spread love with your words 💙 https://www.retreatwest.co.uk https://westword.substack.com
@drjamesbailey.bsky.social
Writer who lives in Manchester. Rep’d by Creative Artists Agency. LIKE A CAT LOVES A BIRD, my biography of Muriel Spark, is out in April 2026 🐈⬛ Instagram.com/drjamesbailey https://www.caa.com/entertainmenttalent/books/author/james-bailey
@kiklodge.bsky.social
Writer. THE BULLY IN MY PILLOW (Stanchion Books, 2026) SCREAM IF YOU WANT TO (Alien Buddha Press, 2023) Words in trampset | Milk Candy Review | Ghost Parachute | Smokelong | Bending Genres | Gone Lawn | Organising @saloneurope.bsky.social www.kiklodge.com
@wendyjfox.bsky.social
Deckled edges is my safe word. Reading and writing from the Sonoran desert.
@socalwritergirl.bsky.social
Writer, EIC, @jmwwjournal.bsky.social. Rep: Esty Loveing-Downes at ArtHouse Lit. Latest: ALL THIS CAN BE TRUE (@TurnerPub, June 2025).
@matchbooklitmag.bsky.social
matchbook is an online literary journal that publishes one piece of short prose accompanied by an author's note every two weeks. https://matchbooklitmag.com
@sfwp.bsky.social
Santa Fe Writers Project - globally distributed publisher of fiction & CNF since '98. Subrights repped by Susan Schulman. Distributed by IPG. Find out more at sfwp.com
@sarahspy.com
Fiction writer, revising a coming-of-age novel; Tin House Winter '24, One Story Summer '23 alum 🙈 http://Storychord.com founding editor 🙉 eavesdropper, signal booster, she/her, Massachusetts 🙊 sarahspyblog@gmail | https://sarahspy.com
@peabody.bsky.social
French Toast Addict, Gargoyle Magazine/Paycock Press, DC Native/Inner Beltway Kid, Mondo Barbie, et al., Books @Salmon, @ASP, @Broadkill, @Mint Hill.