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
@bristolshortstory.bsky.social
Annual short story prize housed at the University of Bristol and coordinated by Dr Carrie Etter (carrieetter.bsky.social). https://bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk Open for entries until 31 January 2025 with judges Jan Carson, Peace Adzo Medie, and Kate Johnson
@tweetleellemcee.bsky.social
#Woolfer. Bookfests. Events. production. Writing.๐ฆ ๐ช ๐ฟ๐๐กโฐ๐ฅ๐น๏ธ๐๏ธ๐กโฑ๏ธ๐ง๐ปโโ๏ธ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฌโ๏ธโ๏ธ๐ฎ๐ผ๏ธ๐
@catemcgowan.com
Author of books, two arriving soon: an essay collection, WRITING IS REVISION (Brill, Dec. 2024); a poetry collection, SACRIFICIAL STEEL (Driftwood Press, June 2025). My other works are lit fic: a story collection & novel. PhD (FWIW) https://catemcgowan.com
@margaretatwood.bsky.social
Writer of this and that... www.margaretatwood.ca and margaretatwood.substack.com;I also have an Instagram account, though I don't know how to use it much, beyond posting pictures...
@janenash.bsky.social
Mainly short story writer but writing novella at the moment. Clinical hypnotherapist and psychotherapist rest of the time. https://open.substack.com/pub/mahjongmania Bp1 . #author #poet #hypnotherapist #psychotherapist #blueheelerowner #happilymarried
@kara-c.bsky.social
Fiction editor of So to Speak Journal Woodland creature enthusiast https://www.kara-crawford.com
@ericgaryanderson.bsky.social
Your home for Undead Studies. Literature professor & director of grad studies in English at George Mason, where I teach NAIS, southern lit, horror/gothic lit, etc. Cat dad to Thena, Coraline, and Jackson Gray. Drinker of coffee. He/him/๐ป
@alanorloff.bsky.social
Cheesephobic. Regular guy. Also award-winning crime fiction writer.
@nikkirivera.bsky.social
๐ต๐ญ writer in Wurundjeri Country ๐ฆ๐บ. Avid humanist. Wonderer of things. Curious photographer. Words in: NFFD UK, Every Day Fiction, Paragraph Planet, PorchLit Mag, Roi Faineant Press, Five Minutes Lit, Writers Playground and The Hooghly Review.
@dinahcox.bsky.social
Writer person, working person, teaching person, committed Democrat, lesbian feminist living in Oklahoma, where I was born.
@laurascalzo.bsky.social
THE SPEED OF LIGHT IN AIR, WATER, AND GLASS (2018); AMERICAN ARCADIA (2023). Shorter work in your fav lit mags around town. LauraScalzo.com ๐DC
@deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social
WINNER PEN/Faulkner Award, Story Prize, LA Book Prize, and National Book Award finalist for THE SECRET LIVES OF CHURCH LADIES| DMs open for shenanigans + life-changing offers only, not for business or requests. See contact info for reps @ deeshaphilyaw.com
@steadymoon.bsky.social
Author of CHANCE WANDERER (pubredux.com). Writer, Teacher, Nature Lover, New Yorker camillegoodison.wixsite.com/website
@authorangela.bsky.social
Writer of short stories & flash fiction. Words in Cranked Anvil, Bristol Noir, Flash Flood (2024), Paragraph Planet, Cafe Lit, Ink Pantry & more UofG Mlitt (2023) www.angelafitzpatrick.com https://mybook.to/FitzpatrickWhy
@helenwivenhoe.bsky.social
Procrastinator, writer, walker, photographer, dreamer. Currently directing Pirates of Penzance for WMTG https://helenchamberswriter.wordpress.com/
@ospreysview.bsky.social
Newfoundlander, Nova Scotian, Canadian, lover off all things Thai https://elizabethmurphy.tiiny.co https://mun.academia.edu/ElizabethMurphy/ https://www.youtube.com/@elizmurphy
@laurabweisswriter.bsky.social
Author, journo, food writer. flashfiction. Flash in/forthcoming: JMWW, South Florida Poetry Journal, Bright Flash Lit, Ekphrastic Review, Five on the Fifth, 10 x 10 Flash. Journalism NY Times, NPR, others. Author: Ice Cream A Global History.
@cabockwrites.bsky.social
โ๏ธWriter. The Other Beautiful People, a novel, (Regal House Publishing), publication date: June 2, 2026. ๐Co-President/editor with the Washington Writersโ Publishing House Reader,Trekkie, Theater-lover, lifelong ๐ and ally to all ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
@salliemander.bsky.social
Teacher, Writer, Music Lover (Without the moves like Jagger)โWords in FRACTURED LIT, JMWW, GARGOYLE MAGAZINE, MLRโshe/her
@bethanyjarmul.bsky.social
Appalachian poet/writer, TAKE ME HOME (@BellePointPress), LIGHTNING IS A MOTHER (ELJ, 2025), Best Small Fictions 2024, Best Spiritual Literature 2023, Nominations: Pushcart, Best of the Net, Best Microfiction, 100+ pubs.
@alyssaharad.bsky.social
Writer. Reader. I live in a box of paints. She/her. Banner: a detail from Remedios Varoโs Vampiros Vegetarianos. Three vampires in fantastical golden outfits sip fruit through extra long straws.)
@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.
@marioaliberto3.bsky.social
๐ขALL THE DEAD WE HAVE YET TO BURY out now w/ @ChestnutReview.bsky.social โก๏ธ https://a.co/d/7KbGazX ๐ขShorts in @FracturedLit.bsky.social @smokelong.bsky.social @pinchjournal.bsky.social & more
@joannatheiss.com
Writer of small, weird things, sitting with cat in Washington, DC she/her
@abbymanzella.bsky.social
Writer, book critic, prof. MIGRATING FICTIONS (Ohio State UP). Pushcart Prize winner. Writing at Threepenny Review, LitHub, Indianapolis Review, Superstition Review, Colorado Review, Star Tribune, and HAD. Flash & longform https://abbymanzella.weebly.com/
@nicanstett.bsky.social
she/her ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ writer of queer things. Lover of dinosaurs Stories in One Story, Witness Magazine, Michigan Quarterly Review, Passages North, Lightspeed, and other cool places. Represented by Erin Harris @ Folio Literary nicanstett.com
@lisaalletson.bsky.social
Canadian writer. Lake lover. Words in Atticus Review, Bending Genres, Cincinnati Review, Gone Lawn, Milk Candy Review, New Ohio Review, Pithead Chapel. Wigleaf Top 50 LL. Nominated for Pushcart (x2), Best Small Fictions, Best Microfiction, BOTN.
@gonelawn.bsky.social
If you can describe us, you get magic coffee and jumping cookies. Editors: @owenwyke.bsky.social & @amygcb.bsky.social Current issue: https://gonelawn.net/
@willmusgrove.bsky.social
Writer, jazz enthusiast, bibliophile, plant dad, and cartoon aficionado. Larry David is my spirit animal. Website: williammusgrove.com
@saybar12.bsky.social
Writer |ONE ART| Tiny Molecules| Anti-Heroin Chic| The Twin Bill susieaybar.com
@nomad-sw18.bsky.social
Queer writer l #FlashFiction l Climate change l Contrib ed @nnffr.bsky.social SL Bridport, Bath, Oxford & WestWord Prizes. BSF BMF & Pushcart noms. Published stories: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12OLycEkDPIHts-GvyZpoSmdbYLBzyTYTfSjfGQmsECs/edit?u
@hollywilson.bsky.social
Writer. Kittentits: a novel, Gillian Flynn Books/Zando. Rep'd by Kent Wolf.
@fictioncollective2.bsky.social
We are an author-run, not-for-profit publisher of artistically adventurous, non-traditional fiction, committed to finding fresh & experimental works, both through member-sponsored submissions and our two annual contests! https://fc2.org/
@coffeehousepress.bsky.social
Coffee House Press is an independent nonprofit publishing house based in Minneapolis. Literature forever.
@nationalbook.bsky.social
National Book Foundation, presenter of the National Book Awards. Dedicated to the celebration of the best literature in America.
@twodollarradio.bsky.social
@authorsguild.bsky.social
Authors working together to ensure fair pay, protect copyright, and defend free speech.
@portershreve.bsky.social
Novelist at HarperCollins and LSU Press; articles and book reviews in NYT, WaPo, SFChron, ChiTrib; Director of Creative Writing at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
@mattcashion.bsky.social
Reader, writer, Prof. Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Last Words of the Holy Ghost, stories, Edna Ferber Prize for Our 13th Divorce, a novel. NC-born, GA-raised, OR-educated Prof. of Creative Writing @U. Wisconsin-La Crosse. mattcashion.com
@poetrydaily.bsky.social
Poetry Daily presents a poem each day from new books and journals, along with poetry news, announcements, and more. Est. 1997. Poems.com
@kesemmel.bsky.social
K.E. Semmel is a writer and translator and Dylan enthusiast. His debut novel, The Book of Losman, published in October 2024 (SFWP). kesemmel.com.
@craig7.bsky.social
Lawyer. Writer. Pushcart nom. The Masters Review Reprint Prize. Jabberwock Review Editorsโ Fiction Prize. Also in J Journal, The MacGuffin, Blue Mesa Review, and Y2K Quarterly. Craigmfoster.com
@saltpublishing.com
WELCOME to Salt, one of the UKโs great independent publishers, established in 1999. Over twenty-six years, we have grown into a daring literary powerhouse, winning scores of awards around the world. Directors: @chrisemery.me & @jenhemery.bsky.social
@rachelghoster.bsky.social
Writer. History and folklore enthusiast ๐งโโ๏ธ 80s horror fiend ๐ผ Antique camera collector ๐ธ She/Her https://rachelfosterwriter.wordpress.com/