@scarletmine27.bsky.social
Author of Paper Bird, Greasewood Creek and the forthcoming Fields of the Fatherless
@cathylentes.bsky.social
Poet, essayist, & children’s writer. Author of Getting the Mail; co-author of Stronger When We Touch. #SCBWI PAL member. MFA in Writing for Young People (Solstice) Proud mother of Youth Library Services Coordinator and TV anchor/journalist.
@abbyfreeland.bsky.social
senior acquisitions editor at university press of kentucky | formerly wvu press | she/her https://www.kentuckypress.com/appalachian-futures-black-native-and-queer-voices/
@racheldockal.bsky.social
Wright, writer, sometime chicken farmer, and gainfully employed budget wonk. Enlightened Kentuckian. Kind > nice. Know better? Do better.
@lauraleighwrite.bsky.social
Appalachian, prison reform advocate, mother, author of The Stone Catchers: A Novel (UP Kentucky, 2024) and Jaws of Life: Stories (West Virginia UP, 2018). Words in STORY, North American Review, Florida Review, others. www.lauraleighmorris.com
@lizprather.bsky.social
Writer, poet, teacher https://www.heinemann.com/authors/100500.aspx
@tonjamreynolds.bsky.social
Fiction writer. Words in Still: The Journal, Streetlight Magazine, 100 Word Story, and elsewhere. Writing historical and literary fiction. Rep’d by Amy Collins. #HistoricalFiction #Fiction #Writer TonjaReynolds.com
@sarabandebooks.bsky.social
Award-winning publisher of poetry, short fiction, and essay. Headquartered in Louisville, KY. linktr.ee/sarabandebooks
@hanvanderhart.bsky.social
Hollis Summers Poetry Prize: Larks (Ohio U Press, 2025). What Pecan Light (BCP, 2021). Co-Editor: @riverriverbooks.bsky.social EIC: @moistpoetryjournal.bsky.social Host: @ofpoetrypodcast.bsky.social Southern. PhD Duke. they/them. Durham, NC. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🇵🇸
@writesofkathryn.bsky.social
Will write for coffee. Mostly flash, mostly fiction. Work in BULL, Centaur, Flash Frog, Ghost Parachute, HAD, Milk Candy, SmokeLong, Wigleaf. Chapbooks: A Map of Lost Places; For Every Tower, a Princess; Cooking Tips for the Demon-Haunted.
@theferocity.bsky.social
Poet and cultural critic. Also, I co-host the podcast VIBE CHECK. BOOKS: Prelude to Bruise, How We Fight for Our Lives, Alive at the End of the World. Pre-order THE PEOPLE’S PROJECT now.
@taylorbyas.bsky.social
PhD | Corporate Baddie | I DONE CLICKED MY HEELS THREE TIMES (Soft Skull ‘23, Winner of the 2023 Maya Angelou Book Award, 2023 Chicago Review of Books Award, 2024 Ohio Book Award) | RESTING BITCH FACE (August 2025) | she/her www.taylorbyas.com
@jasonbcrawford.bsky.social
I write things Forthcoming collection titled YEET! from Omnidawn fall 2025
@crystalwilki.bsky.social
Novelist, Food Advocate, Professor. National Bestselling Author of PRAISESONG FOR THE KITCHEN GHOSTS, PERFECT BLACK, BIRDS OF OPULENCE https://linktr.ee/CrystalWilkinson?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=d3c6b47f-690c-483b-9898-8faed08cd35d
@upfromsumdirt.bsky.social
poet & nyeusiphile. collections: Deifying A Total Darkness, To Emit Teal, The Second Stop Is Jupiter, & The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife (UPK, Oct 14, 2025)
@writesloud.bsky.social
First Kicking, Then Not (Stanchion Aug 2025) https://www.stanchionzine.com/product-page/first-kicking-then-not Writer/Editor/Prof Columnist at WCP [email protected] she/they 🏳️🌈 ❤️ www.hgrieco.com
@barrelhouse.bsky.social
Proudly independent literary magazine & small press, established in 2004. Books + print issues + online issues + conferences + writing retreats + other stuff. https://barrelhousemag.com/
@pitheadchapel.bsky.social
Pithead Chapel (ISSN 2324-6243) is a monthly online literary journal and small press. We publish gutsy fiction, nonfiction, and prose poetry. Founded 2012.
@roxanegay.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/roxanegay Writer, editor, publisher, professor. Some people call me a bad feminist and by some people I mean me.
@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).
@tinhouse.bsky.social
Publisher of award-winning fiction, nonfiction, and poetry & home to a renowned writers’ workshop.
@cincinnatireview.bsky.social
Publishing great literature and art since 2003. Submissions are currently closed.
@tacobellquarterly.org
Taco Bell Quarterly is a Literary Magazine more prestigious than the New Yorker and Paris Review. Unaffiliated with Daddy Taco. We publish the boundaries of cease and desist. tacobellquarterly.org
@leepottspoet.bsky.social
EIC of Stone Circle Review (stonecirclereview.bsky.social) | Poems in various places | Pushcart & BotN Nominee. New chapbook, We'll Miss the Stars in the Morning: https://tinyurl.com/wellmissthestars leepotts.net
@oliverdelapaz.bsky.social
Poet Laureate of Worcester, MA. Author and editor. Kundiman. NEA Fellow. Teaches at the College of the Holy Cross and in the low res MFA at PLU.
@aoc.bsky.social
Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible. ocasiocortez.com
@deborahjshore.bsky.social
Poetry. Free verse & form. Severe ME/CFS. The London Magazine, Columbia Journal, Nashville Review, THINK, Thimble Lit, ballast, Pensive, Prelude, Ekstasis, Reformed Journal, Amethyst Review, Christian Century, Christianity & Literature, Relief Journal...
@stonecirclereview.bsky.social
A relatively new poetry journal always open for submissions. Sharing poems that find a seam and take root. EIC @leepottspoet.bsky.social. Member CLMP. https://stonecirclereview.com/
@poetcamp.bsky.social
I’m a poet, teacher and free-range librarian, and the founder of Poet Camp. #wompo *And brand new to Bluesky as of 9/5! PoetCamp.com
@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
@ofpoetrypodcast.bsky.social
Kitchen table conversations with poets. Hosted by Han VanderHart. www.OfPoetryPodcast.com
@lesleymwheeler.bsky.social
Poetry Ed of Shenandoah. Author of Poetry’s Possible Worlds, Unbecoming, The State She’s In, Radioland, & the forthcoming Mycocosmic—poetry, fantasy fiction, CNF, scholarship. She/her. linktr.ee/lesleymwheeler
@ktonbsky.bsky.social
Poet. Writer. Co-founder / EIC of Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social https://www.katherineschmidt.com
@okaydonkey.bsky.social
A literary magazine for the odd, the off-kilter, and the just plain weird. Contains flash fiction and poetry, which may or may not contain animals. Est. May 2018. Mag: okaydonkeymag.com Newsletter: okaydonkeymag.beehiiv.com Discord: discord.gg/H59VjYGfas
@moistpoetryjournal.bsky.social
SUBMISSIONS OPEN / A high humidity journal of poetry / Home to the #FullMoonHaikuContest / 🏳️⚧️ https://moistpoetryjournal.com/ EIC: Han VanderHart.
@erinwriter.bsky.social
Copper Canyon poet (new book coming 2026), professor, Girl Scout from Omaha. She/her 🇺🇦
@sundresserin.bsky.social
Poet. Educator. Person most likely to be stealing your magnolia flowers.
@coupletpoetry.bsky.social
Online lit journal publishing a “couplet” (pair) of related poems per author. www.coupletpoetry.com EIC @rebeccaslehmann.bsky.social
@avashianeema.bsky.social
Proud Boston educator since 2003. Proud West Virginian since 1979. Kahani's Ammi. ANOTHER APPALACHIA, WVU Press, 2022.
@amorak.bsky.social
Loyola dad. BGSU dad. Poet. BGSU professor & proud union member. Co-founding editor at @riverriverbooks.bsky.social. Auburn fan. Dodgers fan. I like board games and ttrpg. He/him. It's pronounced uh-MOR-ack. https://amorakhuey.com
@readinstead.bsky.social
teacher, poet, father, husband | WHO WILL CRADLE YOUR HEAD (ELJ 2023) | Ed. POETS OF QUEENS 2 | EIC of @porcupinelit.bksy.social | Co-Founder of monthly reading series and poetry community get togethers, @notatawp.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/jbeloff
@dianegotauthor.bsky.social
Editor-Awakenings: Stories of Body & Consciousness (ELJ-Editions Oct 2023). Words in 2023 Best Microfiction, River Teeth, SmokeLong, The Rumpus, 100 Word Stories, Huff Post, Bending Genres and other lovely places. Prose/CNF Editor-Emerge Literary Journal.
@eileendotnet.bsky.social
poet & professor about town • writing about death & nature • cofounder of Boshemia Magazine and StoryBloom • carrying the bones: rituals for a dying world (2026) 🕊️ boshemiamagazine.com
@psalteryandlyre.bsky.social
Online literary journal publishing poetry, flash, creative nonfiction, fiction, hybrid work, and book reviews. Publishing the intersection of belief and doubt, sacred and profane. Visit us: psalteryandlyre.org
@tw3stars.bsky.social
poet * potter * philosopher | survivor of everything that's tried to kill me [so far]
@jodydiperna.bsky.social
Lovechild of the Rust Belt & Appalachia. Reprobate reader. Rogue writer.