Dr. Taylor Byas, Ph.D.
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
@reneec.bsky.social
30s. Black queer writer. Words in: FIYAH Lit, Fireside, Anathema Spec from the Margins, Ecotone. Cats, hot drinks, DND, board games, basically your cozy indoor bestie who needs to go on more walks.
@jessejohnson.bsky.social
Poetry and nonfiction / art and communit(ies) / plants, animals, kids /community college / co-host Constellation Reading Series / she/they In Absolutes We Seek Each Other (Diagram ‘14) Metabolics (Acre Books ‘23) Mettlework (Acre Books ‘24)
@sarahsunfire.bsky.social
My Substack, Hot and Disabled: www.substack.com/sarahsunfire, ongoing essays about bodies and culture. PhD candidate in Rhetoric and Composition. I'm against drawbridges.
@sprestonduncan.bsky.social
Writer of #poetry and occasionally other things. Author of Blood Alluvium (Parlyaree Press). Leathercrafter. INELDA-trained death doula. Richmond, Virginia. #RVA sprestonduncan.com
@reemasabrina.bsky.social
journo, producer & comms whiz kid. 💼@peopleslobbyusa 🖋️ @Chicago_Reader @ChicagoRevBooks @City_Bureau @NightOwlsDuo. 📚 @HarrisPolicy @UChicago. she/her ✨ www.reemasaleh.com
@manchesterreview.bsky.social
The Manchester Review is an online literary journal that brings together the best of new international writing. https://www.themanchesterreview.co.uk/
@megiddings.bsky.social
I wrote Meet Me at the Crossroads (Amistad 2025)The Women Could Fly (Amistad 2022) and Lakewood (Amistad 2020). www.megangiddings.com
@dintywmoore.bsky.social
Editor of Brevity, a small magazine with big ambitions. Author of various books. Often can't decide if I am posting as myself or as the magazine.
@notatawp.bsky.social
NAWP is for writers who, for whatever reason, can't go to AWP. AWP attendees are welcome too, of course. NAWP is for everyone. NAWP loves you. Co-founded by @readinstead.bsky.social & @mitchnobis.bsky.social.
@isaacfitzgerald.bsky.social
New York Times bestselling author of Dirtbag, Massachusetts (plus others) who often talks books on the Today Show. Next up? American Dionysus. 🍎 I walk a lot.
@thankyoubooks.bsky.social
Birmingham, AL’s independent bookstore Find your book. Find your people. 🩵 lnk.bio/thankyou_bham
@abigailraley.bsky.social
Author of Wet Specimen (Sundress, 2026). MFA UMT. Words forthcoming/published in The Offing, HAD, Hanging Loose Mag, Stone Circle Review, and elsewhere.
@arianathepoet.bsky.social
Helping writers unlearn the harmful beliefs and practices from MFAs + reclaim the joy of writing Books: Sana Sana + We Are Owed. Classes + more ⬇️ bio.site/arianathepoet
@nabeelawashington.com
Poet. Chicago Journalist. Wanderer. Aspiring Art Collector. Founding Editor-in-Chief @luckyjefferson.com. I post about everything (especially my favorite shows).. In case you’re wondering..it’s pronounced [Nah-Bee-Lah].
@jedwardkruft.bsky.social
Writer, EiC @trampset.bsky.social. Words in @fictivedream.bsky.social, @xraylitmag.bsky.social, @moonparkreview.bsky.social, @pitheadchapel.bsky.social, @mrbullbull.bsky.social, and others. Mid-Century Modern fanatic. Originally from WA, now NY and GA.
@ambsmcbride.bsky.social
🥀Award Winning Author/Folklorist/ Hoodoo/ Poet/Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award winner, National Book Award finalist.🏳️🌈 🥀Cozy (Virginia) Country Living
@blkboimars.bsky.social
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Writer• Film Photographer • Born & raised Detroiter based in Chicago • MFA Candidate at Randolph College • Author of FLOWER BOI available via Gold Line Press • Co-Director at Third Wave Fund 🖖🏾
@poetrysociety.bsky.social
A charitable organisation promoting and advocating poets & poetry since 1909. Publishes #ThePoetryReview, supports young poets @youngpoetsnet.bsky.social. poetrysociety.org.uk linktr.ee/poetrysociety22
@thewriterscenter.bsky.social
Writing workshops and free events for writers since 1976! In-person and online!
@ravynnkamia.bsky.social
YA Author of LOVE IN 280 CHARACTERS OR LESS & LOVE REQUIRES CHOCOLATE. Editor at midnight & indigo. Has a PhD but doesn’t talk about that anymore 😅 Very Virginian. Real Down to Mars Girl 🪐 ravynnkstringfield.com
@poetryod.bsky.social
2021 UK Poetry Slam Champion 🏆 Poet • Editor • Mentor • Event Organiser House of O’Driscoll ✨✌️ 🏳️🌈♿️🥄☘️🇮🇪⚔️📝🇬🇧🍉
@theprosepoem.bsky.social
An online journal of prose poetry. Ekphrastic poetry call open until 15 December. https://theprosepoem.com/
@unboundedition.bsky.social
We champion honest, original voices and publish thoughtfully challenging work. Learn more about our critically acclaimed and bestselling titles, literary journal, and podcast here: https://linktr.ee/UnboundEditionPress
@genrepunkmag.bsky.social
Literary magazine for weird little experiments. 🏳️🌈 ♿️ 🇵🇸 🤘🏻 Run by Audrey T. Carroll (https://bsky.app/profile/audreytcarroll.bsky.social). Genrepunkmag.wordpress.com
@sarabandebooks.bsky.social
Award-winning publisher of poetry, short fiction, and essay. Headquartered in Louisville, KY. linktr.ee/sarabandebooks
@fklein907.bsky.social
Alaskan poet, teacher, parent. Books: Text Messages from The Angel Gabriel (Gnashing Teeth 2024), Another Life (Riot in Your Throat 2025) https://linktr.ee/francesklein
@alexanderchee.bsky.social
Novelist and essayist, most recently author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel. Professor of Creative Writing at Dartmouth College. He/him. Agent: Jin Auh, The Wylie Agency. alexanderchee.net
@ellenaustinli.bsky.social
poet, friend, mother, lover Debut full-length poetry collection, INCIDENTAL POLLEN, can be preordered through Madville Publishing: https://madvillepublishing.com/product/incidental-pollen/
@snehaskanta.bsky.social
Academician. Writer. Editor, Parentheses Journal. Tin House Scholar '24. Rutgers-Camden Poets and Scholars Retreat '23.
@nandicomer.bsky.social
@fullhouselitmag.bsky.social
Poetry, prose, art. Submit it. Currently closed for subs. https://www.fullhouseliterary.com/
@bostonglobe.com
New England's leading source for breaking news and analysis. bostonglobe.com
@stevenespadaw.bsky.social
writer | Late to the Search Party (Scribner, ‘25) | your fat tío | poet laureate of madison, wi
@poetrybookshop.bsky.social
The largest bookshop of its kind in the UK. Devoted entirely to poetry since 1979 Find us online or in person in heart of Hay on Wye the worlds first Booktown
@swwim.bsky.social
SWWIM publishes, promotes, & celebrates poets who are cis/trans women, female-identifying, non-binary, intersex, and belonging to other gender expansive communities. Co-founded by Catherine Esposito Prescott and @kavetchnik.bsky.social. SWWIM.org for subs.
@geauxgabrielle.bsky.social
John 3:16 | Founder of The Thurman Perry Foundation | Women’s Incarceration Expert | Political Commentator | Author: BAD GIRLS (coming soon)(Hachette) | Epidemiologist | Words: @WashingtonPost @ESSENCE #writingcommunity https://linktr.ee/gabrielleperrymph
@jasedup.bsky.social
Creator of #blackfoodsky 😋 Investor of protecting my peace Experiences & Pop out Queen Music, Sports, Fashion + Foodie ❤️ #blacksky #addtoblacksky #locsky AMH 🙏🏽❤️🕊️
@cherokeelair.bsky.social
Our collective unconscious is having an existential crisis 8647 Radical Feminist Poet Writer & Photographer Joan Didion Loyalist Music~Art~Poetry & Catladies Gerrymandering & Propaganda won My pronouns are~DEI & LGBTQ🌈 #Fave15 & #5CoverSongs creator on 🐦
@vicnogaywrites.bsky.social
reader, writer, specter micro editor @identitytheory.bsky.social prose reader @thedodgemag.bsky.social Naming a Dying Thing (Yellow Arrow, Oct 2025) under fire, under water (tiny wren, 2022) ohio forever she/her vicnogay.com
@taracampbell.bsky.social
Writer, teacher, speculative fiction and flash fiction Books, events, and classes at http://taracampbell.com #WritingCommunity #scifi #sff #speculativefiction #flashfiction
@lunareyhall.com
i write queer and spooky stuff 🍉 NO MATTER THE DIAGNOSIS out now minneapolis lunareyhall.com #whereisBellaRiley
@mariannelchan.bsky.social
Author of All Heathens and Leaving Biddle City, both from @sarabandebooks | Assistant Prof at Old Dominion University
@jmwwjournal.bsky.social
jmww (https://jmwwblog.wordpress.com/), a weekly journal of writing publishing the best in fiction, poetry, flash, essays, and interviews. Our stories have appeared in Best American Essays, Best Small Fictions, Wigleaf Top 50, BIFFY, and Best of Net.