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
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@jacobschepers.bsky.social
@suzfrischkorn.bsky.social
Poet | Writer | Editor | She/her | Author of WHIPSAW (Anhinga Press, 2024) | FIXED STAR (JackLeg Press) | + 2 more & five chapbooks | assistant poetry editor at Terrain.org | editor at $ Poetry is Currency | https://linktr.ee/SuzanneFrischkorn
@nerdpoet.bsky.social
queer poet, editor, student, teacher, vegan, atheist, polyamorous, leftist, and anti-fascist (is a thing I apparently have to say now)
@bloofbooks.bsky.social
Tiny by Design. Bloof is a small press publishing poetry in paperback & handmade chapbooks. Hi Water offers hand-printed art & goods. // Our links: https://bloofbooks.com/links/
@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.
@blnreview.bsky.social
Zeitschrift3000: unabhängig, fiebrig, wählerisch, polyglott, stilprägend. 8x online, 3x print / Jahr. Mehr auf blnreview.de
@alwayscrashing.bsky.social
A magazine of fiction, poetry, & nameless things around and in-between. // alwayscrashing.com // https://alwayscrashingmagazine.substack.com/
@ghostcitypress.bsky.social
Mostly a poetry press • Home of the annual Summer Micro-Chapbook Series www.ghostcitypress.com
@hfr.bsky.social
Established in April 2011, HFR publishes fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, comics, and more. https://heavyfeatherreview.org/
@poetrycurrency.bsky.social
www.poetrycurrency.com Anti-capitalist and inclusive online literary magazine. Always open for poems. Posts by editor https://bsky.app/profile/stevendschroeder.bsky.social
@jasonbcrawford.bsky.social
I write things Forthcoming collection titled YEET! from Omnidawn fall 2025
@j-tkelly.bsky.social
poet - https://cccpchapbooks.bigcartel.com/product/like-now-by-j-t-kelly - Denver Quarterly, Bad Lilies, elsewhere
@janezwart.bsky.social
Here for poems & other beauties. Writing in Poetry, The Southern Review, Threepenny Review, Ploughshares, The Poetry Review (UK), & elsewhere. Co-editor for book reviews at Plume. First collection of poems forthcoming with Orison Books in fall 2025.
@taylorfthiel.bsky.social
POET | she/her Bone Valley Hymnal 2025 ELJ Editions EIC of BRAWL Asst. Poetry Editor of phoebe GMU MFA Poetry taylorfranson-thiel.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
@davidbprather.bsky.social
Thus far, I have three poetry collections under my belt. I've had poems published in many journals, including New Ohio Review, Prairie Schooner, Poet Lore, Potomac Review, Seneca Review, etc. Website: www.davidbprather.com
@ursalockaby.bsky.social
@afternoonvisitor.bsky.social
lit mag | visitor | enjoyer of afternoons | always open for submissions | editors: TR Brady & Maggie Nipps afternoonvisitor.com
@aeheelee.bsky.social
Shy retweeter / ASTERISM (Dorset Prize @tupelopress '24) / Chaps: Connotary, Dear bear, Bedtime || Riverbed
@susanbarryschulz.com
poetry, BotN and Pushcart nominated, collage, disability, Crohn’s Disease, Covid Informed, very sad, Buffalo Sabres fan, ModPo alum, IC grad, she/hers, physical therapist in another life 🇪🇪 #keepmasksinhealthcare
@dreampop.bsky.social
501(c)(3) nonprofit literary journal & small press based in Roanoke, VA. We publish experimental, fractured, and hybrid work. EIC: @isobelohare.bsky.social
@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
@theshorepoetry.bsky.social
The Shore is an online poetry publication seeking cutting, strange, and daring work from new and established poets alike. https://linktr.ee/theshorepoetry
@shopoetryjournal.bsky.social
Arizona-based nonprofit print journal coming out of a 20-year hibernation. We publish an eclectic stew of poetry and award prizes for each issue. Ed. @domkeykong.bsky.social + @johnnycordova.bsky.social. Submissions reopen June 1. shopoetryjournal.com
@ecotheo.bsky.social
Nonprofit arts org publishing lit mag/hosting regular events/annual festival/fellowship w @cavecanempoets
@annulet.bsky.social
Annulet publishes literary criticism, poetry, & prose. Annulet Editions (2025) will publish one book of poetry & one book of literary criticism a year. edited by @aliciawright.bsky.social
@jessicacuello.bsky.social
Poet, Public School Teacher, Editor. Would-be translator, emerging essayist. "I'm not a person who likes to trespass but sometimes you just find yourself over the line." https://jessicacuello.com/
@sarahali.bsky.social
poet & author of Theophanies (Alice James Books, 2024) • poetry editor of West Branch • more at sarahgali.com 🍃
@nikkimwalls.bsky.social
Poet. Currently Visiting Poetry Prof at University of Irvine. Latest book is Hold Your Own from Copper Canyon Press. Los Angeles https://www.patreon.com/nikkiwallschlaeger
@rebeccaslehmann.bsky.social
Poet & novelist. Author of The Sweating Sickness & Ringer (University of Pittsburgh Press) & Between the Crackups (Salt). EIC @coupletpoetry.bsky.social Opinions my own.
@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
@poetnotarockstar.bsky.social
LA Poet/ Latinx Author of 6 books including La Belle Ajar with CLASHBooks, Speaking con su Sombra with Alegria Publishing and La Lengua Inside Me from FlowerSong Press
@michelesomerville.bsky.social
NYC born/dwelling Mom x 3, poet, writer, teacher, learner! Theology MTS, Harvard; CUNY/BK MFA; 2500+ex-students. Books:Glamourous Life, Black Irish, WISEGAL. Bylines: NYTimes… https://indietheology.substack.com/https://linktr.ee/mmsnypoet
@ericracher.bsky.social
Words in Exacting Clam, Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal, ballast, Apocalypse Confidential, minor literature[s], Socrates on the Beach, and elsewhere.
@rosydotes.bsky.social
Literary translation from German. Seattle. (Elsewhere: Commonplaces)
@bdcutkomp.bsky.social
writer of surreal and existential works | working on my first short story collection | library associate | 2x BotN nom | she/her published works: https://bdcutkomp.wixsite.com/portfolio
@hedeenk.bsky.social
poetry | translator | prof. spanish kenyon College | managing editor action books | mt. vernon, colton havana www.katherinemhedeen.com
@leslieg.bsky.social
Poetry, expressive figurative art, dance, visual art, citizen of the world.
@carrionbloombooks.bsky.social
small press w/ handbound books and chapbooks poetry, translation, prose, &tc
@johnnycordova.bsky.social
Poet and co-editor of @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social Poems in Atlanta Review, Chicago Quarterly Review, Louisiana Literature, New York Quarterly, Salt Hill Journal, and elsewhere. Johnnycordova.com
@rogueagent.bsky.social
A journal for work that inhabits the body, est. 2014. Info at www.rogueagentjournal.com. Submissions open year-round.
@mdwstscribbler.bsky.social
Rambling poet, sometime photographer. Midwest is my forever home. Editor @ museum of americana. Creator of Poet Baseball Cards. Author, most recently, of O DEATH (Spartan Press 2024).
@joehalljoehall.bsky.social
Poet, education worker, Buffalonian, author of Fugue & Strike (Black Ocean, March 2023) & People Finder, Buffalo (Cloak, 2024) and etc. Garbage, labor, and revolutionary politics obsessed. Profile photo by Patrick Cray. https://joehalljoehall.com/
@gingerko.bsky.social
poetry professor, Editor of the Texas Review I make film poems and film essays and poetry apps gingerko.com
@laurencraw.bsky.social
Poet CATCH & RELEASE' coming March 2025 @CornerstoneUWSP | Poetry Ed @IronOakEditions | MFA @SIUC | @WMorrisAwards winner Best New Poets '24 https://laurencrawfordpoet.com/
@cloak.bsky.social
Cloak is an interdisciplinary publishing project focused around themes of visibility, concealment, and surveillance Learn more at https://cloak.wtf
@jarflymagazine.bsky.social
SUBMISSIONS OPEN | Guidelines at thejarflymagazine.com | A small but powerful magazine of poetry and essays. Edited by @iancwilliamspoet.bsky.social
@constancehansen.bsky.social
Managing Editor of Poetry Northwest. Poems & reviews: www.constancehansen.com
@isobelohare.bsky.social
✨ ♋️ ♉️ ♏️ ✨ INFP ✨ 4w5 ✨ Queer. AuDHD. Aspiring social worker in a children’s hospital. Sometimes I write things. 🇵🇸
@carleentibbetts.bsky.social
Parent. Sometimes poet. Rat lover and crystal collector. Virgo INFJ. Bipolar rock ‘n’ roller. Free 🇵🇸 Venmo @Carleen-Tibbetts
@jdisip.bsky.social
Professor, Poet, Dog Person, Disney Adult, Nerd Goals: Be like Jesus and Socrates. Tend my garden. Pocketing Feathers (Sadie Girl Press, 2015) Kissing the Wound (Moon Tide Press, 2023) Reluctant Prophets (Moon Tide Press, 2025)
@justinkarcher.bsky.social
Buffalo, NY. Man About Town. Poet. Playwright. New Play Development Director. Editor of Ghost City Review.
@njapoetry.bsky.social
Experimental poet and artist from Mongarlowe, Australia. Submersible Press coming 2025. Website: nathanandersonwriting.home.blog
@alextretbar.bsky.social
According to the Plat Thereof (Ethel, 2025) Kansas City Gothic (Broken Sleep, 2025) linktr.ee/alex_tretbar
@divinetailor.bsky.social
poet-artist-fool. aging, tr🔼ns, qu3️⃣3️⃣r, sick/disabled, autistic. he/they. i do not often follow back, so don’t follow me with that expectation.🚨DO NOT ADD TO STARTER PACKS WITHOUT CONSENT!🚨 http://www.jaybesemer.net
@jackbedell.bsky.social
Louisiana Poet Laureate 2017-19. Books from Mercer University Press. Work included in Best Microfiction and Best Spiritual Lit. EIC: @louisianalit.bsky.social www.jackbbedell.com
@suzig.bsky.social
Co-Publisher, Noemi Press. Here to talk books, editing, & whatever I just watched. Poet, Reality TV fan & cat owner. Brown & queer & tired
@msstefaniekirby.bsky.social
Writer. Mom. Xeric gardener. REMAINDER (Bull City Press, 2025). FRUITFUL (Driftwood Press, 2024). Poems in Best of the Net, West Branch, phoebe, Cincinnati Review, etc. See more poetry at https://linktr.ee/stefaniekirbypoetry
@jakeromm.bsky.social
your pal | writer | associate editor at Protean Mag | sometimes lawyer let me write for you: jakeromm@icloud.com
@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
@ballastjournal.bsky.social
a journal of poetry and more poetry and more poetry | editors @jacobschepers.bsky.social & Sara Judy | submissions always open | issue 3.1 out now | ballastjournal.com
@riyeff.bsky.social
translator, teacher, poet, frequenter of nature preserves, lover of very old poetry, non-tenure-track professor, benedictine oblate. ubi spiritus? ubi fruitio?
@jacobschepers.bsky.social
Poet, Co-Editor of @ballastjournal.bsky.social www.jacobschepers.com www.ballastjournal.com @jacobschepers on the gram