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Devjani Bodepudi @dbodepudi.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Trying to write a poem for the NPC. It may not be the kind of poem judges are looking for? Unlikely to win any kind of prize but I’d feel guilty for not entering! Why is that?

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Devjani Bodepudi @dbodepudi.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

I haven’t shared enough on here. A couple of things then: if you haven’t read Grief is the thing with Feathers by Max Porter, you must! (A modern classic) also here’s Cosmo dressed up for Halloween. 🎃 🐦‍⬛

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Victoria Spires @victoriaspires.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

#poetsofbluesky #promptcombo #poemsabout Hope you don't mind a polite shout-out for this zoom event happening soon! Would love to see many of you there to hear these fantastic poets. DM me for zoom link x

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Fox and Star Books @foxandstarbooks.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Please share this notice far and wide--we're keen to reach global majority poets in particular! @kostyatsolakis.bsky.social @romalynante3.bsky.social @poetrysociety.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/foxa...

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Alan Parry He/Him @alanparrywriter.co.uk · 23/05/2025

🚨 Poets, brace yourselves. 👀 Nearly 20 indie lit platforms are locked in: reviews, features, interviews, podcasts — all ready to amplify your voice. 💥 No fees. No gatekeepers. Just real visibility. This is my brainchild. It’s almost here. #PromoteIndieLit #PIL #PoetryCommunity #PoetsOfBluesky

Screenshot of the Promote Indie Lit website homepage. The page has a textured grey background with black text that reads: “Welcome to Promote Indie Lit – A free hub connecting poets and indie presses with reviewers, podcasters, and literary platforms. Submit your recent work and let our network help amplify it. No fees. No gatekeeping, just visibility that reaches beyond your timeline.” A black button at the bottom says “SUBMIT WORK.”

Screenshot of the "About PIL" section from the Promote Indie Lit website. The text explains that Promote Indie Lit (PIL) is a central access point connecting poets and indie authors with literary reviewers, podcasters, and interviewers. It clarifies that submissions aren’t published on the site but are shared with a trusted network looking to feature new work. The submission process is designed to be accessible and free of charge. PIL is described as the brainchild of writer and editor Alan Parry, created to challenge paywalls and promote free visibility for indie literature.

Screenshot of the “What We Offer” section from the Promote Indie Lit website. The section is divided into three columns against a teal background. The first column, titled “Real Exposure,” states that PIL connects indie authors and presses with reviewers, interviewers, and podcasters via a trusted network. The second column, “Social & Collaborative Reach,” explains that PIL helps amplify work through digital spaces that prioritise craft over clout. The third column, “Free, Always,” emphasises that the platform charges no fees, involves no gatekeeping, and offers access to a supportive, independent literary ecosystem.

Screenshot of the “Why This Exists” section from the Promote Indie Lit website. The background is a textured grey, with dark teal heading text. The section explains the challenges indie authors face in promoting their work without agents or budgets. It describes Promote Indie Lit as a collective of blogs, podcasts, and platforms working together to offer honest reviews, features, and marketing support. In return, the community gains more readers, respect, and access to powerful new writing. It ends by acknowledging the fulfilment that comes from supporting something meaningful.

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Alan Parry He/Him @alanparrywriter.co.uk · 24/05/2025

My debut novella #PeelingApples is out now with @darkwinterlitmag.bsky.social A tender, unflinching bildungsroman tracing boyhood, loss, and becoming— Order your copy: amzn.eu/d/angSgVq I’d love to hear what it stirs in you.

Cover of Peeling Apples by Alan Parry. The title is handwritten in black on a textured pale blue background, partially torn to reveal layered photographs underneath. Images include red apples on a wooden board, a cracked mug holding a cactus, a netted bowl of marbles on a lace doily, and a vintage photo of a young boy holding a football. The author’s name appears at the bottom in the same handwritten font.

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Wasafiri Magazine @wasafirimag.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

The 2025-26 Wasafiri Essay Prize is open for submissions until 30 June, 2025. If you're an early career researcher (including PhD) in the field of international contemporary literature, submit your paper to us and tick the box for Essay Prize consideration to automatically enter: buff.ly/SHEn1JT

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Devjani Bodepudi @dbodepudi.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

For people who might have been missed and/or who have missed out.

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Devjani Bodepudi @dbodepudi.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

This is such a beautiful issue! Humbled to be included-have a read.x

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Devjani Bodepudi @dbodepudi.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

I’m here for the dog pics, if I’m being completely honest! And the flowers!

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Abridged @abridgedmagazine.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Abridged 0 - 106: Umbra Sumus Submission Call. On the dark horizon...

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Alan Parry He/Him @alanparrywriter.co.uk · 16/04/2025

Truly humbled by this review. Huge thanks to @paulwritespoems.bsky.social for going out of his way to release a special #TheBookBag to honour #PeelingApples Check it out, why don't you? @darkwinterlitmag.bsky.social

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Paul Connolly @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

CALLING ALL #AGENTS In this thread are three packs of GREAT WRITERS who are looking for representation. Check them out and you won’t be disappointed. Everyone else, please repost to help these brilliant people if you can. PACK ONE (full). Thank you! #amquerying #querying #writingcommunity #booksky

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Devjani Bodepudi @dbodepudi.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Hey lovely poet friends of BlueSky. Thought I’d share a reading with you from a poem in the Building Bridges Anthology by @renardpress.bsky.social . There’s a Remembrance anthology coming out with them soon and submissions are open. Check out their website for deets.

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A Thousand Shades of Green @shadesofgreen.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

if you do two things this weekend, make those things buying the newest books from 2 Extraordinary writers! Dark Nocturnes from @mydangblog.bsky.social and Peeling Apples from @alanparry83.bsky.social tinyurl.com/2d59fn79 tinyurl.com/ycxu3dkr

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Devjani Bodepudi @dbodepudi.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

I can’t get over how lucky I am with my poet friends! So chuffed to be included in this list, Victoria. You are a truly brilliant poet and I can’t wait for what’s coming up from you!

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Devjani Bodepudi @dbodepudi.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

I’m so excited that I just have to share everywhere. Apologies if you’ve already seen these. I’ve recently started my film camera journey after seeing the Camera I bought for my daughter gathering dust. Just had the film developed. It was true black and white film and it a c41 one.

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Out-Spoken Press @outspokenpress.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Esp if you have any expertise or guidance on German residents evacuating family members from G*za 🙏

Anyone from Germany? I urgently need your help please reach out to me

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JP Seabright @jpseabright.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

DISRUPTION! Come and join me for an online workshop on Weds 2nd April (7-9pm GMT) where we’ll explore disruptive and experimental texts that queer poetic form, and which protest, subvert or reject societal norms. Link in my bio and here: www.beyondformcreativewriting.org/current-workshops

A pink square with ripped text running across it and a chaos of books behind, and the words “Rip it up and start again”
Beyond Form Online Workshop
DISRUPTION!
Queering Form
JP Seabright
2nd April, 7-9pm
Poetry Workshop

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Devjani Bodepudi @dbodepudi.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Blood moon three ways from August 2020.

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Devjani Bodepudi @dbodepudi.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Beaming with pride as I hold up my contributor copy of the Spring issue of Wasifiri. Read it here: www.wasafiri.org

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Dillon Jaxx @jaxxi.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Apologies if the initial post was unclear; this competition is open to ALL persons who identify as female or non binary. There is an ADDITIONAL category for emerging poets over 40 who have yet to publish a pamphlet or collection. Any questions please email us 🍀 dillonjaxx@gmail.com

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Out-Spoken Press @outspokenpress.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

🟡 Join us to celebrate the publication of Almost, with Tenderness by @mayacaspari.bsky.social, with @shevchenkoknight.bsky.social & hosted by editor @aanaxagorou.bsky.social 🟡 Burley Fisher Books (@burleyfisher.bsky.social) 🟡 6.30pm Thursday 3 April Free to attend; register here: buff.ly/qA9lMmJ

Almost, with Tenderness by Maya Caspari
with Charlotte Shevchenko Knight
hosted by Anthony Anaxagorou
Thursday 3 April 2025 6.30pm
Burley Fisher Books

Thumbnail cover of Almost, with Tenderness: a yellow book with a black and white photo of two hands, palms facing, not touching, in the top right corner, overlaid by a grey watercolour brushstroke

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Devjani Bodepudi @dbodepudi.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

The perfect time for this poem. I see, feel and hear it now.

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Dust Poetry @dustpoetry.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

SUBMISSIONS for our next issue (unthemed, out in June) will OPEN 1st - 31st of March. We can’t wait to read your poems! 🤩 Please note that poems sent before March will not be read. Thank you! ✨

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Out-Spoken Press @outspokenpress.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

📢 We have had one place open up on our sold out online workshop with @pascalepetit.bsky.social this Saturday 22 Feb, 1-4pm UK. If you missed out and would like to take this up please email 📧press[at]outspokenldn[dot]com

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Devjani Bodepudi @dbodepudi.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Absolutely agree! The wonder we see as children!

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Devjani Bodepudi @dbodepudi.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

They’re not lying when they say, give your work some distance before going in and editing it. These poems were good. Some were great but now, some have hit a new level entirely! #poetry

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Sídhe Press @sidhepress.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Submissions are open for our next anthology, the theme is GRIEF. Please read the guidelines carefully. We are looking forward to reading your work! Photo by Karly Santiago via Unsplash. #Poetry #Anthology #Grief #Submissions sidhe-press.eu/submissions/

Some kind of wood painted pink. On it it says in stenciled white letters: In Pursuit Of Magic.

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Devjani Bodepudi @dbodepudi.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Today marks the the first anniversary of my Baba’s death and I can honestly say, spending the day with Ma, my brother and my Dida was the best thing for my emotional health. So lucky we still have each other.

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Paul Connolly @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Here is another wonderful starter pack of #Querying Authors from @the-alex-hidalgo.bsky.social Please repost and share widely to help these writers publicise their excellent work #writingcommunity #booksky #amquerying

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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · 09/02/2025

Please share :)

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Marcelle Newbold @marcellenewbold.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Lovely evening last night at the launch of @thewingedmoon.bsky.social 'Hinterland' edition, and wonderful to see so many poetry friends. Edition now available online and in print. Many thanks to @bornonadarkmoon.bsky.social for curating such a beautiful issue, and for including my nature poem ♥️💚

The forest wants, we know this

scents the air, tests a tremor of leaves,
breathes the quiet. Impatient, fresh greens
unfurl their extravagance, a bloom
or two peacocks, calls us.

Canopies part, suggest a fated den,
directs will. Low boughs discreet our beauty,
patterns a rhythm - sonorous, iambic.
We lay, altared, honoured guests,
as the forest slowly feasts.

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Devjani Bodepudi @dbodepudi.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Who’s up for a non-fiction food related pitch? Book length deliciousness!

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Devjani Bodepudi @dbodepudi.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Delighted to have poetry in this Spring issue of Wasifiri. 💙 Thank you to @sanagoyal.bsky.social and @durreshahwar.bsky.social

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Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann @poetryireland.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

🔔Call for Submissions🔔 Poetry Ireland Review Issue 145, edited by Victoria Kennefick. We welcome unsolicited submissions of poems, proposals for articles and interviews, from Ireland and abroad, in Irish or English. Learn More: www.poetryireland.ie/writers/subm... Deadline: 28 February 2025

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Devjani Bodepudi @dbodepudi.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Forgot to share my favourite sight over the weekend. I think that’s Venus with the moon…🌙✨

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Devjani Bodepudi @dbodepudi.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I really am very lucky with my supervisors. I was starting to feel lost and unsure and then I had that meeting. Feeling excited again! #phdlife #poetry

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Propel Magazine @propelmagazine.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Issue Thirteen is NOW LIVE! Edited by Helen Mort, Issue 13 marks our return after the hiatus around the Anthology launch and we're psyched to be back. With thanks to Helen and all our contributors – we hope you enjoy reading: propelmagazine.co.uk/thirteen

CONTENTS
Introduction by Editor Helen Mort

Abhijeet Singh, Reading Emily Dickinson

Rency Jumaoas Raquid, To The Tall Man in Queen’s Library

Nia Broomhall, I won't tell you this

Daniel Nixon, Axe Edge

Ger Duffy, Baile an Ghoilin / Burnham East

Julie Kennedy, Change of Purpose

Nasim Luczaj, her father

Laura Strickland, When My Body Remembers

Becky May, Lessons with Conchita

Sallyanne Rock, Matthew 10:29

Helen Bowell, Is That the Moon

Nia Solomon, When My Hair Was a Blonde Bowl

Maria Isakova-Bennett, My father is a complicated sentence

Ben Verinder, Lavender

Rochelle Hanslow, A Body of Text

Brad Beau Cohen, cyanotypes

Godelieve de Bree, Study from the Human Body, 1949

Bella Rona, Rorschach Test

Barnaby Harsent, Half-light

Helena Fornells Nadal, Ships Came from Cuba

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Devjani Bodepudi @dbodepudi.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Is PhD research just oscillating between loving and hating your work and then deciding to change direction completely? Asking for a friend. 🤷‍♀️ #phdlife #research #postcolonialism

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