WriteHive Mentorship Program

Megan Bontrager is an author of SFF and horror currently based in Ireland, where she is a PhD candidate at NUI Maynooth. She received her MA from Johns Hopkins and BFA from the University of Central Florida. Her short fiction has previously been published with Quill & Crow Publishing House, Cypress Dome Literary Magazine, Frontier Poetry, and 30 North Literary Magazine. Megan’s indie debut, Eye of the Ouroboros, was published in 2024. She recently had the pleasure of announcing her next venture: a three-book contract with Orbit US/UK, for three standalone horror and horrormance novels.

When she isn’t frantically scribbling down her next big idea, Megan enjoys playing TTRPGs and volunteering with animal rescues. She is responsible for two furry children, and hopes to support their lavish lifestyles with her books.

Megan is represented by Clara Chuiton at Olswanger Literary.

I’m thrilled at the opportunity to mentor anyone, and would be happy to provide more than one round of editorial feedback if that’s what the mentee needs! I would be happy to take any mentee that’s as excited to work as I am. When I led critique groups at the conference, being matched with writers who I wouldn’t have known or interacted with otherwise led to friendly and fruitful relationships that I still maintain today. Additionally, I’m still working with my mentee from the last program, as it’s worked for her to continue a low-pressure working relationship. We’ve done more than one round of edits, and I’m also helping her prep her query package – though I would be happy to be more hands-off if another mentee needed it. So I really am happy to consider anyone as a mentee!