WriteHive Mentorship Program
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Megan Bontrager
Mentor Expertise: Small/Independent Press, Traditional Publishing
She/Her
Mentor Bio
Megan Bontrager is a horror and urban fantasy author based in Ireland. She received her BFA in Creative Writing from the University of Central Florida and her MA in Writing from Johns Hopkins University, and is currently a PhD candidate at NUI Maynooth. Megan’s work centers queer and neurodiverse narratives, and always features at least one of her four-legged children. Her debut novel, EYE OF THE OUROBOROS, is coming April 2024.
Mentorship Expectations
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. So I really am happy to consider anyone as a mentee!
Manuscript Wishlist
I’d love to stay in the Adult space, if possible, as that’s the area I write in. I love YA, though, and if the right opportunity presented itself I’d love to take it on. While I’m happy to work on anything at all, I have the LEAST amount of experience with things like Memoir, Women’s Fiction, Crime Procedurals, and Nonfiction. I feel that my feedback in those spaces wouldn’t be as helpful, so I’d rather steer clear. Anything else, though, I’d love to dive into.
Megan Bontrager
She/Her
Small/Independent Press
Traditional Publishing