Meghan E. O'Toole
writer
Meet Meghan
Meghan O'Toole, MA is a writer from Illinois. She was raised by parents from Ireland and Poland, and the immigrant experience and folk tales from her parents' countries heavily influence her work. She was the 2021 fiction winner of the Ploughshares Emerging Writers’ Contest and the recipient of LitMag's Virginia Woolf Award for short fiction in 2018.
copywriting + content
I approach my craft with attention, intention, and precision. When it comes to content writing, good words and great stories should come together to serve the unique needs of individual audiences. I strive to support and shape brand through writing. My background as an award-winning creative writer not only helps me tap into new ideas and creative potential, but also ensures that I am constantly innovating and striving for unique content that sets your brand apart.
Optimizing content should be more than tricking an algorithm. It should be about meaningful connection and substantial stories. Connect with me about content and freelance work.
“‘Good Food for Starving Things’—dark, abrupt, and a bit wild—is a deft cross-pollination concerning what it means to be a beast, and what it means to belong. With addictive and highly personal prose, O’Toole creates an even-handed exploration of the erosion of language, and the fraught difference between starvation and hunger. This is one of those chilling narratives that refuses to ask permission or forgiveness. It’s visceral and haunting, yet emotional and delightfully absurd."
Kiley Reid
2021 Ploughshares Emerging Writer's Contest Fiction Winner
2018 LitMag's Virginia Woolf Award for Short Fiction
“Meghan E. O’Toole’s fiction story “Abditory” . . . is a hazy and dreamlike exploration of how longing can manifest in dreams and become necessary for engaging with reality. . . O’Toole’s story successfully employs elements of magical realism, which create a vivid sense of place that is consistent in every scene. I instantly believed in the fictional world she created, and this lack of hesitancy to trust and settle into the story’s place drew me back for a second and third read."
Mageboy, a podcast project
The Mage is a wizard, a war criminal, and a devil who longs to die a saint. He's not so much doomed to die tragically as he is determined to.
When the court sorcerer is framed by the church and executed for dark magic, his orphaned protégé commits to a life-long quest for revenge.
