Writer, Content Specialist & Designer
MEGAN ROSS is the author of Milk Fever (uHlanga Press, 2018) a collection of poetry, and several short stories and essays that have gone on to achieve critical acclaim. She is a director and the chief creative at Stoep Collective, a spirited studio crafting connections between writers, artists and the world.
She is a recipient of the Brittle Paper Award for Fiction (2017) and an Alumni Award for the Iceland Writers Retreat in Reykjavik (2016), and a finalist for the Gerald Kraak, Miles Morland, Short Story Day Africa and Short. Sharp Awards.
Megan left her role as features writer at Glamour magazine to pursue a career in freelance writing and journalism in Bangkok, Thailand. After returning to South Africa, her writing has featured in POPSugar, Insider, New Frame News, Mail & Guardian, Glamour, Brittle Paper, GQ, Prufrock, O, the Oprah Magazine and Catapult, as well as several literary publications such as New Coin, New Contrast and the Kalahari Review.
In 2019, she was shortlisted for the Gerald Kraak Award for her nonfiction essay, Monstrous, which was first published in Selves: the Afro-Anthology of Creative Nonfiction (2018). Her essay was later published a second time by Catapult and then included in the third Gerald Kraak Anthology: The Heart of the Matter.
Megan Ross graduated from Rhodes University with a Bachelor of Journalism and Media Studies. She has agency experience at the renowned Retroviral Agency, working with clients like Showmax, Lil-Lets (SA & UK), Grundig and Russell Hobbs. Megan is also a moderator and the lead responder on Lil-Let’s Talk, an exciting online platform devoted to period positivity, empowering menstruators and busting period myths in Southern Africa.
Megan lives in London, UK, and is represented by Pontas Literary and Film Agency in Barcelona.
Services
CREATIVE CONSULTATION
Brand Application & Brand Identity & Visual Identity Design | Social Media Mapping, Audit & Planning | Content Curation
WEB, ONLINE & SOCIAL MEDIA
Content Auditing, Qualitative Analysis & Site Audits | Social Media Planning, Scheduling, Consultation & Management |
Email Newsletter Curation & Development
WRITING, RESEARCH, CRITICISM
Research & Archiving | Creative Non-Fiction | Long-form | Literary Criticism | Interviews & Reportage
DESIGN, CREATIVE DIRECTION & ART DIRECTION
Art Direction & Graphic Design | Typesetting & Layout | Illustration & Digital Art | Digitization of Illustrations
BOOKS & PUBLISHING
Manuscript Appraisal | Publication Consultations | Developmental Editing Proofreading & Copy Editing
Typesetting & Layout | Book Cover Art & Consultations
RATES & QUOTES
Accolades
Finalist, the LAMBDA Literary Award (The Heart of the Matter) (2019)
Finalist, the Gerald Kraak Award (2019)
Shortlisted, Brittle Paper Award for Poetry (2019)
Winner, Brittle Paper Award for Fiction (2017)
Shortlisted, Miles Morland Writing Scholarship (2015, 2017, 2020)
Winner, Iceland Writers Retreat Alumni Award (2016)
Second runner-up, Short Story Day Africa prize (2016)
Shortlisted, Short Story Day Africa Prize (2015)
Nominated, Pen New Voices Award (2014)
Education
Bachelor of Journalism and Media Studies specialising in Communication Design (Rhodes University, 2011) with undergraduate majors in English Literature and Journalism & Media Studies
(Minors in Philosophy I & II, Anthropology I, Classical Civilisations I)
