Gavin Eugene O'Toole

I’m proud to have won the New2theScene Members Seasonal Competition 2026 for my short story ‘Iceberg’. This explores the loneliness of a bereaved yet cantankerous man . . .

I’m very proud to have been longlisted in the Fiction Factory First Chapter Competition 2025 for the beginning of my novel entitled ‘The Library of Unpublished Books’, a tale about the travails of an aspiring, but failed, writer . . .

I’m very proud to have been shortlisted in the Wenlock Olympian Society’s Short Story Competition 2024/2025 for my tale ‘The moon of the Moon’. This uses a . . .

I’m very proud to have been longlisted in the Fiction Factory Short Story Competition 2024 for my tale ‘The Capo’s King’. This is a meditation on freedom . . .

I’m very proud and grateful to win the New2thescene writing competition for my short story Church of Rage. This explores the cult of violence that has consumed our society . . .