Picture Book Author

PLEASE BE OK: A Story about Addiction, illustrated by Anastasiya Kanavaliuk, Albert Whitman & Co., 2024

www.albertwhitman.com/book/please-be-ok/

• Kirkus Reviews: "A sensitive rendering of a child’s response to a loved one’s addiction." https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/diane-oneill/please-be-ok/ 

Saturday at the Food Pantry, illustrated by Brizida Magro, Albert Whitman & Co., 2021

https://www.albertwhitman.com/book/saturday-at-the-food-pantry/

• Parents Magazine's October 2021 book club selection
• Included in the Chicago Public Library's Best Picture Books of 2021 
• Included in the Bookstagang Best of 2021 Picture Books  
• Inclusive Books for Children Top Pick

Other Publications and Prizes

• "Love" (poem) in Writing in Community: An Anthology of the Fifth Year, from the members of the London Writers' Salon, 2025: https://www.lulu.com/shop/ashraf-and-carolyn-allen-and-michelle-anderson-elrick-and-imogen-ashwin/writing-in-community/hardcover/product-578456n.html
• "What Is the Meaning?" (poem) in The Stafford Challenge 2024-2025: wildpoetpress.com/anthology/
• "Bloody Hand O'Neill" (essay), honorable mention in 2024 "Write a Dear Reader Contest," published March 6, 2025: https://www.emailbookclub.com/firstlook/book/promisemesunshine4.html
• "Dandelions" (poem) in Regeneration: Writings about Hope and Beyond: An International Anthology, edited by Dr. Monica Mastrantonio, 2024: www.lulu.com/shop/monica-mastrantonio/regeneration-a-whole-new-perspective-on-life/ebook/product-jezvvrr.html?q=Regeneration+a+whole&fbclid=IwY2xjawHRfuZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHXTVWp24ZesM2KO1HcDlgAtgeqnVp05WHYI9phJmKy1Z6l1oRpMtGU63JA_aem_FOQV4x4q3BAelLY8XaLP4A&page=1&pageSize=4
• "Essential" (poem, page 114) in Writing in Community: An Anthology of the Fourth Year, from the members of the London Writers' Salon, 2024: www.lulu.com/shop/jake-williams-and-jacqueline-ward-and-wangari-val-and-carole-tyrrell/writing-in-community/hardcover/product-84rk8n6.html?q=&page=1&pageSize=4
• "How to Create a Great Nation" (poem, page 48) in The 2023 Poetry Marathon Anthology: https://thepoetrymarathon.com/wp-content/uploads/The-2023-Poetry-Marathon-Anthology.pdf 
• "The Joys of Online Writing Groups" (essay, page 21) in Prairie Wind, bulletin of the Illinois chapter of SCBWI (Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators),  Spring/Summer 2024: https://scbwiprdstorage.blob.core.windows.net/scbwiprdfiles/attachments/PrairieWind_SpringSummer2024_final_6-19-24_vs3.pdf  
•  "Thanksgiving" (poem) in The Poetry Marathon 2023 Online Anthology (page 10): https://thepoetrymarathon.com/wp-content/uploads/The-Poetry-Marathon-2023-FINAL.pdf
• "Pondering Purrs" (essay) awarded honorable mention in 2023 "Write a Dear Reader Contest," December 4, 2023: https://www.emailbookclub.com/firstlook/book/mystery1.html 
• "Proof of Worth" (poem) in Writing in Community: an anthology of the third year, from the members of the London Writers' Salon, 2023: https://shop.writershour.com/en-us/collections/anthology
• "The Bobbsey Twins, Nancy Drew, and Me" (essay) in The Spirit of Words: A Global Anthology, edited by Dr. Monica Mastrantonio, 2023: www.lulu.com/shop/monica-mastrantonio/the-spirit-of-words/ebook/product-q99qm8.html?q=spirit+of+words&page=1&pageSize=4
• "Finding the Heart: How Adult Literature Can Help" (essay on mentor texts, p. 34) in Prairie Wind, bulletin of the Illinois chapter of SCBWI (Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators), Fall 2022, https://scbwiprdstorage.blob.core.windows.net/scbwiprdfiles/attachments/13_PW_Fall_2022.pdf​
• "Justice" (poem) in Writing in Community: an anthology of the second year, from the members of the London Writers' Salon, 2022: https://www.lulu.com/shop/melissa-roberts-weidman-and-sophie-hannah-walker-and-madeline-wahl-and-abigail-b-vint/writing-in-community/hardcover/product-7m7rr2.html?q=writing+in+community&page=1&pageSize=4 
• "Joy on the Wall" (poem) in Food Memories: An International Anthology. 2021: www.lulu.com/en/en/shop/global-authors/food-memories/ebook/product-q7vprg.html?page=1&pageSize=
• "Dear Antoinette" in Letters from Here to Hereafter: An International Anthology, 2021: www.smashwords.com/books/view/1066963 
• "Growing up on food stamps, I had no idea I was despised" (op-ed) in the Chicago Sun-Times, January 2, 2020: https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/2/21044582/food-stamps-snap-diane-oneill 
• "Hector the Superhero" (story) in LADYBUG Magazine, January 2019: www.zinio.com/ladybug-stories-poems-and-songs-magazine-for-young-kids-and-children/console-2571-163268-i442978
• "Time Travel: J.C. Penney Photo Studio, 1994" (poem) in the 2018 Lit Issue of the South Side Weekly: southsideweekly.com/time-travel-jc-penney-photo-studio-lit-issue/
• "Immigration and Hope," guest blog post, Solstice Literary Magazine, April 2018: solsticelitmag.org/blog/the-immigrant-experience-then-and-now-and-hope-for-the-future/
• "O Say Can You Hear" in Journal of Modern Poetry 21: Dear Mr. President, Chicago Poetry Press, 2018: www.amazon.com/Dear-Mr-President-Journal-Modern/dp/0692100644
• "Thanksgiving Still Life" (poem) in the 2017 Holiday Issue of the South Side Weekly: southsideweekly.com/holiday-poetry/
• ​ "Nighthawks," 3rd place winner, "Chicago: The Arts," Poets & Patrons Contest 2017.
• "Reconciliation" (poem) in The Pain that Unites Us All, ​2017: www.lulu.com/shop/various-authors/the-pain-that-unites-us-all/ebook/product-23351611.html
• "Jerrie" (essay) in the 2017 Lit Issue of the South Side Weekly: southsideweekly.com/jerrie/
• "Chicago Spring, 1983" (poem) in the 2017 Lit Issue of the South Side Weekly: southsideweekly.com/chicago-spring-1983
• "Valentin's School" (nonfiction), Highlights for Children, forthcoming (contract signed May 2017).
• "Nature and the City Kid" in Journal of Modern Poetry 19: The Poetry Writer's Guide to the Galaxy, Chicago Poetry Press, 2017: www.amazon.com/Poetry-Writers-Guide-Galaxy-Journal/dp/1545256047/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1495561777
• "Friendship" (essay) and "September Thanksgiving" (story) in Womanthology: writings on women worldwide, 2017: www.lulu.com/shop/various-authors/womanthology-writings-on-women-worldwide/ebook/product-23113882.html
• "Are There No Workhouses?" (poem) in the 2016 Lit Issue of the South Side Weekly: southsideweekly.com/are-there-no-workhouses/
• "Selective Nostalgia" in Poetry of Protest: Journal of Modern Poetry 19, Chicago Poetry Press, 2016: www.amazon.com/Poetry-Protest-Journal-Modern-19/dp/0692687580 
• "Bestfriend" (poem) in The Shine Journal (February 2016).
• "The Gift" (essay) in National University's Gnu Journal (January 2016): gnujournal.com/nonfiction/the-gift-diane-oneill/
• "Red Cups" (poem) in the 2015 Holiday Issue of the South Side Weekly: southsideweekly.com/red-cups/
• "Language of the Unheard" (poem) in the 2015 Lit Issue of the South Side Weekly: southsideweekly.com/language-of-the-unheard/
• "Age" (essay) in Still Crazy Literary Magazine, July 2015.
• "My Son's Race" (essay) in the 2014 Lit Issue of the South Side Weekly, based out of the University of Chicago: southsideweekly.com/my-sons-race/
• "Siblings." Runner-up winner of 2011 "Write a Dear Reader" contest; published at BookTrib.com (September 9, 2011) and at DearReader.com (September 20, 2011): dearreader.typepad.com/dear/2011/09/dear-reader-column-09-20-11.html
• "A recipe for Irish heritage" (op-ed) in The Chicago Tribune, Sunday Perspective, December 5, 2010: www.proquest.com/chicagotribune/docview/815981890/FA3C5D91D0EC4AC7PQ/1?accountid=303​
• Six-word memoir included in It All Changed in an Instant: More Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure, edited by SMITH Magazine, Harper Perennial, 2010: www.harpercollins.com/9780061719431/it-all-changed-in-an-instant
• ​"Remembering Maggie" (essay) in National University's The Gnu, Fall/Winter 2007.​​