ALUMNI Michael Beeman (Fiction, S'09) was excited to see his piece "Advice to Fictional Characters on the Occasion of My 31st Birthday" appear on Thought Catalog recently. Sheila Boneham (Creative Nonfiction/Cross Genre, S'13) is thrilled to announce the release of her second mystery, The Money Bird (Midnight Ink). The first book in this series, Drop …
The Magic Words
by Linda Kobert It was late, after ten at night. I’d just won my first Scrabble game in months, and my friends and I were all relaxing after a typical cutthroat contest. We’d been on the go since early morning that Saturday: graduation at the school where my husband teaches, then making the rounds of …
Community News & Updates August 2013
Congratulations to the Stonecoast Summer 2013 graduates: Katie Bickham, Sheila Boneham, Karen Bovenmyer, Katie Crumpton, Heather Ann Cyr, Kerri Dieffenwierth, Katrina Ellyson, Kelli Faherty, Edward Ferrara, Karla Michelle Fossett, Yvonne (Rooze) Garcia, Alexandria Giardino, Terri Glass, Penny Guisinger, Andrew Heckler, Sarah Steinberg Heller, Michael L. Joy, Thomas Morrissey, Casey Moynihan, Meaghan Reynolds, Katherine Sargent, Chuck Smithson, …
Post-Residency by Joseph Carro
We all gathered in the common room of Chamberlain Hall and reminisced, speaking with smiles stretched across our faces and kinetic hand gestures painting our stories with extra detail. Some of us wouldn't be coming back, and so there were trembling lips, teary eyes and long, unashamed hugs. Handshakes, hand waves and promises to keep …
Five Years Later and What Do I Have to Show? Good Question
by Lisa Romeo This is how it would be, surely: Five years after graduating on a hot July night, I'd return to the Stonecoast summer residency for a visit. I'd chat up alumni, swapping stories about our fabulous or lousy agents, latest book deal (surely we'd all be on book number two, at least). We'd …
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July 2013 SCAA Board Elections
The Alumni Meeting that is held in conjunction with the July residency has been scheduled for Sunday, July 21 at the Stone House. The details are listed below. The meeting will also include a live election to fill the open spots on the SCAA Board that were left open after then online elections. The details …
Community News & Updates July 2013
ALUMNI Adam Kreutz Gallardo (Popular Fiction, S'12) is pleased to announce that he has signed a two-book deal with Kensignton Teen, a division of Kensington Publishing. His debut novel, Zomburbia, will be released in Spring 2014 and its sequel will be released the following year. The deal was facilitated by Ann Collette of the Rees …
Stonecoast Reading Series: Stonecoast Stories
This month’s Stonecoast Reading Series event will feature an evening of words and music, with fiction faculty member Sarah Braunstein and fiction alum and musician Dave Patterson. Wednesday, June 26th - Stonecoast Stories 7:00pm at Local Sprouts 649 Congress Street, Portland, ME Sarah Braunstein is the author of The Sweet Relief of Missing Children, winner of the …
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Community News & Updates June 2013
ALUMNI Cal Armistead (Fiction, W'o7) will be a panelist at the sixth annual "Are You a Bookie?" book club gathering June 2nd from 2:00-4:00 p.m. at Bay Path College in Longmeadow, MA. Cal will read from and sign copies of her first novel, the critically acclaimed (most recently by The Boston Globe) Being Henry David, …
Apply for the January 2014 Stonecoast in Ireland (SCI) Residency
Dear Stonecoasters, You are warmly invited to apply for the January 2014 Stonecoast in Ireland (SCI) residency. This will be our sixteenth residency in Ireland and each one has been terrific. Here are the details: WHEN? The winter SCI residency will run from 16-23 January 2014. WHERE: We will meet in Howth, a beautiful seaside …
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