ANNOUNCEMENTS Call for Submissions: Climate Anthology Now it is up to the artists. The scientists have warned us. They have been warning us for fifty years. But we have only 12 years to dramatically reduce our current carbon use before we cross the line into unprecedented climate catastrophe. We---Meghan Sterling and Kathleen Sullivan (Poetry, ’06)---are …
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Community News & Updates January 2019
ANNOUNCEMENTS The Task Before Us: Writing Truth to Power Stonecoast MFA invites you to join Pulitzer Prize finalist Martín Espada (Poetry, Writing for Social Change) and award-winning writer Cheryl Clarke for an interactive discussion interrogating the intersection of creative writing and participatory democracy. Join us at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, January 18th, at the Harraseeket Inn in Freeport, …
Community News & Updates September 2018
ANNOUNCEMENTS ALUMS Peter Adrian Behravesh (Popular Fiction, W'18) appeared on the August 28th episode of PodCastle as part of a full-cast narration for Ken Liu's story "To the Moon." He was also a program participant at Worldcon 76 in San Jose, where he presented his award-winning essay, "The Vault of Heaven: Science Fiction's Perso-Arabic Origins," and spoke on …
Community News & Updates July 2018
ANNOUNCEMENTS Poetic Voices for Social Justice Join us at SPACE Gallery on Thursday, July 12th, where Stonecoast MFA faculty member Martín Espada---recent winner of the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, Pulitzer Prize finalist, American Book Award winner and National Book Critics Circle nominee---will give a public reading alongside Lauren Marie Schmidt, author of three collections of poetry including Psalms of …
Community News & Updates May 2018
ANNOUNCEMENTS Thank you to all who supported the One Month, One Voice campaign to benefit Stonecoast's new Writing for Social Justice Scholarship. Together, we raised over $20,000! If you missed the campaign but would still like to be part of the movement, you can email stonecoastcommunity@maine.edu for information on donating or hosting an event. Thank you for being part …
Community News & Updates May 2017
STONECOAST REUNION 2017 Please mark your calendars for the Stonecoast reunion, July 14-17 in Brunswick, Maine! The planning committee has been hard at work, and we're excited to announce the schedule of events. We'd like to thank all of you who submitted proposals for readings and seminars! We are proud to feature readings by Julia Munemo, Tony Pisculli, …
Community News & Updates September 2014
ALUMNI Patricia Barletta (Popular Fiction, W'12) has just signed a contract with Lachesis Publishing for her Stonecoast thesis, Moon Dark, a paranormal historical romance. The novel will be released in 2015. Eric M. Bosarge (Popular Fiction, W'12) is pleased to announce his short story Adytum appeared in volume two of The Darkness Internal published by Voluted Tales. Karen Bovenmyer (Popular …
Community News & Updates December 2012
ALUMNI NEWS Adam Kreutz Gallardo (Popular Fiction, S'12) is happy to announce that he has signed with Ann Collette of the Reese Literary Agency. She plans to shop his debut novel, Zomburbia, to publishers as soon as early December. Sandra McDonald (Popular Fiction, W'05) has three stories currently in print: "Searching for Slave Leia" in Lightspeed, …
Community News & Updates October 2012
ALUMNI NEWS Jennifer Marie Brissett has had two stories published. "Clone" is in Ripped Genes: The Biopunk Special Issue of Morpheus Tales magazine and is available for the Kindle and other eBook formats as well as in paperback. Her story "Secrets of the Sea" is in The Future Fire magazine and it's available free online! Debbie Daughetee, aka …
Alumni News: Alison McMahan
It's always fun to share good news! Alumna Alison McMahan PF W'10 has signed with a literary manager. She is now represented by Alexia Melocchi of Little Studio Films. Alison says, "Melocchi and I have signed a one year contract, and she is working hard at getting my three most marketable scripts, Imprinted, Destroying Angel, and Girl in Trunk, into …
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