ANNOUNCEMENTS IOTA SHORT FORMS BEGINS SUNDAY WRITING SESSIONS Penny Guisinger (Creative Nonfiction, S’13) and Suzanne Strempek Shea (Faculty 2003-2021) are offering free monthly online writing sessions through Iota Short Forms. Led alternately by these two Iota Co-Directors, plus some special guests here and there, the sessions will consist of writing time with or without prompts. You’ll …
ALUMS Peter Adrian Behravesh (Popular Fiction, W'18) narrated Sonia Sulaiman's story "Handala. The Olive, The Storm, and the Sea" for the November 12 episode of PodCastle, as part of their Palestinian Voices series. You can listen to it here. What do writers do when they're not writing? Emma Bouthillette (Creative Nonfiction, S’12) answered that question for The Masters Review's monthly …
ALUMS Peter Adrian Behravesh (Popular Fiction, W'18) narrated E. M. Linden's story "The Projectionists" for the September 28 episode of Cast of Wonders, as part of their Banned Books Week. You can listen to it here. Libby Cudmore’s (Popular Fiction/Creative Nonfiction, S'10) novel Negative Girl (Datura 2024) was released in paperback, ebook, and audiobook on September 10, …
ANNOUNCEMENTS The second Mesa Verde Writers Conference opens for registration on March 1st. We have new faculty and it will be held in the same gorgeous location (Harmony Barn) in the mountains. Delicious locally sourced meals are included! This conference fills quickly so interested people are advised to register early. We can only take 26 …
ANNOUNCEMENTS We are thrilled to announce that Stonecoast is now accepting presentation submissions for the Summer 2024 residency. If you are interested in teaching a 60-minute presentation from 8:15 am to 9:15 am, please provide a detailed description of your class or panel to Robin Talbot (robin.talbot@maine.edu) no later than Monday, February 26, 2024. Your presentation or …
ALUMS Shannon Bowring (Fiction, W'22) is delighted (and still in a fair amount of shock) that her debut novel, The Road to Dalton, has been selected by NPR for their list of 381 Books We Love in 2023. She is also excited to share that the novel is now available as an audiobook, released by Tantor Media, a …
ALUMS A film Jillian Abbott (Popular Fiction, S’04) worked on, Cost of Living, about the impact of gentrification on the lives of ordinary families in New York City, is premiering at The Flushing Town Hall next week. Jillian is excited; it’s her first formal film credit outside pf screenwriting. Frank Ard (Popular Fiction, S’14) is …
ALUMS J Brooke (Poetry, S’19; They/e) neglected to put a link to the poetry of theirs The Rumpus published this month---here it is. J also has a long essay on recycling and re-use (sort of) titled “What Goes Around” in the summer issue of EAST Magazine, which is a cool glossy print magazine, but if …
ALUMS Elisabeth Tova Bailey (Creative Nonfiction, S'15) received a 2016 National Endowment of the Arts fellowship. There were 1,763 submissions this year and 37 fellowships awarded. NEA press release can be viewed here. Sheila Boneham (Creative Nonfiction/Cross Genre, S'13) is delighted to share that Catwalk, the third book in her Animals in Focus Mystery series from Midnight Ink, …
ALUMNI The Young Adult novel Being Henry David by Cal Armistead (Fiction, W'07) has been listed among the "Best Young Adult Novels of 2013" by Kirkus Reviews, Mashable, and Buzzfeed. Michael Beeman (Fiction, S'09) was thrilled to receive the Sewanee Review's 2013 Andrew Nelston Lytle Fiction Prize for his story "The Sleeping Santas" (written in his …
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