CURRENT STUDENTS Kim Autrey’s (Popular Fiction) short story "Parfum," written under her pen name of Kim Castle, has been accepted by The Yard: Crime blog and will appear this month. ALUMS Elisabeth Tova Bailey’s (Creative Nonfiction, S’15) natural history memoir The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating is having a delightful time frolicking with other animal …
ANNOUNCEMENTS As we approach the start of the summer 2024 residency (June 22 - June 29, 2024), we wanted to take a moment to share some updates about your program. This summer Stonecoast will meet on USM's Portland campus. This move gives our students and faculty access to university resources (including the Osher Map Library, the new …
ANNOUNCEMENTS The Stonecoast Writers' Conference We are now accepting application to the 2023 Stonecoast Writers’ Conference, which will run from the morning of Tuesday, June 20 through noon on Sunday, June 25. Stonecoast faculty members Debra Marquart and Ron Currie, Jr., will be teaching the nonfiction and fiction workshops, respectively. Because the conference runs concurrently with …
ANNOUNCEMENTS The 2023 Stonecoast MFA Alumni Reading Series Join us for the 2023 Stonecoast MFA Alumni Reading Series, Part I! Featuring Lauren M. Davis (Poetry, S’15) Linda K. Sienkiewicz (Fiction, S’09) Ellie O'Leary (Poetry, W’17) Thursday, May 18th, 7:00pm EST RSVP here Are you an alum who is publishing a book in 2023? Sign up to read at …
ANNOUNCEMENTS The Stonecoast MFA Alumni Reading Series The Stonecoast MFA Alumni Reading Series is back for a fourth year! The 2023 series will feature two virtual readings---one in May, and one in early December. Stonecoast invites any alumni authors who have a book coming out in 2023 to read. We are excited to celebrate you and your work! REGISTER HERE The Stonecoast Writers' Conference We are …
ALUMS Peter Adrian Behravesh's (Popular Fiction, W'18) short story "The Moon and Mahasti" (originally published in Holy C.O.W.: SF Stories from the Center of the World) was reprinted in StarShipSofa. This is the first time one of Peter's stories has been narrated. You can listen to it here. J Brooke (Poetry, S’19) is THRILLED to be returning to …
ANNOUNCEMENTS STONECOAST’S OWN LITERARY MAGAZINE, THE STONECOAST REVIEW, SEEKS ALUMNI CONTRIBUTORS AND READERS Consider submitting your work, previously published or new, to Stonecoast Review. We accept and will reprint previously published pieces from Stonecoast alumni only. Here’s a chance to broaden your audience and increase your work’s visibility. Submissions open July 22 on Submittable or …
ANNOUNCEMENTS From Rick Bass (Creative Nonfiction, Fiction Faculty) Dear Stonecoast-community-working-for-Yaak,(Pardon the inelegance of that phrasing. Any ideas? Poets?)So much for your continued and spirited defense of the Yaak Valley and our proposal for the country’s first Climate Refuge to be located there, dedicated to the storage of carbon in old Forest, ancient forest, and focus …
ANNOUNCEMENTS SleuthFest 2022 The 2022 SleuthFest mystery writing conference is sponsored by The Florida Chapter of the Mystery Writers of America and is back in person this year from July 7-10. Registration opened February 1st, 2022, and the early registration price ends on April 30th. Panelists and presenters will be eligible for the discounted registration …
ANNOUNCEMENTS Registration Open for September 11 Virtual Writers’ Conference of Northern Appalachia Writers are invited to attend the 2021 Virtual Writers’ Conference of Northern Appalachia (WCoNA) on Saturday, September 11, founded by Stonecoast grad PJ Piccirillo (Fiction, S’04). Workshops and readings will run from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with an evening session of attendees’ readings …
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