HAPPY NEW YEAR! ANNOUNCEMENTS STONECOAST WINTER 2026 RESIDENCY As we prepare for Stonecoast’s Winter 2026 residency (January 9–18, 2026), we’re excited to share a few highlights we think will make our time back at the Harraseeket Inn especially memorable. We’re delighted to welcome our distinguished guests Brock Clarke, Marianne Leone, Dante Micheaux, Jennifer Militello, Rebecca Turkewitzk, and Catherynne (Cat) Valente, each bringing a …
ANNOUNCEMENTS STONECOAST ALUMNI ENRICHMENT SERIES The Stonecoast Enrichment Series has the schedule up for the next four sessions. Sign up for these monthly seminars here. The Habits of Writers --- December 9th at 7:00 p.m. EST --- A conversation with Elisabeth Tova Bailey (Creative Nonfiction, S’15) on the real lives of writers: rituals, resistance, joy, and the habits that help …
ANNOUNCEMENTS BARON WORMSER, 1948-2025 Baron Wormser, former Poetry faculty member at Stonecoast, passed away on October 7th. He had an extraordinary impact on his students at Stonecoast (even those of us who weren’t his students!). Some of the online obituaries and remembrances can be found at Vox Populi, Seven Days, and the Poetry Society of …
CURRENT STUDENTS Kim Autrey’s (Popular Fiction) mystery short story, "Mt. Pinos Murders," was published in Onyx Publications last week. Abigail Bokaer’s (Fiction) short story “Made in Wonderland” was selected as the second-place finalist for The Masters Review Debut Fiction Prize and will be published on October 27th. ALUMS Shannon Bowring (Fiction, W’22) is thrilled to welcome her third book into …
CURRENT STUDENTS Miles Meth (Fiction) published an op-ed in The Boston Globe about their friend Cata "Xóchitl" Santiago, an amazing person and powerful community organizer who was detained by ICE with no warrant/cause while traveling domestically for work. Her case is significant, because Xóchitl is a DACA recipient/legal resident, meaning this is yet another awful escalation in …
ANNOUNCEMENTS STONECOAST SUMMER 2025 RESIDENCY As we prepare for Stonecoast's Summer 2025 residency (June 12–21, 2025), we’re excited to share a few highlights we think will make our time on USM’s Portland Campus especially memorable. We’re delighted to welcome our newest faculty member, candice iloh, along with distinguished guests Debra Spark, Lewis Robinson, Julia Bouwsma, and Matthew J.C. Clark, each bringing a …
ANNOUNCEMENTS STONECOAST SUMMER 2025 RESIDENCY As we prepare for Stonecoast's Summer 2025 residency (June 12–21, 2025), we’re excited to share a few highlights we think will make our time on USM’s Portland Campus especially memorable. We’re delighted to welcome our newest faculty member, candice iloh, along with distinguished guests Debra Spark, Lewis Robinson, Julia Bouwsma, and Matthew J.C. Clark, each bringing a …
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 …
ALUMS Peter Adrian Behravesh (Popular Fiction, W'18) narrated A.P. Hawkins's story "Once Abandoned" for the January 2 episode of Escape Pod. You can listen to it here. J Brooke (Poetry, S’19) in their role as Prose Book Reviews Editor at The Rumpus is pleased to announce bringing on recent Stonecoast grad Acree Graham Macam as Assistant Editor …
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 …
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