Community News & Updates January 2026

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 …

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Community News & Updates May 2025

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 …

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Community News & Updates February 2025

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 …

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Community News & Updates October 2024

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, …

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Community News & Updates October 2023

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 …

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Community News & Updates October 2022

ANNOUNCEMENTS A CELEBRATION OF NATIVE WRITERS October 4, 2022, 7:00 p.m.-8:15 p.m. Join the Maine literary community for a night of conversation and readings by three critically acclaimed Native writers working in different genres and coming from different nations. Stonecoast Fiction faculty and Winter '19 alum Morgan Talty (Night of the Living Rez), Terese Marie Mailhot (Heart Berries), …

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