Community News & Updates July 2026

ANNOUNCEMENTS Dear Stonecoast Alumni, In 2027, Stonecoast MFA will celebrate an incredible milestone---our 25th anniversary! For a quarter century, Stonecoast has been shaped by the extraordinary writers and storytellers who have passed through our community. You are the heart of Stonecoast's story, and we can't imagine celebrating this anniversary without you. We're thinking about opportunities …

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Community News & Updates May 2026

ANNOUNCEMENTS SAVE THE DATE: Stonecoast Community Story Jam for the Green Curtain Roadshow Tuesday, June 23rd,7:00–9:00 p.m. in Portland, ME (Location TBA) Join Stonecoast alums Jenny O’Connell (Creative Nonfiction, S’17) and Dave Patterson (Fiction, W’13) for a night of music and raucous storytelling as we raise our glasses (and some final funds!) to send our …

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Community News & Updates September 2025

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 …

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