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 …
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 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 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 July 13–16, 2023---Attention: Published and Aspiring Writers: Join us for the first annual Mesa Verde Writers Conference! Immerse yourself in wilderness and beauty in a town that is the gateway to Mesa Verde National Park. Mountain vistas and dark, starry nights. Live music and bonfire on Saturday night. Location: Harmony Barn, Mancos, Colorado (mountain …
ALUMS “Kangaroo Flat,” Jillian Abbott’s (Popular Fiction, S’04) TV pilot script, was a finalist in the Boston Screenplay Awards. Emma Bouthillette (Creative Nonfiction, S'12) is featured on the Franco-American Pathways Podcast in conversation with Dr. Libby Bischof, Executive Director of the Osher Map Library at the University of Southern Maine. Together, they explore the growth of Biddeford's …
ANNOUNCEMENTS Issue 15 of Stonecoast Review will be on sale during and after June residency. From the gorgeous covers to the angst-filled poems and stories inside, this issue holds a mirror up to the last crazy-Covid year. The SCR team did a phenomenal job putting this together and it is stunning. Copies will be available for purchase …
CURRENT STUDENTS S.M. Mack (Popular Fiction) has published her award-winning short story "The Carrying Beam" and Dan McMinn (Popular Fiction) has published his short story "Public Awareness" alongside original stories and poems by the rest of the Clarion class of 2012 in their fifth collection. Titled The Blue Volume, this collection will help support The …
ANNOUNCEMENTS Poetic Voices for Social Justice Join us at SPACE Gallery on Thursday, July 12th, where Stonecoast MFA faculty member Martín Espada---recent winner of the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, Pulitzer Prize finalist, American Book Award winner and National Book Critics Circle nominee---will give a public reading alongside Lauren Marie Schmidt, author of three collections of poetry including Psalms of …
ANNOUNCEMENTS On April 13th from 6:00-8:00 p.m., Quiet City Books in Lewiston, Maine, will host "Between Fear and Hope: Readings from Local Writers." Among the readers are Stonecoast alum Josh Gauthier (Popular Fiction, S’17), and graduating students Meredith MacEachern (Popular Fiction) and Anthony Marvullo (Creative Nonfiction). The event is free and open to the public. See …
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