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 ALUMNI SEMINAR SERIES BEGINS! Conventional Creativity: Tropes as a Generative Tool Tuesday, August 12, 2025 7:00-8:30 p.m. ET / 4:00-5:30 p.m. PT Led by Beth Anderson (Popular Fiction, Summer '23) Sign Up Here Is it possible to incorporate tropes into your work without cheating the writing process, your imagination, or your readers? Absolutely. …
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 …
ALUMS Sarah Baldwin (Creative Nonfiction, S'15) had an article about a scholar's research on young Jewish refugees in the U.S. during WWII published by Colgate Research. Her flash essay titled "Twelve Weeks" appeared in the inaugural issue of In Short. Shannon Bowring (Fiction, W'22) has been remiss in reporting several good pieces of book-related news: Her debut novel, The Road …
ANNOUNCEMENTS STONECOAST SUMMER 2024 RESIDENCY PRESENTATION SUBMISSIONS We are thrilled to announce that Stonecoast is now accepting presentation submissions for the Summer 2024 residency. If you are interested in teaching a 60-minute presentation from 8:15 am to 9:15 am, please provide a detailed description of your class or panel to Robin Talbot (robin.talbot@maine.edu) no later …
ANNOUNCEMENTS In response to the Lewiston-Auburn mass shooting that rocked the Maine community in October, Rogue Owl Press---helmed by Stonecoast alums Frank Ard, Popular Fiction (S’14); Joseph Carro, Popular Fiction (W’15); and Rebecca McKenna, Fiction (S’14)---is publishing a charity collection with 100% of proceeds benefiting Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit organization which advocates for gun control …
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 …
ALUMS Elisabeth Tova Bailey’s (Creative Nonfiction, S’15) memoir The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating was noted in The New York Times article by Margaret Roach, "Where to Find Comfort in a World of Invasive Headlines?" and listed as one of Sy Montgomery’s six favorite books for animal lovers in The Book List in The Week. Also, Amit R. Baishya, …
ANNOUNCEMENTS WCoNA 2022 Conference The third WCoNA Writers Conference of Northern Appalachia(R), founded by alum PJ Piccirillo (Fiction, S’04) in 2018, will take place at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh on March 11-13, 2022. Lee Gutkind, Vanity Fair's "Godfather of Nonfiction," and Edgar Award winner Kathleen George are keynotes. 25+ presenters will host craft discussions, round …
ANNOUNCEMENTS 2021 Alumni Reading SeriesJoin Stonecoast in celebrating our 2021 alumni authors! We'll be hosting two virtual readings to showcase the work of nine alumni authors who published a book this year. Thursday, December 2nd RSVP: https://forms.gle/TXaExgXhupNGsuhs9 Thursday, December 9th RSVP: https://forms.gle/iKsvihPcM5vFH2ia9 The Stone House Readers' SeriesThe Stone House Readers' Series hosted by Troy Myers …
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