Stonecoast MFA in Creative Writing

In 15 years, Stonecoast MFA has built a growing reputation as one of the finest programs of its kind in the country. It's a low-residency program, meaning that students spend most of the year at their homes and workplaces, interacting one-on-one with faculty and other students by e-mail, phone and Skype. And then, every January and July, they get together in Southern Maine for intensive 10-day-long residencies.

Stonecoast MFA Joins Local Authors to Commemorate World Refugee Day “The Power to Tell a Story” is a free public event being held at East End Community School in Portland, Maine on June 16, 2015 from 5:30-8:00 p.m. Local authors and poets include Mikhu Paul Anderson, Jaed Coffin, Terry Farish, Reza Jalali, Maria Testa, and local rapper OD Bonny. Authors will read a short section of their writing and will also participate in a community discussion.

The American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA) presented the M. Elizbeth Osborn Award to Guest Faculty member Tom Coash for his play "Veils."

Guest Faculty Tom Coash is one of six finalists for the American Theatre Critics Association’s New Play Award.

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DUMPED: STORIES OF WOMEN UNFRIENDING WOMEN features essays by Stonecoasters Penny Guisinger (Creative Nonfiction, S’13), Kristabelle Munson (Fiction), Alexis Paige (Creative Nonfiction, S’14), Judith Podell (Fiction, ’06), Julie L. Vandekreke (Creative Nonfiction, S’10), and faculty member Elizabeth Searle.

Faculty member Sarah Braunstein is featured in an article for the Bangor Daily News.

Congratulations to Stonecoast alum Jennifer Clement whose book Prayers for the Stolen (Hogarth) is a finalist for the 2015 PEN/Faulkner Award.

"I have a list of writers that I learned from myself, as a writer. Le Guin is one of the most important of them." - Faculty member Theodora Goss

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