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Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA New essay by Stonecoast MFA can­di­date Acree Graham Macam in the Harvard Review Online News Stonecoast MFA and the Stonecoast Review con­grat­u­late Acree Macam on pub­li­ca­tion of her essay The Body Keeps the War in the Harvard Review Online.…

Stonecoast Student Aliza Dube Wins 2023 Maine Chap­book Series News Stonecoast MFA and the Stonecoast Review con­grat­u­late Aliza Dube on selec­tion of her story col­lec­tion The Depen­dents as winner of the Maine Writers & Pub­lish­ers Alliance 2023 Maine Chap­book Series. The Depen­dents to be pub­lished this Fall.…

FICTION By Jane Snyder What kind of world was it, Dave won­dered, where a woman could put herself above a man? He was ready for this one. “Whoa there, Sis,” he said when he felt her hand cup his gen­i­tals under the jump­suit. “You play, you pay.” She…

Sub­mis­sions for Stonecoast Review Issue 19 are now open, and will close on October 1st. Reminder that we accept: Lit­er­ary fiction. Genre fiction. Non­fic­tion.  Poetry.  Dra­mat­ic works.  Visual Art. You can read our full sub­mis­sion guide­lines here. We look forward to reading your work. Photo by Luke Southern.

Sub­mis­sions for Stonecoast Review Issue 19 will open on August 1st. Reminder that we accept: Lit­er­ary fiction. Genre fiction. Non­fic­tion.  Poetry.  Dra­mat­ic works.  Visual Art. You can read our full sub­mis­sion guide­lines here. We look forward to reading your work.

Thirty-three tal­ent­ed poets, drama­tists, writers, and artists came togeth­er and made Issue 19 a reality. Read their works in Stonecoast Review Issue 19, now avail­able for pur­chase from local book­seller Kelly’s Books to Go.     Yael Valen­cia Aldana is a Caribbean Afro-Latinx writer and poet.…

POETRY By Luke Johnson and Megan Mer­chant For I,   I thought of you and bullets and the husk of ruin we are feeding our chil­dren, saying swallow, it will make you strong, in the end, but I know. When I sat the other day with…

DRAMATIC WORK By Gregory Von Dare A ten-minute sci-fi comedy about serious stuff.   CAST: TODD: A nerdy guy in his mid-30s. Average height and build. Kind of an annoy­ing voice. GINNY:  She is ath­let­ic and moves with the fluid grace of a dancer. Early 20s. Excited…

POETRY By Neil Flatman  Late sun longing through the knuck­les of the black­thorns by the pond; a lan­guorous spark. The copper heads of ferns bow down with what remain­ing dignity they hold. Autumn’s flown; longer days dis­solved fast as a winter breath. Surely that’s the memory,…

POETRY By Gary English Juarez tethers me like a balero with a bridge instead of string. I tread Stanton’s crammed path over the near-water­­less Rio Grande. I could have walked its dehy­drat­ed bed. Tanned leather’s weath­ered smell infuses the mercado’s air. Piñatas, penuche. Day of the Dead disguises,…