Down East magazine, has been publishing since August 1954, and continues as one of Maine's most prominent monthly magazines. Their web site's history page provides the following description:

"The goal of Down East has always been to hold a mirror up to Maine — its storied past and lively present — and to celebrate its flinty, independent character and unhurried way of life. As Maine has changed with the times, however, so has Down East. Today the state has come to embrace its future as well as its past. Accordingly, the magazine now focuses more on contemporary Maine life and what the future might bring and less on historical background and quaint rusticity. Booming circulation and advertising gains demonstrate the wisdom of this editorial shift."

Portland Public Library's collection of Down East is complete, and begins with the first issue, August 1954. The hard copies are available in the Portland Room.

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Submissions from 2021

Maine Homes: Family Tradition, Virginia M. Wright

Maine Homes: Good Fences, Sara Anne Donnelly

Maine Homes: House Tour: a Home of Her Own, Rachel Slade

Maine Homes: House Tour: East Meets West, Sara Anne Donnelly

Maine Homes: House Tour: Fresh Start, Sara Anne Donnelly

Maine Homes: House Tour: Launching Pad, Sarah Stebbins

Maine Homes: House Tour: Old is New, Sarah Stebbins

Maine Homes: House Tour: Once More to the Lakefront, Sarah Stebbins

Maine Homes: Labor of Love, Aurelia C. Scott

Maine Homes: Landmark Decisions, Brian Kevin

Maine Homes: Sweatin' to the Oldies, Sara Anne Donnelly

Maine Summer is Back: Your Regional Guide, Brian Kevin, Bridget M. Burns, Joyce Kryszak, Mira Ptacin, and Samuel Wheeler

Main Street Moxie, Jesse Ellison, Will Grunewald, Brian Kevin, and Adrienne Perron

Make Way for Dumplings, W. G.

Memories of Ice, Wild and Thin, Porter Fox

Mic Drop, W. G.

Migrationland, Rachel Slade

Mom's Hammer, Angela Waldron

Mo' Please!, J. C.

My Favorite Place: Clare Egan: Flatbread Company, Portland Waterfront, Jennifer Van Allen

My Favorite Place: Dajuan Eubanks, Moose River, Rockwood, Will Grunewald

My Favorite Place: Greg Paxton: Mayo Mill, Dover-Foxcroft, Brian Kevin

My Favorite Place: Jessica Meir, Big Madawaska Lake, near Stockholm, Jennifer Van Allen

My Favorite Place: Linda Aldrich: Fort Allen Park, Eastern Promenade, Portland, Michaela Cavallaro

My Favorite Place: Nicole Maines, Fort Williams, Cape Elizabeth, Brian Kevin

My Favorite Place: Reza Jalali, Adrienne Perron

My Favorite Place: Rich Kimball: Thuya Garden, Northeast Harbor, Sean McAdam

My Favorite Place: Roger Angell, Porch on Wells Cove, Brooklin, Brian Kevin

My Favorite Place: Theresa Shanahan: Camden, Brian Kevin

My Favorite Place: Titus Welliver: Ducktrap River, Lincolnville, Brian Kevin

My Maine: Notes from an Aspiring Old Salt, Sherry Barker Abaldo

My Space: Looking Fresh, Sarah Stebbins

Night of Lobster, Brian Kevin [introduction] and Robert P. Tristram Coffin [essay]

North by East: A Beacon of Cinema, Jesse Ellison

North by East: Busy as a Bee, Joel Crabtree

North by East: Cobbled Together, Jaed Coffin

North by East: Farewell to a Lewiston Pawnshop, Jaed Coffin

North by East: Hoop Dreams, Joel Crabtree

North by East: How the Bangor Daily News Became the Country's First Newspaper to Call the Presidential Election, Brian Kevin

North by East: I Was a Teenage Birding Champ, Elizabeth Peavey

North by East: Joy Ride, Kathryn Miles

North By East: Know Your Mega Resort, Katherine Englishman and Josh Christie

North by East: Lost Art, Virginia M. Wright

North by East: Remembering David Driskell, Will Grunewald

North by East: Rising in the East?, W. G.

North by East: Rock On, Joel Crabtree

North by East: Round of A-Paws, J. C.

North by East: Sails Pitch, Will Grunewald

North by East: Shell Game, Joel Crabtree

North By East: Slope Chart, Mitch Breton