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 2019

Cold School, Joel Crabtree

Collector's Items, W. G.

Colonial Studies, Joel Crabtree

Cookbook: Bisquey Move, Will Grunewald

Cookies for a Cause, Arielle Greenberg

Dining: Aragosta, Michaela Cavallaro

Dining: Crown Jewel, Kate McCarty

Dining: Eaux, Michaela Cavallaro

Dining: Elda, Joe Ricchio

Dining: Flood's, Kate McCarty

Dining: Flux, Mattie John Bamman

Dining: The Mountain Room, Joe Ricchio

Drinking Buddies, Jesse Ellison

Endless Hosta-bilities, Virginia M. Wright

Endless Vanished Days, Ron Currie

Even Flow, Jamie Lovley

Every Lobster Must Get Stoned, Will Grunewald

Every Maine Lighthouse Ranked, The Editors

Everyone Out of the Pool!, Virginia M. Wright

Fall Off the Radar: An Autumn Ramble Through Western Maine's Backwoods and Back Roads, Benjamin Williamson, photographer

Fancy Feast, Will Grunewald

Farmer, Father, Drummer, Pol, Will Grunewald

Festival of Bites, W. G.

Figure Study, Erin Stewart Brown and Erin Little Photographer

Find Your Maine Lake, Brian Kevin; Kendra Caruso; and Jada Fitch, illustrations

Food and Drink: Pops Art, Will Grunewald

Food and Drink: Shrub Hub, The Editors

Food and Drink; Spirits: Still Life, Joel Crabtree

Food and Drink: Standing O's, Will Grunewald

Food and Drink: Taco Tuesdays, Malcolm Bedell

Food and Drink: Taste the River, Brian Kevin

Food and drink: True Beer Bro, Joel Crabtree

Foodways: Wild Ride, Amber Kapiloff

Forest Ave Food Crawl, W. G.

Free the Udders!, Virginia M. Wright

Friday Night Lite, Joel Crabtree

Full Plates, Genevieve Beaudoin

Garden: Nana Knows Best, Anna Bolton

George H.W. Bush, 1924-2018, various authors

Getting Tipsy, W. G.

Going Public, Will Grunewald

Good Things From Maine: Beach Baubles, Maggie Nevens

Good things from Maine: Big Foot, Virginia Wright

Good Things from Maine: Carry On, Virginia M. Wright

Good Things From Maine; Craft; Glass Act, Molly Haley Photographer and Jesse Ellison

Good things from Maine : Marilyn Robertson, Caitlin Gilmet

Good Things from Maine: Opening Day, Virginia M. Wright

Good Things from Maine: Sprig Woodwork, Virginia M. Wright

Good Things From Maine: Stone Designs & Granite Garden Gallery, Virginia M. Wright

Good Things From Maine: Studio 412 & fourTWELVE, Jesse Ellison