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

My Favorite Place: Paul Doiron: Scarborough Marsh, Brian Kevin

My Favorite Place: Piera Gelardi, Funtown Splashtown USA, Saco, Jamie Lovley

My Favorite Place: Sam Calagione, Dogfish Head, Southport, Will Grunewald

My Favorite Place: Sam Morse: Sheer Boom Trail, Sugarloaf, Sarah Stebbins

My Favorite Place: Timothy Simmons, Hello Hello Books, Rockland, Will Grunewald

My Favorite Place: Water Cove, Phippsburg, Benjamin Williamson Photographer

My Favorite Place: Yvon Chouinard: Kennebec River, Brian Kevin

My Maine: Stay Calm and Continue to Process as a Regular Return, Charles Oddleifson

My Maine: Uncle Maine, Leath Tonino

My Space: A Touch of the Sacred, Virginia M. Wright

My Space: Full Plate, Sarah Stebbins

My Space: The Writer's Room, Sara Anne Donnelly

Network Connectivity, W. G.

Night Writer, B. K.

Nine on the Line, Jesse Ellison

No Elder an Island, Jesse Ellison

North by East: Art Thieves, Suzanne Rico

North by East: Company Men, Will Grunewald

North by East: Fireside Flip-Throughs, Emmeline Willey

North by East: Saws for a Cause, Will Grunewald

North by East: Say Uncle!, Bridget M. Burns

North by East: Sign Language, Jaed Coffin

North By East; The Maine Woods: Last Stand, Philip Kiefer

North by East: Whole Yacht of Love, Brian Kevin

Nowhere Land, Virginia M. Wright and Michael D. Wilson, photographer

Oceans 7, Will Grunewald and Gabe Souza, photographer

Offshore, Gabe Souza, photographer

Once More Across the Lake, Jennifer Finney Boylan and Michael D. Wilson, photographer

Our Cups Runneth Over, Kate McCarty

Outdoors; Twilight of the Diehards: Baxter State Park retires an age-old and way cold tradition, Brian Kevin

Painted into a Corner, Edgar Allen Beem

Peak Season, Chris Bennett, Andrew Drummond, Chris Shane, and Jamie Walter

Portraits of Courage, Rogier van Bakel

Premium Channels, Minibar, In-Room Poetry, Joel Crabtree

Ramble On, Genevieve Morgan

RIP, Portland Phoenix, 1999-2019, The Editors

Room with a View: A Book is a Sneeze, Susan Hand Shetterly

Room with a View: A Gift of Birds, Susan Hand Shetterly

Room with a view: a winter garden, Susan Hand Shetterly

Room with a View: Going to See the Ducks, Susan Hand Shetterly

Room with a View: Leaving the Land, Susan Hand Shetterly

Room with a View: North Bend Road, Susan Hand Shetterly

Room with a View: Paddling Together, Susan Hand Shetterly

Room with a View: Spring Rain, Susan Hand Shetterly

Room with a View: The Beautiful Bones, Susan Hand Shetterly

Room With a View; The Chicken Shed, Susan Hand Shetterly

Room with a View: To Catch the Morning Sun, Susan Hand Shetterly

Roses are Red, Violets are Blue, Katy Kelleher and Ian Rothwell, illustrator

Slippery Business, Willy Blackmore

Small Farms, Big Ideas, W. G.