Next Friday, November 7, join us at Waterville Creates from 5–7 p.m. for a pop-up exhibit celebrating the winners of our 11th Annual #DownEastReaderPhotoContest. This free event will showcase the winning images and runners-up, including third-place honorees and our publisher's favorite pic!

🐾 Our Pets Issue hits newsstands this week! In this issue: A look inside the feline mind, famous Mainers and their pets, Mr. Drew’s menagerie of magnificent misfits, and more. Our current issue ships free! Order your copy at shop.downeast.com/collections/newsstand. 📖

Monday, September 8, is the final day to enter and vote for your favorite Maine pics in our 11th Annual #DownEastReaderPhotoContest! Judged and Readers' Choice winners are eligible for thousands of dollars in cash and prizes. Enter and vote now at photos.downeast.com.

Our September issue hits newsstands this week! In this issue: the results of our annual #BestOfMaine Reader Poll, how a woman is turning seawater into salt on Maine's most remote inhabited island, and more. Order your copy at shop.downeast.com/collections/newsstand. 📖

We want to see your Maine pics! Enter and vote for your favorite photos in our 11th Annual #DownEastReaderPhotoContest at photos.downeast.com by September 8. Winners in three categories — Landscape, Lifestyle, and Wildlife — are eligible for thousands of dollars in cash and prizes.

Our August issue his newsstands this week! In this issue: how land trusts have become the predominant mode of land conservation in #Maine, a greener future for the Maine coast, environmentally-friendly home insulation, and more. Order your copy online at shop.downeast.com/collections/newsstand.

Our July issue is here! In this issue: state biologist Lee Kantar’s mission to protect Maine’s iconic moose, a new book by fisherman and amateur photographer Jeff Dworsky, and more. Order your copy at shop.downeast.com/products/down-east-magazine-july-2025.

📷 A bull moose, by Laura Zamfirescu

Our May issue hits newsstands this week! In this issue: The return of our #GreatMaineScavengerHunt, Ben Whalley’s saltwater flies, the secret lives of mudflats, and more. Our current issue ships free — order your copy at shop.downeast.com/collections/newsstand. 📖

📷 Cara Dolan

Our March 2025 issue hits newsstands this week. In this issue: Maine’s long, sweet love affair with the donut, the remarkable photo archives of National Fisherman magazine, concerns about the state’s shrinking sugaring season, and more. Order your copy at shop.downeast.com/collections/newsstand. 🍩

1/2 Today, 100 years after the history-making 1925 Serum Run, Maine musher Jonathan Hayes will begin retracing the grueling 700-mile route with his team of 16 Seppala Siberian Sleddogs — descendants of musher Leonhard Seppala’s sled dog team that participated in the legendary run.

📷 Jason A. Frank

Our February 2025 issue hits newsstands this week! Watch 207 tonight at 7PM for a preview of the issue with editor Will Grunewald.

Our current issue ships free! Order your copy at shop.downeast.com/collections/newsstand. 📖

📷 The sun coming up on Katahdin, by Benjamin Williamson

Our January 2025 issue hit newsstands this week! In this issue: our guide to the people, places, gear, and more making it possible to have an amazing Maine winter. Order it online at shop.downeast.com/collections/newsstand.

📷📍 Hitting the trail in Norway, by Cait Bourgault