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Down East evokes and illuminates the spirit and culture of Maine. 🦞🌲
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!
October 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
🐾 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. 📖
October 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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.
September 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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. 📖
August 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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.
August 5, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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.
July 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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
June 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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
April 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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. 🍩
February 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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
January 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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
January 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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
December 28, 2024 at 4:21 PM