The Open Field

The Open Field is a literary magazine devoted to publishing poetry, prose, mixed-genre writing, and visual art by the undergraduate community at the University of Maine. The Open Field is run by a rotating group of English students in the creative writing concentration, who make all of the aesthetic and editorial decisions.


Spring 2023

The Spring 2023 edition of The Open Field, Volume XII was edited and assembled by English undergraduate students Paige McHatten and Julia Hills under the faculty mentorship of assistant professor Hollie Adams and professor Jennifer Moxley.

Volume XII Contributors

  • Anabel Castillo Garcia
  • Aiden Lamson
  • Marla Tanous
  • Jess Cleary-Reuning
  • Iris Loehr
  • Yoni Musher
  • Antyna Gould
  • Allison Ogle
  • Donald Patten
  • Parker Gray
  • Finlee LeBouef
  • Eddie Nachamie

Spring 2022

The Spring 2022 edition of The Open Field, Volume XI was edited and assembled by English undergraduate students Paige McHatten and Megan Ashe under the faculty mentorship of assistant professor Hollie Adams and professor Jennifer Moxley

Volume XI Contributors

  • John E. Burnell
  • Savy Butler
  • William Bickford
  • Lily Comeau-Waite
  • Katie Brayson
  • Samantha Sudol
  • Liron D. Estrach
  • Neily Raymond
  • Mohammed Niayesh
  • April Messier
  • Iris Loehr
  • Edmund Grey
  • Evie Clement
  • Grace Bradley
  • Molly Glueck
  • Zoe Karpman
  • Jacqui Weaver
  • Haid Tanous
  • Olivia Ridenour
  • Ryan Damato

Spring 2021

The Spring 2021 edition of The Open Field was edited and assembled by English undergraduate students Nola Prevost and Lily Comeau-Waite under the faculty mentorship of assistant professor Hollie Adams. Click here or click on the cover image to read this edition.

Spring 2023 Contributors

  • Iris LeCates
  • Shania Soler
  • Neily Raymond
  • Zoe Karpman
  • Avery Maietta
  • Camerin M. Seigars
  • Arend Thibodeau
  • April Messier
  • Tyler D’Ambrosio
  • E.W. Grey
  • Jacqui Weaver
  • John E. Burnell
  • Chris Weber
  • Dakota Hutchins
  • Paige McHatten
  • Samantha Sudol
  • Katelyn Gilcrease
  • Katherine Scott
  • Marla Tanous
  • Liron D. Estrach
  • Matthew Koehler
  • Suzie Milkowich
  • Haid Tanous
  • Donald Patten
  • Kenyon Geiger
  • Alexis K. Allard