Candi Joneth (she/hers) is a writer – living, researching and writing from the cold coast of Maine. She is a master’s candidate in Creative Writing and Literature at Harvard’s Extension School, and holds a B.Sc. in Sustainable Agriculture, as well as a Philosophy (analytical) minor from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

She is a News Contributor for newspapers held by Maine-OK Enterprises: Boothbay Register, Wiscasset Newspaper and PenBay Pilot, where she has published over 200 articles, over 75 features. She placed third in the Maine Press Association’s 2025 Critic’s Award for her news coverage centered around Maine Poet Laureate Julia Bouwsma’s poetry collection, Midden (Fordham University Press, 2018).

She is a Humor Contributor for Brooklyn-based The Daily Drunk.

Her long-form projects include literary fiction novels Carry Me Down, Margo Falls and Corvidae.

Working Maine is her poetry chapbook in progress.

Academic publishing forthcoming in 2026.