Category Archives: Updates and News

Day Eight’s 2023 Arts Journalism Institute

Spend a week studying with leading arts journalists at Day Eight’s third annual Arts Journalism Institute, August 7 – 11, 2023. 2023 Institute faculty include Geoff Edgers (Washington Post), Emma Sarappo (The Atlantic), Sarah Kaufman (Pulitzer Prize winning dance critic), Michael Brodeur (Washington Post), Kayla Randall (National Public Radio), Celia Wren (Washington Post), Sarah Marloff […]

2023 DC Poet Project Culminating Event May 7 at Anacostia Library

Day Eight is pleased to announce the finalists of the 2023 DC Poet Project competition: Tracye Funn, Cody Bock, Carlynn Newhouse, Chris Biles, and Brandon Douglas. The annual open-to-all poetry competition, currently in its seventh year, is designed to support local poets. The prize for the overall winner is a book contract with Day Eight. […]

Announcing our 2022 Arts Journalism Competition Winner

Day Eight’s is excited to announce the winner of our 13th annual Arts Journalism Competition, Georgetown University’s Francesca Theofilou. Theofilou is currently a junior, and an editor and writer for The Georgetown Voice. Day Eight produces the competition for undergraduates enrolled or recently enrolled in universities in the D.C. area to identify and support talented […]