Author Archives: Day Eight

Announcing the 2025 DC Poet Project finalists

Day Eight is pleased to announce the finalists of the 2025 DC Poet Project competition: Malachi Byrd, Amoja Sumler, Addy Lugo, and Micki Topham. The annual open-to-all poetry competition, currently in its ninth year, is designed to support local poets. The prize for the overall winner is a book contract with Day Eight. Past books […]

Reading of New Poems Reflecting the Jewish Experience

Day Eight is pleased to invite our community to an online reading of poems published in our October, 2024, Jewish Experience special section of the Mid-Atlantic Review. This event will include reading by twenty-three poets published in the section, hosted by editors Ori Z. Soltes and Robert Bettmann and guest host Rabbi Sarah Tasman. Register […]

Youth and Parent/Caregiver Pair Writing Workshop Sunday April 6th at Shepherd Library

Day Eight is pleased to provide a special opportunity for participants in our pre-professional writing program for women and girls: a youth and parent/guardian pair poetry workshop. This unique event, modeled after our Back to School with Joy workshops, will take place Sunday, April 6th, from 2:00-4:00pm at the Shepherd Park Library. Recognizing the challenge […]