Day Eight is pleased to open applications to attend a capacity-building retreat for DC area Jewish poets from 1:00 to 4:30pm, Sunday, March 22nd, 2026 at Sixth and I Synagogue in downtown DC. The retreat is designed to support publication opportunities for Jewish poets, and appreciation for the work of Jewish poets. Ori Z Soltes […]
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Submission open March 1 – April 30, 2026 The Mid-Atlantic Review, a publication of Washington D.C.-based literary organization Day Eight, is pleased to open a call for Poems of U.S. History, to publish summer 2026 connected to the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. The editors seek: The editors are looking […]
Day Eight is pleased to open registration for a poetry retreat, produced in partnership with Howard University, to occur Sunday February 22nd, 1:30-5:30pm. The retreat is produced within the ongoing partnership between the Mid-Atlantic Review and Howard University and supported in part by grant from the DC Mayors Office of Community Affairs. The 2026 retreat […]



