Day Eight is pleased to announce that poet Sara Grace Smith has been awarded the 2024 Luce Prize. The Luce Prize recognizes an exceptional poet in their first four years of professional publication and is selected by the chair of the editorial board of Day Eight’s literary magazine, the Mid-Atlantic Review. Reflecting on her award, […]
We’re pleased to invite the Day Eight community for an afternoon of celebration as we launch Day Eight’s 2024 youth and faculty book, Sunday, September 22nd, from 1:30-3:00pm, 2024, at the Shepherd Park Library, 7420 Georgia Avenue NW. This event will showcase the creative talents of young writers published in the book, including participants in […]
Day Eight invites DC residents to attend a free workshop and salon exploring AAPI identity and poetry, Thursday, September 5th from 6-8pm. Poets Regie Cabico, Reg Ledesma, Pacyinz Lyfoung, Sunu Chandy, and Ishanee Chanda will share commissioned poems and attendees will then have opportunity to explore and express themes of Asian and Pacific Islander identity […]