Day Eight is proud to announce forthcoming publication of a new book of poetry by D.C. poet Shaquetta Nelson, better known by her stage name R.E.I.L., August 2021.
Thanks to support from EventsDC, Day Eight is pleased to offer two opportunities for aspiring writers: The National Arts Journalism Institute, June 21-25, and The DC High School Summer Writing Camp, July 26-30. Confirmed faculty include Geoff Edgers (Washington Post), Peter Marks (Washington Post), Maura Judkis (Washington Post), Anying Guo (Washington Post), Peggy McGlone (Washington […]
The DC Poet Project is a poetry reading series and open mic competition. At each event in the series, the featuring poets select one open mic reader as the winner. Those prior-event winners are all invited to perform in the culminating event, this year scheduled for May 22, 2021 at 7pm. Each year the project […]



