Holding to a Vision: the 2025 DC Poet Project

Day Eight’s 2025 DC Poet Project reading series will begin with an online reading Saturday, February 8th, 2025 from 7-8:30pm. The overarching theme of the 2025 series is “holding to a vision” and each of the four reading series events has its own focus reflecting that theme. The opening event, Life Lessons, features poets who […]

Applications open for city-wide writing program for Women and Girls

Day Eight is pleased to open applications for our spring 2025 pre-professional writing program for DC-area middle and high school girls. The program is designed to provide a supportive, creative, space for young female writers to develop. The program runs for nine, concurrent weeks, beginning Sunday, February 2nd, and includes two meetings each session week: […]

Free Youth-led Writing Workshop at the Shepherd Park Library

Day Eight invites the public to a free youth-led writing workshop at the Shepherd Park Library, 7420 Georgia Ave NW, Sunday, November 24th, from 1:30 to 3:30 pm. The workshop is to be co-led by the participants of our Fall 2024 pre-professional writing program for women and girls and is appropriate for attendees of all […]