Day Eight is pleased to report our participation in a project revealed today by the Academy of American Poets. Holly Karapetkova, Arlington County, Virginia’s Poet Laureate, is one of 22 Poets Laureate Fellows announced today by the Academy. Her funded project will allow Karapetkova to work with Arlington Youth Laureate Charlotte Maleski and the county’s […]
Category Archives: Education
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May
May
Day Eight is excited to be partnering with the Shepherd Park Library and Friends of Shepherd Park Library to provide five weeks of in-person writing camp this summer. The camp brings in exceptional DC-area poets and journalists as faculty within a comfortable and supportive place for youth to develop as writers. Students in the program […]
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May
May
$150 Honoraria provided – sign up today! Day Eight and KIPP DC are partnering on Bring Joy Back to School, a Student and Caregiver Poetry Workshop and Performance to take place 3:00-6:00pm Sunday June 5, 2022 funded by the Flamboyan Foundation. Download a flier for Back to School with Joy [PDF]. We are recruiting student […]