Category Archives: Updates and News

Register for Day Eight’s Summer 2024 Middle School Writing Camp at the Shepherd Park Library

Register Your Child for Day Eight’s Summer Writing Camp for an Unforgettable Literary Adventure!  Looking for an extraordinary summer experience that sparks the imagination, cultivates creativity, and ignites a lifelong love for writing? Day Eight’s Writing Camp is a place for 6th-9th grade youth to embark on a journey of self-expression and literary exploration. Summer […]

Announcing the 2023 College Student Arts Journalism Competition Winner

Day Eight’s is excited to announce the winner of our 13th annual DC-area College Student Arts Journalism Competition, Georgetown University’s Leah Cohen. Cohen is currently a junior studying English with a minor in journalism. Day Eight produces an annual competition for undergraduates enrolled or recently enrolled in universities in the D.C. area to identify and […]

Call for Poetry Submissions: Celebrating Black History 

Day Eight’s literary magazine, the Mid-Atlantic Review, is pleased to announce an open call for poetry submissions for a special section of the magazine, Celebrating Black History. Submissions are open from January 22-March 10, 2024.  Selections for the Celebrating Black History section will be made by editors Rebecca Bishophall, Khadijah Ali-Coleman, and Carolivia Herron. Selected […]