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Application open for Fall 2024 writing program for Middle and High School Aged Girls

Day Eight is pleased to open applications for our Fall 2024 pre-professional writing program for DC-area middle and high school girls, “Write Now”. The program is designed to provide a supportive, creative, space for young female writers to create and grow. “Write Now” meets twice weekly – on Sunday afternoons and Tuesday evenings. The cost […]

Day Eight announces winner of the 2024 Luce Prize

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, […]

2024 Youth and Faculty Poetry Book Launch Reading at Shepherd Park Library September 22nd

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 […]