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Register for Summer Writing Camp with Day Eight

Register Your Child for Day Eight’s Summer Writing Camp for an Unforgettable Literary Adventure!  July 10th-14th, 2023 and August 7th-11th, 2023 10am-4pm at Shepherd Park Library Looking for an extraordinary summer experience that sparks the imagination, cultivates creativity, and ignites a lifelong love for writing? Look no further! Our free Summer Writing Camp is the perfect […]

Day Eight’s 2023 Arts Journalism Institute

Spend a week studying with leading arts journalists at Day Eight’s third annual Arts Journalism Institute, August 7 – 11, 2023. 2023 Institute faculty include Geoff Edgers (Washington Post), Emma Sarappo (The Atlantic), Sarah Kaufman (Pulitzer Prize winning dance critic), Michael Brodeur (Washington Post), Kayla Randall (National Public Radio), Celia Wren (Washington Post), Sarah Marloff […]

2023 DC Poet Project Culminating Event May 7 at Anacostia Library

Day Eight is pleased to announce the finalists of the 2023 DC Poet Project competition: Tracye Funn, Cody Bock, Carlynn Newhouse, Chris Biles, and Brandon Douglas. The annual open-to-all poetry competition, currently in its seventh year, is designed to support local poets. The prize for the overall winner is a book contract with Day Eight. […]