At a culminating reading event at the Anacostia Public Library Sunday, May 4, Amuchechukwu Nwafor was crowned the 2024 DC Poet Project winner. A Washington-DC based writer, educator, and teaching artist, ‘Amuche’ is a first-generation born Black American whose poetry touches on the diaspora, mental health, and the female experience. As the winner of the […]
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Apr
Apr
Day Eight is pleased to announce the finalists in the 2024 DC Poet Project competition: Kiarra Patterson, Amuchechukwu Nwafor, Jeffrey ‘Big Homey’ Banks, and CanMan tha Poet. Day Eight’s annual open-to-all poetry competition, now in its eighth year, culminates in publication of a new book of poetry by the winning poet. Past books published within […]
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Feb
Feb
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 […]