On Sunday, May 4, 2025, attendees of the 2025 DC Poet Project culminating reading at the Anacostia neighborhood library selected Malachi Byrd the 2025 winner. Byrd performed alongside finalists Addy Lugo and Micki Topham to a large and appreciative audience. The image above shows the winner with family, friends, and fans after the event. 2025 […]
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Day Eight is pleased to announce the finalists of the 2025 DC Poet Project competition: Malachi Byrd, Amoja Sumler, Addy Lugo, and Micki Topham. The annual open-to-all poetry competition, currently in its ninth year, is designed to support local poets. The prize for the overall winner is a book contract with Day Eight. Past books […]
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Day Eight is pleased to invite our community to an online reading of poems published in our October, 2024, Jewish Experience special section of the Mid-Atlantic Review. This event will include reading by twenty-three poets published in the section, hosted by editors Ori Z. Soltes and Robert Bettmann and guest host Rabbi Sarah Tasman. Register […]