Day Eight is pleased to announce that poet Monica Perez-Nelson has been awarded the 2025 Luce Prize. The Luce Prize recognizes an exceptional poet in their first four years of professional publication and is selected by an editor of Day Eight’s literary magazine, the Mid-Atlantic Review. Reflecting on her award, Perez-Nelson wrote, “I am blown […]
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Sep
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, […]
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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. […]