March 5 | DC Poet Project Open-Mic Competition (Online)
Listen to poetry by featured poets REIL and Luther Jett, and special guests reading the poetry of Venus Thrash, and enjoy or participate in the open mic that follows at this second event in Day Eight's annual DC Poet Project series, hosted by Regie Cabico.
This is a special event celebrating poet Venus Thrash (1969-2021.) Guest poets attending to celebrate Venus include Sarah Browning, Derrick Weston Brown, and Michael Saint-Andress.
ABOUT THE DC POET PROJECT
The DC Poet Project is a poetry series and open-to-all poetry competition culminating in publication of a new book of poetry by a DC author. Each event includes reading by featured poets and an open mic. And at each series event the featured poets award a $250 cash prize to a winning open mic participant. Those winners are invited to compete in the culminating event to win a $1,000 book contract.