Published in 2011 with an introduction by E.E. Cummings, the contributors for the eighth issue were:
Fiona Melrose
Tray Butler
Daniel Bourke
Chris Adrian
Xavier Leret
David Peter Burns
Karin Salvalaggio
Tim Graves
Kevin Barry
Maggie Womersley
Rosie Allabarton
Charlotte Beeston
Barbara Bleiman
Damien Doorley
John Lucas
Anna Baggaley
Julius Pasteiner
Mary Bracht
Thaddeus Hickman
Amit Chaudhuri
Kirty Topiwala
Tanya Datta
Mihaela Nicolescu
Genevieve Herr
Louise Lee
MIR8 was edited by Greta Burgio, Anna Corbett, Miguel Fernandes, Ceia Emma Lever, Megan Orpwood-Russell, Samira Salihu, and Veena Sharma.