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.