07/08/2025
THE BEALS PRIZE FOR POETRY – CALL FOR ENTRIES – PLEASE SHARE!
The Beals Memorial Library in Winchendon, MA is now accepting entries into the Sixth Annual Beals Prize Poetry through Friday, August 15, 2025. There is no fee to enter.
CONTEST RULES AND INFORMATION:
• Only one poem per poet can be submitted.
• All submissions must be original and previously unpublished.
• Contestants must live in Massachusetts or in one of these New Hampshire towns: Keene, Swanzey, Richmond, Fitzwilliam, Troy, Marlborough, Dublin, Peterborough, Jaffrey, Rindge, New Ipswich, Greenville, and Sharon.
• Submissions must be emailed to: [email protected] (Word docs preferred).
• Notification of receipt of entry will be via return email.
• Competition finalists will be notified on or before Friday, September 12.
• At the Awards Night on Thursday, September 25, ten finalists will vie for the prize money of $250 for first, $100 for second, and $50 for third.
• All entries will be judged blindly, meaning that the judges will not know who the poet is.
• Previous Beals Prize first place winners and immediate family members of Beals Library staff are not eligible to participate.
• Submitters should be at least 18 years of age.
• For more info, visit: www.bealslibrary.org.
