Beals Young Adult Prize for Poetry 

Submission Deadline: Friday, March 31, 2023

Prize Money: $100 First / $50 Second / $25 Third

Competition Rules:

• The contest is for teens in grades 9 - 12 who live or go to school in Winchendon, Massachusetts 

• Your poem must be on the theme of journeys, the interpretation of which is left up to you only one poem may be Submitted 

• Only one poem may be submitted

• Only original, unpublished poems will be accepted submissions must be emailed to: bealspoetryprize@gmail.com (word documents preferred)

• Notification of receipt will be via return email

• Ten finalists will be chosen to compete for the prize money on Thursday, April 20, 2023.