Beverly Seeks Sidewalk Poetry Project Submissions

BEVERLY, MA — Beverly Main Streets is seeking submissions from Beverly residents and current Endicott College students as part of the Beverly Sidewalk Poetry Project.

Four winners out of the selections received will have their poems embedded on the sidewalk in the new stretch of Cabot Street, have those poems shared on city social media and the city website and receive a stipend of $150.

Submissions from underrepresented voices, including women poets, poets of color and LGBTQ+ poets are "highly encouraged."

"Sidewalk poetry aligns with our Downtown 2030 goal to build on Downtown 2020 achievements and demonstrate ongoing celebration of local arts, culture and history as drivers of our downtown economic prosperity," Beverly Main Streets said.

Residents and students may submit one entry per person with all subject matter appropriate for the general public. Poems may be in any language, but must include an English translation. Submissions may be published or unpublished, but they must be original material.

Poems may be a maximum of 9 lines in length with up to 40 characters per line, including spaces. Poems may be no more than 250 characters, including titles, spaces and punctuation total.

All poems will be checked for plagiarism.

Copyright will be maintained by the author, but submitting poems allows organizers to use the poems for promotional, documentary and celebratory purposes.

The deadline to submit a poem is Sept. 30.

Questions can be directed to hwolsey@beverlymainstreets.org.