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Massachusetts Contest Info

2025 Registration and Contest Dates

Registration for the 2025 Regional Competitions will open in January 2025. Students can compete independently or as part of a school program. We will post more information on how to register later this fall. In the meantime, on this page you'll find contest dates and deadlines, regional assignments, student registration caps per school, and more. More info coming soon!

Saturday, March 8th

Central West Regional Competition: Leicester Middle School 

Sunday, March 16th:

South Shore Regional Competition: Foxborough High School 

*Greater Boston Regional Competition: TBA

Saturday, April 12th:

Massachusetts State Competition: Winchester High School 

2025 Regional Competitions: Town Assignments

Below you will find your town's assigned competition for the 2025 NHD Massachusetts season. These assignments are based on location, commute, school size, and average number of projects submitted. If you do not see your school or hometown listed below or if you have any question, please contact the State Coordinators.

2025 Regional Competitions: Town Assignments

Stoneham Regional Contest Leicester Regional Contest Foxborough Regional Contest
     
Andover Ashburnham Attleboro
Arlington Bedford Braintree
Belmont Bolton Brockton
Boston Concord Canton
Brookline Deerfield Dedham
Burlington Fitchburg Dover
Byfield Franklin Foxborough
Cambridge Grafton Hingham
Everett Granby Mansfield
Gloucester Gill Mashpee
Hamilton Greenfield Medway
Lexington Hadley Milton
Lynn Holliston Needham
Malden Leicester North Quincy
Manchester-by-the-Sea Lincoln Norton
Medford Marlborough Norwood
Newton Medfield Plymouth
North Andover Pittsfield Southborough
Reading Shrewsbury West Bridgewater
Revere Shutesbury Weymouth
Rockport Springfield Wrentham
Saugus Sudbury  
Somerville Townsend  
Stoneham Westford  
Tyngsborough Wilbraham  
Waltham Worcester  
Wellesley    
Winchester    
Winthrop    
Wouburn    
     
     
     

Registration Fees

We want to reduce or eliminate as many barriers to participation in the contests as possible. Thanks to support from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, we have reduced registration fees again this year to $10/student for the Regional Competitions and $10/student for the State Competition; we will also offer registration fee waivers for students who request them by filling out the form at the link.

Travel Assistance

Need help getting to the state contest? Please get in touch! We are prepared to offer bus stipends to cover the costs of transportation to the Regional and State contests as well as other accommodations upon request. Please email us at nhd@freoreport.net for more information.

National Contest

The National Contest will be held in June 2025 at the University of Maryland College Park, dates TBA.