Established as part of a charitable trust created in 1999 by Bernice Holmes, the prize is in memory of her brother Theodore H. Holmes ’51. Presented each year to a single talented poet who is also an undergraduate student of Princeton University.
This award is by faculty nomination only.
Current Winner
Ethan Luk ’24
Past Winners
2023
Priyanka Aiyer ’23
2022
Noel Yu-Jen Peng ’22
2021
Alexander William Kim ’21
2020
Grace C. R. Searle ’20
2019
Crystal Liu ’19
2018
Nicolas W. Freeman ’18
2017
Shannon M. Osaka ’17
2016
Namkyu Oh ’16
2015
Susannah P. Sharpless ’15
2014
Casey L. Brown ’14
2013
Maia I. ten Brink ’13
2012
Carter E. Greenbaum ’12
2011
Emmett C. Buckley ’11
2010
Emily M. Silk ’10
2009
Christian B. Schlegel ’09
2008
Amy L. Paeth ’08
2007
Sophia Anne Huber ’10