The 2026 Eleanor Denoon Poetry Prize Winners

Photograph by Adan Rodriguez

The Eleanor Denoon ’36 Poetry Prize is sponsored by the Kratz Center for Creative Writing in memory of its founding donor, Eleanor Denoon. It is given to Goucher undergraduates “for serious, sustained work in poetry.” This year’s awardees are:

(L-R): Lisa Manuel Sebastiao, Anna Hauser, Allen Ward, Nakiya Barts


2025 Winners

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(L-R): Jupiter Berrysmith, Kira Morton, Ciara Murphy, Wryn Rohan

2024 Winners

Photograph by Adan Rodriguez

L-R: Frances McPheely and Hope Kamal

2023 Winners

Leah Carroll, Carolena Brazfield, James Mitchell, Jamiah Brandon

2022 Winners

Sunny Ellison, Ethan Keydel, Henry Robbins

2021 Winners

Frances Harvey, Joseph Resiberg, Jonathan Yannes, Tavish Young

2020 Winners

Jai Bronson Boddie, Flinn Eng, Nicholas Napolitano, Emma Palughi