Read about our 41 Semifinalists and dive into their pitch videos on our YouTube playlist.










Read about our 41 Semifinalists and dive into their pitch videos on our YouTube playlist.
Read about our 41 Semifinalists and dive into their pitch videos on our YouTube playlist.
Claire is a textile artist. With the Holman Prize, she would bring together blind weavers and blind textile artists to create new art, develop online and traveling exhibitions, and strengthen confidence in art-making.
Jennifer is a former music teacher who loves to cook. With the Holman Prize, she would travel to Naples, Italy to train in the art of pizza making and open her own pizzeria back home.
Joshua is passionate about martial arts. He would use the Holman Prize to train and seek setting the world record for distance traveled on a wave by a blind surfer.
Mona is working on postdoctoral research in computational chemistry. With the Holman Prize, she would film a documentary series called Planes, Trains and Canes, where she would navigate and access the public transportation systems of five cities around the world.
Deniz, Yunus, Utku and Mina are from Turkey. With the Holman Prize, they would take the Trans-Siberian Express from Moscow to Beijing and create a documentary about it to inspire blind children to travel independently.
Bonface is a human rights activist. With the Holman Prize, he would create parent circles, so parents could discuss how to raise children with albinism and change the perception of children with albinism in Malawi.
Ness is finishing up her degree in journalism. She would use the Holman Prize to open a braille bookstore in Perth, for blind and Deafblind people to have easy access to hard copy braille books.
Trevor loves science and the outdoors. With the Holman Prize, he would travel and teach blind people to identify birds by sound and explore other natural soundscapes.
Brian Malvin Kudakwashe co-founded Alive Albinism Initiative Trust. With the Holman Prize, he would open a manufacturing plant in Zimbabwe that produces sunscreen for people with albinism.