The 2025 Tulip Queen and Royal Court nominees have been announced. Carol Williamson with the Tulip Time Steering Committee says the community will now vote to select the twelve finalists who will participate in the Tulip Queen’s Announcement Party on Saturday, November 16th at Pella Christian High School. Voting takes place starting Wednesday, October 16th through Tuesday the 22nd, with ballot boxes at Fareway, HyVee, Marion County State Bank and Pella Historical Museums. Ballots will be available at the Pella Historical Website or in the coming week’s Town Crier. Tickets are on sale for the Tulip Queen’s Announcement Party at pellahistorical.org from November 8 through the 16.

The 18 nominees are:
Addison Bandstra
Cora Bierma
Cassidy Bos
Sietje Buekelman
Alyson De Bruin
Sydne De Jong
Abbie DeBerg
Emma Eekhoff
Esther Ford
Ella Hartwick
Maggie Heinen
Lyndi Schulte
Daiva Van Maanen
Ella Van Waardhuizen
Madi Vanden Bosch
Hannah Vander Meiden
Claire Westerkamp
Aurelia Zylstra