The Wesleyan University Hamilton Prize for Creativity
Wesleyan University is proud to announce the third year of The Wesleyan University Hamilton Prize for Creativity. The four-year full-tuition scholarship was established in honor of Hamilton writer, composer, and lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda (Class of 2002) and director Thomas Kail (Class of 1999)—award-winning Wesleyan alumni who embody the University’s spirit of boldness, creativity, and experimentation. Miranda and Kail serve as honorary chairs of the Prize Committee.
PRIZE AMOUNT: The Wesleyan University Hamilton Prize for Creativity is a four-year full-tuition scholarship worth more than $200,000 in total. This year, in addition to the grand prize winner, we will choose two runners up to receive a $5000 award.
ELIGIBILITY: All incoming first-year students are eligible to apply for the prize, which will be awarded to the student whose work of creative written expression is judged to best reflect the originality, artistry, and dynamism embodied in Broadway’s Hamilton. To qualify for the prize, the recipient must be accepted to and enroll full-time at Wesleyan University for the 2019-20 school year. Interested students can apply using hte Common or Coalition app--more information about applying is available here.
DEADLINES: Completed applications must be received on or before January 1, 2019. The Prize Committee will notify the scholarship recipient no later than May 31, 2019.
Please see our Hamilton Prize website for details, as well as Wesleyan’s Class of 2022 Student Profile to give you a sense of the competition and expectations for admission to Wesleyan.
