{"id":5084717,"date":"2017-05-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ctlatinonews.com\/wesleyan-awards-hamilton-prize-for-creativity-to-incoming-first-year-student\/"},"modified":"2017-05-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T04:00:00","slug":"wesleyan-awards-hamilton-prize-for-creativity-to-incoming-first-year-student","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/ctln\/2017\/05\/30\/wesleyan-awards-hamilton-prize-for-creativity-to-incoming-first-year-student\/","title":{"rendered":"Wesleyan Awards Hamilton Prize for Creativity to Incoming First-Year Student"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nAn all-star committee of Wesleyan University alumni, chaired by <em>Hamilton <\/em>writer\/creator and former star Lin-Manuel Miranda \u201902, Hon. \u201815 and director Thomas Kail \u201999, has selected the recipient of the inaugural Wesleyan University<em> Hamilton <\/em>Prize for Creativity: Audrey Pratt of Needham, Mass. Pratt\u2019s\u00a0submission, a short piece of fiction\u00a0titled, &#8220;Thorns, Black and White,&#8221; was selected from among more than 600 entries.<br \/>\nPratt\u00a0will receive a four-year full-tuition scholarship to Wesleyan, worth as much as $200,000.<br \/>\n&#8220;The selection committee was blown away by the range and quality of the submissions we reviewed,&#8221; Miranda said. &#8220;Audrey\u2019s story\u00a0stood out as exceptional, but all of the finalists\u2019 work displayed great originality and promise. Being part of Wesleyan\u2019s <em>Hamilton <\/em>Prize selection process has deepened my faith in our creative future.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;We were honored to work with our amazing fellow alumni in selecting this very deserving recipient,&#8221; Kail said. &#8220;I can\u2019t wait to see what this remarkable group of creative students produces with their Wesleyan education.&#8221;<br \/>\nThe Wesleyan University <em>Hamilton <\/em>Prize for Creativity was established in honor of Miranda and Kail\u2019s contributions to liberal education and the arts and named for the pair\u2019s hit Broadway musical, <em>Hamilton: An American Musical<\/em>, which in 2016 won 11 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Direction of a Musical, Best Book and Best Original Score.<br \/>\nIn the first year of the <em>Hamilton <\/em>Prize<em>, <\/em>Wesleyan received more than 600 creative written work submissions, ranging from short stories to slam poetry, from screenplays to songs. All entries were first reviewed by Wesleyan\u2019s faculty, and finalists were judged on their originality, artistry and dynamism by the alumni selection committee.<br \/>\n&#8220;Wesleyan has been home to so many dynamic writers over the years. We\u2019re delighted to welcome these bright and imaginative students to campus, and to help develop their creative talents through a broad liberal education,&#8221; said President Michael Roth.<br \/>\nIn addition to honorary chairs&#8230;.<br \/>\n<em><strong>To read full article: <a href=\"https:\/\/newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu\/2017\/05\/17\/wesleyan-awards-hamilton-prize-for-creativity-to-incoming-first-year-student\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu\/2017\/05\/17\/wesleyan-awards-hamilton-prize-for-creativity-to-incoming-first-year-student\/<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; An all-star committee of Wesleyan University alumni, chaired by Hamilton writer\/creator and former star Lin-Manuel Miranda \u201902, Hon. \u201815 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[212,1022,986,1023,987],"tags":[1272],"ppma_author":[565],"class_list":["post-5084717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts-culture","category-ma-arts-culture","category-ma-lifestyle","category-ri-arts-culture","category-ri-lifestyle","tag-hamiltonlin-manuel-mirandalin-manuel-miranda-and-wesleyanweslyan-and-latinos"],"acf":[],"mb":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Jermaine Smith","author_link":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/ctln\/author\/jay\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"&nbsp; 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