蜜桃传媒

One of the nation's largest literary awards, the $50,000 prize is sponsored by Washington College, the , and . Created in 2005, the George Washington Prize was presented that year to Ron Chernow for Alexander Hamilton. Subsequent winners have included Lin-Manuel Miranda, Annette Gordon-Reed, and Nathaniel Philbrick.

Each year, a three-member jury chooses prize finalists, seeking work that combines depth of scholarship and expansive inquiry with vivid prose that reveals the complexities of our founding narrative. A selection committee reviews the finalists and chooses a winner. The prize is awarded at a black-tie gala at Mount Vernon, and the winner also visits Chestertown to participate in an onstage conversation with the Starr Center's director.