Wednesday, January 22 marks the opening for nominations for the 2020 George W. Hunt, S.J., Prize for Excellence in Journalism, Arts & Letters. The $25,000 Prize rotates categories each year and is to be awarded to a Journalist this year.The Mission of the Hunt Prize is five-fold:
- To promote scholarship, the advancement of learning and the rigor of thoughtful, religious expression;
- To support and promote a new generation of journalists, authors and scholars;
- To memorialize the life and work of George W. Hunt, S.J.;
- To forge a lasting partnership between America and the Saint Thomas More Chapel and Center at Yale University, two places that were central to Father George Hunt’s life and work;
- To support the intellectual formation, artistic innovation and civic involvement of young writers.
Complete details, including entry requirements, may be found here: huntprize.org