Pulitzer

Top writing award

Pulitzer refers to the Pulitzer Prizes, prestigious annual awards for achievements in American journalism, literature, and musical composition.

A reporter might win a Pulitzer for investigative journalism; a novelist might be Pulitzer Prize-winning.

The awards were established by newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer and are administered by Columbia University.

In casual use, Pulitzer suggests the highest standard of journalistic or literary excellence: That story is Pulitzer material.

prize

journalism

News gathering and dissemination

finalist · medal · honor · recognition · achievement · committee · nomination · laureate · distinguished · prestige

journalism

newspaper

Printed periodical of current events

columnist · newsroom · scoop · exposé · headline · coverage · photojournalism · breaking · byline · beat

literature

fiction

Imagined narrative work

history · nonfiction · novel · playwright · author · memoir · narrative · book · writer · essay

founder

Joseph

Common masculine given name

endowment · Columbia · legacy · philanthropy · bequest · Hungarian · immigrant · tycoon · press · estate

Categories
Opposites
prestige/recognition level

Pulitzerrejection slip

Written refusal from publisher

slush pile · obscurity · unpublished · Razzie · Golden Raspberry

award scope (american vs. international)

PulitzerNobel

Swedish prize surname

Nobel Prize in Literature · Nobel Prize · Booker Prize · Man Booker

critical reception

PulitzerRazzie

Bad film award

Golden Raspberry · panned

Phrases
Family

Pulitzer Prize

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Positive · Rated G