Pulitzer Prize
Top newspaper honor
The Pulitzer Prize is an annual American award for excellence in journalism, literature, and musical composition.
Established in 1917 through a bequest from newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer, the prizes are administered by Columbia University.
Winning a Pulitzer—particularly in fiction or reporting—confers significant prestige: Her novel won the Pulitzer.
The plural Pulitzers often refers to multiple awards or to the institution generally.
Imagined narrative work
- nonfictionLiterature about real events
- novelNew and unusual
- poetryMetrical literary composition
- dramaTheatrical art or turmoil
biography · playwright · history · memoir · criticism · narrative · prose · verse
Devoted to examination
- exposéInvestigative journalism piece
- reportingConveying documented information
- correspondentJournalist covering distant events
- newsroomMedia gathering hub
editorial · columnist · photojournalism · beat · byline · scoop · headline · coverage
Celebrated achievement recipient
- honoreeOne being celebrated
- winnerOne who prevails
- finalistLast-round participant
- nominationFormal candidate selection
selection · jury · board · announcement · ceremony · citation · medal · certificate
fiction
Imagined narrative work
- nonfictionLiterature about real events
- novelNew and unusual
- poetryMetrical literary composition
drama · biography · playwright · history · memoir · criticism · narrative · prose · verse · essayist
investigative
Devoted to examination
- exposéInvestigative journalism piece
- reportingConveying documented information
- correspondentJournalist covering distant events
newsroom · editorial · columnist · photojournalism · beat · byline · scoop · headline · coverage · dateline
laureate
Celebrated achievement recipient
nomination · selection · jury · board · announcement · ceremony · citation · medal · certificate · Columbia University
- Journalism AwardsPeabody Award, Pulitzers, Peabody
- Literary AwardsNewbery Medal, Caldecott Medal, Hugo Award, Booker, Hugo
- Literary Historyliterary canon, ancient literature, medieval period, Elizabethan era, Victorian era
- photojournalismnews photo, press photo, documentary photo, photo essay, news photography
- SteinbeckEast of Eden, Cannery Row, The Pearl, Tortilla Flat, Tom Joad
- Edward AlbeeThe American Dream, Tony Award
Pulitzer Prizerejection letter
Written refusal notice
obscurity · slush pile · ignominy · anonymity · self-published
Pulitzer PrizeNobel Prize in Literature
Annual award for outstanding writing