The Pulitzer Prize Board has decided to make several changes and clarifications in Journalism categories for the 2026 Pulitzer Prizes. The deadline for entry is at 11:59 pm Pacific time.
An example of a writing field that has been expanded was the former Pulitzer Prize for the Novel (awarded 1918–1947), which has been changed to the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, which also includes short stories, novellas, novelettes, and poetry, as well as novels.
Pulitzer Prize is any of a series of annual prizes awarded by Columbia University, New York City, for outstanding public service and achievement in American journalism, letters, and music. The prizes are highly esteemed and have been awarded each May since 1917.
Azam Ahmed, Christina Goldbaum and Matthieu Aikins won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in explanatory reporting for showing how the United States sowed the seeds of its own demise long before the war in Afghanistan ended.
The 2025 Pulitzer Prizes were announced Monday afternoon. Percival Everett won the award for fiction for his novel James, a powerful re-imagination of Huckleberry Finn.
The New York Times photographer Doug Mills was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for a sequence of photos of the attempted assassination of then-presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Current and Previous winners of the Pulitzer Prize, with information on the award and the books which have won it.
The New York Times won four Pulitzer Prizes and The New Yorker three for journalism in 2024. Prizes were awarded on Monday for reporting, photography and commentary that touched on issues including the war in Gaza, the fentanyl crisis and last summer’s assassination attempt on President Donald Trump