Pulitzer Prize
| Pulitzer Prize | |
|---|---|
| Current: 2025 Pulitzer Prize | |
Obverse and reverse sides of the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service gold medal, designed by sculptor Daniel Chester French in 1917 | |
| Awarded for | Excellence in newspaper journalism, literary achievements, musical composition |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Columbia University |
| First award | June 4, 1917 |
| Website | pulitzer |
The Pulitzer Prizes (/ˈpʊlɪtsər/) are 23 annual awards given by Columbia University in New York City for achievements in the United States in "journalism, arts and letters". They were established in 1917 by the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made his fortune as a newspaper publisher.
Prizes in 2024 were awarded in these categories, with three finalists named for each:
- Audio Reporting
- Biography
- Breaking News Reporting
- Breaking News Photography
- Commentary
- Criticism
- Drama
- Editorial Writing
- Explanatory Reporting
- Feature Photography
- Feature Writing
- Fiction
- General Nonfiction
- History
- Illustrated Reporting and Commentary
- International Reporting
- Investigative Reporting
- Local Reporting
- Memoir or Autobiography
- Music
- National Reporting
- Poetry
- Public Service
Each winner receives a certificate and $15,000 in cash, except in the Public Service category, where a gold medal is awarded.