Columbia University today announces the 2020 Pulitzer Prizes, awarded on the recommendation of the Pulitzer Prize Board. The Board also announces the election of its two co-chairs: Stephen Engelberg, Editor-in-Chief, ProPublica, and Aminda Marqués Gonzalez, President, Publisher and Executive Editor, Miami Herald.
The following remarks were delivered in New York, N.Y., by Pulitzer Prize Administrator Dana Canedy as part of the announcement of the 2020 Prize winners in Journalism, Books, Drama and Music on May 4, 2020.
The Pulitzer Prize Board has decided to postpone the 2020 award winners’ announcement. Originally scheduled for Monday, April 20, 2020, the Prizes in Journalism, Books, Drama and Music now will be announced on Monday, May 4, 2020 at 3 p.m., streamed at Pulitzer.org.
In honor of Black History Month, Google released a video advertisment revealing the most-searched-for Pulitzer Prize winner — Kendrick Lamar.
The entry site will close on December 31, while digital submissions are now permitted in both categories.
Reid's prize-winning opera "p r i s m" makes its digital debut today. She told the Pulitzers: "Through music we can experience things more deeply. It’s almost like the boundaries between us fall away, and the boundaries between the audience and the characters fall away, then we’re all a little closer to understanding lives that aren’t our own."
A redesigned entry site features a questionnaire about entrants' work, and the ability for Drama and Music entrants to submit materials online.
The 2007 Music winner enjoyed a varied and uncompromising career. Learn more about his life and vital contributions to American culture.
The entry site will close on December 31. Submissions must be postmarked by that date to be eligible.
The first African American to receive the Music Prize, Walker created an inimitable wellspring of American music.
