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News March 25, 2024

Pulitzer Prizes Launch Podcast

The six podcast episodes of Pulitzer on the Road will be released weekly beginning today, each featuring 2023 winners in Journalism and Books in conversation with Pulitzer Board members.

News October 3, 2022

Reminder: Deadline for Book Entries Is October 17

The 2023 Book competitions (encompassing all eligible titles published in 2022, including those slated for release in the fourth quarter of the year) will close at 5:30 p.m. Eastern time on October 17.

News October 1, 2021

Reminder: Deadline for Book Entries is October 15

The 2022 Book competitions (encompassing all eligible titles published in 2021, including those slated for release in the fourth quarter of the year) will close at 5:30 p.m. Eastern time on October 15.

News April 1, 2021

Pulitzer Prize Board Postpones Announcement of 2021 Awards

The Pulitzer Prize Board has decided to postpone the 2021 award winners’ announcement. Originally scheduled for Monday, April 19, 2021, the Prizes in Journalism, Books, Drama and Music now will be announced on Friday, June 11, 2021 at 1 p.m.

Stories

The Guru of 'Gotham'

History winner Mike Wallace, who published "Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898" with fellow historian Edwin G. Burrow in 1998, discusses his readers, 'radical history' and previous pandemics that struck New York in a wide-ranging interview.