2018 Pulitzer Prize contest open to Letters, Drama and Music entries

News May 4, 2017

The Pulitzer Prizes currently are accepting entries in Letters, Drama and Music to be considered in the 2018 prize cycle.

Full details and guidelines can be found on our How to Enter page, here.

The deadline for Letters entries, including Fiction, History, Biography or Autobiography, Poetry and General Nonfiction, is October 1, 2017.

The deadline for Drama and Music entries is December 31, 2017.

Click below for lists of past winners in each category:

Tags: Autobiography Biography Drama Fiction General Non-Fiction History Music Poetry

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