The 2023 Drama and Music competitions currently are accepting submissions. All entry materials must be uploaded to the Books, Drama and Music entry site, where the required entry form and $75 handling fee must also be remitted.
Prize in Drama:
Brennen S. Malone (right) as Juicy, with (from left) Jennifer Kidwell and Kimberly S. Fairbanks in James Ijames' "Fat Ham," which received the 2022 Drama Prize. (The Wilma Theater)
Eligible works include full-length dramas by American authors that opened in the United States between January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022.
Please note that COVID-related expanded eligibility criteria (encompassing plays that were scheduled to be produced in theaters but postponed or cancelled due to the pandemic) are no longer in place.
Prize in Music:
Composer Raven Chacon speaks during a November 2021 event preceding the premiere of his 2022 Music Prize-winning "Voiceless Mass" in Milwaukee. (Samer Ghani/Present Music)
Works that receive their U.S. premiere between January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022 are eligible. As always, either a public performance or the public release of a recording may constitute a premiere.
Full details on the eligibility rules for the 2023 Prize cycle are available on the Drama and Music guidelines pages.
The deadline for entries is December 31, 2022. Entries shall be submitted online at bdmentrysite.pulitzer.org.
A list of all past Pulitzer Prize winners in Drama is available here.
A list of all past Pulitzer Prize winners in Music is available here.