Pulitzer News

The 2026 Pulitzer Prizes (awarded on the recommendation of the Pulitzer Prize Board) will be announced via livestream at 3 p.m. EDT on May 4. Watch it here.

Julie Pace, senior vice president and executive editor of The Associated Press, and Vijay Iyer, a composer, pianist and professor at Harvard University, have been elected to the Pulitzer Prize Board, the Pulitzer Prize Administrator’s Office announced today.

The 2026 Pulitzer Journalism competition (encompassing eligible work published in calendar year 2025) has opened. The deadline for entry is January 26, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific time. The 2026 Pulitzer Prize winners and nominated finalists will be announced on Monday, May 4, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern time. Click above to review key guidelines and other important information.

Read the full list of entry questions here.

The Pulitzer Prize Board has decided to make several changes and clarifications in Journalism categories for the 2026 Pulitzer Prizes. The deadline for entry is January 26, 2026 at 11:59 pm Pacific time.

The 2025 class of Pulitzer Prize winners gathered at Columbia University's Low Library on October 30 for a ceremony celebrating the May 5 conferral of their awards.

The 2026 Book competitions (encompassing all eligible titles published in 2025, including those slated for release in the fourth quarter of the year) will close on October 15 at 5:30 p.m. Eastern time.

Entrants may now submit work in the Music category. The eligibility deadline is December 31, 2025.

Entrants may now submit eligible work that opened this year in the Drama category. The eligibility deadline is December 31.

The recommended entry deadline for eligible books published between January 1, 2025 and July 31, 2025 has been extended to Friday, August 8, 2025. The final deadline for all eligible books (published between January 1 and December 31, 2025) is Wednesday, October 15, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. Eastern time.