PULITZER PRIZE

PULITZER PRIZE

Award Information

Awarded for      - Excellence in newspaper journalism, literary achievements, and musical composition

Country             - United States

Presented by    - Columbia University

First awarded    - 1917

The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established in 1917 by provision in the will of American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City. Prizes are awarded yearly in 21 categories. In 20 of the categories, each winner receives a certificate and a US $ 10,000 cash award. The winner in the public service category of the journalism competition is awarded a gold medal.

2014 PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS

New York, NY (April 14, 2014) – Columbia University today announced the 2014 Pulitzer Prizes, awarded on the recommendation of the Pulitzer Prize Board.

JOURNALISM

Public Service --The Guardian US and The Washington Post

Breaking News Reporting --The Boston Globe Staff

Investigative Reporting --Chris Hamby of The Center for Public Integrity, Washington, D.C.

Explanatory Reporting --Eli Saslow of The Washington Post

Local Reporting --Will Hobson and Michael LaForgia of the Tampa Bay Times

National Reporting --David Philipps of The Gazette, Colorado Springs, Colo.

International Reporting --Jason Szep and Andrew R.C. Marshall of Reuters

Feature Writing --No Award

Commentary --Stephen Henderson of the Detroit Free Press

Criticism --Inga Saffron of The Philadelphia Inquirer

Editorial Writing --Editorial Staff of The Oregonian, Portland

Editorial Cartooning --Kevin Siers of The Charlotte Observer

Breaking News Photography --Tyler Hicks of The New York Times

Feature Photography --Josh Haner of The New York Times

LETTERS AND DRAMA

Fiction --The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (Little, Brown)

Drama --The Flick by Annie Baker

History --The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832 by Alan Taylor

(W.W. Norton)

Biography --Margaret Fuller: A New American Life by Megan Marshall (Houghton Mifflin

Harcourt)

Poetry --3 Sections by Vijay Seshadri (Graywolf Press)

General Nonfiction --Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation by Dan Fagin (Bantam Books)

MUSIC

Become Ocean by John Luther Adams, premiered on June 20, 2013 by the Seattle

Symphony (Taiga Press/Theodore Front Musical Literature)

2013 Pulitzer Prize Winners

Letters, Drama and Music

FICTION - "The Orphan Master’s Son" by Adam Johnson                              

DRAMA - "Disgraced" by Ayad Akhtar

HISTORY – "Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America’s Vietnam" by Fredrik Logevall (Random House),

BIOGRAPHY – "The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo" by Tom Reiss (Crown)

POETRY - "Stag’s Leap" by Sharon Olds

GENERAL NONFICTION – "Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America" by Gilbert King (Harper)

MUSIC - "Partita for 8 Voices" by Caroline Shaw, recording released on October 30, 2012 (New Amsterdam Records)

Journalism

PUBLIC SERVICE – Sun Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, FL

BREAKING NEWS REPORTING – The Denver Post Staff

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING – David Barstow and Alejandra Xanic von Bertrab of The New York Times

EXPLANATORY REPORTING – The New York Times Staff

LOCAL REPORTING – Brad Schrade, Jeremy Olson and Glenn Howatt of the Star Tribune, Minneapolis

NATIONAL REPORTING – Lisa Song, Elizabeth McGowan and David Hasemyer of Inside Climate News, Brooklyn, NY

INTERNATIONAL REPORTING – David Barboza of The New York Times

FEATURE WRITING – John Branch of The New York Times

COMMENTARY - Bret Stephens of The Wall Street Journal

CRITICISM - Philip Kennicott of The Washington Post

EDITORIAL WRITING – Tim Nickens and Daniel Ruth of the Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, FL

EDITORIAL CARTOONING – Steve Sack of the Star Tribune, Minneapolis

BREAKING NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY – Rodrigo Abd, Manu Brabo, Narciso Contreras, Khalil Hamra and Muhammed Muheisen of the Associated Press

FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY – Javier Manzano, free-lance photographer, Agence France-Presse