Thursday, January 28, 2010

Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prize is awarded for achievements in newspaper journalism, literature and musical composition. Prizes are awarded yearly in twenty-one categories. It was established by Hungarian-American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City.

The major categories are:
* Journalism
* Letters and drama
* Others

The category definitions under Journalism are:

  • Public Service
  • Breaking News Reporting
  • Investigative Reporting
  • Explanatory Reporting
  • Local Reporting
  • National Reporting.
  • International Reporting
  • Commentary
  • Criticism
  • Editorial Writing
  • Editorial Cartooning
  • Breaking News Photography
  • Feature Photography

The categories under Letters and Drama are:

  • Fiction
  • Drama
  • History
  • Biography or Autobiography
  • Poetry
  • General Non-Fiction

There is one prize given for Music and a number of Special Citations and Awards.
For a complete list of Pulitzer Prize winners for the year 2009, click on the following link:
http://www.pulitzer.org/awards/2009

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