Letters, Drama, and Music

Fiction

Independence Day by Richard Ford (Alfred A. Knopf)

Drama

Rent by the late Jonathan Larson

History

William Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic by Alan Taylor (Alfred A. Knopf)

Biography or Autobiography

God: A Biography by Jack Miles (Alfred A. Knopf)

Poetry

The Dream of the Unified Field by Jorie Graham (The Ecco Press)

General Nonfiction

The Haunted Land: Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism by Tina Rosenberg (Random House)

Music

Lilacs, for voice and orchestra by George Walker

Special Citations

Special Awards and Citations

Herb Caen, local columnist of the San Francisco Chronicle

Pulitzer Prize Board

Members

The board overseeing the prizes

Press Releases

No press releases are currently recorded for this year.

Journalism

Public Service

The News & Observer, Raleigh, NC, for the work of Melanie Sill, Pat Stith and Joby Warrick

Spot News Reporting

Robert D. McFadden of The New York Times

Investigative Reporting

Staff of The Orange County Register, Santa Ana, CA

Explanatory Journalism

Laurie Garrett of Newsday, Long Island, NY

Beat Reporting

Bob Keeler of Newsday, Long Island, NY

National Reporting

Alix M. Freedman of The Wall Street Journal

International Reporting

David Rohde of The Christian Science Monitor

Feature Writing

Rick Bragg of The New York Times

Commentary

E.R. Shipp of New York Daily News

Criticism

Robert Campbell of The Boston Globe

Editorial Writing

Robert B. Semple of The New York Times

Editorial Cartooning

Jim Morin of The Miami Herald

Spot News Photography

Charles Porter IV, a freelancer

Feature Photography

Stephanie Welsh, a freelancer