Letters, Drama, and Music

Fiction

The Known World by Edward P. Jones (Amistad/ HarperCollins)

Drama

I Am My Own Wife by Doug Wright

History

A Nation Under Our Feet: Black Political Struggles in the Rural South from Slavery to the Great Migration by Steven Hahn (The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press)

Biography or Autobiography

Khrushchev: The Man and His Era by William Taubman (W.W. Norton)

Poetry

Walking to Martha's Vineyard by Franz Wright (Alfred A. Knopf)

General Nonfiction

Gulag: A History by Anne Applebaum (Doubleday)

Music

Tempest Fantasy by Paul Moravec

Special Citations

There are no special citations for this time period.

Pulitzer Prize Board

Members

The board overseeing the prizes

Press Releases

No press releases are currently recorded for this year.

Journalism

Public Service

The New York Times for the work of David Barstow and Lowell Bergman

Breaking News Reporting

Staff of Los Angeles Times

Investigative Reporting

Michael D. Sallah, Mitch Weiss and Joe Mahr of The Blade, Toledo, OH

Explanatory Reporting

Kevin Helliker and Thomas M. Burton of The Wall Street Journal

Beat Reporting

Daniel Golden of The Wall Street Journal

National Reporting

Staff of Los Angeles Times

International Reporting

Anthony Shadid of The Washington Post

Feature Writing

No award

Commentary

Leonard Pitts Jr. of The Miami Herald

Criticism

Dan Neil of Los Angeles Times

Editorial Writing

William R. Stall of Los Angeles Times

Editorial Cartooning

Matt Davies of The Journal News

Breaking News Photography

David Leeson and Cheryl Diaz Meyer of The Dallas Morning News

Feature Photography

Carolyn Cole of Los Angeles Times