From the Pulitzer timeline: 2008

Feature Photography: Preston Gannaway, photographer, Concord (NH) Monitor

2008 Winners

and Finalists

Winners

Letters, Drama, and Music

Fiction: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz (Riverhead Books)
Drama: "August: Osage County" by Tracy Letts
History: "What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848" by Daniel Walker Howe (Oxford University Press)
Biography or Autobiography: "Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father" by John Matteson (W.W. Norton)
Poetry: Time and Materials by Robert Hass (Ecco/HarperCollins); Failure by Philip Schultz (Harcourt)
General Nonfiction: The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945 by Saul Friedländer (HarperCollins)
Music: "The Little Match Girl Passion" by David Lang

Special Citations

Pulitzer Prize Board

Members: The board overseeing the prizes

Press Releases

List of press releases for 2008 Prizes

Journalism

Public Service: The Washington Post
Breaking News Reporting: Staff of The Washington Post
Investigative Reporting: Walt Bogdanich and Jake Hooker of The New York Times; Staff of Chicago Tribune
Explanatory Reporting: Amy Harmon of The New York Times
Local Reporting: David Umhoefer of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
National Reporting: Jo Becker and Barton Gellman of The Washington Post
International Reporting: Steve Fainaru of The Washington Post
Feature Writing: Gene Weingarten of The Washington Post
Commentary: Steven Pearlstein of The Washington Post
Criticism: Mark Feeney of The Boston Globe
Editorial Writing: No award
Editorial Cartooning: Michael Ramirez of Investor's Business Daily
Breaking News Photography: Adrees Latif of Reuters
Feature Photography: Preston Gannaway of Concord (NH) Monitor

Finalists