Entry deadline nears for broader Music Prize

The Pulitzer Prize Board is seeking new musical works of distinction that reflect its wider interest in the full range of high-quality American music, from classical to jazz, musical theater, film scores and other forms of musical excellence.

Music Prize winners (left to right): Steve Reich 2009, David Lang 2008 and Ornette Coleman 2007

Among the competition’s most notable changes: Public release of a recording in the United States is accepted as the equivalent of a premier performance of a work. While submission of a score is urged, it is not required – thus providing greater leeway for improvised music.

The eligibility period for the 2010 Prize is the 2009 calendar year. Entries must be postmarked by Dec. 31, 2009.


Letter to the Music Community (pdf)

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Edward P. Jones profiled in The Washington Post

According to Neeley Tucker of The Washington Post, Edward P. Jones "may be the most celebrated writer Washington has ever produced. He also may be the most enigmatic." Jones was awarded the 2004 Fiction Prize for his novel, The Known World. Visit our "In the News" page for links to stories about Pulitzer Prize winners.

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Pulitzer luncheon outlines vitality of journalism

While America’s news media face serious economic problems and other challenges, the work of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize winners show that the best of journalism is “as vital as ever,” said Anders Gyllenhaal, the chair of the Pulitzer Prize Board, at the 2009 Awards Luncheon at Columbia University.

Gyllenhaal (left), executive editor of The Miami Herald and an advocate of newsroom experimentation and online journalism, will lead the Board in 2009-2010.

Lee Bollinger (right), president of Columbia University and a Pulitzer Board member, presented the prizes at the luncheon attended by more than 250.

2009 Prizewinners and Nominated Finalists

All the winners and finalists in journalism, books, drama and music. See prizewinning photos, cartoons, bios and photos of winners, and links to prizewinning stories.

Alexandra Berzon, Michael Kelley and Brian Greenspun, of the Las Vegas Sun, accept the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service from Columbia University President, Lee Bollinger (left).

Facts and figures about the 2009 prizes (pdf)



Slide show of 2009 Journalism Jurors in action

On March 2, 3 and 4, 77 jurors from across America assembled at Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism to judge 1,028 entries in the Journalism competition and nominate three finalists in each of 14 categories. A snowstorm hit the night before opening day but jurors were undeterred.

Juror Mizell Stewart III reads an entry.