Pulitzer Administrator Responds to LitHub/Undocupoets Petition

News August 14, 2023

Regarding the petition on Literary Hub and Undocupoets for The Pulitzer Prizes to reconsider the U.S. citizenship requirement for arts and letters entries: We take this issue seriously and appreciate your engagement. As noted in our email received by LitHub on Aug. 9, the Pulitzer Board has been discussing the citizenship issue since last year and will address it at our fall meeting.

Sincerely,

Marjorie Miller

Administrator

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