2009 and 2017 Drama winner Lynn Nottage, a playwright, screenwriter, installation artist and professor of theatre arts at Columbia University, has been elected to the Pulitzer Prize Board, the Pulitzer Administrator’s Office announced today.
Entrants may now submit work in the Music category. The eligibility deadline is December 31.
The team's 2026 Audio Reporting Prize-winning reportage on a very peculiar no-show job culminated in significant regulatory action announced today by the National Basketball Association.
Entrants may now submit eligible work that opened this year in the Drama category. The eligibility deadline is December 31.
Pulitzer on the Road: Prize-Winning Works That Inform, Empower & Inspire will visit 20 public libraries nationwide over the next two years, celebrating all categories through displays, interactive stations and live events. It will debut in mid-October in both Chicago and Dallas.
The recommended entry deadline for eligible books published between January 1, 2026 and July 31, 2026 is July 15, 2026. The final deadline for all eligible books (published between January 1 and December 31, 2026) is October 15, 2026 at 5:30 p.m. Eastern time.
“I’ve always believed that the most meaningful work we do in journalism is rooted in service – service to our communities and to the truth,” Carroll said. “Leading the Pulitzer Board continues that service to a profession that has meant so much to me and has been so critical to our society.”
The Pulitzer Prize Board has announced the 2026 Pulitzer Prizes and Nominated Finalists. Watch the livestream and read the shortlist of winners and nominees here.
Julie Pace, senior vice president and executive editor of The Associated Press, and Vijay Iyer, a composer, pianist and professor at Harvard University, have been elected to the Pulitzer Prize Board, the Pulitzer Prize Administrator’s Office announced today.
The 2026 Pulitzer Journalism competition (encompassing eligible work published in calendar year 2025) has opened. The deadline for entry is January 26, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific time. The 2026 Pulitzer Prize winners and nominated finalists will be announced on Monday, May 4, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern time. Click above to review key guidelines and other important information.
