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The members of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize Board
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front row (sitting) left to right: N. Carroll, C. Lozada, K. Lytle Hernández, E. Alexander, E. Ramshaw, M. Miller, N. Barnes; back row left to right: J. Archibald, A. Applebaum, N. Trethewey, S. Chan, G. Thompson, G. Escobar, K. Merida, D. Remnick, V. T. Nguyen, G. Chua (absent: C. Shipman, J. Cobb). (Photo by Jose R. Lopez)

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Elizabeth Alexander and Emily Ramshaw, co-chairs; Marjorie Miller, administrator

Stacey Levine

Publication
Mice 1961
Citation
A novel set in the Cold War era about two orphaned half-sisters, a boarder, and the neighbors who surround them, a stylized and startling depiction of lives lived at a high pitch of emotion in the shadow of global catastrophe.
Publisher
Verse Chorus Press
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Categories: Fiction

Gayl Jones

Publication
The Unicorn Woman
Citation
An ambitious and topsy-turvy vision of the segregated South, narrated by an Army veteran whose obsession with a sideshow attraction is presented in a swirl of memories and dreams, rich with literary allusions and jokes.
Publisher
Beacon Press
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Categories: Fiction

Percival Everett

Citation
An accomplished reconsideration of “Huckleberry Finn” that gives agency to Jim to illustrate the absurdity of racial supremacy and provide a new take on the search for family and freedom.
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Categories: Fiction
Publisher
Doubleday
Publication
James

Staff of The Washington Post

Citation
For urgent and illuminating coverage of the July 13 attempt to assassinate then-presidential candidate Donald Trump, including detailed story-telling and sharp analysis that coupled traditional police reporting with audio and visual forensics.
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Categories: Breaking News Reporting

Staff of Associated Press

Citation
For fast, comprehensive and authoritative coverage of the assassination attempt on then-presidential candidate Donald Trump, including vivid details from the scene followed by the first reporting on gaps in security measures by the Secret Service and local law enforcement.
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Categories: Breaking News Reporting

Moises Saman, contributor, The New Yorker

Citation
For his haunting black and white images of Sednaya prison in Syria that capture the traumatic legacy of Assad’s torture chambers, forcing viewers to confront the raw horrors faced by prisoners and contemplate the scars on society. (Moved by the jury from Breaking News Photography.)
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Categories: Feature Photography
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