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2025-26 Pulitzer Prize Board
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front row (sitting) left to right: N. Trethewey, C. Lozada, N. Carroll, N. Barnes, M. Miller, G. Chua; back row left to right: K. Lytle Hernández, V. T. Nguyen, A. Applebaum, J. Archibald, D. Remnick, J. Pace, V. Iyer, G. Escobar, G. Thompson, K. Merida (absent: J. Cobb). (Photo by Jose R. Lopez)
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Nancy Barnes and Nicole Carroll, co-chairs; Marjorie Miller, administrator

Billy Childs

Publication
In the Arms of the Beloved
Citation
A powerfully expressive composition that unifies chamber music, jazz and choral music in a combination that speaks to America’s diverse musical traditions, offered as a way of carrying forward the spirit of our ancestors.
Tags: 2026
Categories: Music

Andrew Rindfleisch

Publication
American Descent
Citation
An energetic, emotional work, richly orchestrated to include propulsive metallic textures as well as moments of solitude and introspection, different pathways for listeners of all perspectives to wrestle with the uncertainty of turbulent times.
Tags: 2026
Categories: Music

Gabriela Lena Frank

Citation
Premiered on March 13, 2025 at Marian Anderson Hall, Philadelphia, a modern symphonic work informed by the composer’s personal experiences with California wildfires and Andean legend, ten powerful movements that follow a hummingbird through its attempts to escape cataclysms, a contemplation of the fragile future.
Tags: 2026
Categories: Music
Publisher
G. Schirmer, Inc.
Publication
Picaflor: A Future Myth

Talene Monahon

Publication
Meet the Cartozians
Citation
A drama that uses the historical lens of the Armenian American experience to illustrate the enduring hypocrisies of our country’s racialized system of immigration.
Tags: 2026
Categories: Drama

Bess Wohl

Citation
A striking blend of comedy and sincerity that explores the legacy of the consciousness-raising feminist groups of the 1970s, using the story of the playwright’s mother to demonstrate how the movement grew out of conversation, and that anyone experiencing the play has joined the discussion.
Tags: 2026
Categories: Drama
Publication
Liberation

Nazareth Hassan

Publication
Bowl EP
Citation
A play focused on two skateboarders, aspiring hip-hop artists who begin to compose an album, with downtime fueling their creative process and nascent romance.
Tags: 2026
Categories: Drama