List of Pulitzer Prize Winners in Books, Drama, Music and Journalism

The Pulitzer Prize is given for the outstanding contribution in books, drama, music and Journalism. It was instituted 1917 on the provisions in the will of Hungarian- American Joseph Pulitzer who had made his fortune as a newspaper publisher under the administration of Columbia University in New York City. Here, we are giving the ‘2018 Winners List of Pulitzer Prize Winners: Books, Drama, Music and Journalism’ consist of name of prize winners who did the extraordinary work in US journalism, drama, literature and other areas.

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Jun 20, 2018, 15:54 IST
List of Pulitzer Prize Winners in Books, Drama, Music and Journalism
List of Pulitzer Prize Winners in Books, Drama, Music and Journalism

The Pulitzer Prize is given for the outstanding contribution in books, drama, music and Journalism. It was instituted 1917 on the provisions in the will of Hungarian- American Joseph Pulitzer who had made his fortune as a newspaper publisher under the administration of Columbia University in New York City. Prizes are awarded yearly in twenty-one categories and twenty category winners get a certificate and a US$15,000 cash award. The winner in the public service category of the journalism competition is awarded a gold medal. Find out the 2018 Winners List of Pulitzer Prize Winners in Books, Drama, Music and Journalism’ that consists of name of prize winner who did the extraordinary work in US journalism, drama, literature and other areas.

2018 Pulitzer Prize Winners in Books, Drama and Music)

Winner
Category of Awards
Less, by Andrew Sean Greer
Fiction
Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America, by James Forman Jr.
General Non-Fiction
Cost of Living, by Martyna Majok
Drama
The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea, by Jack E. Davis
History: Custer’s Trials
Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder, by Caroline Fraser
Biography
Half-light: Collected Poems 1965-2016, by Frank Bidart
Poetry
DAMN. by Kendrick Lamar
Music

2018 Pulitzer Prize winners for journalism

Winners
Category of Awards
The New York Times and The New Yorker
Public Service
Staff of the The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, California
Breaking News Reporting
Staff of The Washington Post
Investigative Reporting
Jointly awarded to the staffs of The Arizona Republic and USA Today
Explanatory Reporting
Sataff of The Cincinnati Enquirer
Local Reporting
Jointly awarded to the staffs of The New York Times and The Washington Post
National Reporting
Clare Baldwin, Andrew R.C. Marshall, and Manuel Mogato of Reuters
International Reporting
Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, freelancing for GQ
Feature Writing
John Archibald, of the Alabama Media Group
Commentary
Andie Dominick of The Des Moines Register
Editorial Writing
Jake Helpern and Michael Sloan, freelancing for The New York Times
Editorial Cartooning
Ryan Kelly of The Daily Progress
For breaking news photography
photography staff of Reuters
Feature photography

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