Pulitzer Prize

noun

Pu·​lit·​zer Prize ˈpu̇-lət-sər- 

ˈpyü-

: any of various annual prizes (as for outstanding literary or journalistic achievement) established by the will of Joseph Pulitzer

called also Pulitzer

Examples of Pulitzer Prize in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Her Pulitzer Prize-winning 2025 memoir, Things in Nature Merely Grow, chronicled the loss of her sons and her effort to go on. — Terry Gross, NPR, 13 Oct. 2026

In 2008 Díaz won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026

Charles Shepard, who anchored the Observer’s Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of PTL in the 1980s, said history will remember Bakker for both his rise and his fall. — Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026

Her novel, The Poisonwood Bible, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction and for the PEN/Faulkner Award. — Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1918, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Pulitzer Prize

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