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
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The Los Angeles Times on Monday was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist in two categories.
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Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2026
In these quietly stunning essays, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, the daughter of an Army veteran and a schoolteacher, looks back on her upbringing in Buckhannon, West Virginia.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
The series, researched and written by editorial writer Jane Healy, earned the Sentinel the first Pulitzer Prize in the newspaper’s long history.
—Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 May 2026
The win marks the Tribune’s 29th Pulitzer Prize in its 179-year history.
—Staff Report, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2026
In these quietly stunning essays, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, the daughter of an Army veteran and a schoolteacher, looks back on her upbringing in Buckhannon, West Virginia.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
The series, researched and written by editorial writer Jane Healy, earned the Sentinel the first Pulitzer Prize in the newspaper’s long history.
—Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 May 2026
The win marks the Tribune’s 29th Pulitzer Prize in its 179-year history.
—Staff Report, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
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