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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Greer is the bestselling author of seven previous works of fiction, including the Pulitzer Prize winner Less and its companion, Less Is Lost.
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Literary Hub, 9 June 2026
InIn episode one of Where the River Took Us — a new podcast that comes after Parsley's Pulitzer Prize-winning account of his family's story — the senior editor at Texas Monthly and former PEOPLE staffer, takes listeners into the moments before his world flipped upside down.
—Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 4 June 2026
That category also cites The Balusters, Little Bear Ridge Road, and the likely winner, Liberation—a timely, twisty meditation on second-wave feminism that won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in May.
—Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 4 June 2026
David John Chávez is a former chair of the American Theatre Critics/Journalists Association, a 2020 O’Neill National Critics Institute fellow, and a two-time juror for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama (2022-’23).
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
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Literary Hub, 9 June 2026
InIn episode one of Where the River Took Us — a new podcast that comes after Parsley's Pulitzer Prize-winning account of his family's story — the senior editor at Texas Monthly and former PEOPLE staffer, takes listeners into the moments before his world flipped upside down.
—Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 4 June 2026
That category also cites The Balusters, Little Bear Ridge Road, and the likely winner, Liberation—a timely, twisty meditation on second-wave feminism that won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in May.
—Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 4 June 2026
David John Chávez is a former chair of the American Theatre Critics/Journalists Association, a 2020 O’Neill National Critics Institute fellow, and a two-time juror for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama (2022-’23).
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
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“Pulitzer Prize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Pulitzer%20Prize. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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