This war has also claimed the lives of poets and writers among the casualties. As the Pulitzer Prizes honor categories of journalism, arts, and letters, we mark the loss of invaluable records of the human experience.

The Pulitzer Prizes site contains the complete list of Pulitzer Prize winners from 1917 (the first year the Prizes were awarded) to the present. The site also lists nominated finalists from 1980 (the first year finalists were announced) through the present.

Prize Winners by Year Prize Winners by Category Explore Lists Fiction For distinguished fiction published during the year by an American author, preferably dealing with American life, Fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000).

List of current and past Pulitzer categories in Journalism, Books, Drama and Music. Includes years each category has existed.

The 2018 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Music For distinguished musical composition by an American that has had its first performance or recording in the United States during the year, Fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000).

Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott, Alex Mierjeski, Kirsten Berg and Brett Murphy accept the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service from Columbia University Interim President Katrina Armstrong (third from left).

For her outstanding and courageous reporting on the horrific and vicious violence against African Americans during the era of lynching. The citation comes with a bequest by the Pulitzer Prize Board of at least $50,000 in support of her mission.

Prize Winners The 1961 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Fiction For distinguished fiction published in book form during the year by an American author, preferably dealing with American life, Five hundred dollars ($500).

The 1999 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Fiction For distinguished fiction published in book form during the year by an American author, preferably dealing with American life, Five thousand dollars ($5,000).

The Prize: The Epic Quest For Oil, Money & Power, by Daniel Yergin (Simon & Schuster) Broken Vessels , by Andre Dubus (David R. Godine) Chain Reaction: The Impact of Race, Rights, and Taxes on American Politics , by Thomas Byrne Edsall and Mary D. Edsall (W.W. Norton & …