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Awards ranging from journalism to drama to music Related Links Pulitzer Prizes Joseph Pulitzer Biography Book, Magazine, and Newspaper Awards National Book Awards Man Booker Prize National Journalism Awards JournalismPublic Service: The Philadelphia Inquirer Breaking News Reporting: The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News Staff Investigative Reporting: Matt Apuzzo, Adam Goldman, Eileen Sullivan and Chris Hawley of the Associated Press Michael J. Berens and Ken Armstrong of The Seattle Times Explanatory Reporting: David Kocieniewski of The New York Times Local Reporting: Sara Ganim and members of The Patriot News Staff, Harrisburg, PA National Reporting: David Wood of The Huffington Post International Reporting: Jeffrey Gettleman of The New York Times Feature Writing: Eli Sanders of The Stranger, a Seattle (Wash.) weekly Commentary: Mary Schmich of The Chicago Tribune Criticism: Wesley Morris of The Boston Globe Editorial Writing: No award Editorial Cartooning: Matt Wuerker of POLITICO Breaking News Photography: Massoud Hossaini of Agence France-Presse Feature Photography: Craig F. Walker of The Denver Post Letters, Drama, and MusicFiction: No award Drama: Water by the Spoonful by Quiara Alegría Hudes History: Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by the late Manning Marable (Viking Adult) Biography: George F. Kennan: An American Life by John Lewis Gaddis (The Penguin Press) Poetry: Life on Mars by Tracy K. Smith (Graywolf Press) General Nonfiction: The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt (W.W. Norton & Company) Music: Silent Night: Opera in Two Acts by Kevin Puts (Aperto Press) Special Citations and AwardsNo special citations or awards were given for this time period. More from Pulitzer Prizes

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  • Public Service: The Philadelphia Inquirer Breaking News Reporting: The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News Staff Investigative Reporting: Matt Apuzzo, Adam Goldman, Eileen Sullivan and Chris Hawley of the Associated Press Michael J. Berens and Ken Armstrong of The Seattle Times Explanatory Reporting: David Kocieniewski of The New York Times Local Reporting: Sara Ganim and members of The Patriot News Staff, Harrisburg, PA National Reporting: David Wood of The Huffington Post International Reporting: Jeffrey Gettleman of The New York Times Feature Writing: Eli Sanders of The Stranger, a Seattle (Wash.) weekly Commentary: Mary Schmich of The Chicago Tribune Criticism: Wesley Morris of The Boston Globe Editorial Writing: No award Editorial Cartooning: Matt Wuerker of POLITICO Breaking News Photography: Massoud Hossaini of Agence France-Presse Feature Photography: Craig F. Walker of The Denver Post

Letters, Drama, and Music

  • Fiction: No award Drama: Water by the Spoonful by Quiara Alegría Hudes History: Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by the late Manning Marable (Viking Adult) Biography: George F. Kennan: An American Life by John Lewis Gaddis (The Penguin Press) Poetry: Life on Mars by Tracy K. Smith (Graywolf Press) General Nonfiction: The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt (W.W. Norton & Company) Music: Silent Night: Opera in Two Acts by Kevin Puts (Aperto Press)

Special Citations and Awards

  • No special citations or awards were given for this time period.

  • More from Pulitzer Prizes

  • Pulitzer Prizes Joseph Pulitzer Biography Book, Magazine, and Newspaper Awards National Book Awards Man Booker Prize National Journalism Awards

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  • Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs?
  • The Twelve Dancing Princesses
  • Current Events This Week: January 2023
  • African Americans by the Numbers
  • Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents
  • The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales