2013 Pulitzer Prize
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Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Adam Johnson |
The Orphan Master's Son
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| Nathan Englander |
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank
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| Eowyn Ivey |
The Snow Child
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Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting
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| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| David Barstow |
For their reports on how Wal-Mart used widespread bribery to dominate the market in Mexico, resulting in changes in company practices. |
| Alejandra Xanic von Bertrab |
For their reports on how Wal-Mart used widespread bribery to dominate the market in Mexico, resulting in changes in company practices. |
| Patricia Callahan |
For their exposure of manufacturers that imperil public health by continuing to use toxic fire retardants in household furniture and crib mattresses, triggering reform efforts at the state and national level. |
| Sam Roe |
For their exposure of manufacturers that imperil public health by continuing to use toxic fire retardants in household furniture and crib mattresses, triggering reform efforts at the state and national level. |
| Michael Hawthorne |
For their exposure of manufacturers that imperil public health by continuing to use toxic fire retardants in household furniture and crib mattresses, triggering reform efforts at the state and national level. |
| Alexandra Zayas |
For her probe into unlicensed religious group-homes where children were beaten and locked in closet-size rooms for violating senseless rules, prompting action by state authorities. |
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Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting
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| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| David Barboza |
For his striking exposure of corruption at high levels of the Chinese government, including billions in secret wealth owned by relatives of the prime minister, well documented work published in the face of heavy pressure from the Chinese officials. |
| Associated Press |
For its brave portrayal of the chaotic civil war in Syria, using text stories as well as multimedia tools to provide on-the-ground accounts as well as wider context, often at personal peril to the journalists. |
| Richard Marosi |
For his provocative articles on the fate of thousands of illegal Mexican immigrants deported by the United States in recent years, many who are living desperate lives along the U.S.-Mexico border. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing
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| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| John Branch |
For his evocative narrative about skiers killed in an avalanche and the science that explains such disasters, a project enhanced by its deft integration of multimedia elements. |
| Kelley Benham |
For her searing personal account of the survival of her premature baby, born barely viable at 1 pound, 4 ounces, and her exploration of the costs and ethics of extreme medical intervention. |
| Eli Saslow |
For his moving portrait of a struggling swimming pool salesman that illustrates the daily emotional toll of the nation\u2019s economic downturn. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Public Service
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| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
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Sun-Sentinel
For its well documented investigation of off-duty police officers who recklessly speed and endanger the lives of citizens, leading to disciplinary action and other steps to curtail a deadly hazard. |
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The Washington Post
For its exploration of flawed evidence in a series of criminal cases prosecuted by the Justice Department that was never disclosed to defendants, causing a review of more than 20,000 cases and other corrective steps. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting
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| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
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The Denver Post
For its comprehensive coverage of the mass shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., that killed 12 and injured 58, using journalistic tools, from Twitter and Facebook to video and written reports, both to capture a breaking story and provide context. |
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The Denver Post
For its vivid coverage of a wildfire that destroyed more than 300 homes, combining on-the-ground reporting with imaginative use of digital tools, including a before-and-after interactive feature that helped displaced fire victims determine the fate of their homes before there was official notification. |
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Hartford Courant
For its complete and sensitive coverage of the shooting massacre at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., that killed 20 children and 6 adults, using digital tools as well as traditional reporting to tell the story quickly while portraying the stunned community\u2019s grief. |
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Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
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| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Lisa Song |
For their rigorous reports on flawed regulation of the nation\u2019s oil pipelines, focusing on potential ecological dangers posed by diluted bitumen (or \"dilbit\"), a controversial form of oil. |
| Elizabeth McGowan |
For their rigorous reports on flawed regulation of the nation\u2019s oil pipelines, focusing on potential ecological dangers posed by diluted bitumen (or \"dilbit\"), a controversial form of oil. |
| David Hasemyer |
For their rigorous reports on flawed regulation of the nation\u2019s oil pipelines, focusing on potential ecological dangers posed by diluted bitumen (or \"dilbit\"), a controversial form of oil. |
| Liz Kowalczyk |
For their aggressive coverage of the deadly national outbreak of fungal meningitis traced to a compounding pharmacy in suburban Boston, revealing how the medical regulatory system failed to safeguard patients. |
| Carolyn Johnson |
For their aggressive coverage of the deadly national outbreak of fungal meningitis traced to a compounding pharmacy in suburban Boston, revealing how the medical regulatory system failed to safeguard patients. |
| Todd Wallack |
For their aggressive coverage of the deadly national outbreak of fungal meningitis traced to a compounding pharmacy in suburban Boston, revealing how the medical regulatory system failed to safeguard patients. |
| Patricia Wen |
For their aggressive coverage of the deadly national outbreak of fungal meningitis traced to a compounding pharmacy in suburban Boston, revealing how the medical regulatory system failed to safeguard patients. |
| Kay Lazar |
For their aggressive coverage of the deadly national outbreak of fungal meningitis traced to a compounding pharmacy in suburban Boston, revealing how the medical regulatory system failed to safeguard patients. |
| Craig Whitlock |
For their fresh exploration of how American drones moved from a temporary means to kill terrorists to a permanent weapon of war, raising issues of legality and accountability. |
| Greg Miller |
For their fresh exploration of how American drones moved from a temporary means to kill terrorists to a permanent weapon of war, raising issues of legality and accountability. |
| Karen DeYoung |
For their fresh exploration of how American drones moved from a temporary means to kill terrorists to a permanent weapon of war, raising issues of legality and accountability. |
| Julie Tate |
For their fresh exploration of how American drones moved from a temporary means to kill terrorists to a permanent weapon of war, raising issues of legality and accountability. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Commentary
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| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Bret Stephens |
For his incisive columns on American foreign policy and domestic politics, often enlivened by a contrarian twist. |
| Juliette N. Kayyem |
For her colorful, well reported columns on an array of issues, from women in combat to oil drilling in Alaska. |
| Mark Di Ionno |
For his hard hitting columns on Hurricane Sandy, the death of a gay college student and other local events and issues. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Criticism
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Philip Kennicott |
For his eloquent and passionate essays on art and the social forces that underlie it, a critic who always strives to make his topics and targets relevant to readers. |
| Mary McNamara |
For her searching television criticism that often becomes a springboard for provocative comments on the culture at large. |
| Manohla Dargis |
For her enlightening movie criticism, vividly written and showing deep understanding of the business and art of filmmaking. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Daniel Ruth |
For their diligent campaign that helped reverse a decision to end fluoridation of the water supply for the 700,000 residents of the newspaper\u2019s home county. |
| Tim Nickens |
For their diligent campaign that helped reverse a decision to end fluoridation of the water supply for the 700,000 residents of the newspaper\u2019s home county. |
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Newsday
For its editorials in the chaotic wake of Hurricane Sandy, providing a voice of reason, hope and indignation as recovery began and the future challenge of limiting shoreline devastation emerged |
| Jackson Diehl |
For his passionate editorials on the civil conflict in Syria, arguing for greater engagement by the United States to help stop bloodshed in a strategic Arab nation. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography
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| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Liz O. Baylen |
For her intimate essay, shot in shadowy black and white, documenting the shattered lives of people entangled in prescription drug abuse. |
| Renée C. Byer |
For her heartwarming photographs of a grandfather raising three grandchildren after the violent death of his daughter and the loss of his wife to cancer. |
| Javier Manzano |
For his extraordinary picture, distributed by Agence France-Presse, of two Syrian rebel soldiers tensely guarding their position as beams of light stream through bullet holes in a nearby metal wall. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography
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| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
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The Denver Post
For its skillful coverage of the mass shooting at a theater in Aurora, Colo., capturing the scope of the tragedy in a poignant portfolio of pictures. |
| Tyler Hicks |
For his powerful pictures chronicling deadly destruction in Gaza following a retaliatory bombing by Israel. |
| Rodrigo Abd |
For their compelling coverage of the civil war in Syria, producing memorable images under extreme hazard. |
| Manu Brabo |
For their compelling coverage of the civil war in Syria, producing memorable images under extreme hazard. |
| Narciso Contreras |
For their compelling coverage of the civil war in Syria, producing memorable images under extreme hazard. |
| Khalil Hamra |
For their compelling coverage of the civil war in Syria, producing memorable images under extreme hazard. |
| Muhammed Muheisen |
For their compelling coverage of the civil war in Syria, producing memorable images under extreme hazard. |
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Pulitzer Prize for History
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Fredrik Logevall |
Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam
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| Bernard Bailyn |
The Barbarous Years: The Peopling of British North America: The Conflict of Civilizations, 1600-1675
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| John Fabian Witt |
Lincoln\u2019s Code: The Laws of War in American History
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Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Gina Gionfriddo |
Rapture, Blister, Burn
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| Amy Herzog |
4000 Miles
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| Ayad Akhtar |
Disgraced
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Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Michael Gorra |
Portrait of a Novel: Henry James and the Making of an American Masterpiece
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| David Nasaw |
The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy
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| Tom Reiss |
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
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Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Katherine Boo |
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
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| Gilbert King |
Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America
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| David G. Haskell |
The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature
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Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Steve Sack |
For his diverse collection of cartoons, using an original style and clever ideas to drive home his unmistakable point of view. |
| Clay Bennett |
For polished, witty cartoons that effectively lampoon prominent leaders and groups in a polarized America. |
| Jeff Darcy |
For his fresh portfolio of cartoons that feature deft caricatures and leave no one guessing where he stands on important issues. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Jack Gilbert |
Collected Poems
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| Bruce Weigl |
The Abundance of Nothing
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| Sharon Olds |
Stag's Leap
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Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| David Breen |
For their aggressive coverage of hazing rituals by the Florida A&M University marching band that killed a drum major and led to the resignation of the band leader and the university president. |
| Stephen Hudak |
For their aggressive coverage of hazing rituals by the Florida A&M University marching band that killed a drum major and led to the resignation of the band leader and the university president. |
| Denise-Marie Ordway |
For their aggressive coverage of hazing rituals by the Florida A&M University marching band that killed a drum major and led to the resignation of the band leader and the university president. |
| Jeff Kunerth |
For their aggressive coverage of hazing rituals by the Florida A&M University marching band that killed a drum major and led to the resignation of the band leader and the university president. |
| Brad Schrade |
For their powerful reports on the spike in infant deaths at poorly regulated day-care homes, resulting in legislative action to strengthen rules. |
| Jeremy Olson |
For their powerful reports on the spike in infant deaths at poorly regulated day-care homes, resulting in legislative action to strengthen rules. |
| Glenn Howatt |
For their powerful reports on the spike in infant deaths at poorly regulated day-care homes, resulting in legislative action to strengthen rules. |
| Ames Alexander |
For their tenacious joint project investigating how the state\u2019s major nonprofit hospitals generate large profits and contribute to the high cost of health care. |
| Karen Garloch |
For their tenacious joint project investigating how the state\u2019s major nonprofit hospitals generate large profits and contribute to the high cost of health care. |
| Joseph Neff |
For their tenacious joint project investigating how the state\u2019s major nonprofit hospitals generate large profits and contribute to the high cost of health care. |
| David Raynor |
For their tenacious joint project investigating how the state\u2019s major nonprofit hospitals generate large profits and contribute to the high cost of health care. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Music
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Aaron Jay Kernis |
Pieces of Winter Sky
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| Wadada Leo Smith |
Ten Freedom Summers
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| Caroline Shaw |
Partita for 8 Voices
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Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
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The New York Times
For its penetrating look into business practices by Apple and other technology companies that illustrates the darker side of a changing global economy for workers and consumers. |
| Dan Egan |
Dan Egan of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for his exhaustive examination of the struggle to keep Asian carp and other invasive species from reaching the Great Lakes and ultimately all of the nation\u2019s inland waters, a story enhanced by animated graphics. |
| Tony Bartelme |
Tony Bartelme of The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C., for his stories that helped readers understand the complex factors driving up their insurance bills. |
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