Awards & Winners

2007 Pulitzer Prize

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2007 Pulitzer Prize

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

Cormac McCarthy

Honored for : The Road

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Nominee Nominated Work
Richard Powers The Echo Maker
Cormac McCarthy The Road
Alice McDermott After This
Pulitzer Prize for History

Gene Roberts, Hank Klibanoff

Honored for : The Race Beat

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Nominee Nominated Work
James T. Campbell Middle Passages: African American Journeys to Africa, 1787-2005
Nathaniel Philbrick Mayflower
Gene Roberts The Race Beat
Hank Klibanoff The Race Beat
Pulitzer Prize for Drama

David Lindsay-Abaire

Honored for : Rabbit Hole

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Nominee Nominated Work
David Lindsay-Abaire Rabbit Hole
Rinde Eckert Orpheus X
Eisa Davis Bulrusher
Quiara Alegría Hudes Elliot, a Soldier's Fugue
Pulitzer Prize for Music

Ornette Coleman

Honored for : Sound Grammar

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Nominee Nominated Work
Ornette Coleman Sound Grammar
Elliot Goldenthal Grendel
Augusta Read Thomas Astral Canticle
Pulitzer Prize for Public Service

The Wall Street Journal

(For its creative and comprehensive probe into backdated stock options for business executives that triggered investigations, the ouster of top officials and widespread change in corporate America.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
The Wall Street Journal
For its creative and comprehensive probe into backdated stock options for business executives that triggered investigations, the ouster of top officials and widespread change in corporate America.
The Washington Post
For its extensive examination of waste and abuse in the nation\u2019s farm subsidy system, prodding Congress to address the need for fundamental reform.
The Birmingham News
For the work of Brett Blackledge that exposed cronyism and corruption in the state's two-year college system, resulting in the dismissal of the chancellor and other corrective action. (Moved by the Board to the Investigative Reporting category.)
Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting

Brett Blackledge

(For his exposure of cronyism and corruption in the state's two-year college system, resulting in the dismissal of the chancellor and other corrective action.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Brett Blackledge
For his exposure of cronyism and corruption in the state's two-year college system, resulting in the dismissal of the chancellor and other corrective action.
Ken Armstrong
For their series that exposed how the improper sealing of hundreds of lawsuits hid information vital to public safety, and resulted in remedial judicial steps.
Justin Mayo
For their series that exposed how the improper sealing of hundreds of lawsuits hid information vital to public safety, and resulted in remedial judicial steps.
Steve Miletich
For their series that exposed how the improper sealing of hundreds of lawsuits hid information vital to public safety, and resulted in remedial judicial steps.
Michael J. Berens
For their probe of sexual misconduct by health-care professionals that included creation of an extensive online database of offenders and caused a tightening of state regulation.
Julia Sommerfeld
For their probe of sexual misconduct by health-care professionals that included creation of an extensive online database of offenders and caused a tightening of state regulation.
Carol Ostrom
For their probe of sexual misconduct by health-care professionals that included creation of an extensive online database of offenders and caused a tightening of state regulation.
Lisa Chedekel
For their in-depth reports on suicide among American soldiers in Iraq, leading to congressional and military action to address mental health problems raised in the stories.
Matthew Kauffman
For their in-depth reports on suicide among American soldiers in Iraq, leading to congressional and military action to address mental health problems raised in the stories.
Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting

Kenneth R. Weiss, Rick Loomis, Usha Lee McFarling

(For their richly portrayed reports on the world's distressed oceans, telling the story in print and online, and stirring reaction among readers and officials.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Kenneth R. Weiss
For their richly portrayed reports on the world's distressed oceans, telling the story in print and online, and stirring reaction among readers and officials.
Rick Loomis
For their richly portrayed reports on the world's distressed oceans, telling the story in print and online, and stirring reaction among readers and officials.
Usha Lee McFarling
For their richly portrayed reports on the world's distressed oceans, telling the story in print and online, and stirring reaction among readers and officials.
Joanne Kimberlin
For their provocative examination of the United States' increasing reliance on private military personnel.
Bill Sizemore
For their provocative examination of the United States' increasing reliance on private military personnel.
The New York Times
For its multi-faceted explanation of the growing menace of diabetes, especially among the poor and vulnerable, that elicited a range of public and private responses.
Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting

Debbie Cenziper

Honored for : The Miami Herald
(For reports on waste, favoritism and lack of oversight at the Miami housing agency that resulted in dismissals, investigations and prosecutions.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Debbie Cenziper
For reports on waste, favoritism and lack of oversight at the Miami housing agency that resulted in dismissals, investigations and prosecutions.
Fred Schulte
For their reports, in print and online, about abuses under an archaic state law that threatened to turn hundreds out of their homes.
June Arney
For their reports, in print and online, about abuses under an archaic state law that threatened to turn hundreds out of their homes.
The Boston Globe
For its well documented exposure, in print and online, of unscrupulous debt collectors, causing two firms to close and prompting action by state officials.
Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting

Charlie Savage

(For his revelations that President George W. Bush often used "signing statements" to assert his controversial right to bypass provisions of new laws.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Charlie Savage
For his revelations that President Bush often used \"signing statements\" to assert his controversial right to bypass provisions of new laws.
Maurice Possley
For their investigation of a 1989 execution in Texas that strongly suggests an innocent man was killed by lethal injection.
Steve Mills
For their investigation of a 1989 execution in Texas that strongly suggests an innocent man was killed by lethal injection.
Les Zaitz
For their disclosure of mismanagement and other abuses in federally-subsidized programs for disabled workers, stirring congressional action.
Jeff Kosseff
For their disclosure of mismanagement and other abuses in federally-subsidized programs for disabled workers, stirring congressional action.
Bryan Denson
For their disclosure of mismanagement and other abuses in federally-subsidized programs for disabled workers, stirring congressional action.
Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting

The Wall Street Journal

(For its sharply edged reports on the adverse impact of China's booming capitalism on conditions ranging from inequality to pollution.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
The Wall Street Journal
For its sharply edged reports on the adverse impact of China's booming capitalism on conditions ranging from inequality to pollution.
Los Angeles Times
For its courageous chronicling of Iraq's descent into what the newspaper labeled "civil war."
Anthony Shadid
For his vivid and insightful coverage of conflict in Lebanon that wove together frontline dispatches, personal history and analysis.
Jane Spencer
Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing

Andrea Elliott

(For her intimate, richly textured portrait of an immigrant imam striving to find his way and serve his faithful in America.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Andrea Elliott
For her intimate, richly textured portrait of an immigrant imam striving to find his way and serve his faithful in America.
Christopher Goffard
For his fresh and compelling stories about a young public defender and his daily challenges.
Inara Verzemnieks
For her witty and perceptive portfolio of features on an array of everyday topics.
Pulitzer Prize for Commentary

Cynthia Tucker

(For her courageous, clear-headed columns that evince a strong sense of morality and persuasive knowledge of the community.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Cynthia Tucker
For her courageous, clear-headed columns that evince a strong sense of morality and persuasive knowledge of the community.
Ruth Marcus
For her intelligent and incisive commentary on a range of subjects, using a voice that can be serious or playful.
Joe Nocera
For his piercing, authoritative columns on business, often spotlighting misdeeds and flaws in corporate culture.
Pulitzer Prize for Criticism

Jonathan Gold

(For his zestful, wide ranging restaurant reviews, expressing the delight of an erudite eater.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jonathan Gold
For his zestful, wide ranging restaurant reviews, expressing the delight of an erudite eater.
Christopher Knight
For his pieces on art that reflect meticulous reporting, aesthetic judgment and authoritative voice.
Mark Swed
For his passionate music criticism, marked by resonant writing and an ability to give life to the people behind a performance.
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing

Arthur Browne, Beverly Weintraub, Heidi Evans

(For its compassionate and compelling editorials on behalf of Ground Zero workers whose health problems were neglected by the city and the nation.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jane Healy
For her persuasive heavily reported editorials on development projects that imperiled Florida's wetlands and wildlife
Sebastian Mallaby
For his eloquent, rigorously researched editorials on rising inequality in America.
Arthur Browne
For its compassionate and compelling editorials on behalf of Ground Zero workers whose health problems were neglected by the city and the nation.
Beverly Weintraub
For its compassionate and compelling editorials on behalf of Ground Zero workers whose health problems were neglected by the city and the nation.
Heidi Evans
For its compassionate and compelling editorials on behalf of Ground Zero workers whose health problems were neglected by the city and the nation.
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning

Walt Handelsman

(For his stark, sophisticated cartoons and his impressive use of zany animation.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Walt Handelsman
For his stark, sophisticated cartoons and his impressive use of zany animation.
Nick Anderson
For his pungent cartoons on an array of issues, and for his bold use of animation.
Mike Thompson
For his compelling cartoons that rely on rich detail and deft caricature to make their point and for using animation to widen his impact.
Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography

Oded Balilty

(For his powerful photograph of a lone Jewish woman defying Israeli security forces as they remove illegal settlers in the West Bank.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Oded Balilty
For his powerful photograph of a lone Jewish woman defying Israeli security forces as they remove illegal settlers in the West Bank.
Associated Press
For its breathtaking images of brutal warfare between Israel and Hezbollah.
Michael Bryant
For his poignant photographs of the devastating injury to Barbaro, the famed racehorse.
Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography

Renée C. Byer

(For her intimate portrayal of a single mother and her young son as he loses his battle with cancer.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Renée C. Byer
For her intimate portrayal of a single mother and her young son as he loses his battle with cancer.
Mary F. Calvert
For her haunting depiction of sub-Sahara African women afflicted with fistula after childbirth.
Gary Coronado
For his vivid images of Central Americans who, desperate to enter America illegally, risk their lives leaping on Mexican freight trains rumbling northward.
Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography

Debby Applegate

Honored for : The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher

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Nominee Nominated Work
Debby Applegate The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher
Arthur H. Cash John Wilkes
David Nasaw Andrew Carnegie
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

Natasha Trethewey

Honored for : Native Guard

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Nominee Nominated Work
Natasha Trethewey Native Guard
Martín Espada The Republic of Poetry
David Wojahn Interrogation Palace
Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction

Lawrence Wright

Honored for : The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11

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Nominee Nominated Work
Lawrence Wright The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
Pete Earley Crazy
Thomas E. Ricks Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq
Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards

John Coltrane

(A posthumous special citation to the composer for his masterful improvisation, supreme musicianship and iconic centrality to the history of jazz.)
Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards

Ray Bradbury

(A special citation to Ray Bradbury for his distinguished, prolific and deeply influential career as an unmatched author of science fiction and fantasy.)