The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of American (Hungarian-born) Joseph Pulitzer who had made his fortune as a newspaper publisher, and is administered by Columbia University in New York City. Prizes are awarded yearly in twenty-one categories. In twenty of the categories, each winner receives a certificate and a US$15,000 cash award. The winner in the public service category of the journalism competition is awarded a gold medal.
The Pulitzer Prizes for 2004 were announced on April 5, 2004.
The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1961.
The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1924.
The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1925.
The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1938.
The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1943.
The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1944.
The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1934:
The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1936
The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1941.
The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1942.
The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1947.
The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1948.
The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1950.
The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1957.
The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1960.
The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1973.
The Pulitzer Prizes for 1975, the 59th annual prizes, were ratified by the Pulitzer Prize advisory board on April 11, 1975, and by the trustees of Columbia University on May 5. For the first time, the role of accepting or rejecting recommendations of the advisory board was delegated by the trustees to the university's president, William J. McGill; the change was prompted by the desire of the trustees to distance themselves from the appearance of approval of controversial awards based on work involving what some considered to be illegal leaks, such as the 1972 Pulitzer Prize awarded for the publication of the Pentagon Papers.
The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1976.