Pulitzer Prizes

Cultural  

1. A series of prizes awarded annually since 1917 for high achievement in American journalism, literature, drama, and music. They were endowed by the newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer.

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Example Sentences

He is about as establishment as it gets, writing a foreign-affairs column for the New York Times with three Pulitzer Prizes to his credit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

At the AP’s Saigon bureau in 1962, Arnett found himself surrounded by a formidable roster of journalists, including bureau chief Malcolm Browne and photo editor Horst Faas, who between them would win three Pulitzer Prizes.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2025

Baltimore Sun Media, winner of 16 Pulitzer Prizes, publishes seven other publications aside from the Sun.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2024

"This is an American media outlet that has won 53 Pulitzer Prizes," Lapid said in a statement.

From Salon • May 21, 2024

It appears that the whole family had great talents, as his grandfather was a Brigadier General, his father a Colonel, and both Stephen and his brother William Rose Benet won Pulitzer Prizes for poetry.

From Young Adventure, a Book of Poems by Benét, Stephen Vincent