Classification of Pulitzer prizes

Pulitzer prizes include news awards and art awards, among which news awards mainly include: public service awards, reporting awards, editing awards, cartoon awards, commentary awards, communication awards, feature awards, photojournalism awards, etc. Literary and artistic awards include novel awards, drama awards, poetry awards, American historical works awards, autobiography or biography awards and non-fiction awards; Music composition award 1. In addition, two special prizes were awarded.

The Pulitzer prize in the United States is $7,500, but the report that won the public service contribution award will not be rewarded, and the winning newspaper will receive a Pulitzer Gold Award. Pulitzer initially bequeathed a fund of $500,000, and later the fund management organization raised more than $6,543,800. This award is selected once a year by the Pulitzer Prize Selection Committee composed of 16 people, including the president of Columbia University. The selection results are usually announced by the president of Columbia University in mid-April, and the awards will be presented in May.

The first Pulitzer Prize for Photography was awarded by 1942. After that, it will be issued once a year except 1946. Since 1968, the photography category has added a special news photography award, and the winning works usually consist of a group of photos.