Welcome to the entry site
for The Pulitzer Prizes in Books,
Drama and Music!

01/03/2025: The Drama and Music entry portals have closed for the 2025 cycle (encompassing eligible work published, premiered or released in calendar year 2024). The Books portal will reopen for the 2026 cycle in the spring of 2025, while the Drama and Music portals will reopen in the summer.

The Books portal closed for the 2025 cycle in October 2024. Please note that titles published between the 2025 cycle deadline and December 31, 2024 must have been submitted with a PDF of the most complete extant iteration (e.g. galleys, page proofs or manuscripts) during the 2025 cycle; accordingly, they will be ineligible in the forthcoming 2026 cycle.

Each spring, Columbia University awards Pulitzer Prizes in eight Books, Drama and Music categories. The winners are chosen by the Pulitzer Prize Board, which seeks to recognize excellence by eligible American writers, playwrights and composers.

For a list with definitions of the eight categories — Drama, Fiction, History, Biography, Memoir, General Nonfiction, Poetry and Music — click here.

All entry forms and fees must be submitted electronically. Paper forms, checks and cash are not accepted.

Recommended deadline for books published between January 1 and July 15, 2024: July 15, 2024. Final deadline for all book entries, including those published in the final quarter of the year: October 15, 2024 at 5:30 p.m. Eastern time. Eligibility deadline for Drama and Music consideration: December 31, 2024. Submission deadline for Drama and Music entries: January 3, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. Eastern time.

Entry fee: $75 per entry - paid by credit card only (MasterCard, Visa, American Express and Discover).