pulitzer prize

With nearly 400,000 new titles published each year, serious writers need a way to stand out. An award is one way to do that. The Story Prize for short stories, an Oscar for screenwriting and the Nobel or Pulitzer Prize for fiction may be at the top of the list, but literary awards of any sort make you stand out.

The books that won the coveted Pulitzer Prize this afternoon included an eclectic mix of expected winners and one surprising newcomer. First-time novelist, Paul Harding, took the prize in the fiction category for Tinkers.

Last year was tough for the Post's reputation, much to the chagrin of Executive Editor Marcus Brauchli (pictured, center). But winning four Pulitzer Prizes should do a lot to change that. The Enquirer's reputation remains unchanged.

Bloomberg News today announced it was hiring three four Pulitzer-prize winning journalists with ties to the Wall Street Journal, underscoring the media company's strategy for scooping up talent amid widespread media layoffs. The company, founded by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, picked up...

The newspaper business is in such bad financial shape that winning a Pulitzer Prize, or being shot while out reporting, didn't lead to job security for some journalists.Todd Smith was laid off at the Suburban Journals, a chain of newspapers outside St. Louis and owned by Lee Enterprises, on April...

From the recent resurgence of John Steinbeck's novel "The Grapes of Wrath," it looks like people in a recession are happy to be entertained by a tale of the Great Depression. The 1940 movie based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Steinbeck has gained such popularity recently that from September...