Pulitzer 2024 winners announced: See full list

The Pulitzer Prize is awarded by Columbia University.

The Pulitzer Prizes, administered by Columbia University in New York, garnered attention this year amid student demonstrations against the war in Gaza. The Pulitzer board conferred the awards celebrating excellence in journalism and literary works. Among this year's winners are publications like The New York Times and ProPublica, along with authors including Jayne Anne Phillips and Jonathan Eig.

The awards, presented across 15 journalism categories and eight arts categories encompassing books, music, and theatre, highlight exceptional contributions in public service, investigative reporting, feature photography, and more.

The Public Service award, considered the most esteemed, includes a gold medal, while other winners receive $15,000 in recognition of their exceptional work.

One of the standout moments of this year's Pulitzers was the acknowledgment of The Associated Press for its powerful feature photography capturing the global migration journey through Latin America to the US. Similarly, The New York Times and Reuters were honoured for their in-depth coverage of the Hamas-Israel war that occurred on October 7th and its aftermath.

ProPublica clinched the Public Service award for its revelatory reporting that "pierced the thick wall of secrecy" surrounding the US Supreme Court, exposing how billionaires gifted travel and other favours to justices. Special citations were also awarded to journalists covering the war in Gaza and the late hip-hop critic Greg Tate.

The New York Times staff was recognised for their comprehensive coverage of the October 7th Hamas attack, delving into intelligence failures and Israel's response in Gaza.

Additionally, Hannah Dreier of The Times secured a Pulitzer in investigative reporting for her stories on migrant child labour across the United States. Katie Engelhart's feature writing piece on a family grappling with a matriarch's dementia also earned her a Pulitzer.

The Washington Post earned accolades for its insightful national reporting on the AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, accompanied by photography. David E Hoffman's editorial series on digital age authoritarian repression also earned a Pulitzer for The Post.

In the literary realm, Jayne Anne Phillips' "Night Watch," a gripping mother-daughter saga set in a West Virginia asylum after the civil war, received the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. The drama prize was awarded to Eboni Booth's "Primary Trust," a compelling narrative about a bookstore worker's unforeseen journey after losing his job.

Nathan Thrall’s A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy won for general nonfiction, and Jacqueline Jones received the history prize for No Right to an Honest Living: The Struggles of Boston’s Black Workers in the Civil War Era.

Tyshawn Sorey’s saxophone concerto Adagio (For Wadada Leo Smith) was the winner for music.