Letters, Drama, and Music
- Fiction
- A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (Alfred A.. Knopf)
- Drama
- Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris
- History
- The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery by Eric Foner (W.W. Norton & Company)
- Biography or Autobiography
- Washington : A Life by Ron Chernow (The Penguin Press)
- Poetry
- The Best of It: New and Selected Poems by Kay Ryan (Grove/Atlantic)
- General Nonfiction
- The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee (Scribner)
- Music
- Madame White Snake by Zhou Long (Oxford University Press)
Special Citations
There are no special citations for this time period.
Press Releases
Journalism
- Public Service
- Los Angeles Times
- Breaking News Reporting
- No award
- Investigative Reporting
- Paige St. John of Sarasota Herald-Tribune
- Explanatory Reporting
- Mark Johnson, Kathleen Gallagher, Gary Porter, Lou Saldivar and Alison Sherwood of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
- Local Reporting
- Frank Main, Mark Konkol and John J. Kim of Chicago Sun-Times
- National Reporting
- Jesse Eisinger and Jake Bernstein of ProPublica
- International Reporting
- Clifford J. Levy and Ellen Barry of The New York Times
- Feature Writing
- Amy Ellis Nutt of The Star-Ledger, Newark, NJ
- Commentary
- David Leonhardt of The New York Times
- Criticism
- Sebastian Smee of The Boston Globe
- Editorial Writing
- Joseph Rago of The Wall Street Journal
- Editorial Cartooning
- Mike Keefe of The Denver Post
- Breaking News Photography
- Carol Guzy, Nikki Kahn and Ricky Carioti of The Washington Post
- Feature Photography
- Barbara Davidson of Los Angeles Times.
- Source: http://www.pulitzer.org