Editing Pulitzer Prize (section)

==Entry and prize consideration==
[[File:Lee C. Bollinger awarding the 2003 Pulitzer Prize to Jeffrey Eugenides.jpg|thumb|[[President of Columbia University|Columbia President]] [[Lee Bollinger]] presents the 2003 [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]] to [[Jeffrey Eugenides]]]]
The Pulitzer Prize does not automatically consider all applicable works in the media and the arts, but customarily those that have specifically been entered and reviewed for administrative compliance by the administrator's staff. Entries must fit in at least one of the specific prize categories, and cannot simply gain entrance for being literary or musical. Works can only be entered in a maximum of two relevant categories, regardless of their properties.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/files/entryforms/jentformnobutton.pdf|title=Entry Form for a Pulitzer Prize in Journalism|work=The Pulitzer Prizes|publisher=Columbia University}}</ref> Currently, entrants in the Book, Drama and Music categories must be United States citizens, [[green card|permanent residents of the United States]] or those who otherwise consider the United States to be their longtime primary home; however, eligible work must be published by United States-based entities.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/news/pulitzer-prize-board-amending-citizenship-requirement-books-drama-and-music |title=Pulitzer Prize Board Amending Citizenship Requirement in Books, Drama and Music |publisher=Pulitzer Prize |date=September 12, 2023 |access-date=January 22, 2025}}</ref> Entrants to the Journalism categories are not restricted by nationality, provided their submitted work appeared in a United States-based publication.<ref name="faq" />

Each year, more than 100 [[Jury|jurors]] are selected by the Pulitzer Prize Board to serve on 22 separate juries for the 23 award categories; one jury makes recommendations for both [[Pulitzer Prize for Photography|photography awards]]. Most juries consist of five members, except for those for [[Pulitzer Prize for Public Service|Public Service]], [[Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting|Investigative Reporting]], [[Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting|Explanatory Reporting]], [[Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing|Feature Writing]], [[Pulitzer Prize for Commentary|Commentary]] and [[Pulitzer Prize for Audio Reporting|Audio Reporting]] categories, which have seven members; however, all book juries have five members.<ref name=history/> For each award category, a jury makes three nominations. The board selects the winner by majority vote from the nominations, or bypasses the nominations and selects a different entry following a 75 percent majority vote. The board can also vote to issue no award. The board and journalism jurors are not paid for their work; however, jurors in letters, music, and drama receive honoraria for the year.<ref name=history/>

===Difference between entrants and nominated finalists===
Anyone whose work has been submitted is called an ''entrant''. The jury selects a group of ''nominated finalists'' and announces them, together with the winner for each category. However, some journalists and authors who were only submitted, but not nominated as finalists, still claim to be Pulitzer nominees in promotional material.

The Pulitzer Board has cautioned entrants against claiming to be nominees. The Pulitzer Prize website's Frequently Asked Questions section describes their policy as follows: "Nominated Finalists are selected by the Nominating Juries for each category as finalists in the competition. The Pulitzer Prize Board generally selects the Pulitzer Prize Winners from the three nominated finalists in each category. The names of nominated finalists have been announced only since 1980. Work that has been submitted for Prize consideration but not chosen as either a nominated finalist or a winner is termed an entry or submission. No information on entrants is provided. Since 1980, when we began to announce nominated finalists, we have used the term 'nominee' for entrants who became finalists. We discourage someone saying he or she was 'nominated' for a Pulitzer simply because an entry was sent to us."<ref name="faq">{{cite web|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/page/frequently-asked-questions|title=Frequently Asked Questions|work=The Pulitzer Prizes|publisher=Columbia University|access-date=May 7, 2019|archive-date=November 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118035305/https://www.pulitzer.org/page/frequently-asked-questions|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Bill Dedman]] of [[NBC News]], the recipient of the [[1989 Pulitzer Prize#Journalism awards|1989 investigative reporting prize]], pointed out in 2012 that financial journalist [[Betty Liu]] was described as "Pulitzer Prize–Nominated" in her [[Bloomberg Television]] advertising and the jacket of her book, while ''[[National Review]]'' writer [[Jonah Goldberg]] made similar claims of "Pulitzer nomination" to promote his books. Dedman wrote, "To call that submission a Pulitzer 'nomination' is like saying that [[Adam Sandler]] is an Oscar nominee if [[Columbia Pictures]] enters ''[[That's My Boy (2012 film)|That's My Boy]]'' in the [[Academy Awards]]. Many readers realize that the Oscars don't work that way—the studios don't pick the nominees. It's just a way of slipping 'Academy Awards' into a bio. The Pulitzers also don't work that way, but fewer people know that."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.yahoo.com/journalists-please-stop-saying-were-pulitzer-prize-nominated-143519830--finance.html|title=Journalists, Please Stop Saying You Were 'Pulitzer Prize-Nominated'|work=What Matters Now|publisher=The Atlantic Wire|first=Alexander|last=Abad-Santos|date=June 26, 2012|via=news.yahoo}}</ref>

Nominally, the [[Pulitzer Prize for Public Service]] is awarded only to news organizations, not individuals. In rare instances, contributors to the entry are singled out in the citation in a manner analogous to individual winners.<ref>{{cite web|title=The 2000 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Public Service: The Washington Post, notably for the work of Katherine Boo|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/washington-post-notably-work-katherine-boo|work=The Pulitzer Prizes|publisher=Columbia University|access-date=March 4, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The 1996 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Public Service: The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC), for the work of Melanie Sill, Pat Stith and Joby Warrick|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/news-observer-raleigh-nc-work-melanie-sill-pat-stith-and-joby-warrick|work=The Pulitzer Prizes|publisher=Columbia University|access-date=March 4, 2017}}</ref> Journalism awards may be awarded to individuals or newspapers or newspaper staffs; infrequently, staff Prize citations also distinguish the work of prominent contributors.<ref>{{cite web|title=The 2009 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Local Reporting: Detroit Free Press Staff, and notably Jim Schaefer and M.L. Elrick|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/detroit-free-press-staff-and-notably-jim-schaefer-and-ml-elrick|work=The Pulitzer Prizes|publisher=Columbia University|access-date=March 4, 2017}}</ref>