2007 Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prizes for 2007 were announced on April 16, 2007.
In November 2006, the Pulitzer Prize Board announced two changes that would apply for the 2007 awards:
- "online elements will be permitted in all journalism categories except for the competition's two photography categories, which will continue to restrict entries to still images."
- a "category called Local Reporting will replace Beat Reporting as one of the 14 prizes in journalism"; the board explained that "while the local category replaces the Beat Reporting category that was created in 1991, the work of beat reporters remains eligible for entry in a wide range of categories that include—depending on the specialty involved—national, investigative, and explanatory reporting, as well as the new local category."
Journalism
Letters, Drama and Music Awards
| Fiction | The Road by Cormac McCarthy |
| Drama | Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire |
| History | The Race Beat by Gene Roberts and Hank Klibanoff |
| Biography | The Most Famous Man in America by Debby Applegate |
| Poetry | Native Guard by Natasha Trethewey |
| General Nonfiction | The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright |
| Music | Sound Grammar by Ornette Coleman |
Special Citations
- Ray Bradbury received a special citation "for his distinguished, prolific and deeply influential career as an unmatched author of science fiction and fantasy."
- John Coltrane received a posthumous special citation "for his masterful improvisation, supreme musicianship and iconic centrality to the history of jazz."