The 2020 Pulitzer Prizes were awarded by the Pulitzer Prize Board for work during the 2019 calendar year. Prize winners and nominated finalists were initially scheduled to be announced by Pulitzer administrator

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on April 20, 2020, but were delayed due to the

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, and instead announced by Canedy in a video presentation on May 4, 2020.

Prizes

Winners and finalists are listed below, with winners marked in bold.

Journalism

Letters, Drama, and Music

Special citations

One special citation was awarded in 2020, as follows:

References

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