Still, says Mr. Fiction has not been chosen 11 times since , when the Pulitzers began. Prior to this year, the editorial writing category had not produced a winner nine times, most recently in Editorial writing is the most common news category not to receive an award. Last year, for the first time in the history of the Pulitzer Prizes, no award was given in the breaking news category. In , there was no award for drama, and in , no award was given for feature writing.
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I can attest that when you are judging a writing contest, long work feels even longer. In all three works, the writing at the top and at the end was stronger than the writing in the middle, a classic problem that might complicate the judging. Theory Three: The morbid truth. These are hard stories to read individually because of their topics. Collectively, they can depress the reader, even an earnest Pulitzer board member.
Great journalism is about the morbid truth, there can be no denying that fact. But it is hard to read thousands of words about the horrible torture of a child, or innocents gunned down by a madman. The story of the medical students might have served as an antidote to the darkness, except so much of it is about cutting up corpses. Theory Four: The hung jury. With 17 board members, it requires nine votes to select a winner not as tough as Cooperstown, folks. At times, a single entry stands high above the rest.
That was not the case here. How would I have voted? I could have voted for Scott Farwell for giving us a character for whom there is a glimmer of hope for a decent life against the backdrop of the worst kind of cruelty.
I could have voted for Christopher Goffard for a serial narrative that has riveting elements of a true crime adventure. I could have voted for Mark Johnson for taking us into a world we knew existed, but never hoped to see up close. If pressed, I would have given the nod to Goffard. The Pulitzer board had the opportunity to find a winner in the feature writing category.
They see everything. It was the first time since the prizes were first given in that three fields of art failed to win awards.
Members of the member advisory board reported that professionals serving as jurors in the three fields had not sent in a single nomination. The jurors, appointed by Columbia University, may offer two to five recommendations; the board then makes a recommendation to the university's board of trustees, which selects the winners.
Merriman Smith of United Press International won the prize for national reporting for his coverage of President Kennedy's assassination. Robert H. Oswald, accused assassin of the President, by Jack Ruby, Dallas nightclub operator. Malcolm W. The gold medal for public service was awarded to The St. Petersburg Fla. This was for a year-long investigation and coverage of what was called "reckless, unchecked spending" by the Florida State Turnpike Authority.
The investigation led to a reorganization of the state road construction program that is expected to save millions in bond issues. Norman C. Miller Jr. The prize for local investigative or other specialized reporting went to Albert V. Gaudiosi and James V.
Magee, reporters, and Frederick A. None of the entries for the best American novel of the last year could command a majority. David Foster Wallace's posthumously completed novel The Pale King was among three works in line for the Pulitzer prize. Reuse this content.
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