The 2010 Pulitzer Prizes were awarded on Monday, April 12, 2010. In journalism, "The Washington Post" won four awards while "The New York Times" won three. For the first time, an online source, "ProPublica", won in what had previously been the sole province of print. A musical, "Next to Normal", won the Drama award for the first time in 14 years. Country singer-songwriter Hank Williams, who died at age 29 in 1953, received a special citation. The winner(s) in each category are:
Special Citation.
Hank Williams "for his craftsmanship as a songwriter who expressed universal feelings with poignant simplicity and played a pivotal role in transforming country music into a major musical and cultural force in American life."
Controversy.
"Next to Normal", the winner of the Drama Prize, was not on the list of three candidates submitted to the twenty-member Pulitzer Prize board by the five-member Drama jury. It was added to the candidate pool after several of the board members attended a performance of the musical the night before the voting deadline and was selected as the winner by at least three-quarters of the board members. Jury chairman Charles McNulty publicly criticized the Board for its "geographic myopia" and "failure to appreciate new directions in playwriting" for overlooking the three plays that were not running on Broadway at the time of the Award in favor of one that was.
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