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website. Please note the answer to question 9.
ENTRIES FOR THE AWARD
The basics
1) What books are eligible for consideration? Books first published in the United States during 2023. All entries must be made available for purchase by the general public in either hardcover or bound paperback book form by a United States-based press. In the Fiction, Biography, Memoir, Poetry and General Nonfiction categories, authors must be United States citizens. In the History category, the author may be of any nationality but the subject of the book must pertain to United States history.
2) Must the publisher make the entry? The publisher does not need to make the entry. Anyone (including the author) may submit an eligible book.
3) Is there an individual or organizational submission limit? There is no limit. You are free to make as many submissions of eligible material as you wish.
4) May I send a check and a copy of the old paper entry form in lieu of completing the online entry form? We are unable to accept paper checks. We ask that you use the online entry form
if at all possible. We are happy to guide you through the process.
5) Do you accept books that are self-published in the United States via such services as Amazon, CreateSpace or Lulu? Yes, as long as they meet the aforementioned criteria (see No. 1).
6) My submission is only available as an ebook. Is it still eligible? Although we are now accepting PDFs, eligibility is contingent on its availability as a bound book (see No. 1).
Science fiction? A translation?
7) Are "genre" (science fiction, fantasy, mystery, thriller, horror/weird, Western, etc.) titles eligible in the Fiction category? Works outside the purview of literary fiction are eligible for the Pulitzer Prize as long as they meet the aforementioned criteria (United States citizenship of author; all entries must be made available for purchase by the general public in either hardcover or bound paperback book form by a United States-based publisher in 2023).
8) Are graphic/comic-based works eligible? Yes, as long as they meet the aforementioned criteria (see questions Nos. 1 and 7). Graphic adaptations of preexisting literary and cultural works are ineligible. We have accepted graphic books in several categories, including Fiction and General Nonfiction.
9) Are translations eligible? Translations are ineligible.
For the purposes of the competition, "translations" are any text initially written in a language other than Modern English. In particular, please note that
new translations of the world's foundational literary and scriptural texts (including translations from earlier forms of English) are not eligible.
10) Are edited anthologies eligible? "Edited anthologies," which include
compilations of work by various authors and/or any work derived from the curatorial input of a credited editor (as exemplified by a collection of
selected letters), are not eligible.
However, collections with no editorial attribution that present a writer's selected or collected oeuvre in book form for the first time (such as "The Stories of John Cheever,"
which received the 1979 Fiction Prize) are eligible. Please contact us at
pulitzer@pulitzer.org or (212) 854-3841 if you require further clarification.
11) My book was published by a foreign university press with an editorial presence in the United States. Is it eligible? We accept books by publishers that maintain an editorial presence in the United States (including but not limited to Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press and Bloomsbury). Foreign university presses distributed by these entities (such as Edinburgh University Press) are ineligible. Please contact us at
pulitzer@pulitzer.org or (212) 854-3841 if the circumstances are nebulous and you require a more detailed evaluation.
12) I am a United States citizen who lives abroad and my book was published by a foreign press. Is it eligible? No, it is not eligible. Although we do not take an entrant's current place of residence into account as long as the entrant is a United States citizen in all categories save for History, the book must have been published by a United States-based press (see No. 11 if necessary). Please contact us at
pulitzer@pulitzer.org or (212) 854-3841 if you require a more detailed evaluation.
13) Is it possible to enter a revised edition of a previously published work even if it wasn't previously entered and/or immediately recalled following initial publication? Previously published works (including revised editions) are ineligible. The competition is limited to books first published in 2023.
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