2022 Pulitzer Prize competition in journalism opens

The 2022 Pulitzer Prize competition in journalism is currently accepting submissions. The 2022 cycle recognizes work published in the 2021 calendar year. All entries must be received by the Jan. 25 deadline; a full list of all 15 journalism prize categories is available here.

The Editorial Cartooning category is now called Illustrated Reporting and Commentary. Redefined last year, the category recognizes "a distinguished portfolio of editorial cartoons or other illustrated work (still, animated, or both) characterized by political insight, editorial effectiveness, or public service value."

The number of items that may be included in each entry also was changed in the 2021 cycle. In the Public Service, Feature Photography, Breaking News Photography and Illustrated Reporting and Commentary categories, the maximum number of items that can be included is 15; for other prize categories, a maximum of seven items will be allowed per entry. Feature Writing will continue to allow a total of five items per entry. Audio Reporting entries may not exceed a total of five hours of recorded material. Additional materials may be included as supplemental files. The revised guidelines reflected an adaptation to the increase in complex web entries, and were designed to facilitate jurors’ and Board members’ ability to navigate and evaluate submitted works.

Besides corrections, any significant changes to stories submitted as URLs made more than a week after initial publication must be identified and summarized in the entry.

Details on How to Enter are available here.

A list of FAQs is available here.