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Chronology of Pulitzer Prize categories

1910s			1920s										1930s										1940s										1950s										1960s										1970s										1980s										1990s										2000s										2010s										2020s				Current Categories
17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
Journalism																																																																Journalism
17		19		21	Editorial Writing								30		32			35																																														81												93															08				12												Editorial Writing
17		19	Reporting								28	47																																																																																															–
17			20					25					30	Public Service																																																																Public Service
	18	Newspaper History																																																																																																									–
					22	23	Editorial Cartooning												36																								60					65								73	20																																															21	22		Illustrated Reporting and Commentary
												29	Correspondence																	47																																																																													–
													Telegraphic Reporting – International												42	47					48	International Reporting																												77																																															International Reporting
													Telegraphic Reporting – National												42	43	47				48			51	National Reporting																																																																National Reporting
																									42	Photography																								67	68	Spot News Photography																														99	00	Breaking News Photography																							Breaking News Photography
																																																			68	Feature Photography																																																							Feature Photography
																															48	Local Reporting			52	53	Local Reporting – Edition Time									63	64	Local General or Spot News Reporting																			84	85	General News Rep.				90	91	Spot News Reporting					97	98	Breaking News Reporting												11													Breaking News Reporting
																																				53	Local Reporting – No Edition Time									63	64	Local Investigative Specialized Reporting																			84	85	Investigative Reporting																																						Investigative Reporting
																																																					70	Commentary																																																					Commentary
																																																					70	Criticism																					92																																Criticism
																																																														79	Feature Writing																								04										14										Feature Writing
																																																																				85	Explanatory Journalism											97	98	Explanatory Reporting																									Explanatory Reporting
																																																																				85	Specialized Reporting				90	91	Beat Reporting														06	07	Local Reporting																Local Reporting
																																																																																																							20				Audio Reporting
Letters • Drama • Music																																																																Letters • Drama • Music
17	Biography or Autobiography																																												62																																																												22	23	Biography
																																																																																																										23	Memoir or Autobiography
17		19	History																																																																84										94																														History
																																													62	General Nonfiction																																																													General Nonfiction
17			20	Novel																				41					46	47	48	Fiction					54			57							64							71			74			77																																			12												Fiction
					22	Poetry																							46																																																																	Poetry
17		19	Drama																						42		44			47				51												63	64		66		68				72		74												86											97									06																		Drama
																										43	Music									53											64	65																81																																											Music
Special Awards & Citations																																																																Special Awards & Citations
							24						30								38			41			44	45		47				51	52	53					58						64														78																		96																							19	20	21	22		For journalism
	18	19																																						57			60	61												73				77	78						84								92														06	07																	For letters
																											44																														74		76						82			85													98	99							06	07	08		10									19					For music
																											44			47	48																												76											87																																					For service

Legend

   Awarded, current category

   Awarded, category renamed and is current category

   Awarded, category no longer exists

   Nominees selected but category was not awarded

Note: The Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting was split into two categories in 1948 that still exist as Breaking News Reporting and Investigative Reporting. The Local Reporting category was revived in 2007 as a new category to replace the Beat Reporting category.