Wikipedia:Pulitzer Prize
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This page describes style guidelines for mentioning Pulitzer Prize winners, citations and "nominations" in Wikipedia entries.
Issues[edit]
- The phrase nominated for a Pulitzer Prize is discouraged as per the Pulitzer Prizes web site, that says: "We discourage someone saying he or she was 'nominated' for a Pulitzer simply because an entry was sent to us."
- Reason: Any person can be "nominated" by simply having the form filled out and the submission sent to the Pulitzer Prizes administration at Columbia University. In this sense, "nominated" is no more significant than "submitted." Unfortunately, it is all too common that authors or writers will say in their own biographies or public relations materials that they were "nominated for a Pulitzer," for it to sound prestigious when it is a rather meaningless distinction.
- Alternatives: Instead, the phrase "a Pulitzer Prize finalist" should be used, but only if it is specifically mentioned as a finalist in the announcement at pulitzer.org. [1]
- Special case: Before 1980, it is possible "nominated" meant the person was a "finalist," but this needs to be examined on a case by case basis.
See also[edit]
- Charlie_Gasparino#Pulitzer_nominee_claim
- Fox Business' Charles Gasparino Is Today's Fake Pulitzer Prize Nominee: Journos, if you have any temptation to type the world "Pulitzer" on your résumé without actually coming close to winning one, think long and hard about how hard it will be to wipe the embarrassment off your name. (The Atlantic, Alexander Abad-Santos, JUNE 27, 2012)
External links[edit]
- The Pulitzer Scam, Steve Lehto, Huffington Post, July 13, 2011.