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==Background==

==Background==

The awards are administered by Columbia University<ref>[http://www.pulitzer.org/ The Pulitzer Prizes]</ref> with the winners of the Pulitzer Prize being determined by The Pulitzer Prize Board.<ref>[http://pulitzer.org/CurrentBoard/CurrentBoard.html Current Board]</ref> They often are awarded to [[liberal]] works. For example, in 2007 the '''Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting''' was awarded to [[Charles Savage]] for his attack on [[George W. Bush|George Bush]]'s use of signing statements.<ref>[http://archive.boston.com/news/specials/savage_signing_statements/ 2007 Pulitzer Prize: Charlie Savage, National Reporting], [[Boston Globe]]</ref>  In fact, over 15 years earlier [http://www.conservapedia.com/George_H._W._Bush George Bush's father] also attached statements to bills that he signed.  One of two honored finalists for the same prize was a work claiming that an innocent man was subjected to the [[death penalty]].<ref>This honored finalist was work by "Maurice Possley and Steve Mills of the Chicago Tribune for their investigation of a 1989 execution in Texas that strongly suggests an innocent man was killed by lethal injection." [http://www.pulitzer.org/year/2007/national-reporting/ Pulitzer Prize Winners]</ref>

The awards are administered by Columbia University<ref>[http://www.pulitzer.org/ The Pulitzer Prizes]</ref> with the winners of the Pulitzer Prize being determined by The Pulitzer Prize Board.<ref>[http://pulitzer.org/CurrentBoard/CurrentBoard.html Current Board]</ref> They often are awarded to [[liberal]] works. For example, in 2007 the '''Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting''' was awarded to [[Charles Savage]] for his attack on [[George W. Bush]]'s use of signing statements.<ref>[http://archive.boston.com/news/specials/savage_signing_statements/ 2007 Pulitzer Prize: Charlie Savage, National Reporting], [[Boston Globe]]</ref>  In fact, over 15 years earlier [[George_H._W._Bush|Bush's father]] also attached statements to bills that he signed.  One of two honored finalists for the same prize was a work claiming that an innocent man was subjected to the [[death penalty]].<ref>This honored finalist was work by "Maurice Possley and Steve Mills of the Chicago Tribune for their investigation of a 1989 execution in Texas that strongly suggests an innocent man was killed by lethal injection." [http://www.pulitzer.org/year/2007/national-reporting/ Pulitzer Prize Winners]</ref>

Only U.S. citizens are eligible to apply for the Prizes in Letters, Drama and [[Music]] (with the exception of the [[History]] category in Letters where the book must be a history of the United States but the author may be of any nationality). For the Journalism competition, entrants may be of any nationality but work must have appeared in a U.S. newspaper published at least once a week, on a newspaper's Web site or on an online news organization's Web site.<ref>[http://www.pulitzer.org/faq Frequently Asked Questions]</ref>

Only U.S. citizens are eligible to apply for the Prizes in Letters, Drama and [[Music]] (with the exception of the [[History]] category in Letters where the book must be a history of the United States but the author may be of any nationality). For the Journalism competition, entrants may be of any nationality but work must have appeared in a U.S. newspaper published at least once a week, on a newspaper's Web site or on an online news organization's Web site.<ref>[http://www.pulitzer.org/faq Frequently Asked Questions]</ref>