2011 Pulitzer Prize 2011 Pulitzer Prize The 2011 Pulitzer Prizes were announced on Monday, April 18, 2011. "The Los Angeles Times" won two prizes, including the highest honor for Public Service. "The New York Times" also won two awards. No prize was handed out in the Breaking News category. "The Wall Street Journal" won an award for the first time since 2007. Jennifer Egan's "A Visit From the Goon Squad" picked up the Fiction prize after already winning the 2010 National Book Critics Circle Award. Photographer Carol Guzy of "The Washington Post" became the first journalist to win four Pulitzer Prizes. In December
Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the drama prize ran from March 1 to March 2, to reflect the Broadway 'season' rather than the calendar year. The decision was made, however, that the 2007 Prize would consider works staged during an eligibility period of January 1 to December 31, 2006—thus bringing the schedule for the Drama Prize in line with those of the other prizes. The drama jury, which consists of one academic and four critics, attends plays in New York and in regional theaters. The Pulitzer board has the authority to overrule the jury's choice, however, as happened in 1986 when the jury chose