2010 Pulitzer Prize myopia" and "failure to appreciate new directions in playwriting" for overlooking the three plays that were not running on Broadway at the time of the Award in favor of one that was. 2010 Pulitzer Prize The 2010 Pulitzer Prizes were awarded on Monday, April 12, 2010. In journalism, "The Washington Post" won four awards while "The New York Times" won three. For the first time, an online source, "ProPublica", won in what had previously been the sole province of print. A musical, "Next to Normal", won the Drama award for the first time in 14 years. Country singer-songwriter Hank Williams,
Pulitzer Prize for Music Spratlan, who won the prize in 2000, also objected, saying "The Pulitzer is one of the very few prizes that award artistic distinction in front-edge, risk-taking music. To dilute this objective by inviting the likes of musicals and movie scores, no matter how excellent, is to undermine the distinctiveness and capability for artistic advancement." In its first 71 years to 2013, the Music Pulitzer was awarded 67 times; it was never split and no prize was given in 1953, 1964, 1965, and 1981. Indented entries are finalists after each year's winner. Four people have won the Pulitzer Prize for Music