1986 Pulitzer Prize

The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1986.

Journalism

 * Public service: The Denver Post
 * "For its in-depth study of "missing children", which revealed that most are involved in custody disputes or are runaways and which helped mitigate national fears stirred by exaggerated statistics."
 * General news reporting: Edna Buchanan of The Miami Herald
 * "For her versatile and consistently excellent police beat reporting."
 * Investigative reporting: Jeffrey A. Marx and Michael M. York of the Lexington Herald Leader
 * "For their series "Playing Above the Rules," which exposed cash payoffs to University of Kentucky basketball players in violation of NCAA regulations and led to significant reforms.."
 * Explanatory reporting: Staff of The New York Times
 * "For a six-part comprehensive series on the Strategic Defense Initiative, which explored the scientific, political and foreign policy issues involved in 'Star Wars'."
 * Specialized Reporting: Andrew Schneider and Mary Pat Flaherty of the Pittsburgh Press
 * "For their investigation of violations and failures in the organ transplantation system in the United States."
 * National reporting: Craig Flournoy and George Rodrigue of The Dallas Morning News
 * "For their investigation into subsidized housing in East Texas, which uncovered patterns of racial discrimination and segregation in public housing across the United States and led to significant reforms."
 * National reporting: Arthur Howe of The Philadelphia Inquirer
 * "For his enterprising and indefatigable reporting on massive deficiencies in IRS processing of tax returns-reporting that eventually inspired major changes in IRS procedures and prompted the agency to make a public apology to U.S. taxpayers."
 * International reporting: Lewis M. Simons, Pete Carey and Katherine Ellison of the San Jose Mercury News
 * "For their June 1985 series that documented massive transfers of wealth abroad by President Marcos and his associates and had a direct impact on subsequent political developments in the Philippines and the United States."
 * Feature writing: John Camp of St. Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch
 * "For his five-part series examining the life of an American farm family faced with the worst U.S. agricultural crisis since the Depression."
 * Commentary: Jimmy Breslin of the New York Daily News
 * "For columns which consistently champion ordinary citizens"
 * Criticism: Donal Henahan of The New York Times
 * "For his music criticism."
 * Editorial writing: Jack Fuller of the Chicago Tribune
 * "For his editorials on constitutional issues."
 * Editorial cartooning: Jules Feiffer of The Village Voice, New York City
 * Spot news photography: Carol Guzy and Michel duCille of The Miami Herald
 * "For their photographs of the devastation caused by the eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano in Colombia."
 * Feature photography: Tom Gralish of The Philadelphia Inquirer
 * "For his series of photographs of Philadelphia's homeless."

Letters and Drama

 * Fiction: Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry (Simon & Schuster)
 * History: ...the Heavens and the Earth: A Political History of the Space Age by Walter A. McDougall (Basic Books)
 * Biography or autobiography: Louise Bogan: A Portrait by Elizabeth Frank (Alfred A. Knopf)
 * Poetry: The Flying Change by Henry Taylor (Louisiana State University Press)
 * General non-fiction: Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families by J. Anthony Lukas (Alfred A. Knopf)
 * General non-fiction: Move Your Shadow: South Africa, Black and White by Joseph Lelyveld (Times Books)
 * Music: Wind Quintet No. 4 by George Perle (Galaxy Music) Premiered on October 2, 1985