Pulitzer Prize for Criticism

• 1970: Ada Louise Huxtable, The New York Times, distinguished criticism.
• 1971: Harold C. Schonberg, The New York Times, music.
• 1972: Frank Peters Jr., St. Louis Post-Dispatch, music.
• 1973: Ronald Powers, The Chicago Sun-Time, television
• 1974: Emily Genauer, Newsday, art
• 1975: Roger Ebert, The Chicago Sun-Time, film
• 1976: Alan M. Kriegsman, The Washington Post, dance
• 1977: William McPherson, The Washington Post, books
• 1978: Walter Kerr, The New York Times, theater
• 1979: Paul Gapp, The Chicago Tribune, architecture
• 1980: William A. Henry III, The Boston Globe, television
• 1981: Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Star, books
• 1982: Martin Bernheimer, The Los Angeles Times, music
• 1983: Manuela Hoelterhoff, The Wall Street Journal, the arts
• 1984: Paul Goldberger, The New York Times, architecture
• 1985: Howard Rosenberg, The Los Angeles Times, television
• 1986: Donal Henehan, The New York Times, music
• 1987: Richard Eder, The Los Angeles Times, books
• 1988: Tom Shales, The Washington Post, television
• 1989: Michael Skube, The News and Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina), books
• 1990: Allan Temko, The San Francisco Chronicle, architecture
• 1991: David Shaw, The Los Angeles Times, media coverage of the McMartin Preschool Child Abuse case
• 1992: no award given
• 1993: Michael Dirda, The Washington Post, books
• 1994: Lloyd Schwartz, The Boston Phoenix, music
• 1995: Margo Jefferson, The New York Times, books
• 1996: Robert Campbell, The Boston Globe, architecture
• 1997: Tim Page, The Washington Post, music
• 1998: Michiko Kakutani[?], The New York Times, books and literature
• 1999: Blair Kamin[?], The Chicago Tribune, architecture
• 2000: Henry Allen[?], The Washington Post, photography
• 2001: Gail Caldwell[?], The Boston Globe, contemporary life and literature
• 2002: Justin Davidson[?], Newsday, music