Breaking news reporting: No award
Investigative reporting: Paige St. John of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Explanatory reporting: Mark Johnson, Kathleen Gallagher, Gary Porter, Lou Saldivar, and Alison Sherwood of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Local reporting: Frank Main, Mark Konkol, and John J. Kim of the Chicago Sun-Times
National reporting: Jesse Eisinger and Jake Bernstein of ProPublica
International reporting: Clifford J. Levy and Ellen Barry of The New York Times
Feature writing: Amy Ellis Nutt of The Star-Ledger, Newark
Commentary: David Leonhardt of The New York Times
Criticism: Sebastian Smee of The Boston Globe
Editorial writing: Joseph Rago of The Wall Street Journal
Editorial cartooning: Mike Keefe of The Denver Post
Breaking news photography: Carol Guzy, Nikki Kahn, and Ricky Carioti of The Washington Post
Feature photography: Barbara Davidson of the Los Angeles Times
Drama: “Clybourne Park’’ by Bruce Norris
History: “The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery’’ by Eric Foner (W.W. Norton & Co.)
Biography: “Washington: A Life’’ by Ron Chernow (Penguin Press)
Poetry: “The Best of It: New and Selected Poems’’ by Kay Ryan (Grove)
General nonfiction: “The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer’’ by Siddhartha Mukherjee (Scribner)
Music: “Madame White Snake’’ by Zhou Long, premiered Feb. 26, 2010, by the Boston Opera at the Cutler Majestic Theatre
