Pulitzer Prize (1980-1989)

1980: David Del Tredici

1981: No Pulitzer Prize awarded

1982: Milton Babbitt– Special Citation

1982: Roger Sessions

1983: Ellen Taaffe Zwilich

1984: Bernard Rands

1985: Stephen Albert

1986: George Perle

1987: John Harbison

1988: William Bolcom

1989: Roger Reynolds