The Pulitzer prizes are being awarded next week.... and unlike most awards the prize committee dose not issue a shortlist in advance of the awards. The beauty of this system is that it leaves us open to speculate rampantly.
Enter PPrize.com who have crunched some numbers to predict who might win the fiction prize.
Here are their top 15 predictions listed in order of probability.
1. "Home" by Marilynne Robinson
2. "The Widows of Eastwick" by John Updike
3. "Indignation" by Philip Roth
4. "The Lazarus Project" by Aleksandar Hemon
5. "Fine Just the Way It Is" by Annie Proulx
6. "The Plague of Doves" by Louise Erdrich
7. "A Mercy" by Toni Morrison
8. "Unaccustomed Earth" by Jhumpa Lahiri
9. "Olive Kitteridge" by Elizabeth Strout
10. "Dangerous Laughter" by Steven Millhauser
11. "Telex from Cuba" by Rachel Kushner
12. "Netherland" by Joseph O'Neill
13. "My Sister, My Love" by Joyce Carol Oates
14. "Lush Life" by Richard Price
15. "Our Story Begins" by Tobias Wolff
2. "The Widows of Eastwick" by John Updike
3. "Indignation" by Philip Roth
4. "The Lazarus Project" by Aleksandar Hemon
5. "Fine Just the Way It Is" by Annie Proulx
6. "The Plague of Doves" by Louise Erdrich
7. "A Mercy" by Toni Morrison
8. "Unaccustomed Earth" by Jhumpa Lahiri
9. "Olive Kitteridge" by Elizabeth Strout
10. "Dangerous Laughter" by Steven Millhauser
11. "Telex from Cuba" by Rachel Kushner
12. "Netherland" by Joseph O'Neill
13. "My Sister, My Love" by Joyce Carol Oates
14. "Lush Life" by Richard Price
15. "Our Story Begins" by Tobias Wolff
I think if I had to make a guess today, I would choose "The Widows
of Eastwick" by John Updike to win this year's prize. However the dark horse often wins in literary races. Who do you think is going to win the Pulitzer for fiction? I'll post the winner on Monday.
[Edit - The Winner has been announced]
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