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Pulitzer Prize
A Pulitzer Prizes is to the arts what a Nobel Prize is to science. Again the Prize was the result of a bequest. They are awarded in the fields of music, art and literature. Unlike Nobel Prizes, where there are no public nominations and you might wait a lifetime for the phone call, you enter your name for a Pulitzer Prize. Most people associate the term Pulitzer Prize winner with journalism, but about 25 Pulitzers are awarded each year. You must be a US citizen to enter.
Turing Award
Originally set up by the Association of Computer Machinery, this award comes with prize money of $250,000, supported by Google and Intel, and goes to a person who significantly advanced computer science or artificial intelligence in the previous year. It is considered the Nobel Prize for computing.
XPRIZE
XPRIZEs are awarded for technology and bear the democratic stamp of the Internet age. Anyone can propose a challenge but they must also provide the prize money! It’s big money. The Ansari XPRIZE for the first
XPRIZE First Award Ceremony
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