Pulitzer Prize winners include Elizabeth Strout, Lynn Nottage, W.S. Merwin and more

It's that time of year again, when the stars align to produce three great events (usually) in the same month. We get Easter, Coachella and the Pulitzer announcements all wrapped up in a pastel-colored package, complete with blossoming trees and warm weather. It's like Rogers and Hammerstein took over the universe for a few weeks, and we're all suddenly compelled to break into song.

Aside from bunnies and Karen O's California shimmying, the Pulitzers gave us some things to rejoice about as well. This year's winners include Elizabeth Strout in the Fiction category for her short story collection Olive Kitteridge and W.S. Merwin for Poetry with his book of lyric pieces entitled The Shadow of Sirius. Lynn Nottage carried away the prize in the Drama category for her play Ruined, set in the Democratic Republic of Congo.