| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| GOFORGOLD | Try to win first prize |
| POOLE | First novelist to win Pulitzer Prize, 1918. |
| YEATS | First Irishman to win a Nobel Prize |
| GWENDOLYNBROOKS | First black poet to win a Pulitzer Prize |
| MARSALIS | First jazz musician to win a Pulitzer Prize |
| LAGERLOF | First woman to win Nobel Prize in literature, 1909. |
| JKROWLING | First person to win a Smarties Prize, for children's books, three years in a row |
