I te tau 1994, i a ia e noho ana hei Tumuaki o te Tari Chicago o te "The New York Times", ko ia te wahine tuatahi o te taonga tuku iho o Awherika-Amerika i toa i te Tohu Pulitzer i roto i te mahi nūpepa, i toa i te tohu tuhituhi mo tana kapinga o nga waipuke o te takiuru o te 1993
me tōna whakaahua o tētahi tamaiti 10 tau te pakeke e kawenga ana mō ōna teina tokowhā. He maha nga tuhinga a Wilkerson kei roto i te pukapuka "Pulitzer Prize Feature Stories: Amerika's Best Writing, 1979 - 2003", na David Garlock i whakatika.