In June 2021 it won a Pulitzer Prize, eight months after the magazine ceased publication.

The prize was awarded in feature writing for a story on refugees and potential immigrants crossing the Darién Gap by freelance writer Nadja Drost.

[1] The California Sunday Magazine was founded in October 2014 by Douglas McGray and Chas Edwards.

[4] Other finalists included National Geographic, New York, Vanity Fair, and The Wall Street Journal.

[6] California Sunday, Inc. also produces a live show called Pop-Up Magazine.