Award for publishing cryptic puzzle: Pierre shortly to receive it (8,5)
I believe the answer is:
pulitzer prize
'award for publishing' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'cryptic puzzle pierre shortly to receive it' is the wordplay.
'cryptic' indicates an anagram (a cryptic or obscure order of the letters).
'shortly' means to remove the last letter.
'to receive' indicates putting letters inside.
'puzzle'+'pierre'='puzzlepierre'
'puzzlepierre' with its last letter taken off is 'puzzlepierr'.
'puzzlepierr' with letters rearranged gives 'pulzerprize'.
'pulzerprize' placed around 'it' is 'PULITZER PRIZE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pulitzer prize that I've seen before include "literary award" , "American award for literature, journalism, music etc" , "Annual award for American journalism, literature or music" , "Award for American writing etc" .)