Geoffkait...
I guess the number of my posts on the site are too few or too many for you? Whatever....
Neither the Pulitzer nor the Noble requires the nominated to submit an application, nor is the Pulitzer an equal to being knighted. I am not now nor was I ever a "fan" of Dylan with respect to those that are; the first record I ever purchased was "Blood On The Tracks," I'll turn sixty this year so that's rather a late arrival, don'cha think?
At least he wasn't nominated for an Oscar for Pat Garret.