Winners

Letters, Drama, and Music

Novel: Scarlet Sister Mary by Julia Peterkin (Bobbs)
Drama: Street Scene by Elmer L. Rice
History: The Organization and Administration of the Union Army, 1861-1865 by Fred Albert Shannon (A.H. Clark)
Biography or Autobiography: The Training of an American: The Earlier Life and Letters of Walter H. Page by Burton J. Hendrick (Houghton)
Poetry: John Browns Body by Stephen Vincent Benet (Farrar)

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Public Service: New York Evening World; For its effective campaign to correct evils in the administration of justice, including the fight to curb "ambulance chasers," support of the "fence" bill, and measures to simplify procedure, prevent perjury and eliminate politics from municipal courts; a campaign which has been instrumental in securing remedial action.
Reporting: Paul Y. Anderson of St. Louis Post-Dispatch; For his highly effective work in bringing to light a situation which resulted in revealing the disposition of Liberty Bonds purchased and distributed by the Continental Trading Company in connection with naval oil leases.
Correspondence: Paul Scott Mowrer of Chicago Daily News; For his coverage of international affairs including the Franco-British Naval Pact and Germany's campaign for revision of the Dawes Plan.
Editorial Writing: Louis Isaac Jaffe of Norfolk Virginian-Pilot; For his editorial entitled "An Unspeakable Act of Savagery," which is typical of a series of articles written on the lynching evil and in successful advocacy of legislation to prevent it.
Editorial Cartooning: Rollin Kirby of New York World; For "Tammany."