Winners

Letters, Drama, and Music

Novel

(No Award)

Drama

There Shall Be No Night by Robert E. Sherwood

History

The Atlantic Migration, 1607-1860 by Marcus Lee Hansen (Harvard Univ. Press)

Biography or Autobiography

Jonathan Edward by Ola Elizabeth Winslow (Macmillan)

Poetry

Sunderland Capture by Leonard Bacon (Harper)

Special Citations

Special Awards and Citations - Journalism

The New York Times

For the public educational value of its foreign news report, exemplified by its scope, by excellence of writing and presentation and supplementary background information, illustration, and interpretation.

Pulitzer Prize Board

Members

The board overseeing the prizes

Press Releases

No press releases are currently recorded for this year.

Journalism

Public Service

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

For its successful campaign against the city smoke nuisance.

Reporting

Westbrook Pegler of New York World-Telegram

For his articles on scandals in the ranks of organized labor, which led to the exposure and conviction of George Scalise, a labor racketeer.

Correspondence

Group Award

In place of an individual Pulitzer Prize for foreign correspondence, the Trustees approved the recommendation of the Advisory Board that a bronze plaque or scroll be designed and executed to recognize and symbolize the public services and the individual achievements of American news reporters in the war zones of Europe, Asia and Africa from the beginning of the present war.

Editorial Writing

Reuben Maury of New York Daily News

For his distinguished editorial writing during the year.

Editorial Cartooning

Jacob Burck of Chicago Times

For "If I Should Die Before I Wake."