Winners

Letters, Drama, and Music

Novel

Dragon's Teeth by Upton Sinclair (Viking)

Drama

The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder

History

Paul Revere and the World He Lived In by Esther Forbes (Houghton)

Biography or Autobiography

Admiral of the Ocean Sea by Samuel Eliot Morison (Little)

Poetry

A Witness Tree by Robert Frost (Holt)

Music

Secular Cantata No. 2. A Free Song by William Schuman

Performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra and published by G. Schirmer, Inc., New York.

Special Citations

There are no special citations for this time period.

Pulitzer Prize Board

Members

The board overseeing the prizes

Press Releases

No press releases are currently recorded for this year.

Journalism

Public Service

Omaha (NE) World-Herald

For its initiative and originality in planning a state-wide campaign for the collection of scrap metal for the war effort. The Nebraska plan was adopted on a national scale by the daily newspapers, resulting in a united effort which succeeded in supplying our war industries with necessary scrap material.

Reporting

George Weller of Chicago Daily News

For his graphic story of how a U.S. Navy Pharmacist's Mate under enemy waters in a submarine performed an operation for appendicitis saving a sailor's life.

Correspondence

Hanson W. Baldwin of The New York Times

For his report of his wartime tour of the Southwest Pacific.

Telegraphic Reporting (National)

(No Award)

Telegraphic Reporting (International)

Ira Wolfert of North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.

For his series of three articles on the fifth battle of the Solomons.

Editorial Writing

Forrest W. Seymour of Register and Tribune, Des Moines, IA

For his editorials published during the calendar year 1942.

Editorial Cartooning

Jay Norwood Darling of Des Moines Register & Tribune

For "What a Place For a Waste Paper Salvage Campaign."

Photography

Frank Noel of Associated Press

For his photo entitled, "Water!" serviced by the AP.