Winners

Letters, Drama, and Music

Novel

All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren (Harcourt)

Drama

(No Award)

History

Scientists Against Time by James Phinney Baxter 3rd (Little)

Biography or Autobiography

The Autobiography of William Allen White by William Allen White (Macmillan)

Poetry

Lord Weary's Castle by Robert Lowell (Harcourt)

Music

Symphony No. 3 by Charles Ives

First performed by Lou Harrison and Chamber Orchestra in New York, April, 1946.

Special Citations

Special Awards and Citations - Journalism

Columbia University and the Graduate School of Journalism

For their efforts to maintain and advance the high standards governing the Pulitzer Prize awards (Pulitzer centennial year).

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch

For its unswerving adherence to the public and professional ideals of its founder and its constructive leadership in the field of American journalism.

Pulitzer Prize Board

Members

The board overseeing the prizes

Press Releases

No press releases are currently recorded for this year.

Journalism

Public Service

Baltimore Sun

For its series of articles by Howard M. Norton dealing with the administration of unemployment compensation in Maryland, resulting in convictions and pleas of guilty in criminal court of 93 persons.

Reporting

Frederick Woltman of New York World-Telegram

For his articles during 1946 on the infiltration of Communism in the U.S.

Correspondence

Brooks Atkinson of The New York Times

For distinguished correspondence during 1946, as exemplified by his series of articles on Russia.

Telegraphic Reporting (National)

Edward T. Folliard of The Washington Post

For his series of articles published during 1946 on the Columbians, Inc..

Telegraphic Reporting (International)

Eddy Gilmore of Associated Press

For his correspondence from Moscow in 1946.

Editorial Writing

William H. Grimes of The Wall Street Journal

For his distinguished editorial writing during the year.

Editorial Cartooning

Vaughn Shoemaker of Chicago Daily News

For his cartoon, "Still Racing His Shadow."

Photography

Arnold Hardy, amateur photographer of Atlanta, GA

For his photo of girl leaping to death in hotel fire, distributed by the AP.