Winners

Letters, Drama, and Music

Fiction: Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner (Doubleday)
Drama: (No Award)
History: Neither Black Nor White by Carl N. Degler (Macmillan)
Biography or Autobiography: Eleanor and Franklin by Joseph P. Lash (Norton)
Poetry: Collected Poems by James Wright (Wesleyan Univ. Press)
General Nonfiction: Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-1945 by Barbara W. Tuchman (Macmillan)
Music: Windows by Jacob Druckman; Premiered by the Chicago Symphony on March 16, 1972 at Orchestra Hall, Chicago.

There are no special citations for this time period.

No press releases are currently recorded for this year.

Public Service: The New York Times; For the publication of the Pentagon Papers.
Local General or Spot News Reporting: Richard Cooper and John Machacek of Rochester (NY) Times-Union; For their coverage of the Attica, New York prison riot.
Local Investigative Specialized Reporting: Timothy Leland, Gerard M. O'Neill, Stephen A. Kurkjian and Ann Desantis of The Boston Globe; For their exposure of widespread corruption in Somerville, Massachusetts.
National Reporting: Jack Anderson, a syndicated columnist; For his reporting of American policy decision-making during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971.
International Reporting: Peter R. Kann of The Wall Street Journal; For his coverage of the Indo Pakistan War of 1971.
Commentary: Mike Royko of Chicago Daily News; For his columns during 1971.
Criticism: Frank Peters Jr. of St. Louis Post-Dispatch; For his music criticism during 1971.
Editorial Writing: John Strohmeyer of Bethlehem (PA) Globe-Times; For his editorial campaign to reduce racial tensions in Bethlehem.
Editorial Cartooning: Jeffrey K. MacNelly of Richmond News-Leader; For his editorial cartooning during 1971.
Spot News Photography: Horst Faas and Michel Laurent of Associated Press; For their picture series, "Death in Dacca."
Feature Photography: Dave Kennerly of United Press International; For his dramatic photographs of the Vietnam War in 1971.