Winners

Letters, Drama, and Music

Fiction: The Stories of John Cheever by John Cheever (Knopf)
Drama: Buried Child by Sam Shepard
History: The Dred Scott Case by Don E. Fehrenbacher (Oxford Univ. Press)
Biography or Autobiography: Days of Sorrow and Pain: Leo Baeck and the Berlin Jews by Leonard Baker (Macmillan)
Poetry: Now and Then by Robert Penn Warren (Random)
General Nonfiction: On Human Nature by Edward O. Wilson (Harvard Univ. Press)
Music: Aftertones of Infinity by Joseph Schwantner; First performed by the American Composers Orchestra on January 29, 1979 in Alice Tully Hall New York City.

There are no special citations for this time period.

No press releases are currently recorded for this year.

Public Service: Point Reyes Light, a California weekly; For its investigation of Synanon.
Local General or Spot News Reporting: Staff of San Diego (CA) Evening Tribune; For its coverage of the collision of a Pacific Southwest air liner with a small plane over its city.
Local Investigative Specialized Reporting: Gilbert M. Gaul and Elliot G. Jaspin of Pottsville (PA) Republican; For stories on the destruction of the Blue Coal Company by men with ties to organized crime.
National Reporting: James Risser of Des Moines Register; For a series on farming damage to the environment.
International Reporting: Richard Ben Cramer of The Philadelphia Inquirer; For reports from the Middle East.
Feature Writing: Jon D. Franklin of Baltimore Evening Sun; For an account of brain surgery.
Commentary: Russell Baker of The New York Times
Criticism: Paul Gapp of Chicago Tribune
Editorial Writing: Edwin M. Yoder Jr. of The Washington Star
Editorial Cartooning: Herbert L. Block of The Washington Post; For the body of his work.
Spot News Photography: Thomas J. Kelly III of Pottstown (PA) Mercury; For a series called "Tragedy on Sanatoga Road."
Feature Photography: Staff Photographers of Boston Herald American; For photographic coverage of the blizzard of 1978.