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| PUBLIC SERVICE | Charlotte (N. C.) Observer For its series on "Brown Lung: A Case of Deadly Neglect." | |
| LOCAL GENERAL OR SPOT NEWS REPORTING | Staff of Longview (Wash.) Daily News For its coverage of the Mt. St. Helens story, including the photographs by ROGER A. WERTH. | |
| LOCAL INVESTIGATIVE SPECIALIZED REPORTING | Clark Hallas and Robert B. Lowe of Arizona Daily Star For their investigation of the University of Arizona Athletic Department. | |
| NATIONAL REPORTING | John M. Crewdson of New York Times For his coverage of illegal aliens and immigration. | |
| INTERNATIONAL REPORTING | Shirley Christian of Miami Herald For her dispatches from Central America. | |
| FEATURE WRITING | Teresa Carpenter of Village Voice, New York City [The prize was first awarded to Janet Cooke of The Washington Post, but it was returned two days later after The Post learned that the winning story was fabricated.] | |
| COMMENTARY | Dave Anderson of New York Times For his commentary on sports. | |
| CRITICISM | Jonathan Yardley of Washington Star For his book reviews. | |
| EDITORIAL WRITING | (No Award) | |
| EDITORIAL CARTOONING | Mike Peters of Dayton (Ohio) Daily News | |
| SPOT NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY | Larry C. Price of Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram For his photographs from Liberia. | |
| FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY | Taro M. Yamasaki of Detroit Free Press For his photographs of Jackson (Mich.) State Prison. | |
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| FICTION | A Confederacy of Dunces by the late John Kennedy Toole (a posthumous publication) (Louisiana State U. Press) | |
| DRAMA | Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley | |
| HISTORY | American Education: The National Experience, 1783-1876 by Lawrence A. Cremin (Harper & Row) | |
| BIOGRAPHY OR AUTOBIOGRAPHY | Peter the Great: His Life and World by Robert K. Massie (Knopf) | |
| POETRY | The Morning of the Poem by James Schuyler (Farrar, Straus) | |
| GENERAL NON-FICTION | Fin-De Siecle Vienna: Politics And Culture by Carl E. Schorske (Knopf) | |
| MUSIC | (No Award) | |
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