For the best editorial article written during the year, the test of excellence being clearness of style, moral purpose, sound reasoning and power to influence public opinion in the right direction, $500.
Editorial Staff of the New York Tribune
For an editorial article on the first anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania.
1917 Prize Winners
Herbert Bayard Swope of the New York World
For articles which appeared October 10, October 15 and from November 4 daily to November 22, 1916, inclusive, entitled, "Inside the German Empire."