For the best volume of verse published during the year by an American author, Five hundred dollars ($500).
V-Letter and Other Poems, by Karl Shapiro (Reynal)
The Jury
The Jury
Wilbur L. Cross(Chair)
Henry S. Canby
Louis Untermeyer
Winners in Poetry
1945 Prize Winners
Harold V. (Hal) Boyle of Associated Press
For distinguished war correspondence during the year 1944.
Technician Third Grade Bill Mauldin of United Feature Syndicate, Inc.
For distinguished service as a cartoonist, as exemplified by the cartoon entitled, "Fresh, spirited American troops, flushed with victory, are bringing in thousands of hungry, ragged, battle-weary prisoners," in the series entitled, "Up Front With Mauldin."