For the original American play, performed in New York, which shall best represent in marked fashion the educational value and power of the stage, preferably dealing with American life, $1,000.
The Time of Your Life, by William Saroyan
The Jury
The Jury
William L. Phelps(Chair)
Mary M. Colum
Schuyler Watts
Winners in Drama
1940 Prize Winners
Otto D. Tolischus of The New York Times
For his dispatches from Berlin.
Edmund Duffy of The Baltimore Sun
For "The Outstretched Hand."
Bart Howard of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
For his distinguished editorial writing during the year.