1917 Pulitzer Prize

Journalism awards

A prize of $1,000 was awarded for reporting, and $500 for editorial writing.

• Editorial Writing:
  • New York Tribune, for "The Lusitania Anniversary", an editorial article on the first anniversary of the sinking of (no author was named, but the editorial was written by Frank H. Simonds).
• Reporting:
  • Herbert Bayard Swope of the New York World, for his series "Inside the German Empire", published on October 10, October 15 and from November 4 daily to November 22, 1916. The articles were compiled in book form the following year.

Letters awards

A prize of $2,000 was awarded for the best book on American history, and $1,000 for the best American biography. Prizes for the best novel and best drama were not awarded, as the jurors did not find a deserving winner.

• Biography or Autobiography:
  • Laura E. Richards and Maud Howe Elliott assisted by Florence Howe Hall, Julia Ward Howe (Houghton).
• History:
  • Jean Jules Jusserand, With Americans of Past and Present Days (Scribner)

References

References

1. (June 5, 1917). "Columbia awards Pulitzer Prizes". The New York Times.
2. (June 7, 1917). "The Pulitzer Prizes". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
3. (June 5, 1917). "Tribune editorial takes Pulitzer Prize for 1916". New York Tribune.
4. (1982). "American Reporter at the International Political Stage: Herbert Bayard Swope and His Pulitzer Prize-winning Articles from Germany in 1916". Studienverlag Brockmeyer.
5. Herbert Bayard Swope. (1917). "Inside the German Empire: In the Third Year of the War". A. L. Burt.
6. Meg Heckman. "1917: Mine eyes have seen ...". The Pulitzer Prizes.