1942 Pulitzer Prize

Journalism awards

• Public Service:
  • Los Angeles Times for its successful campaign which resulted in the clarification and confirmation for all American newspapers of the right of free press as guaranteed under the Constitution.
• Reporting:
  • Stanton Delaplane of the San Francisco Chronicle for his articles on the movement of several California and Oregon counties to secede to form the State of Jefferson, a forty ninth state.
• Correspondence:
  • Carlos P. Romulo of the Philippines Herald for his observations and forecasts of Far Eastern developments during a tour of the trouble centers from Hong Kong to Batavia.
• Telegraphic Reporting (National):
  • Louis Stark of The New York Times for his distinguished reporting of important labor stories during the year.
• Telegraphic Reporting (International):
  • Laurence Edmund Allen of the Associated Press for his stories of the activities of the British Mediterranean Fleet, written as an accredited correspondent attached to the fleet.
• Editorial Writing:
  • Geoffrey Parsons of the New York Herald Tribune for his distinguished editorial writing during the year.
• Editorial Cartooning:
  • Herbert Lawrence Block (Herblock) of the Newspaper Enterprise Association for "British Plane".
• Photography:
  • Milton Brooks of The Detroit News for his photo entitled, "Ford Strikers Riot".

Letters and Drama Awards

• Novel:
  • In This Our Life by Ellen Glasgow (Harcourt).
• Drama:
  • No award given.
• History:
  • Reveille in Washington, 1860-1865 by Margaret Leech (Harper).
• Biography or Autobiography:
  • Crusader in Crinoline by Forrest Wilson (Lippincott).
• Poetry:
  • The Dust Which Is God by William Rose Benet (Dodd, Mead).

References

References

1. (May 5, 1942). "Pulitzer award won by 'Times'". Los Angeles Times.
2. Matt Ballinger. "The Times' 1942 Pulitzer Prize". Los Angeles Times.
3. (May 5, 1942). "Larry Allen's Mediterranean stories win Pulitzer Prize". Palladium-Item.