1942 Pulitzer Prize
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The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1942.

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 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 NEA service 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.
• Drama:
  • No award given.
• History:
  • Reveille in Washington, 1860-1865 by Margaret Leech.
• Biography or Autobiography:
  • Crusader in Crinoline by Forrest Wilson.
• Poetry:
  • The Dust Which Is God by William Rose Benet.

External links

• Pulitzer Prizes for 1942.