1927 Pulitzer Prize

The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1927.

Journalism awards

 * Public Service:
 * Canton Daily News, for its brave, patriotic and effective fight for the ending of a vicious state of affairs brought about by collusion between city authorities and the criminal element, a fight which had a tragic result in the assassination of the editor of the paper, Mr. Don R. Mellett.
 * Reporting:
 * John T. Rogers of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, for the inquiry leading to the impeachment of Judge George W. English of the U.S. Court for the Eastern District of Illinois.
 * Editorial Writing:
 * F. Lauriston Bullard of the Boston Herald, for "We Submit".
 * Editorial Cartooning:
 * Nelson Harding of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, for "Toppling the Idol".

Letters and Drama Awards

 * Novel:
 * Early Autumn by Louis Bromfield (Stokes)
 * Drama:
 * In Abraham's Bosom by Paul Green (McBride)
 * History:
 * Pinckney's Treaty by Samuel Flagg Bemis (Johns Hopkins)
 * Biography or Autobiography:
 * Whitman by Emory Holloway (Knopf)
 * Poetry:
 * Fiddler's Farewell by Leonora Speyer (Knopf)