1940 Pulitzer Prize

The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1940.

Journalism awards

 * Public Service:
 * Waterbury Republican-American for its campaign exposing municipal graft.
 * Honorable mention to the San Francisco Chronicle for "its part in settling the water front and warehouse strike in San Francisco, June 22 to Dec. 1, 1939".
 * Reporting:
 * S. Burton Heath of the New York World-Telegram for his expose of the frauds perpetrated by Federal judge Martin T. Manton, who resigned and was tried and imprisoned.
 * Correspondence:
 * Otto D. Tolischus of The New York Times for his dispatches from Berlin.
 * Honorable mention to Lloyd Lehrbas of the Associated Press for his dispatches from Warsaw, Bucharest, and Ankara.
 * Editorial Writing:
 * Bart Howard of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for his distinguished editorial writing during the year.
 * Editorial Cartooning:
 * Edmund Duffy of The Baltimore Sun for "The 'Outstretched Hand'".

Letters and Novel Awards

 * Novel:
 * The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (Viking).
 * Drama:
 * The Time of Your Life by William Saroyan (Harcourt).
 * History:
 * Abraham Lincoln: The War Years by Carl Sandburg (Harcourt).
 * Biography or Autobiography:
 * Woodrow Wilson, Life and Letters. Vols. VII and VIII by Ray Stannard Baker (Doubleday).
 * Poetry:
 * Collected Poems by Mark Van Doren (Holt).