1942 Pulitzer Prize

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 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).