1930 Pulitzer Prize

The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1930.

Journalism awards

• Public Service:
  • No award given
• Reporting:
  • Russell Owen of The New York Times, for his reports by radio of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition.
• Correspondence:
  • Leland Stowe of the New York Herald Tribune, for the series of articles covering conferences on reparations and the establishment of the international bank.
• Editorial Writing:
  • No award given

"Paying for a Dead Horse", the winning editorial cartoon

• Editorial Cartooning:
  • Charles R. Macauley of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, for "Paying for a Dead Horse".^[1]
• Special Citations and Awards
  • A special award to William O. Dapping of the Auburn Citizen (New York), for his report on a riot at Auburn Prison for the Associated Press.^[2]

Letters and Drama Awards

• Novel:
  • Laughing Boy by Oliver La Farge (Houghton)
• Drama:
  • The Green Pastures by Marc Connelly (Farrar)
• History:
  • The War of Independence by Claude H. Van Tyne (Houghton)
• Biography or Autobiography:
  • The Raven; A Biography of Sam Houston by Marquis James (Bobbs)
• Poetry:
  • Selected Poems by Conrad Aiken (Scribner)

References

1. "Eagle cartoon wins year's Pulitzer Prize". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. May 13, 1930 – via Newspapers.com. (Part 2 of article)
2. "Pulitzer Prizes announced on journalism and letters". Democrat & Chronicle. Rochester, New York. AP. May 12, 1930 – via Newspapers.com. (Part 2 of article)

External links

• Pulitzer Prizes for 1930