1924 Pulitzer Prize Explained

The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1924.

Journalism awards

• Public Service

• • New York World, for its work exposing the killing of Martin Tabert, which helped bring the convict leasing system in Florida to an end
• Reporting

• • Magner White, San Diego Sun, for his story of the eclipse of the sun.
• Editorial Writing

• • Frank Buxton of the Boston Herald, for an editorial entitled "Who Made Coolidge?"^[1]
  • Special prize of $1000 was awarded to the widow of Frank I. Cobb, New York World, in recognition of the distinction of her husband's editorial writing and service.

• Editorial Cartooning

• • Jay Norwood Darling of the Des Moines Register and Tribune for "In Good Old USA".^[2]

Letters and Drama Awards

• Novel

• • The Able McLaughlins by Margaret Wilson (Harper)
• Drama

• • Hell-Bent Fer Heaven by Hatcher Hughes (Harper)
• History

• • The American Revolution—A Constitutional Interpretation by Charles Howard McIlwain (Macmillan)
• Biography or Autobiography

• • From Immigrant to Inventor by Michael I. Pupin (Scribner)
• Poetry

• • New Hampshire: A Poem with Notes and Grace Notes by Robert Frost (Holt)

External links

• Pulitzer Prizes for 1924

Notes and References

1. Book: Complete Historical Handbook of the Pulitzer Prize System 1917-2000. Heinz-Dietrich Fischer. Erika J. Fischer. Walter de Gruyter. 2011. 3110939126. 131.
2. News: 'Ding' cartoon adjudged best of year in U.S.. The Des Moines Register. May 12, 1924. Newspapers.com. (Part 2 of article)