1930 Pulitzer Prize Explained

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

• 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)

External links

• Pulitzer Prizes for 1930

Notes and References

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