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.
- Drama:
- * The Time of Your Life by William Saroyan.
- History:
- * Abraham Lincoln: The War Years by Carl Sandburg.
- Biography or Autobiography:
- * Woodrow Wilson, Life and Letters. Vols. VII and VIII by Ray Stannard Baker.
- Poetry:
- * Collected Poems by Mark Van Doren.