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 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.
- Drama:
- * No award given.
- History:
- * Reveille in Washington, 1860-1865 by Margaret Leech.
- Biography or Autobiography:
- *Crusader in Crinoline by Forrest Wilson.
- Poetry:
- * The Dust Which Is God by William Rose Benet.