1974 Pulitzer Prize

Journalism awards

• Public Service:
• * Newsday, Garden City, New York, for its definitive report on the illicit narcotic traffic in the United States and abroad, entitled, The Heroin Trail.
• Local General or Spot News Reporting:
• * Arthur M. Petacque and Hugh F. Hough of the Chicago Sun-Times, for uncovering new evidence that led to the reopening of efforts to solve the 1966 murder of Valerie Percy.
• Local Investigative Specialized Reporting:
• * William Sherman of the New York Daily News, for his resourceful investigative reporting in the exposure of extreme abuse of the New York Medicaid program.
• National Reporting:
• * Jack White of The Providence Journal and Evening Bulletin, for his initiative in exclusively disclosing President Nixon's Federal income tax payments in 1970 and 1971.
• National Reporting:
• * James R. Polk of the Washington Star-News, for his disclosure of alleged irregularities in the financing of the campaign to re-elect President Nixon in 1972.
• International Reporting:
• * Hedrick Smith of The New York Times, for his coverage of the Soviet Union and its allies in Eastern Europe in 1973.
• Commentary:
• * Edwin A. Roberts Jr. of the National Observer, for his commentary on public affairs during 1973.
• Criticism:
• * Emily Genauer of Newsday Syndicate, for her critical writing about art and artists.
• Editorial Writing:
• * F. Gilman Spencer, editor of the Trentonian of Trenton, New Jersey, for his courageous campaign to focus public attention on scandals in New Jersey's state government.
• Editorial Cartooning:
• * Paul Szep of The Boston Globe, for his editorial cartooning during 1973.
• Feature Photography:
• * Slava "Sal" Veder of Associated Press, for his picture Burst of Joy, which illustrated the return of an American prisoner of war from captivity in North Vietnam.
• Spot News Photography:
• * Anthony K. Roberts, a free-lance photographer of Beverly Hills, California, for his picture series, Fatal Hollywood Drama, in which an alleged kidnapper was killed.

Letters, Drama and Music Awards

• Fiction:
• * No award given.
• Drama:
• * No award given.
• History:
• * The Americans: The Democratic Experience by Daniel J. Boorstin
• Biography or Autobiography:
• * O'Neill, Son and Artist by Louis Sheaffer
• Poetry:
• * The Dolphin by Robert Lowell
• General Nonfiction:
• * The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker
• Music:
• * Notturno by Donald Martino