1927 Pulitzer Prize

Journalism awards

• Public Service:
• *Canton Daily News, for its brave, patriotic and effective fight for the ending of a vicious state of affairs brought about by collusion between city authorities and the criminal element, a fight which had a tragic result in the assassination of the editor of the paper, Mr. Don R. Mellett.
• Reporting:
• *John T. Rogers of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, for the inquiry leading to the impeachment of Judge George W. English of the U.S. Court for the Eastern District of Illinois.
• Editorial Writing:
• *F. Lauriston Bullard of the Boston Herald, for "".
• Editorial Cartooning:
• *Nelson Harding of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, for "Toppling the Idol".

  Letters and Drama Awards

• Novel:
• *Early Autumn by Louis Bromfield
• Drama:
• *In Abraham's Bosom by Paul Green
• History:
• *Pinckney's Treaty by Samuel Flagg Bemis
• Biography or Autobiography:
• *Whitman by Emory Holloway
• Poetry:
• *Fiddler's Farewell by Leonora Speyer