1930 Pulitzer Prize

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".

  Letters and Drama Awards

• Novel:
• *Laughing Boy by Oliver La Farge
• Drama:
• *The Green Pastures by Marc Connelly
• History:
• *The War of Independence by Claude H. Van Tyne
• Biography or Autobiography:
• *The Raven; A Biography of Sam Houston by Marquis James
• Poetry:
• *Selected Poems by Conrad Aiken

  Special Awards and Citations

• William O. Dapping "A special prize for his reportorial work in connection with the outbreak at Auburn prison during December 1929."