1939 Pulitzer Prize

Journalism awards

• Public Service:
• * Miami Daily News for its campaign for the recall of the Miami City Commission.
• Reporting:
• * Thomas Lunsford Stokes of Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance for his series of articles on alleged intimidation of workers for the Works Progress Administration in Pennsylvania and Kentucky during an election. The articles were published in The New York World-Telegram.
• Correspondence:
• * Louis P. Lochner of Associated Press for his dispatches from Berlin
• Editorial Writing:
• * Ronald G. Callvert of The Oregonian, Portland for his distinguished editorial writing during the year as exemplified by the editorial entitled "".
• Editorial Cartooning:
• * Charles G. Werner of Daily Oklahoman for "Nomination for 1938".

  Letters and Drama Awards

• Novel:
• *The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings.
• Drama:
• * Abe Lincoln in Illinois by Robert E. Sherwood.
• History:
• * A History of American Magazines by Frank Luther Mott.
• Biography or Autobiography:
• * Benjamin Franklin by Carl Van Doren.
• Poetry:
• * Selected Poems by John Gould Fletcher.