1942 Pulitzer Prize

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 :
• * Louis Stark of The New York Times for his distinguished reporting of important labor stories during the year.
• Telegraphic Reporting :
• * 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.