1971 Pulitzer Prize

Journalism awards

• National Reporting:
• * Lucinda Franks and Thomas Powers of United Press International, for their documentary The Making of a Terrorist.
• Public Service:
• * Winston-Salem Journal and Sentinel for investigation of environmental problems, particularly blocking strip mine operations in northwest North Carolina.
• Local General or Spot News Reporting:
• * Staff of Akron Beacon Journal for coverage of Kent State shootings on May 4, 1970.
• Local Investigative Specialized Reporting:
• * William Jones of the Chicago Tribune, for exposing "collusion between police and some of Chicago's largest ambulance companies to restrict services in low income areas."
• International Reporting:
• * Jimmie Lee Hoagland of The Washington Post, for covering the struggle against apartheid in South Africa
• Commentary:
• * William A. Caldwell of The Record, Hackensack, New Jersey, for his daily column.
• Criticism:
• *Harold C. Schonberg of The New York Times, for his music criticism in 1970.
• Editorial Writing:
• * Horace G. Davis, Jr. of The Gainesville Sun, for his editorials in support of peaceful desegregation in Florida schools.
• Editorial Cartooning:
• * Paul Conrad of the Los Angeles Times, for his cartooning in 1970.
• Spot News Photography:
• * John Paul Filo of the Valley Daily News/Daily Dispatch of the Pittsburgh suburbs of Tarentum and New Kensington, Pennsylvania. For his photography of the Kent State shootings.
• Feature Photography:
• * Jack Dykinga of the Chicago Sun-Times, for his photography at the Lincoln and Dixon State Schools for the Retarded.

  Letters, Drama and Music Awards

• Fiction:
• * No award given.
• Drama:
• * The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds by Paul Zindel
• History:
• * ' by James MacGregor Burns
• Biography or Autobiography:
• * ' by Lawrance Thompson
• Poetry:
• * The Carrier of Ladders by William S. Merwin
• General Non-Fiction:
• * The Rising Sun by John Toland
• Music:
• * Synchronisms No. 6 for Piano and Electronic Sound by Mario Davidovsky