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1923 Pulitzer Prizes
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Journalism
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Winners
Finalists
Public Service
Public Service
Memphis Commercial Appeal
For its courageous attitude in the publication of cartoons and the handling of news in reference to the operations of the Ku Klux Klan.
Finalists:
Editorial Writing
Editorial Writing
William Allen White of
Emporia (KS) Gazette
For an editorial entitled "To an Anxious Friend."
Finalists:
Reporting
Reporting
Alva Johnston of
The New York Times
For his reports of the proceedings of the convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Science held in Cambridge Mass., in December, 1922.
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Drama
Drama
Icebound
, by Owen Davis
Finalists:
History
History
The Supreme Court in United States History
, by Charles Warren (Little)
Finalists:
Biography
Biography
The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page
, by Burton J. Hendrick (Houghton)
Two volumes.
Finalists:
Poetry
Poetry
The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver: A Few Figs from Thistles: Eight Sonnets in American Poetry, 1922. A Miscellany
, by Edna St. Vincent Millay (Harper)
Finalists:
Novel
Novel
One of Ours
, by Willa Cather (Knopf)
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