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1931 Pulitzer Prizes
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Journalism
Category
Winners
Finalists
Public Service
Public Service
The Atlanta Constitution
For a successful municipal graft exposure and consequent convictions.
Finalists:
Editorial Writing
Editorial Writing
Charles S. Ryckman of
Fremont (NE) Tribune
For the editorial entitled "The Gentleman from Nebraska."
Finalists:
Reporting
Reporting
A. B. MacDonald of
Kansas City (MO) Star
For his work in connection with a murder in Amarillo, Texas.
Finalists:
Correspondence
Correspondence
H. R. Knickerbocker of
Philadelphia Public Ledger and New York Evening Post
For a series of articles on the practical operation of the Five Year Plan in Russia.
Finalists:
Editorial Cartooning
Editorial Cartooning
Edmund Duffy of
The Baltimore Sun
For "An Old Struggle Still Going On."
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Books, Drama & Music
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Drama
Drama
Alison's House
, by Susan Glaspell
Finalists:
History
History
The Coming of the War 1914
, by Bernadotte E. Schmitt (Scribner)
Finalists:
Biography
Biography
Charles W. Eliot
, by Henry James (Houghton)
Finalists:
Poetry
Poetry
Collected Poems
, by Robert Frost (Holt)
Finalists:
Novel
Novel
Years of Grace
, by Margaret Ayer Barnes (Houghton)
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