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For the original American play, preferably original in its source and dealing with American life, which shall represent in marked fashion the educational value and power of the stage, Five hundred dollars ($500).

Long Day's Journey Into Night , by Eugene O'Neill

The Jury

Mason Brown

Oscar J. Campbell

Winners in Drama

1957 Prize Winners

Buford Boone

For his fearless and reasoned editorials in a community inflamed by a segregation issue, an outstanding example of his work being the editorial entitled, "What a Price for Peace," published on February 7,1956.