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).
How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying , by Frank Loesser and Abe Burrows
The Jury
The Jury
John Mason Brown
Critic, New York City
John Gassner
Yale University
Winners in Drama
1962 Prize Winners
Edmund S. Valtman
For "What You Need, Man, Is a Revolution Like Mine," published on August 31, 1961.
Thomas M. Storke
For his forceful editorials calling public attention to the activities of a semi-secret organization known as the John Birch Society.