For the best editorial article written during the year, the test of excellence being clearness of style, moral purpose, sound reasoning and power to influence public opinion in the right direction, due account being taken of the whole volume of the writer’s editorial work during the year, $500.
The Delta Democrat-Times , by Hodding Carter
For a group of editorials published during the year 1945 on the subject of racial, religious and economic intolerance, as exemplified by the editorial "Go for Broke."
The Jury
The Jury
Floyd Taylor
Winners in Editorial Writing
George W. Potter
For his editorials published during the calendar year 1944, especially for his editorials on the subject of freedom of the press.
Henry J. Haskell
For editorials written during the calendar year 1943.
Forrest W. Seymour
For his editorials published during the calendar year 1942.
Geoffrey Parsons
For his distinguished editorial writing during the year.
1946 Prize Winners
Arnaldo Cortesi
For distinguished correspondence during the year 1945, as exemplified by his reports from Buenos Aires, Argentina
Bruce Alexander Russell
For "Time to Bridge That Gulch."