For the original American play, performed in New York, which shall best represent in marked fashion the educational value and power of the stage, preferably dealing with American life, Five hundred dollars ($500).
The Shrike , by Joseph Kramm
The Jury
The Jury
Oscar J. Campbell
Maurice J. Valency
Winners in Drama
1952 Prize Winners
Max Kase
For his exclusive exposures of bribery and other forms of corruption in the popular American sport of basketball, which exposures tended to restore confidence in the game's integrity.
No author named
For the news coverage of the great regional flood of 1951 in Kansas and Northwestern Missouri-a distinguished example of editing and reporting that also gave the advance information that achieved the maximum of public protection.
Fred L. Packer
For "Your Editors Ought to Have More Sense Than to Print What I Say!"