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For distinguished fiction published in book form during the year by an American author, preferably dealing with American life, Five hundred dollars ($500).

The Reivers , by William Faulkner (Random )

The Jury

John Barkham

Critic, Saturday Review

Irita Van Doren

Critic, New York Herald Tribune Books

Winners in Fiction

1963 Prize Winners

Frank Miller

For a cartoon which showed a world destroyed with one ragged figure calling to another: "I said we sure settled that dispute, didn't we!"

Ira B. Harkey

For his courageous editorials devoted to the processes of law and reason during the integration crisis in Mississippi in 1962.