1920 Pulitzer Prize

Journalism awards

• Reporting:
• *John J. Leary, Jr. of New York World, for the series of articles written during the national coal strike in the winter of 1919.
• Editorial Writing:
• *Harvey E. Newbranch of Evening World Herald for an editorial entitled "".

  Letters and Drama Awards

• Drama:
• *Beyond the Horizon by Eugene O'Neill
• History:
• *The War with Mexico by Justin Harvey Smith
• Biography or Autobiography:
• *The Life of John Marshall by Albert J. Beveridge