1936 Pulitzer Prize

Journalism awards

• Public Service:
• * Cedar Rapids Gazette for its campaign against corruption and misgovernment in the State of Iowa.
• Reporting:
• * Lauren D. Lyman of The New York Times for the exclusive story revealing that the Charles Lindbergh family was leaving the United States to live in England.
• Correspondence:
• * Wilfred C. Barber of the Chicago Tribune for his reports of the war in Ethiopia
• Editorial Writing:
• * Felix Morley and George B. Parker of The Washington Post and Scripps-Howard Newspapers for distinguished editorial writing during the year.
• Editorial Cartooning:
• * No award given.

  Letters and Drama Awards

• Novel:
• * Honey in the Horn by Harold L. Davis.
• Drama:
• * Idiot's Delight by Robert E. Sherwood.
• History:
• * A Constitutional History of the United States by Andrew C. McLaughlin.
• Biography or Autobiography:
• * The Thought and Character of William James by Ralph Barton Perry.
• Poetry:
• * Strange Holiness by Robert Peter Tristram Coffin.