1940 Pulitzer Prize

Journalism awards

• Public Service:
• * Waterbury Republican-American for its campaign exposing municipal graft.
• Reporting:
• * S. Burton Heath of the New York World-Telegram for his expose of the frauds perpetrated by Federal judge Martin T. Manton, who resigned and was tried and imprisoned.
• Correspondence:
• * Otto D. Tolischus of The New York Times for his dispatches from Berlin.
• Editorial Writing:
• * Bart Howard of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for his distinguished editorial writing during the year.
• Editorial Cartooning:
• * Edmund Duffy of The Baltimore Sun for "The 'Outstretched Hand'".

  Letters and Novel Awards

• Novel:
• * The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck.
• Drama:
• * The Time of Your Life by William Saroyan.
• History:
• * by Carl Sandburg.
• Biography or Autobiography:
• * Woodrow Wilson, Life and Letters. Vols. VII and VIII by Ray Stannard Baker.
• Poetry:
• * Collected Poems by Mark Van Doren.