1946 Pulitzer Prize

Journalism awards

• Public Service:
• *Scranton Times for its fifteen-year investigation of judicial practices in the United States District Court for the middle district of Pennsylvania, resulting in removal of the District Judge and indictment of many others.
• Reporting:
• * William L. Laurence of The New York Times for his eye-witness account of the atom-bombing of Nagasaki and his subsequent ten articles on the development, production, and significance of the atomic bomb.
• Correspondence:
• * Arnaldo Cortesi of The New York Times for distinguished correspondence during the year 1945, as exemplified by his reports from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• Telegraphic Reporting :
• * Edward A. Harris of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for his articles on the Tidewater Oil situation which contributed to the nationwide opposition to the appointment and confirmation of Edwin W. Pauley as Undersecretary of the Navy.
• Telegraphic Reporting :
• * Homer Bigart of the New York Herald Tribune for his distinguished reporting during the year 1945 from the Pacific war theatre.
• Editorial Writing:
• * Hodding Carter of The Delta Democrat-Times for a group of editorials, including "", published during the year 1945 on the subject of racial, religious and economic intolerance.
• Editorial Cartooning:
• * Bruce Alexander Russell of the Los Angeles Times for "Time to Bridge That Gulch".
• Photography:
• * no award

  Letters, Drama and Music Awards

• Novel:
• * No award given.
• Drama:
• * State of the Union by Russel Crouse and Howard Lindsay.
• History:
• * The Age of Jackson by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
• Biography or Autobiography:
• * Son of the Wilderness by Linnie Marsh Wolfe.
• Poetry:
• * No award given.
• Music:
• *Canticle of the Sun by Leo Sowerby commissioned by the Alice M Ditson Fund, first performed by the Schola Cantorum in New York, April 1945.