1961 Pulitzer Prize

Journalism awards

• Public Service:
• * The Amarillo Globe-Times
• Local Reporting, Edition Time:
• *Sanche de Gramont of the New York Herald Tribune
• Local Reporting, No Edition time:
• *Edgar May of The Buffalo Evening News
• National Reporting:
• *Edward R. Cony of The Wall Street Journal
• International Reporting:
• *Lynn Heinzerling of the Associated Press
• Editorial Writing:
• * William J. Dorvillier of The San Juan Star
• Editorial Cartooning:
• * Carey Orr of the Chicago Tribune
• Photography:
• *Yasushi Nagao of Mainichi, Tokyo, for "Tokyo Stabbing", a photograph of the assassination of Japanese politician Inejiro Asanuma, distributed in the United States by United Press International.

  Letters, Music and Drama Awards

• Fiction:
• *To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
• Drama:
• *All the Way Home by Tad Mosel
• History:
• * Between War and Peace: The Potsdam Conference by Herbert Feis
• Biography or Autobiography:
• * Charles Sumner and the Coming of the Civil War by David Donald
• Poetry:
• * Times Three: Selected Verse From Three Decades by Phyllis McGinley
• Music:
• * Symphony No. 7 by Walter Piston, first performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra on February 10, 1961, and commissioned by the Philadelphia Orchestra Association.

  Special Citations and Awards

• Letters:
• * American Heritage Picture History of the Civil War. A special citation is given to The American Heritage Picture History of the Civil War as a distinguished example of American book publishing.