1969 Pulitzer Prize

Journalism awards

• Public Service:
• *The Los Angeles Times, for its expose of wrongdoing within the Los Angeles City Government Commissions, resulting in resignations or criminal convictions of certain members, as well as widespread reforms.
• Local General or Spot News Reporting:
• * John Fetterman of The Louisville Times and The Courier-Journal, for his article, "", the story of an American soldier whose body was returned to his native town from Vietnam for burial.
• Local Investigative Specialized Reporting:
• * Al Delugach and Denny Walsh of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, for their campaign against fraud and abuse of power within the St. Louis Steamfitters Union, Local 562.
• National Reporting:
• * Robert Cahn of The Christian Science Monitor, for his inquiry into the future of our national parks and the methods that may help to preserve them.
• International Reporting:
• * William Tuohy of the Los Angeles Times, for his Vietnam War correspondence in 1968.
• Editorial Writing:
• * Paul Greenberg of the Pine Bluff Commercial, for his editorials during 1968.
• Editorial Cartooning:
• * John Fischetti of the Chicago Daily News, for his editorial cartooning in 1968.
• Spot News Photography:
• * Edward T. Adams of Associated Press, for his photograph, Saigon Execution.
• Feature Photography:
• * Moneta Sleet Jr. of Ebony magazine, for his photograph of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s widow and child, taken at Dr. King's funeral.

  Letters, Drama and Music Awards

• Fiction:
• * House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday.
• Drama:
• * The Great White Hope by Howard Sackler.
• History:
• * Origins of the Fifth Amendment by Leonard W. Levy.
• Biography or Autobiography:
• * The Man From New York: John Quinn and His Friends by Benjamin Lawrence Reid.
• Poetry:
• * Of Being Numerous by George Oppen.
• General Non-Fiction:
• * The Armies of the Night by Norman Mailer.
• General Non-Fiction:
• * So Human An Animal by Rene Jules Dubos.
• Music:
• * String Quartet No. 3 by Karel Husa.
  First performed at the Goodman Theatre, Chicago, on October 14, 1968, by the Fine Arts Quartet.