The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1924. Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from the revision dated 2005-04-13, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Journalism Awards

• Public service: New York World, for its work in connection with the exposure of the Florida peonage evil.
• Reporting: Magner White, San Diego Sun, for his story of the eclipse of the sun.
• Editorial writing:
  • Boston Herald, for an editorial entitled "Who Made Coolidge?"
  • Special prize of $1000 was awarded to the widow of the late Frank I. Cobb, New York World, in recognition of the distinction of her husband's editorial writing and service.
• Editorial cartooning: Jay Norwood Darling of Des Moines Register and Tribune, "In Good Old USA."

The Pulitzer Prize for Public Service has been awarded since 1918 for a distinguished example of meritorious public service by a newspaper through the use of its journalistic resources which may include editorials, cartoons, and photographs, as well as reporting. ... The New York World was a newspaper published in New York from 1860 until 1931. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing has been awarded since 1917 for distinguished editorial writing, the test of excellence being clearness of style, moral purpose, sound reasoning, and power to influence public opinion in what the writer conceives to be the right direction. ... The Boston Herald is a tabloid newspaper, the smaller of the two big dailies in Boston, Massachusetts, with a daily circulation of 242,957 in September 2002. ... The New York World was a newspaper published in New York from 1860 until 1931. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning has been awarded since 1922 for a distinguished cartoon or portfolio of cartoons published during the year, characterized by originality, editorial effectiveness, quality of drawing, and pictorial effect. ... Jay Norwood Ding Darling (1887-1962) was an American cartoonist and conservationist. ...

Letters Awards

• Novel: The Able McLaughlins by Margaret Wilson
• Drama: Hell-Bent Fer Heaven by Hatcher Hughes
• History: The American Revolution -- A Constitutional Interpretation by Charles Howard McIlwain
• Biography or autobiography: From Immigrant to Inventor by Michael Idvorsky Pupin
• Poetry: New Hampshire: A Poem with Notes and Grace Notes by Robert Frost

No prize was awarded in 1917. ... Margaret Wilson (20th May 1947 - ) is a New Zealand politician. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Drama was first awarded in 1918. ... The Pulitzer Prize for History has been awarded since 1917 for a distinguished book upon the history of the United States. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography has been presented since 1917 for a distinguished biography or autobiography by an American author. ... Mihajlo Pupin. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry has been presented since 1922 for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author. ... Robert Frost Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) is, in the estimation of many, the greatest American poet of the 20th century and one of the greatest poets writing in English in the 20th century. ...

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