The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1926. 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. ... 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Journalism Awards

• Public service: Columbus Enquirer Sun (Georgia), for the service which it rendered in its brave and energetic fight against the Ku Klux Klan; against the enactment of a law barring the teaching of evolution; against dishonest and incompetent public officials and for justice to the Negro and against lynching.
• Reporting: William Burke Miller of Louisville Courier-Journal, for his work in connection with the story of the trapping in Sand Cave, Kentucky, of Floyd Collins.
• Editorial writing: Edward M. Kingsbury of New York Times, for the editorial entitled "'House of a Hundred Sorrows."
• Editorial cartooning: D. R. Fitzpatrick of St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "The Laws of Moses and the Laws of Today."

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. ... Members of the second Ku Klux Klan at a rally during the 1920s. ... Charles Darwin, father of the theory of evolution by natural selection. ... Lynching is violence, usually murder, conceived by its perpetrators as extra-legal execution, or used as a terrorist method of enforcing social domination. ... Categories: Stub | Newspapers in Kentucky | Louisville, Kentucky ... Mammoth Cave National Park is a U.S. National Park in south-central Kentucky, encompassing portions of Mammoth Cave, the most-extensive cave system known in the world. ... State nickname: Bluegrass State Other U.S. States Capital Frankfort Largest city Louisville Governor Ernie Fletcher (R) Official languages English Area 104,749 km² (37th)  - Land 102,989 km²  - Water 1,760 km² (1. ... Floyd Collins (July 20, 1887 - February 17, 1925) was a cave explorer and guide in central Kentucky. ... 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 New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... 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. ... The Saint Louis Post-Dispatch is the only major city-wide newspaper in Saint Louis, Missouri. ...

Letters Awards

• Novel: Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis
• Drama: Craig's Wife by George Kelly
• History: A History of the United States by Edward Channing
• Biography or autobiography: The Life of Sir William Osler by Harvey Cushing
• Poetry: What's O'Clock by the late Amy Lowell

No prize was awarded in 1917. ... Arrowsmith is a novel by American author and and playwright Sinclair Lewis that was published in 1925. ... Sinclair Lewis Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885–January 10, 1951) was an American novelist and playwright. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Drama was first awarded in 1918. ... George Kelly could be George Kelly the baseball player George Machine Gun Kelly the gangster George Kelly the musician George Kelly the psychologist George Kelly the playwright This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... 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. ... Harvey Williams Cushing (April 8, 1869 - October 7, 1939) an outstanding American neurosurgeon and a pioneer of brain surgery. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry has been presented since 1922 for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author. ... Amy Lowell Amy Lawrence Lowell (February 9, 1874 – May 12, 1925) was an American poet of the imagist school, who posthumously won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1926. ...

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• Pulitzer Prizes for 1926