The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1929. 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. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Journalism Awards

• Public service: New York Evening World For its effective campaign to correct evils in the administration of justice, including the fight to curb "ambulance chasers," support of the "fence" bill, and measures to simplify procedure, prevent perjury and eliminate politics from municipal courts; a campaign which has been instrumental in securing remedial action.
• Reporting: Paul Y. Anderson of St. Louis Post-Dispatch For his highly effective work in bringing to light a situation which resulted in revealing the disposition of Liberty Bonds purchased and distributed by the Continental Trading Company in connection with naval oil leases.
• Editorial writing: Louis Isaac Jaffe of Norfolk Virginian-Pilot For his editorial entitled "An Unspeakable Act of Savagery," which is typical of a series of articles written on the lynching evil and in successful advocacy of legislation to prevent it.
• Editorial cartooning: Rollin Kirby of New York World "Tammany."

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 Saint Louis Post-Dispatch is the only major city-wide newspaper in Saint Louis, Missouri. ... 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 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 New York World was a newspaper published in New York from 1860 until 1931. ...

Letters Awards

• Novel: Scarlet Sister Mary by Julia Peterkin
• Drama: Street Scene by Elmer L. Rice
• History: The Organization and Administration of the Union Army, 1861-1865 by Fred Albert Shannon
• Biography or autobiography: The Training of an American: The Earlier Life and Letters of Walter H. Page by Burton J. Hendrick
• Poetry: John Browns Body by Stephen Vincent Benet

Note: Fred Albert Shannon of Manhattan, Kansas was the first winner of the Pulitzer Prize west of the Mississippi River. No prize was awarded in 1917. ... 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. ... Burton J. Hendrick wrote the Age of Big Business, an enthusiastic look at the foundation of the corporation in America and the rapid rise of the United States as a world power. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry has been presented since 1922 for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author. ... Stephen Vincent Benét (July 22, 1898–March 13, 1943) was a United States author, poet, short story writer and novelist, best known for his narrative poem of the American Civil War, John Browns Body, published in 1928. ... Riley County Courthouse, Manhattan Manhattan is a town located in northeastern Kansas at the junction of the Kansas River and Big Blue River. ...

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