1927 Pulitzer Prize

The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1927.

Journalism awards

• Public Service:
  • Canton Daily News, for its brave, patriotic and effective fight for the ending of a vicious state of affairs brought about by collusion between city authorities and the criminal element, a fight which had a tragic result in the assassination of the editor of the paper, Mr. Don R. Mellett.
• Reporting:
  • John T. Rogers of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, for the inquiry leading to the impeachment of Judge George W. English of the U.S. Court for the Eastern District of Illinois.^[1]
• Editorial Writing:
  • F. Lauriston Bullard of the Boston Herald, for "We Submit".

"Toppling the Idol", winner of the prize for Editorial Cartooning

• Editorial Cartooning:
  • Nelson Harding of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, for "Toppling the Idol".^[2]

Letters and Drama Awards

• Novel:
  • Early Autumn by Louis Bromfield (Stokes)
• Drama:
  • In Abraham's Bosom by Paul Green (McBride)
• History:
  • Pinckney's Treaty by Samuel Flagg Bemis (Johns Hopkins)
• Biography or Autobiography:
  • Whitman by Emory Holloway (Knopf)
• Poetry:
  • Fiddler's Farewell by Leonora Speyer (Knopf)