Public Service:
- The Omaha World-Herald, "for its initiative and originality in planning a statewide campaign for the collection of scrap metal for the war effort. The Nebraska plan was adopted on a national scale by the daily newspapers, resulting in a united effort which succeeded in supplying war industries with necessary scrap material."^[1]
Reporting:
- George Weller of the Chicago Daily News for "Doc" Lipes Commandeers a Submarine Officers' Wardroom", "his graphic story of how a U.S. Navy Pharmacist's Mate under enemy waters in a submarine performed an operation for appendicitis saving a sailor's life".

Correspondence:
- Hanson W. Baldwin of The New York Times, "for his report of his wartime tour of the Southwest Pacific".^[2]
Telegraphic Reporting (National):
- No award
Telegraphic Reporting (International):
- Ira Wolfert of the North American Newspaper Alliance, "for his series of three articles on the fifth battle of the Solomons".^[3]^[4]
Editorial Writing:
- Forrest W. Seymour of the Register and Tribune (Des Moines, Iowa), "for his editorials published during the calendar year 1942".^[5]
Editorial Cartooning:
- Jay Norwood Darling of the Register and Tribune (Des Moines, Iowa), for "What a Place For a Waste Paper Salvage Campaign".^[5]
Photography:
- Frank Noel of the Associated Press, for his photo entitled, "Water!", portraying a desperate sailor on a lifeboat fleeing from the Japanese invasion of Singapore.^[6]^[7]

Journalism awards

Letters, Drama and Music Awards