1921 Pulitzer Prize

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The Pulitzer Prizes for 1921:

Journalism awards

  • Public Service:
  • The Boston Post, for its exposure of the operations of Charles Ponzi by a series of articles which finally led to his arrest.{{cite news|title=Pulitzer Prize is awarded to Post|work=The Boston Post|date=May 30, 1921|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56027567/pulitzer-prize-is-awarded-to-post/|via=Newspapers.com}} ([https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56027572/pulitzer-prize-is-awarded-to-post-part/ Part 2 of article])
  • Reporting:
  • Louis Seibold of New York World, for an interview with Woodrow Wilson.
  • Editorial Writing:
  • No award given. Jurors recommended the prize be given to William Peter Hamilton of The Wall Street Journal for two articles on "Our Envied Scrap Heap"{{cite news|title=Our envied scrap heap|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=February 26, 1920|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-wall-street-journal-our-envied-scrap/137247807/|via=Newspapers.com}} and "Soviets and Feudalism",{{cite news|title=Soviets and feudalism|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=April 17, 1920|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-wall-street-journal-soviets-and-feud/137247727/|via=Newspapers.com}} but the Advisory Board declined to make an award.{{cite book|title=Complete Historical Handbook of the Pulitzer Prize System 1917-2000|author1=Heinz-Dietrich Fischer|author2=Erika J. Fischer|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|year=2011|isbn=978-3110939125|page=130|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w3CdrctE80IC&pg=PA130}}

Letters and Drama Awards

References

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