The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1927.
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 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.
Editorial Writing:
F. Lauriston Bullard of Boston Herald, for the editorial entitled, "We Submit."
Editorial Cartooning:
Nelson Harding of Brooklyn Daily Eagle, "Toppling the Idol."
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)
1927 Pulitzer Prize Wikipedia (Text) CC BY-SA