1931 Pulitzer Prize
The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1931.
Journalism awards
| Public Service | The Atlanta Constitution | "For a successful municipal graft exposure and consequent convictions." |
| Reporting | A. B. MacDonald of The Kansas City Star | "For his work in connection with a murder in Amarillo, Texas." |
| Correspondence | H. R. Knickerbocker of the Philadelphia Public Ledger and New York Evening Post | "For a series of articles on the practical operation of the Five Year Plan in Russia." |
| Editorial Writing | Charles S. Ryckman of Fremont Tribune | "For the editorial entitled '.'" |
| Editorial Cartooning | Edmund Duffy of The Baltimore Sun | "For 'An Old Struggle Still Going On'" |
Letters and Drama Awards
- Novel:
- *Years of Grace by Margaret Ayer Barnes
- Drama:
- *Alison's House by Susan Glaspell
- History:
- *The Coming of the War 1914 by Bernadotte E. Schmitt
- Biography or Autobiography:
- *Charles W. Eliot by Henry James
- Poetry:
- *Collected Poems by Robert Frost