The following are thePulitzer Prizes for 1976.

• Public Service:
  • TheAnchorage Daily News, for its disclosures of the impact and influence of theTeamsters Union on Alaska's economy and politics.^[1]
• Local General or Spot News Reporting:
  • Gene Miller ofThe Miami Herald, for his persistent and courageous reporting over eight and one-half years that led to the exoneration and release of two men who had twice been tried for murder and wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death in Florida.
• Local Investigative Specialized Reporting:
  • Staff of theChicago Tribune, for uncovering widespread abuses in Federal housing programs in Chicago and exposing shocking conditions at two private Chicago hospitals.
• National Reporting:
  • James V. Risser of theDes Moines Register, for disclosing large-scale corruption in the American grain exporting trade.
• International Reporting:
  • Sydney Schanberg ofThe New York Times, for his coverage of the Communist takeover inCambodia, carried out at great risk when he elected to stay at his post after the fall ofPhnom Penh.
• Commentary:
  • Walter Wellesley Smith ofThe New York Times, for his commentary on sports in 1975 and for many other years.
• Criticism:
  • Alan M. Kriegsman ofThe Washington Post, for his critical writing about the dance during 1975.
• Editorial Writing:
  • Philip P. Kerby of theLos Angeles Times, for his editorials against government secrecy and judicial censorship.
• Editorial Cartooning:
  • Tony Auth ofThe Philadelphia Inquirer, forO beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, published on July 22, 1975.
• Spot News Photography:
  • Stanley Forman of theBoston Herald American, for hissequence of photographs of a fire in Boston on July 22, 1975.
• Feature Photography:
  • Photographic Staff of theLouisville Courier-Journal andThe Louisville Times, for a comprehensive pictorial report on busing in Louisville's schools.

• Fiction:
  • Humboldt's Gift bySaul Bellow (Viking)
• Drama:
  • A Chorus Line conceived, choreographed and directed byMichael Bennett, with book byJames Kirkwood andNicholas Dante, music byMarvin Hamlisch, and lyrics byEdward Kleban.^[2]
• History:
  • Lamy of Santa Fe byPaul Horgan (Farrar)
• Biography or Autobiography:
  • Edith Wharton: A Biography byR. W. B. Lewis (Harper)
• Poetry:
  • Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror byJohn Ashbery (Viking)
• General Nonfiction:
  • Why Survive? Being Old In America, byRobert Neil Butler (Harper)
• Music:
  • Air Music byNed Rorem (Boosey & Hawkes)^[3]
    First performed by theCincinnati Symphony Orchestra on December 5, 1975. It is subtitledTen Etudes of Orchestra.

• Journalism:
  • ProfessorJohn Hohenberg, a special citation and an antique plaque inscribed by all the members of the Advisory Board, expressing appreciation for his services for 22 years as Administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes and for his achievements as teacher and journalist.
• Music:
  • Scott Joplin, a special award is bestowed posthumously on Scott Joplin, in this Bicentennial Year, for his contributions to American music.^[4]

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