Trigésimo novena edición de los Premios Pulitzer en 1955.^[1]​

• Public Service:
  • Columbus Ledger y Sunday Leger-Enquirer.
• Local Reporting - Edition Time:
  • Caro Brown de Alice Daily Echo.
• Local Reporting - No Edition Time:
  • Roland Kenneth Towery de Cuero Record.
• National Reporting:
  • Anthony Lewis de The Washington Daily News.
• International Reporting:
  • Harrison E. Salisbury de The New York Times.
• Editorial Writing:
  • Royce Howes de Detroit Free Press.
• Editorial Cartooning:
  • Daniel R. Fitzpatrick de St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
• Photography:
  • John L. Gaunt de Los Angeles Times.

• Fiction:
  • A fable de William Faulkner.
• Drama:
  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof de Tennessee Williams.
• History:
  • Great River: The Rio Grande in North American History de Paul Horgan.
• Biograpgy:
  • The Taft Story de William S. White.
• Poetry:
  • Collected Poems de Wallace Stevens.
• Music:
  • The Saint of Bleecker Street de Gian Carlo Menotti.