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Book and Newspaper Prizes — Empty Lines, Shelves Named

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Pulitzer tested PAPER separately from PERSON; national book prizes run and printed as empty lines with the shelves named

Lead: Pulitzer line, PAPER: EMPTY. The Pulitzer Prizes' own winners roll, complete from 1917, was run for the town's papers — the New Carlisle Gazette, the New Carlisle News and the Town Crier, as named in the assignment — and no Pulitzer stands to any of them as a paper, in Public Service or any other category; Indiana's newspaper Pulitzers on the roll stand to Indianapolis papers, not to this town's. Pulitzer line, PERSON: EMPTY — no person born, raised or seated in New Carlisle stands on the Pulitzer winners or, at published strength, finalists rolls, in journalism, letters, drama or music. National Book Awards line: EMPTY — the National Book Foundation's winners and finalists shelves were run for a person of this ground, and none answers. Newbery Medal line: EMPTY — the Association for Library Service to Children's complete winners and honors shelf, 1922 to the present, carries no author of this ground. Caldecott Medal line: EMPTY — the ALSC winners and honors shelf, 1938 to the present, carries no illustrator of this ground. Each shelf is named so the empty line can be re-run by any later reader against the same record.

Sources:

  1. The Pulitzer Prizes — FAQ and winners record, complete winners from 1917 and finalists from 1980, administered by Columbia University, https://www.pulitzer.org/page/frequently-asked-questions
  2. American Library Association — Award Winners guide, naming the complete Newbery winners and honors list (1922–present) and Caldecott winners and honors list (1938–present) held by ALSC, https://libguides.ala.org/recommended-reading/award-winners
  3. National Book Awards winners and finalists shelves, National Book Foundation, searched for a New Carlisle tie — no entry returned

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Source: Book and Newspaper Prizes — Empty Lines, Shelves Named, Moosed History by Project Moosed, https://history.projectmoosed.com/usa/midwest/indiana/new-carlisle/awards-honors/book-and-newspaper-prizes-empty-lines-shelves-named/