The Orwell Prize 2015 Winners
22 May 2015
Winners announced for the Orwell Prize 2015 James Meek’s PRIVATE ISLAND wins the Orwell Prize for Books The Guardian’s Middle East reporter Martin Chulov wins Journalism Prize for work on Islamic State Alison Holt of BBC wins new Joseph Rowntree F… find out more
The Orwell Prize 2015 Shortlists announced
01 May 2015
Six Books, journalists, and pieces of social reporting announced for the Orwell Prize Shortlist First-time writers on Book Prize shortlist: Louisa Lim's The People's Republic of Amnesia and Dan Davies’ book on Jimmy Savile In Plain Sight Jou… find out more
The Orwell Prize 2015 Longlists announced
25 March 2015
12 Books, 15 Journalists, and 14 pieces of social reporting announced for Orwell Prize Longlist 2015 - Book Prize longlist includes four first-time authors as well as several established political writers - Journalism Prize longlist includes Economist w… find out more
The Orwell Prize Announces Judges and Opens for Entries
28 October 2014
2015 Prize opens for entries Prestigious new reporting prize announced, supported by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, for exposing Britain’s social evils New Orwell/JRF prize to be judged by Anushka Asthana, Richard Sambrook, Nicholas Timmins, J… find out more
Photos from the 2014 Prize Ceremony
19 June 2014
Photos from the Orwell Prize 2014 Prize Ceremony and 21st Anniversary Celebration are now posted on our facebook page. To see the 2014 winners, click here. We are extremely grateful to our sponsors and to Birkbeck Department of Politics for allowing us t… find out more
A Very British Killing: Looking for the Devil in the Detail
27 October 2013
The Orwell Prize, Britain’s most prestigious prize for political writing, is supported by the Media Standards Trust, Political Quarterly, AM Heath and Richard Blair (Orwell’s son). A guest post by A.T.Williams, winner of The Orwell Prize for Books 20… find out more
Orwell Prize 2014 Announces Judges, Opens for Entries
21 October 2013
2014 Prize opens for entries – ENTER NOW Sue MacGregor, Trevor Phillips and Robert McCrum to judge Book Prize Journalism Prize judges are Robin Lustig, Michael Parks and Paul Anderson The Orwell Prize 2014 opened for submissions this evening, 21st Octob… find out more
Guest post: Reflections of Down and Out 80 years on
03 October 2013
The Orwell Prize, Britain’s most prestigious prize for political writing, is supported by the Media Standards Trust, Political Quarterly, AM Heath and Richard Blair (Orwell’s son). A guest post by David Cano Fernández to celebrate the 80th publicati… find out more
Wigan Pier Workshops
20 September 2013
The Orwell Prize, Britain's most prestigious prize for political writing, is supported by the Media Standards Trust, Political Quarterly, AM Heath and Richard Blair (Orwell's son). We're thrilled to announce a full line up of writers for the Autumn Sessio… find out more
The Orwell Prize is recruiting
18 September 2013
ORWELL PRIZE ADMINISTRATOR ‘My ambition has been …to turn political writing into an art.’ George Orwell Job Title: Orwell Prize Administrator (full-time) Employer: The Media Standards Trust Location: London Salary: in the region of £25,000 pro rat… find out more