Orwell Prize Longlists for Journalism and Exposing Britain’s Social Evils 2020
09 April 2020
The longlists for The Orwell Prize for Journalism and The Orwell Prize for Exposing Britain’s Social Evils (sponsored and supported by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation) are announced today, Thursday 9th April. The 27 entries, across two longlists, span a … find out more
Orwell Prize Longlists for Political Writing and Political Fiction 2020
08 April 2020
The longlists for The Orwell Prize for Political Writing and The Orwell Prize for Political Fiction are announced today, Wednesday 8th April 2020. The 25 books across the two longlists tell us where we’ve come from, and where we might go. From sweepi… find out more
An update from the Orwell Foundation
01 April 2020
Windmill or no windmill, he said, life would go on as it had always gone on -- that is, badly. Animal Farm, 1945 The Orwell Prizes will be awarded to schedule, with longlists revealed next week We are experimenting with new ways to promote nomi… find out more
The Orwell Youth Prize in Hull: students to debate the future they’re striving for
04 March 2020
To take a rational political decision one must have a picture of the future George Orwell, 1944 This Friday (6th March 2020) sixth form students from across Hull will gather at the University of Hull to debate societal change and the future of technol… find out more
“Democratic accountability is a rough and ready mechanism”: Daniel Finkelstein delivers Orwell Memorial Lecture
26 February 2020
Earlier this month, Times columnist and Conservative member of the House of Lords Daniel Finkelstein delivered the rescheduled 2019 Orwell Memorial Lecture, on the topic 'How to Predict An Election', to a packed room in University College London's Cruci… find out more
Writers Kerry Hudson and Kayo Chingonyi to judge Orwell Youth Prize
27 January 2020
Foundation partners The Orwell Youth Prize have revealed that award-winning writer Kerry Hudson and poet Kayo Chingonyi are judging the 2020 Orwell Youth Prize, the theme of which is ‘The Future We Want’. The prize is open to all 12-18-year olds based… find out more
‘The Night Orwell Died’ – marking the 70th anniversary of George Orwell’s death
21 January 2020
This is the story of how, 70 years ago today, George Orwell died. It is not wholly a tragic story. - To mark the seventieth anniversary of George Orwell’s death, the Orwell Foundation and UCL Library Special Collections present a short film… find out more
Orwell Lecture postponed until the New Year
14 November 2019
We are sorry to say that we have had to postpone Daniel Finkelstein's Orwell Memorial Lecture, 'How to Predict An Election', scheduled for the 19th November, as well as the accompanying Archive Event with D. J. Taylor. We are rescheduling for the spring a… find out more
The Orwell Foundation and the Institute of Advanced Studies launch new scheme for Orwell scholars
07 November 2019
The Institute of Advanced Studies and the Orwell Foundation have launched a new scheme for researchers working on aspects of the life and work of George Orwell and his contribution to the Humanities and Social Sciences. Orwell Visiting Fellows will be … find out more
Orwell Journalism Judges Announced, Prizes Open
06 November 2019
Two expert panels of judges have been announced for the highly sought-after Orwell Prizes for Journalism and Orwell Prize for Exposing Britain’s Social Evils, which open for entry today, Wednesday 6th November 2019. Broadcaster Iain Dale will Chair t… find out more