Gideon Rachman and Iona Craig win The Orwell Prize for Journalism 2016
01 June 2016
The winners of the Orwell Prize 2016 were announced today, Thursday 26th May 2016. Two journalists share the award for Journalism: Financial Times’ Chief Foreign Affairs Columnist Gideon Rachman and freelance journalist Iona Craig. Judges decide… find out more
Nicci Gerrard wins The Orwell Prize for Exposing Britain’s Social Evils 2016
26 May 2016
The winner of the Orwell Prize for Exposing Britain’s Social Evils 2016 was announced today, Thursday 26th May 2016. Nicci Gerrard wins the Orwell Prize for Exposing Britain’s Social Evils for her reporting on the care and understanding of dementi… find out more
Arkady Ostrovsky’s The Invention of Russia wins The Orwell Prize for Books 2016
26 May 2016
The winner of the Orwell Prize for Books 2016 was announced today, Thursday 26th May 2016. Arkady Ostrovsky’s The Invention of Russia (Atlantic Books) wins the Orwell Prize for Books Ostrovsky is a Russian-born British journalist who has spent fif… find out more
WIN 1 OF 3 PAIRS OF TICKETS TO SEE THEATRICAL PHENOMENON 1984 AT THE PLAYHOUSE THEATRE
15 May 2016
Following a sell-out international tour, the five-star smash hit production of Orwell's masterpiece 1984 is back in London from 14 June. We’re now offering followers of The Orwell Prize the chance to win 1 of 3 pairs of tickets to see this acclaimed ada… find out more
The Orwell Prize 2016 for Books Shortlist Announced
21 April 2016
The shortlist for the Orwell Prize for Books 2016 was announced today, Thursday 21st April 2016. Three of the shortlisted books focus on the Middle East: Wendell Steavenson’s Circling the Square, Emma Sky’s The Unravelling and Jason … find out more
The Orwell Prize for Journalism and for Exposing Britain’s Social Evils 2016 Shortlists Announced
21 April 2016
The shortlists for the Orwell Prize for Journalism and the Orwell Prize for Exposing Britain’s Social Evils were announced today, Thursday 21st April 2016. Prize for Exposing Britain’s Social Evils recognises journalism addressing social issues ran… find out more
Adjustment to Longlist
30 March 2016
The longlist for the Orwell Prize for Books 2016 has been amended due to the ineligibility of THE CROSSING by Samar Yazbek. The book was submitted in error in contravention of our entry criteria. The publishers have withdrawn the entry.… find out more
The Orwell Prize for Books 2016: Longlists Announced
07 March 2016
THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR BOOKS 2016 LONGLIST ANNOUNCED #OrwellPrize2016 For immediate release The Longlist for the Orwell Prize for Books 2016 was announced today, Monday 7th March 2016. The Orwell Prize is Britain’s most prestigious prize for polit… find out more
The Orwell Prize for Journalism and the Orwell Prize for Exposing Britain’s Social Evils 2016: Longlists announced
02 March 2016
Longlists for the Orwell Prize for Journalism and the Orwell Prize for Exposing Britain’s Social Evils, were announced today, Wednesday 2nd March 2016. The Orwell Prize is Britain’s most prestigious prize for political writing. It is awarded each yea… find out more
Ken Macdonald QC’s Address at the Launch of the Orwell Prize 2016
28 October 2015
A few weeks ago, the Prime Minister said ‘for too long we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our people: as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone’. In contrast, David Anderson QC, the Independent Reviewer of Terrorist Leg… find out more
