The Orwell Prize in Manchester
30 May 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 our first event with The International Anthony… find out more
Orwell Prize 2013 Winners Announced
15 May 2013
Andrew Norfolk and Tom Bergin share the Orwell Prize for Journalism for their work for The Times and Reuters respectively A. T. Williams wins the Orwell Book Prize for A Very British Killing: The Death of Baha Mousa (Jonathan Cape) Marie Colvin’s On the… find out more
Orwell and Society
10 May 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). Last week The Orwell Prize went to Leeds Metropolitan University where ou… find out more
Less than three weeks to go
26 April 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). The winners of the 2013 Orwell Prize - our 20th prize - will be announced… find out more
Shortlists announced
19 April 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). The shortlists for the 2013 Orwell Prize were announced on Wednesday even… find out more
Orwell Prize 2013 Shortlists Announced
17 April 2013
• The shortlists of seven books and six journalists expose grooming, torture and taxes; they probe the state of the NHS and the church; reporting the front line from Iran in the eighties to Aleppo now • Winners of £3,000 prizes for the 20th annual … find out more
Will Self in Wigan
05 April 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). Yesterday the Prize joined Will Self for a Wigan Pier Workshop at Sunsh… find out more
2013 Longlists Announced
21 March 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). The longlists for the 2013 Orwell Prize were announced online at midday y… find out more
Orwell Prize 2013 Longlists Announced
20 March 2013
14 journalists: take on Starbucks and the NHS, expose grooming in Rochdale, atrocities in Aleppo and the UKs complicity in torture 12 books: journey from Mexico to Romania, examining the lives of the super rich and prisoners on death row, confessing doubt… find out more
Another record breaking year for the Journalism Prize
06 March 2013
Here’s your reading list for the next few months: we’ve published a full list of entries for the Orwell Prize 2013. Yet again, we’ve received a record number of submissions for the Journalism Prize, with 210 books and 155 journalists put forward. … find out more