The Orwell Prizes 2021
Each year, the Orwell Foundation awards prizes to the writing and reporting which best meets the spirit of George Orwell's own ambition 'to make political writing into an art'. There are currently four Prizes: for Political Writing, for Political Fiction, for Journalism and for Exposing Britain's Social Evils. On this page you can find out more about each prize, enter the prizes when they open for submissions and browse our previous winners and nominees.
The Orwell Prize 2020 winners
Political Writing
Book prize
Political fiction
book prize
Journalism
prize
Exposing Britain's
Social Evils
The Orwell Youth Prize
Inspired by its own ‘Big Brother’, Britain’s most prestigious Prize for political writing, the Orwell Youth Prize aims to support and inspire a new generation of politically engaged young writers.
