The Orwell Prizes 2025
Every 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'.
On this page you can find more about all our finalists, previous winners and judges, as well as all the information you need to make an entry.
The Orwell Prizes 2025 will open for entry on 13 November 2024.
The Orwell Prize 2024 winners
Political Writing
Book prize
Political fiction
book prize
Journalism
prize
Reporting homelessness
Prize
Karl Brown, Debbie Cuthbert, Stuart Potts and David Winter
Unheard Voices (with Shelter and On Our Radar)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.
