The Orwell Prizes

‘What I have most wanted to do… is to make political writing into an art’

The Orwell Prize 2025 winners

 

Political Writing   
    Book prize

Political fiction   
   book prize

Heart, Be at Peace

Donal Ryan

 
 

Journalism   
   prize

Jenny Kleeman

The Guardian, The Financial Times, BBC Radio 4

Reporting homelessness   
   Prize

 

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.