The Orwell Prizes

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

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The Orwell Prize 2024 winners

 

Political Writing   
    Book prize

The Picnic

Matthew Longo

Political fiction   
   book prize

My Friends

Hisham Matar

 
 

Journalism   
   prize

Wendell Steavenson

1843 magazine (The Economist)

Reporting homelessness   
   Prize

 
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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.