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"The imagination, like certain wild animals, will not breed in captivity."- George Orwell
The Orwell Youth Prize 2025 is now open for entries on the theme of 'Freedom is...' Enter here by 5 March 2025 and receive personal feedback on your draft!
The Orwell Youth Prize 2025
“Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.” – George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four
The theme for the Orwell Youth Prize 2025 is 'Freedom is...'
Write about what freedom means to you, in any form you choose, and get personalised feedback and the chance to win a cash prize and books for you and your school.
Far more than just a prize, the Orwell Youth Prize provides free feedback and online resources to support all young writers on every step of your writing journey.
The Prize is open to anyone in years 7-13 who is at school or college in the United Kingdom.
2024 Orwell Youth Prize Winners
Junior
Maxine Lee
Drifting Pillars
Mihika Bhattacharya
The Language of Home
Nethuli Weerakoon
Diagnosing Hunger: Then and Now
Frankie Mordecai
Wonderland
Senior
Florence Alsop
Love Behind Closed Doors
Benjamin McEwan
A Comforting Green
