The Orwell Youth Prize 2027

Write about your world, in any form you choose.

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.

Get individual feedback on a first draft, and enter for a chance to be published in The Observer, win a cash prize and books for you and your school.

The Prize is open to anyone in years 7-13 who is at school or college in the United Kingdom, or studying a British curriculum abroad.

This year's Prize is now open for entries for our theme, 'Acts of Courage'.