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Previous winners

Read the winning work from our young writers.

  • The Orwell Youth Prize 2025: Freedom is…
  • The Orwell Youth Prize 2024: Home
  • The Orwell Youth Prize 2023: Who’s in Control?
  • The Orwell Youth Prize 2022: Coming Up For Air
  • The Orwell Youth Prize 2021: A New Direction
  • The Orwell Youth Prize 2020: The Future We Want
  • The Orwell Youth Prize 2019: A Fair Society?
  • The Orwell Youth Prize 2018
  • The Orwell Youth Prize 2017
  • The Orwell Youth Prize 2016
  • The Orwell Youth Prize 2015

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