The Orwell Prize 2017
Each Prize year features five ‘milestones’: launch and opening of submissions; closing of submissions; longlist announcement; shortlist announcement and awards ceremony.
The next few milestones are listed below and the count down timer is for the next important one. Make sure you check our upcoming free events and come along!
News and events
News
Come on board: the Orwell Foundation is hiring
26 May 2017Announcing the Orwell Prize 2017 Shortlists
15 May 2017Announcing the 2017 Orwell Prize Longlists
16 March 2017
Also coming to read #1984live next week: @CCriadoPerez @danielfyork (remember it's free and live-streamed) orwellfoundation.com/1984live
Events
1984 Live
Tuesday 06 June 2017
All dayHear 1984 read by a host of actors, writers, journalists and members of the public over the course of a single day
The Orwell Prize 2016 winners
Book prize
Journalism prize
Exposing Britian's
Social Evils
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.
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Unreported Britain
Together with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF), we are delivering the Unreported Britain Project as one part of the work of the new JRF-sponsored Prize The Orwell Prize for Exposing Britain’s Social Evils”
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Orwell resources
A library of works about George Orwell and his work including some exclusive material and links to external Orwell content.
Selected examplesPopular Orwell books
Sponsors & Partner
The Orwell Foundation is extremely grateful to its sponsors and partner. If you would to find out more about supporting the prize, please contact us.
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Orwell values
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