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Finalists announced for The Orwell Prizes in Political Writing and Political Fiction
The Orwell Prize has announced the 16 finalists for the 2026 Orwell Prize for Political Writing and Orwell Prize for Political Fiction. Across fiction and non-fiction, the Prizes aim to encourage good writing and thinking about politics, wi...
Introducing the finalists for the 2026 Orwell Journalism Prizes
The Orwell Foundation today reveals the finalists for three Prizes: The Orwell Prize for Journalism, The Orwell Prize for Exposing Britain’s Social Evils, sponsored by Prospect, and The Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness, sponsored by...
The Orwell Foundation launches in the US, with new exhibition and an ambitious fundraising drive
On a bright, cold Wednesday afternoon in New York, just south of Washington Square Park, a group of scholars, readers and students from across the city gathered at NYU’s Kimmel Windows to mark the opening of Orwell and Truth: the first exhi...
Meet the Judges for The Orwell Prize for Journalism 2026
The Orwell Prizes close for entries tonight in three categories: Journalism, Exposing Britain’s Social Evils and Reporting Homelessness.
If you’ve done powerful work this year, or know someone who has, The Orwell Prizes are where it shoul...
Could you be the journalist who changes the conversation on homelessness?
Homelessness is one of the defining crises of our time, and the journalists who cover it shape how the public and policymakers respond.
Returning in a new format, and sponsored by the Centre for Homelessness Impact, The Orwell Prize for Re...
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