December 16, 2011
Merry Christmas
We’d like to wish you a very merry Christmas and a happy new year Read more
December 9, 2011
Orwell and The Observer
The Observer, Orwell's old newspaper, turned 220 this week Read more
December 2, 2011
Scotland and St. Andrew’s Day
With St. Andrew’s Day just gone, we’ve got some great articles on Orwell and Scotland Read more
November 28, 2011
Full Judging Line-Up Confirmed
We’re delighted to confirm the full line-up of judges for this year’s Orwell Prizes. Read more
November 28, 2011
Orwell Prize confirms judging line-up
Baroness Helena Kennedy QC confirmed as final Book Prize judge Read more
November 11, 2011
Open for entries, launch debate video, and lecture
The Orwell Prize 2012 is now OPEN for entries. For the first time, online entry forms are available for all three prizes – the Book Prize, Journalism Prize and Blog Prize. You can also download PDF versions of the Book Read more
November 9, 2011
Orwell Prize 2012 Announces Judges, Opens for Entries
2012 Prize opens for entries – ENTER NOW Miranda Carter and Sameer Rahim among Book Prize judges Brian Cathcart and Ian Hargreaves to judge Journalism Prize Blog Prize judges are Suzanne Moore and Hopi Sen The Orwell Prize 2012 opened Read more
November 2, 2011
Launch 2012, ‘Writing the Riots’
2012 Prize will open for entries on 9 November, after 'Writing the Riots' debate Read more
October 21, 2011
Poverty and Political Blogging – Videos from Cheltenham
Watch video of our 'Victorian Values' and 'Political Network' debates Read more
October 14, 2011
Orwell, Raffles and Gulliver
We’re very pleased to bring you two new Orwell essays this week Read more
October 7, 2011
One week to Cheltenham
Next weekend, the Orwell Prize will be at The Times Cheltenham Literature Festival Read more
September 30, 2011
Orwell on Tramping
With the final entry of Orwell’s Hop-Picking diary being published shortly, we’ve just added some more of Orwell’s writing on tramping to our website. ‘A Day in the Life of a Tramp’ was written by Orwell in 1929. Signed ‘Eric Read more
September 29, 2011
The Orwell Prize and Johann Hari
UPDATED Johann Hari has contacted the Prize and offered to repay the Prize money. Political Quarterly, one of the partners in running the Prize and the partner responsible for paying the prize money that year, has decided not to pursue Read more
September 27, 2011
Report on Johann Hari
The Orwell Prize has made what it hopes to be a final statement on Hari Read more
September 16, 2011
Johann Hari returns Orwell Prize
Johann Hari, who was awarded the Orwell Prize for Journalism 2008, has returned the Prize. This followed allegations about Hari’s journalism, and the completion of an investigation by The Independent. The Orwell Prize accepted Hari’s withdrawal in a statement. The Read more