Orwell Prize

The Orwell Prize is a British prize for political writing. The Prize is awarded by The Orwell Foundation, an independent charity (Registered Charity No 1161563, formerly "The Orwell Prize") governed by a board of trustees. Five prizes are awarded each year: one each for a fiction (established 2019) and non-fiction book on politics, one for journalism, one for "Exposing Britain's Social Evils" (established 2015); between 2009 and 2012 and returning in 2026, a fifth prize was established in 2023 for reporting or commentary on homelessness. In each case, the winner is the short-listed entry which comes closest to George Orwell's own ambition to "make political writing into an art". In 2014, the Youth Orwell Prize was launched, targeted at school years 9 to 13 in order to "support and inspire a new generation of politically engaged young writers".

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Check the official rules of the Orwell Prize for the current eligibility window, accepted formats, residency or language requirements and any entry fee. For most established prizes the publisher submits on the author's behalf, often with a limit on entries per imprint.

If you are self-published, look for an explicit statement that independently published books are accepted, and budget for entry fees and copies for judges.