The Orwell Prize
@orwellprize.bsky.social
We share George Orwell’s vision of a decent society where thought is free, truth is valued and brave writing is celebrated. Sign up to our newsletter 👇 https://orwellfoundation.substack.com/
Pinned
The Orwell Prize
@orwellprize.bsky.social
· May 14
The Orwell Prizes 2025: Finalists announced
From the best political fiction to powerful reporting on homelessness, discover this year's shortlists
open.substack.com
📢 2025 Orwell Prize Finalists Announced!
The Orwell Prizes celebrate the year's best political writing and reporting, inspired by George Orwell's values of clarity, courage, and fidelity to truth.
Explore this year's shortlists & judges’ reflections: open.substack.com/pub/orwellfo...
The Orwell Prizes celebrate the year's best political writing and reporting, inspired by George Orwell's values of clarity, courage, and fidelity to truth.
Explore this year's shortlists & judges’ reflections: open.substack.com/pub/orwellfo...
Reposted by The Orwell Prize
Very excited to be on the judging panel for the 2026 @orwellprize.bsky.social in Political Writing, chaired by Rohan Silva, alongside Katie Prescott, Sam Bowman and Lawrence Freedman. Looking forward to reading and discussing—get your submissions in now!
www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-p...
www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-p...
www.orwellfoundation.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Very excited to be on the judging panel for the 2026 @orwellprize.bsky.social in Political Writing, chaired by Rohan Silva, alongside Katie Prescott, Sam Bowman and Lawrence Freedman. Looking forward to reading and discussing—get your submissions in now!
www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-p...
www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-p...
"The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them."
Subscribe to Orwell Daily for curated highlights from Orwell's legendary journalism, delivered "on the day": orwell.substack.com/p/every-nati...
Subscribe to Orwell Daily for curated highlights from Orwell's legendary journalism, delivered "on the day": orwell.substack.com/p/every-nati...
November 3, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them."
Subscribe to Orwell Daily for curated highlights from Orwell's legendary journalism, delivered "on the day": orwell.substack.com/p/every-nati...
Subscribe to Orwell Daily for curated highlights from Orwell's legendary journalism, delivered "on the day": orwell.substack.com/p/every-nati...
The Orwell Youth Prize gives every UK student the chance to:
✍️ Write creatively and critically, inspired by Orwell
📢 Make their voice and ideas heard
💡 Receive tailored feedback to make their work shine
Our 2026 theme? TRUTH. Find out more: www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-y...
✍️ Write creatively and critically, inspired by Orwell
📢 Make their voice and ideas heard
💡 Receive tailored feedback to make their work shine
Our 2026 theme? TRUTH. Find out more: www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-y...
October 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The Orwell Youth Prize gives every UK student the chance to:
✍️ Write creatively and critically, inspired by Orwell
📢 Make their voice and ideas heard
💡 Receive tailored feedback to make their work shine
Our 2026 theme? TRUTH. Find out more: www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-y...
✍️ Write creatively and critically, inspired by Orwell
📢 Make their voice and ideas heard
💡 Receive tailored feedback to make their work shine
Our 2026 theme? TRUTH. Find out more: www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-y...
Entry is now open for the 2026 Orwell Prizes in six categories, with new judging panels revealed.
Thanks to prize sponsors @prospectmagazine.co.uk, @homelessnessimpact.bsky.social & founding sponsor @politicalquarterly.bsky.social.
Find out more: substack.com/home/post/p-...
Thanks to prize sponsors @prospectmagazine.co.uk, @homelessnessimpact.bsky.social & founding sponsor @politicalquarterly.bsky.social.
Find out more: substack.com/home/post/p-...
October 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Entry is now open for the 2026 Orwell Prizes in six categories, with new judging panels revealed.
Thanks to prize sponsors @prospectmagazine.co.uk, @homelessnessimpact.bsky.social & founding sponsor @politicalquarterly.bsky.social.
Find out more: substack.com/home/post/p-...
Thanks to prize sponsors @prospectmagazine.co.uk, @homelessnessimpact.bsky.social & founding sponsor @politicalquarterly.bsky.social.
Find out more: substack.com/home/post/p-...
Richard Blair, Orwell's son, in action on Islay, as we launch the 2026 Orwell Youth Prize!
A fascinating Q&A session with @orwellprize.bsky.social at Islay High School yesterday! It was fantastic to see how engaged the students were, with many excellent questions.
October 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Richard Blair, Orwell's son, in action on Islay, as we launch the 2026 Orwell Youth Prize!
"To mark Banned Books Week 2025, the Dawit Isaak Library in Sweden... has created the world’s first double-bound book: a special unreadable edition of George Orwell’s 1984."
lbbonline.com/news/George-...
#Orwell #BannedBooks @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social
lbbonline.com/news/George-...
#Orwell #BannedBooks @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social
George Orwell's 1984 Becomes World’s First Double-Bound Book | LBBOnline
Little Black Book, BBDO Nordics and the Dawit Isaak Library in Sweden launch the powerful protest against censorship by binding the classic shut on both sides
lbbonline.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:39 PM
"To mark Banned Books Week 2025, the Dawit Isaak Library in Sweden... has created the world’s first double-bound book: a special unreadable edition of George Orwell’s 1984."
lbbonline.com/news/George-...
#Orwell #BannedBooks @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social
lbbonline.com/news/George-...
#Orwell #BannedBooks @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social
"The best books of any one age have always been written from several different viewpoints, some of them palpably more false than others." Politics vs. Literature, October 1946
#Orwell #OrwellQuotes #OrwellDaily
orwell.substack.com
#Orwell #OrwellQuotes #OrwellDaily
orwell.substack.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
"The best books of any one age have always been written from several different viewpoints, some of them palpably more false than others." Politics vs. Literature, October 1946
#Orwell #OrwellQuotes #OrwellDaily
orwell.substack.com
#Orwell #OrwellQuotes #OrwellDaily
orwell.substack.com
Reposted by The Orwell Prize
The @orwellprize.bsky.social is looking for experienced professionals to volunteer as Readers for the Orwell Youth Prize.
Help give young people without strong academic support networks the chance for constructive advice on their writing.
Help give young people without strong academic support networks the chance for constructive advice on their writing.
Volunteering | The Orwell Foundation
How you can help support our young writers
www.orwellfoundation.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:26 AM
The @orwellprize.bsky.social is looking for experienced professionals to volunteer as Readers for the Orwell Youth Prize.
Help give young people without strong academic support networks the chance for constructive advice on their writing.
Help give young people without strong academic support networks the chance for constructive advice on their writing.
"Our society is not only so arranged that if you have money you can buy luxuries with it. After all, that is what money is for. It is also so arranged that if you don’t have money you pay for it at every hour of the day with petty humiliations and totally unnecessary discomforts..."
6 October 1944
6 October 1944
October 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"Our society is not only so arranged that if you have money you can buy luxuries with it. After all, that is what money is for. It is also so arranged that if you don’t have money you pay for it at every hour of the day with petty humiliations and totally unnecessary discomforts..."
6 October 1944
6 October 1944
Reposted by The Orwell Prize
"Orwell's values are a light in the darkness of these troubled times."
We are delighted to welcome Kim Darroch, former British ambassador to the US, as our incoming Chair of Trustees.
Read the full story via our website: www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-f...
We are delighted to welcome Kim Darroch, former British ambassador to the US, as our incoming Chair of Trustees.
Read the full story via our website: www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-f...
October 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
"Orwell's values are a light in the darkness of these troubled times."
We are delighted to welcome Kim Darroch, former British ambassador to the US, as our incoming Chair of Trustees.
Read the full story via our website: www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-f...
We are delighted to welcome Kim Darroch, former British ambassador to the US, as our incoming Chair of Trustees.
Read the full story via our website: www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-f...
"Orwell's values are a light in the darkness of these troubled times."
We are delighted to welcome Kim Darroch, former British ambassador to the US, as our incoming Chair of Trustees.
Read the full story via our website: www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-f...
We are delighted to welcome Kim Darroch, former British ambassador to the US, as our incoming Chair of Trustees.
Read the full story via our website: www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-f...
October 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
"Orwell's values are a light in the darkness of these troubled times."
We are delighted to welcome Kim Darroch, former British ambassador to the US, as our incoming Chair of Trustees.
Read the full story via our website: www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-f...
We are delighted to welcome Kim Darroch, former British ambassador to the US, as our incoming Chair of Trustees.
Read the full story via our website: www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-f...
Reposted by The Orwell Prize
Big congratulations to Kim Darroch on his appointment as new Chair of
@orwellprize.bsky.social.
Kim takes over from Ken Macdonald who has been a superb Chair over the last decade.
www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-f...
@orwellprize.bsky.social.
Kim takes over from Ken Macdonald who has been a superb Chair over the last decade.
www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-f...
The Orwell Foundation appoints a new Chair of the Board of Trustees | The Orwell Foundation
Lord Darroch, former British Ambassador to the United States, joins The Orwell Foundation as Chair of the Board of Trustees. The Orwell Foundation is delighted to welcome Kim Darroch, as the charity e...
www.orwellfoundation.com
September 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Big congratulations to Kim Darroch on his appointment as new Chair of
@orwellprize.bsky.social.
Kim takes over from Ken Macdonald who has been a superb Chair over the last decade.
www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-f...
@orwellprize.bsky.social.
Kim takes over from Ken Macdonald who has been a superb Chair over the last decade.
www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-f...
Reposted by The Orwell Prize
Volunteer as a Reader for the Orwell Youth Prize!
The @orwellprize.bsky.social is looking for experienced professionals across publishing, literature, academia, civil society (and more) to provide personalised feedback as part of their judging process.
The @orwellprize.bsky.social is looking for experienced professionals across publishing, literature, academia, civil society (and more) to provide personalised feedback as part of their judging process.
Volunteering | The Orwell Foundation
How you can help support our young writers
www.orwellfoundation.com
October 5, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Volunteer as a Reader for the Orwell Youth Prize!
The @orwellprize.bsky.social is looking for experienced professionals across publishing, literature, academia, civil society (and more) to provide personalised feedback as part of their judging process.
The @orwellprize.bsky.social is looking for experienced professionals across publishing, literature, academia, civil society (and more) to provide personalised feedback as part of their judging process.
"Fairly much a leftist, George Orwell is a defender of freedom, even though most of the time he violently disagrees with the people beside whom he is fighting." - Allene Talmey for Vogue, 15 September 1946
September 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
"Fairly much a leftist, George Orwell is a defender of freedom, even though most of the time he violently disagrees with the people beside whom he is fighting." - Allene Talmey for Vogue, 15 September 1946
It's always a good time to read Notes on Nationalism! Thanks for sharing @samanthaasumadu.substack.com.
It's as good as any time to read George Orwell's NOTES ON NATIONALISM
www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-f...
www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-f...
Notes on Nationalism | The Orwell Foundation
"By ‘nationalism’ I mean first of all the habit of assuming that human beings can be classified like insects and that whole blocks of millions or tens of millions of people can be confidently labelled...
www.orwellfoundation.com
September 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
It's always a good time to read Notes on Nationalism! Thanks for sharing @samanthaasumadu.substack.com.
"It all made such shockingly perfect sense."
With Animal Farm turning 80, we asked some friends of the Foundation to share their first encounters. Our thanks (and an extra helping of apples) to all who took part!
orwellfoundation.substack.com/p/it-all-mad...
With Animal Farm turning 80, we asked some friends of the Foundation to share their first encounters. Our thanks (and an extra helping of apples) to all who took part!
orwellfoundation.substack.com/p/it-all-mad...
"It all made such shockingly perfect sense." Animal Farm at Eighty
Friends of the Foundation recall their first encounters with George Orwell's masterpiece
orwellfoundation.substack.com
August 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
"It all made such shockingly perfect sense."
With Animal Farm turning 80, we asked some friends of the Foundation to share their first encounters. Our thanks (and an extra helping of apples) to all who took part!
orwellfoundation.substack.com/p/it-all-mad...
With Animal Farm turning 80, we asked some friends of the Foundation to share their first encounters. Our thanks (and an extra helping of apples) to all who took part!
orwellfoundation.substack.com/p/it-all-mad...
Reposted by The Orwell Prize
Isn't this a brilliant read...and there's so much more to come.
Thank you.
@orwellprize.bsky.social
@theguardian.com
@jomcmillan.bsky.social
@waterstonesoxf.bsky.social
orwellfoundation.substack.com/p/it-all-mad...
Thank you.
@orwellprize.bsky.social
@theguardian.com
@jomcmillan.bsky.social
@waterstonesoxf.bsky.social
orwellfoundation.substack.com/p/it-all-mad...
"It all made such shockingly perfect sense." Animal Farm at Eighty
Friends of the Foundation recall their first encounters with George Orwell's masterpiece
orwellfoundation.substack.com
August 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Isn't this a brilliant read...and there's so much more to come.
Thank you.
@orwellprize.bsky.social
@theguardian.com
@jomcmillan.bsky.social
@waterstonesoxf.bsky.social
orwellfoundation.substack.com/p/it-all-mad...
Thank you.
@orwellprize.bsky.social
@theguardian.com
@jomcmillan.bsky.social
@waterstonesoxf.bsky.social
orwellfoundation.substack.com/p/it-all-mad...
📢 Teachers & educators!
The Orwell Youth Prize gives students:
✍️ Freedom to write about their world
💡 Individual support to improve
📣 A platform for their ideas
🏆 The chance to win for themselves & their school
Follow us on LinkedIn for updates and resources 👉 www.linkedin.com/company/the-...
The Orwell Youth Prize gives students:
✍️ Freedom to write about their world
💡 Individual support to improve
📣 A platform for their ideas
🏆 The chance to win for themselves & their school
Follow us on LinkedIn for updates and resources 👉 www.linkedin.com/company/the-...
August 18, 2025 at 11:50 AM
📢 Teachers & educators!
The Orwell Youth Prize gives students:
✍️ Freedom to write about their world
💡 Individual support to improve
📣 A platform for their ideas
🏆 The chance to win for themselves & their school
Follow us on LinkedIn for updates and resources 👉 www.linkedin.com/company/the-...
The Orwell Youth Prize gives students:
✍️ Freedom to write about their world
💡 Individual support to improve
📣 A platform for their ideas
🏆 The chance to win for themselves & their school
Follow us on LinkedIn for updates and resources 👉 www.linkedin.com/company/the-...
Reposted by The Orwell Prize
Animal Farm at Eighty
“I took it out of the library, and read it quietly, in bed, under the covers.”
On the 80th anniversary of its publication, read my first encounter with Orwell’s Animal Farm:
orwellfoundation.substack.com/p/it-all-mad...
@ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
@orwellprize.bsky.social
“I took it out of the library, and read it quietly, in bed, under the covers.”
On the 80th anniversary of its publication, read my first encounter with Orwell’s Animal Farm:
orwellfoundation.substack.com/p/it-all-mad...
@ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
@orwellprize.bsky.social
"It all made such shockingly perfect sense." Animal Farm at Eighty
Friends of the Foundation recall their first encounters with George Orwell's masterpiece
orwellfoundation.substack.com
August 17, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Animal Farm at Eighty
“I took it out of the library, and read it quietly, in bed, under the covers.”
On the 80th anniversary of its publication, read my first encounter with Orwell’s Animal Farm:
orwellfoundation.substack.com/p/it-all-mad...
@ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
@orwellprize.bsky.social
“I took it out of the library, and read it quietly, in bed, under the covers.”
On the 80th anniversary of its publication, read my first encounter with Orwell’s Animal Farm:
orwellfoundation.substack.com/p/it-all-mad...
@ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
@orwellprize.bsky.social
"We need Animal Farm by our side more than ever now." Read Richard Blair, George Orwell's son, on eighty years of Animal Farm.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
‘Animal Farm was my parents’ teamwork’: Orwell’s son on 80 years of the satirical classic
Richard Blair on the role his mother played in developing the 1945 political fable – and how it nearly didn’t get published
www.theguardian.com
August 18, 2025 at 10:10 AM
"We need Animal Farm by our side more than ever now." Read Richard Blair, George Orwell's son, on eighty years of Animal Farm.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
"War not only shatters linear stories but also destroys those writing them."
Julian Evans for the Royal Literary Fund on Ukraine’s writers at war, and the life and death of Victoria Amelina - winner of the 2025 Orwell Prize for Political Writing.
www.rlf.org.uk/posts/ukrain...
Julian Evans for the Royal Literary Fund on Ukraine’s writers at war, and the life and death of Victoria Amelina - winner of the 2025 Orwell Prize for Political Writing.
www.rlf.org.uk/posts/ukrain...
Ukraine’s writers at war, and the life and death of Victoria Amelina
Julian Evans on the life and work of Orwell Prize-winning Ukrainian author Victoria Amelina, and the fragmented nature of writing about war.
www.rlf.org.uk
July 28, 2025 at 11:14 AM
"War not only shatters linear stories but also destroys those writing them."
Julian Evans for the Royal Literary Fund on Ukraine’s writers at war, and the life and death of Victoria Amelina - winner of the 2025 Orwell Prize for Political Writing.
www.rlf.org.uk/posts/ukrain...
Julian Evans for the Royal Literary Fund on Ukraine’s writers at war, and the life and death of Victoria Amelina - winner of the 2025 Orwell Prize for Political Writing.
www.rlf.org.uk/posts/ukrain...
"In this country we are not troubled by lack of water. If anything we have too much of it, especially on Bank Holidays. As a result water hardly enters into our consciousness."
- George Orwell, #OTD 1944
- George Orwell, #OTD 1944
July 21, 2025 at 11:25 AM
"In this country we are not troubled by lack of water. If anything we have too much of it, especially on Bank Holidays. As a result water hardly enters into our consciousness."
- George Orwell, #OTD 1944
- George Orwell, #OTD 1944
📰 In this month’s Orwell News:
The Orwell Prize for Exposing Britain’s Social Evils returns for 2026, supported by @prospectmagazine.co.uk
Meet the 2025 Orwell Youth Prize winners!
Sam Hill in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social: Can we all belong?
👉 orwellfoundation.substack.com/p/journalism...
The Orwell Prize for Exposing Britain’s Social Evils returns for 2026, supported by @prospectmagazine.co.uk
Meet the 2025 Orwell Youth Prize winners!
Sam Hill in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social: Can we all belong?
👉 orwellfoundation.substack.com/p/journalism...
“Journalism that refuses to look away”: Prospect to sponsor The Orwell Prize for Exposing Britain’s Social Evils
The prize, last awarded in 2023, will re-open for entries this Autumn
orwellfoundation.substack.com
July 16, 2025 at 2:52 PM
📰 In this month’s Orwell News:
The Orwell Prize for Exposing Britain’s Social Evils returns for 2026, supported by @prospectmagazine.co.uk
Meet the 2025 Orwell Youth Prize winners!
Sam Hill in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social: Can we all belong?
👉 orwellfoundation.substack.com/p/journalism...
The Orwell Prize for Exposing Britain’s Social Evils returns for 2026, supported by @prospectmagazine.co.uk
Meet the 2025 Orwell Youth Prize winners!
Sam Hill in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social: Can we all belong?
👉 orwellfoundation.substack.com/p/journalism...
Reposted by The Orwell Prize
"We lack not only a clear sense of who we are, but we are also devoid of policy which makes Britain feel fairer... and which dignifies those that come to this country in search of a new life."
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/can-we-...
Sam Taylor Hill from @orwellprize.bsky.social
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/can-we-...
Sam Taylor Hill from @orwellprize.bsky.social
Can We All Belong?
Insights from the The Political Quarterly Conversation 'Can We All Belong?' at the Orwell Festival.
politicalquarterly.org.uk
July 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"We lack not only a clear sense of who we are, but we are also devoid of policy which makes Britain feel fairer... and which dignifies those that come to this country in search of a new life."
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/can-we-...
Sam Taylor Hill from @orwellprize.bsky.social
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/can-we-...
Sam Taylor Hill from @orwellprize.bsky.social
Reposted by The Orwell Prize
