The Orwell Prize

"[Victoria Amelina] brings to her narrative the acuity of a journalist and the artistry of a born writer, making her a true heir of George Orwell”, said Kim Darroch, Chair, the 2025 Orwell Prize for Political Writing. theguardian.com/books/2025/jun…

"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

Irish Book of the Year, Winner of @TheOrwellPrize and Shortlisted for the @BGPrize 2022 ⭐ In MY FOURTH TIME, WE DROWNED, award-winning journalist @sallyhayd unfolds a staggering investigation into the migrant crisis across North Africa. 99p on Kindle for July only!

ICYMI, the winners of @TheOrwellPrize have been announced: fivebooks.com/books/the-orwe…

Donie’s lovely, heartfelt acceptance speech ⁦@TheOrwellPrize⁩ ❤️

We're thrilled to be awarding The Orwell Prize for Exposing Britain's Social Evils again in 2026, sponsored by @prospect_uk. The prize - for reporting that shines a light on injustice and drives public understanding of complex issues - will open for entries in November. 👇

Victoria Amelina's husband, Alex, accepted the 2025 Orwell Prize for Political Writing on her behalf in London last night. The £3,000 prize money will support the New York Literary Festival, which Victoria founded in the Ukrainian village of New York. Her work lives on.

Today's top story: The winners of @TheOrwellPrize have been announced - Victoria Amelina won The Orwell Prize for Political Writing posthumously with Looking at Women, Looking at War, while Donal Ryan took the fiction prize for Heart, Be at Peace bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article-d… (£)

Moving evening at @TheOrwellPrize Ceremony. It was an honour to judge the prize for Political Writing. Our winner: Victoria Amelina's Looking at Women, Looking at War. She couldn't be there because she was killed by a Russian missile. She leaves a beautiful and important book.

We are delighted to announce that @jennykleeman has won the 2025 Orwell Prize for Journalism - congratulations, Jenny! 🎉 "Orwell wanted good prose to have purpose and reject humbug, and Kleeman’s writing fits that mould." - Matt Walsh, Chair of Judges

The winner of the 2025 Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness is Simon Murphy, for his work in @DailyMirror, including a front page report on the "hidden scandal of homeless women". Congratulations, @murphy_simon, and thank you to all our judges and to sponsors @homelessimpact.

Victoria Amelina, killed by a Russian bomb in Ukraine on 1 July 2023, has posthumously won the 2025 Orwell Prize for Political Writing for Looking at Women, Looking at War. "An unforgettable picture of the human consequences of war." Kim Darroch, Chair of Judges @WmCollinsBooks

The winner of the 2025 Orwell Prize for Political Fiction is Donal Ryan, for Heart, Be at Peace. "For its clarity. For its perfectly pitched voices. For its humanity and kindness." - Jim Crace, Chair of Judges Congratulations, Donal! 🎉 @PenguinUKBooks @doubledaybooks

“My starting point is always a feeling of partisanship, a sense of injustice." George Orwell, real name Eric Blair, was born in India #OTD in 1903. We're celebrating his legacy tonight at the 2025 #OrwellPrize Ceremony, alongside this year's finalists and judges. Stay tuned!

Another nice idea from @TheOrwellPrize orwellfoundation.substack.com/p/12-orwell-pr…

Last night, Helen Lewis & Nathan Waddell closed the Orwell Festival with a fascinating event exploring art, morality & "the genius myth". Nathan's back in London, Thurs, at @Waterstones Hampstead, discussing his pioneering biography, A Bright Cold Day 👇 waterstones.com/events/an-even…

A man of many genres, @lonesomereader takes you through both of this year's #OrwellPrize shortlists. Thank you, Eric! 📚📚