Rules

INTRODUCTION

1/ The Orwell Prize for Political Writing is awarded annually. The Prize awarded in June 2025 (the 2025 Prize) will recognise work first published between 1st June 2024 and 31st May 2025. Submissions are open from Wednesday 13^th November 2024 until Monday 27th January 2025.

2/ It is named in memory of George Orwell, the British journalist, novelist and essayist.

3/ Both The Orwell Prize for Political Writing and its sister prize, The Orwell Prize for Political Fiction, aim to encourage good writing and thinking about political themes. The winning entry of The Orwell Prize for Political Writing should strive to meet Orwell’s own ambition ‘to make political writing into an art’. Work should be of equal excellence in style and content and live up to the values of Orwell and the Orwell Foundation.

4/ ‘Political’ is defined in the broadest sense, including (but not limited to) entries addressing political, social, cultural, moral and historical subjects and can include pamphlets, books published by think tanks, diaries, memoirs, letters and essays.

5/ The Orwell Prize for Political Writing is worth £3,000 to the winner.

ELIGIBILITY

6/ Works of non-fiction must be published in either print and/or electronic format, or both, in the UK or Ireland between 1st June 2024 and 31st May 2025 by a recognised publisher or imprint based in the UK or Ireland. The book may also have been published first in another territory, so long as both publication dates (UK and elsewhere) fall within the above window. All submitted titles should have their own ISBN (International Standard Book Number) and be available in either pounds sterling or, in the case of books published in the Republic of Ireland, euros through UK and Irish retailers.

7/ A completed submission consists of the completed entry form including e-book, and two hard copies of the book sent to the Orwell Foundation office. Submissions must be received by the deadline.

If you have any questions about eligibility, please get in touch with the administrator.

8/ Each publisher or imprint may submit a maximum of five books to the Orwell Prize for Political Writing. The judges may wish to call in other titles from a publisher or imprint, which will not count towards a publishers limit. We reserve the right to call in copies at any point during the process.

9/ A book published in paperback within the eligibility period, which was previously published in hardback before the eligibility period, is not eligible for the 2025 Prize for Political Writing. Original paperbacks published between 1st June 2024 and 31st May 2025 are eligible.

10/ A single author, or very small team of authors, must be clearly identifiable. Anthologies consisting of work by more than one author will not be accepted, but books where co-authors, up to a maximum of three, have worked on the entire book together are eligible.

11/ Revised editions and reprints will not be considered, unless the revisions are so major as to effectively render the entry a new publication.

12/ Works published in translation are ineligible.

13/ Self-published books, i.e. where the book is published by a company set up by the author solely for the purpose of publishing that book, or where the author is the publisher, are ineligible.

14/ Publishers may enter as many of The Orwell Foundation Prizes for which the work is eligible in the same year – i.e. a writer can be entered for The Orwell Prize for Political Writing, The Orwell Prize for Political Fiction, The Orwell Prize for Journalism and the Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness in the same year, so long as there is no significant overlap between the material entered for each award.

15/ A disclaimer from the publisher or author is required for all entries (a checkbox on the online form) stating that the submitted work is all the author’s own and has not been plagiarised, or is otherwise primarily the work of somebody else.

16/ The final decision on the eligibility of a submission rests with the director and administrators of the Prize, subject to the oversight of Trustees of The Orwell Foundation.

17/ Judges are not permitted to enter any Orwell Prize in the year they are judging.

18/ Members of the boards of any of the Foundation’s partners or Trustees of The Orwell Foundation are not permitted to enter.

PROCESS

19/ The entry form can be found here.

20/ In the first instance, the publisher should enter two hard copies of the submitted book, and one copy of the book in electronic form in PDF. A completed online entry form should also be submitted. Please send the hard copies to:

The Orwell Prize for Political Writing
Institute of Advanced Studies
South Wing, Wilkins Building
UCL, Gower Street
London WC1E 6BT

You may then be asked to submit further physical copies for consideration (up to six copies).

21/ The deadline for entry forms is Monday 27th January 2025. Hard copies of all books should arrive by Friday 31^st January 2025; if finished copies are not available, we will accept uncorrected advance or proof copies. If that is not possible, please write to the administrator and inform them when final copies will be available.

Entrants should receive emailed confirmation of receiving their entry. If they do not, they should contact the administrator.

22/ Judges may call in any titles they wish to consider provided they meet the eligibility criteria of the prize.

23/ A list of finalists will be announced in May 2025. Typically, this will consist of eight books. The judges may opt to longlist fewer or more entries at their discretion.

24/ A winner will be announced in June 2025.

25/ If a book makes it to the finalist stage, we ask the following participation from the author:

• Finalists are requested to make themselves available for events promoting their book and the prize. Information will be sent to authors in May 2025. Whilst we will encourage in-person participation in events, we are able to be flexible if authors cannot travel and must participate digitally.
• Finalists may be asked to write a piece for The Orwell Foundation website
• Finalists may be briefed about The Orwell Youth Prize, and asked to consider taking part in a school workshop. Orwell Youth Prize school workshops give young people the opportunity to meet professional writers.
• Finalists are requested to attend the Orwell Prize ceremony on 25^th June (date subject to change) in Central London, where the winner will be announced alongside the other 2025 Orwell Prizes

26/ If a book makes it to the finalist stage, we require the following participation from the publisher:

• The publisher will be required to attend an online briefing meeting with the Orwell Prize and Collective Wisdom PR agency in early May 2025
• The publisher will be required to pay a £750 fee towards marketing and event costs. We are able to grant exemptions or reductions from this payment in certain cases, at the discretion of The Orwell Foundation. Please contact the administrator.
• If a book is a finalist or winner, The Orwell Foundation may request a number of copies for promotional purposes (up to twenty copies).
• If a book is a finalist or winner, ‘The Orwell Prize 2025: Finalist′ or ‘The Orwell Prize 2025: Winner′ stickers will be available to publishers and booksellers as digital files alongside other marketing materials.
• Publishers may be asked to approve relevant, short, extracts of any books by finalist authors for use on the Orwell Foundation website and in publicity.

27/ The Prize expects as much assistance as possible from publishers of finalist and winning books in publicising the achievement. This includes carrying the news on their websites and in press releases, and highlighting the achievement in future editions of successful books, making the award of the Prize clear on subsequent reprint covers etc.

INTRODUCTION

1/ The Orwell Prize for Political Fiction is awarded annually. The Prize awarded in June 2025 (the 2025 Prize) will recognise work first published between 1st June 2024 and 31st May 2025. Submissions are open from Wednesday 13^th November 2024 until Monday 27th January 2025.

2/ It is named in memory of George Orwell, the British novelist, journalist and essayist.

3/ Both The Orwell Prize for Political Fiction and its sister prize, The Orwell Prize for Political Writing, aim to encourage good writing and thinking about political themes. The winning entry of The Orwell Prize for Political Fiction should strive to meet Orwell’s own ambition ‘to make political writing into an art’. Work should be of equal excellence in style and content and live up to the values of Orwell and the Orwell Foundation.

4/ ‘Political’ is defined in the broadest sense, including (but not limited to) entries addressing political, social, cultural, moral and historical subjects and can include novels, short story collections, novels for children and young adults and graphic novels.

5/ The Orwell Prize for Political Fiction is worth £3,000 to the winner.

ELIGIBILITY

6/ Works of fiction must be published in either print and/or electronic format, or both, in the UK or Ireland between 1st June 2024 and 31st May 2025 by a recognised publisher or imprint based in the UK or Ireland. The book may also have been published first in another territory, so long as both publication dates (UK and elsewhere) fall within the above window. All submitted titles should have their own ISBN (International Standard Book Number) and be available in either pounds sterling or, in the case of books published in the Republic of Ireland, euros through UK and Irish retailers.

7/ A completed submission consists of the completed entry form including e-book, and two hard copies of the book sent to the Orwell Foundation office. Submissions must be received by the deadline.

If you have any questions about eligibility, please get in touch with the administrator.

8/ Each publisher or imprint may submit a maximum of five books to the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction. The judges may wish to call in other titles from a publisher or imprint, which will not count towards a publisher’s limit. We reserve the right to call in copies at any point during the process.

9/ A book published in paperback within the eligibility period, which was previously published in hardback before the eligibility period, is not eligible for the 2025 Prize for Political Fiction. Original paperbacks published between 1st June 2024 and 31st May 2025 are eligible.

10/ Short story collections by a single author are eligible but anthologies by either a single writer or multiple contributors will not be accepted. Stories in a collection may have been previously published in magazines or journals, but not in a previous collection by the author.

11/ Works published in translation are ineligible.

12/ Self-published books, i.e. where the book is published by a company set up by the author solely for the purpose of publishing that book, or where the author is the publisher, are ineligible.

13/ Publishers may enter as many of The Orwell Foundation Prizes for which the work is eligible in the same year – i.e. a writer can be entered for The Orwell Prize for Political Writing, The Orwell Prize for Political Fiction, The Orwell Prize for Journalism and The Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness in the same year, so long as there is no significant overlap between the material entered for each award.

14/ A disclaimer from the publisher or author is required for all entries (a checkbox on the online form) stating that the submitted work is all the author’s own and has not been plagiarised, or is otherwise primarily the work of somebody else.

15/ The final decision on the eligibility of a submission rests with the management of The Orwell Foundation and administrators of the Prize, subject to the oversight of Trustees of The Orwell Foundation.

16/ Judges are not permitted to enter any Orwell Prize in the year in which they are judging.

17/ Members of the boards of any of the Foundation’s partners or Trustees of The Orwell Foundation are not permitted to enter.

PROCESS

18/ The entry form can be found here.

19/ In the first instance, the publisher should enter two hard copies of the submitted book, and one copy of the book in electronic form in PDF. A completed online entry form should also be submitted. Please send the hard copies to:

The Orwell Prize for Political Writing
Institute of Advanced Studies
South Wing, Wilkins Building
UCL, Gower Street
London WC1E 6BT

You may then be asked to submit further physical copies for consideration (up to six copies).

20/ The deadline for entry forms is Monday 27th January 2025. Hard copies of all books should arrive by Friday 31^st January 2025; if finished copies are not available, we will accept uncorrected advance or proof copies. If that is not possible, please write to the administrator and inform them when final copies will be available.

Entrants should receive emailed confirmation of receiving their entry. If they do not, they should contact the administrator.

21/ Judges may call in any titles they wish to consider provided they meet the eligibility criteria of the prize.

22/ A list of finalists will be announced in May 2025. Typically, this will consist of eight books. The judges may opt to longlist fewer or more entries at their discretion.

23/ A winner will be announced in June 2025.

24/ If a book makes it to the finalist stage, we ask the following participation from the author:

• Finalists are requested to make themselves available for events promoting their book and the prize. Information will be sent to authors in May 2025. Whilst we will encourage in-person participation in events, we are able to be flexible if authors cannot travel and must participate digitally.
• Finalists may be asked to write a piece for The Orwell Foundation website
• Finalists may be briefed about The Orwell Youth Prize, and asked to consider taking part in a school workshop. Orwell Youth Prize school workshops give young people the opportunity to meet professional writers.
• Finalists are requested to attend the Orwell Prize ceremony on 25^th June (date subject to change) in Central London, where the winner will be announced alongside the other 2025 Orwell Prizes

25/ If a book makes it to the finalist stage, we require the following participation from the publisher:

• The publisher will be required to attend an online briefing meeting with the Orwell Prize and Collective Wisdom PR agency in early May 2025
• The publisher will be required to pay a £750 fee towards marketing and event costs. We are able to grant exemptions or reductions from this payment in certain cases, at the discretion of The Orwell Foundation. Please contact the administrator.
• If a book is a finalist or winner, The Orwell Foundation may request a number of copies for promotional purposes (up to twenty copies).
• If a book is a finalist or winner, ‘The Orwell Prize 2025: Finalist′ or ‘The Orwell Prize 2025: Winner′ stickers will be available to publishers and booksellers as digital files alongside other marketing materials.
• Publishers may be asked to approve relevant, short, extracts of any books by finalist authors for use on the Orwell Foundation website and in publicity.

26/ The Prize expects as much assistance as possible from publishers of finalist and winning books in publicising the achievement. This includes carrying the news on their websites and in press releases, highlighting the achievement in future editions of successful books, making the award of the Prize clear on subsequent reprint covers etc.

INTRODUCTION

1/ The Orwell Prize for Journalism (‘the Prize’) is awarded annually. The Prize, awarded in June 2025 (the 2025 Prize) will recognise work first published between 1st April 2024 and 31st March 2025. Submissions are open between 13th November 2024 and 31st March 2025.

2/ It is named in memory of George Orwell, the British journalist, novelist and essayist.

3/ The Orwell Prize for Journalism is awarded for sustained reportage and/or commentary, working in any medium. The winning entry should strive to meet Orwell’s own ambition ‘to make political writing into an art’. The work should be of equal excellence in style and content and live up to the values of Orwell and The Orwell Foundation.

4/ The Orwell Prize for Journalism is worth £3,000 to the winner.

5/ There is no fee to enter the Prize.

ELIGIBILITY

6/ A completed submission consists of a minimum of three items and a maximum of four, from a news organisation, broadcaster or publisher of news articles.

7/ Self-published items, such as blogs, are not eligible for the Orwell Prize for Journalism. Public relations items are not eligible.

8/ Entries may include work produced for more than one publication and/or broadcaster.

9/ Written pieces (online or print), television items, podcast episodes  and radio broadcasts are all eligible. Entries may consist of any combination of different media. Transcripts of audio or video work will not be required. Books are not eligible for the Orwell Prize for Journalism.

10/ The total broadcast or listening time of any entry (i.e. the combined length of all items) must not exceed two hours. There is no word limit for text-based entries.

11/ Entries may be accompanied by a supporting statement (maximum 1200 characters) offering a brief summary of the project. If entrants believe there is additional material which would provide important context to their entry, they are encouraged to draw attention to this in their statement. It is for the judges’ discretion as to whether or not they wish to pursue these recommendations.

12/ All submissions must be accompanied by a completed entry form. Submissions must be received by the deadline.

13/ All items submitted as part of an entry to the Prize must be first published between 1st April 2024 and 31st March 2025.

14/ Entries must be able to demonstrate a link to the UK and/or Ireland by meeting one or more of the following criteria: a) The articles submitted were first published in the UK and/or Ireland b) one or more of the authors was based in the UK and/or in Ireland at the time of publication c) one or more of the authors is a UK or Irish citizen. Entries where only one author is a UK/Irish citizen or resident are eligible.

15/ A single author, or small team of authors, must be named and clearly identifiable. Entries consisting of single items by different authors will not be accepted, but entries where co-authors have worked on all three pieces will be. Entries where a named journalist has written two or three articles alone and presented a television, radio programme or podcast with a larger production team would also be accepted as an individual entry. Similarly, entries where an identifiable team has worked on two or three items, and one member of the team has written a single related item, would be accepted as a joint entry.

16/ Entries may be submitted by the author/team, or the author/team may be entered for the Prize by an editor, publisher or awards administrator.

17/ A disclaimer from the publisher, editor or author is required for all entries (a checkbox on the online form) stating that the submitted work is

A. All the author/team’s own and has not been plagiarised or is otherwise primarily the work of somebody else.

and

B. Has been subject to robust editorial oversight

18/ There is no limit to the number of journalists who may enter the Prize from a single publication or news organisation.

19/ Journalists may choose to name an editor on their form, who will be informed if the entry is chosen as a finalist and invited to any Prize events.

20/ Entrants may enter as many of The Orwell Foundation Prizes for which they are eligible in the same year – i.e. a writer can be entered for The Orwell Prize for Political Writing, The Orwell Prize for Political Fiction, The Orwell Prize for Journalism and The Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness in the same year, so long as there is no significant overlap between the material entered for each award.

21/ Winners of The Orwell Prize for Journalism may not enter the Prize again for the next three Prize cycles, during which time they remain eligible for any other Orwell Prize they wish to enter.

22/ Articles published in translation are ineligible.

23/ Judges are not permitted to enter any Orwell Prize in the year in which they are judging.

24/ Members of the boards of any of the Foundation’s partners, or Trustees of The Orwell Foundation, are not permitted to enter.

25/ The final decision on the eligibility of a submission rests with the management of The Orwell Foundation and the administrator of the Prize, subject to the oversight of the Trustees of The Orwell Foundation.

26/ If you have any questions about eligibility, please contact the administrator.

SUBMISSION PROCESS

27/ The entry form can be found here.

28/ Entries need to be easily accessible for our judging panel. Every submitted written item MUST be sent as a PDF or Word document in A4.

29/ Multimedia items may be embedded or submitted as a permanent, accessible, non-expiring URL. URL should be free of paywalls and not require a subscription or log-in to access. If this is not possible, please contact the administrator, who will work with you to facilitate your entry by other means.

30/ The entrant’s contact details (email address) will be held by the Foundation for seven years following submission, in which time it will only be used to contact the entrant about their entry and/or to facilitate their entry to the Prize in the future.

31/ A byline photograph with no rights reserved must accompany every entry. If your entry is shortlisted, this photograph will be used on The Orwell Foundation website and social media.

ANNOUNCEMENT TIMELINE

32/ A list of finalists will be announced in May 2025. Typically, this will consist of eight entries. The judges may opt to shortlist fewer or more entries at their discretion.

33/ A winner will be announced on 25th June 2025 [date subject to change].

34/ If they are a finalist, journalists are expected to make themselves available for the awards ceremony on 25th June 2025 [date subject to change]. The winner of the Prize will be announced alongside the winners of The Orwell Prize for Political Writing, The Orwell Prize for Political Fiction and The Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness. There is no charge for attending the event.

35/ If a finalist, journalists may be briefed about The Orwell Youth Prize, a programme for young people, and asked to consider taking part in a Youth Prize workshop or be interviewed by a young writer. The Orwell Youth Prize gives young people the opportunity to meet professional writers and develop their own confidence writing and articulating their ideas about politics and society.

36/ Finalists may be asked to write a piece for The Orwell Foundation website, speak at events, and represent the Prize when requested.

37/ Finalists will be expected to complete a questionnaire for use in evaluating the effect of the Prize and monitoring for equality/diversity purposes.

38/ Publishers may be asked to approve relevant, short, extracts of any items by finalists for use on the Orwell Foundation website and in publicity.

39/ The Prize expects as much assistance as possible from finalists and their editors in publicising their achievement. This includes carrying the news on their websites and in press releases.

40/ Entrants should receive emailed confirmation of receiving their entry. If they do not, they should contact the administrator.

INTRODUCTION

1/ The Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness (‘the Prize’) is awarded annually. The Prize, awarded in June 2025 (the 2025 Prize) will recognise work first published between 1st April 2024 and 31st March 2025. Submissions are open between 13th November 2024 and 31st March 2025.

2/ It is named in memory of George Orwell, the British journalist, novelist and essayist.

3/ The Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness will be awarded for reporting and/or commentary on homelessness, in all its forms. The prize aims to celebrate and showcase reporting and storytelling about homelessness that makes rigorous use of evidence and data, shares personal experiences of homelessness in an impactful way and helps to change the national conversation about the issue. The winning entry should strive to meet Orwell’s own ambition ‘to make political writing into an art’. The work should be of equal excellence in style and content and live up to the values of Orwell and The Orwell Foundation.

4/ The Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness is worth £3,000 to the winner.

5/ All entries must portray people experiencing homelessness in a respectful manner, having gained informed and meaningful consent.

6/ Judges will look for entries that avoid or challenge the stigma associated with homelessness, including in the use of language.

7/ It is a requirement each year that at least one member of the judging panel must have lived experience of homelessness.

8/ There is no fee to enter the Prize.

ELIGIBILITY

9/ A completed submission consists of a minimum of 1 item and a maximum of 3 items in total. Entries may include work produced for more than one publication and/or broadcaster.

10/ Items may be in any medium, such as written journalism or creative writing, video and audio content including video diaries, photojournalism (which must include text as well as photos) and social media content. Transcripts of audio or video work will not be required. Public relations items are not eligible. Books are not eligible for the Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness.

11/ The total broadcast or listening time of any entry (i.e. the combined length of all items) must not exceed two hours. There is no word limit for text-based entries.

12/ Entrants may also attach a supporting statement (maximum 1200 characters) offering a brief summary of the project. If entrants believe there is additional material which would provide important context to their entry, they are encouraged to draw attention to this in their statement. It is for the judges’ discretion as to whether or not they wish to pursue these recommendations.

13/ All submissions must be accompanied by a completed entry form. Submissions must be received by the deadline.

14/ All items submitted as part of an entry to the Prize must be first published between 1st April 2024 and 31st March 2025.

15/ Entries must be able to demonstrate a link to the UK and/or Ireland by meeting one or more of the following criteria: a) The articles submitted were first published in the UK and/or Ireland b) one or more of the authors was based in the UK and/or in Ireland at the time of publication c) one or more of the authors is a UK or Irish citizen. Entries where only one author is a UK/Irish citizen or resident are eligible.

16/ A single author, or small team of authors, must be named and clearly identifiable. Entries consisting of single items by different authors will not be accepted, but entries where co-authors have worked on all three pieces will be. Entries where a named journalist has written two or three articles alone and presented a television, radio programme or podcast with a larger production team would also be accepted as an individual entry. Similarly, entries where an identifiable team has worked on two or three items, and one member of the team has written a single related item, would be accepted as a joint entry.

17/ Entries may be submitted by the author/team, or the author/team may be entered for the Prize by an editor, publisher or awards administrator.

18/ A disclaimer from the publisher, editor or author is required for all entries (a checkbox on the online form) stating that the submitted work is all the author/team’s own and has not been plagiarised or is otherwise primarily the work of somebody else.

19/ There is no limit to the number of journalists who may enter the Prize from a single publication or news organisation.

20/  Entrants may choose to name another individual on their form, such as an editor, friend or colleague, who will be informed if the entry is chosen as a finalist and invited to any Prize events.

21/ Entrants may enter as many of The Orwell Foundation Prizes for which they are eligible in the same year – i.e. a writer can be entered for The Orwell Prize for Political Writing, The Orwell Prize for Political Fiction, The Orwell Prize for Journalism and The Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness in the same year, so long as there is no significant overlap between the material entered for each award.

22/ Winners of The Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness may not enter the Prize again for the next three Prize cycles, during which time they remain eligible for any other Orwell Prize they wish to enter.

23/ Articles published in translation are ineligible.

24/ Judges are not permitted to enter any Orwell Prize in the year in which they are judging.

25/ Members of the boards of any of the Foundation’s partners, or Trustees of The Orwell Foundation, are not permitted to enter.

26/ The final decision on the eligibility of a submission rests with the management of The Orwell Foundation and the administrator of the Prize, subject to the oversight of the Trustees of The Orwell Foundation.

27/ If you have any questions about eligibility, please contact the administrator.

SUBMISSION PROCESS

28/ The entry form can be found here.

29/ Entries need to be easily accessible for our judging panel. Every submitted written item MUST be sent as a PDF or Word document in A4.

30/ Multimedia items may be embedded or submitted as a permanent, accessible, non-expiring URL. URL should be free of paywalls and not require a subscription or log-in to access. If this is not possible, please contact the administrator, who will work with you to facilitate your entry by other means.

31/ The entrant’s contact details (email address) will be held by the Foundation for seven years following submission, in which time it will only be used to contact the entrant about their entry and/or to facilitate their entry to the Prize in the future.

32/ A portrait byline photograph with no rights reserved must accompany every entry. If your entry is shortlisted, this photograph will be used on The Orwell Foundation website and social media.

ANNOUNCEMENT TIMELINE

33/ A list of finalists will be announced in May 2025. Typically, this will consist of eight entries. The judges may opt to shortlist fewer or more entries at their discretion.

34/ A winner will be announced on 25th June 2025 [date subject to change].

35/ In addition to the Prize, the judges may award further opportunities at their discretion, including but not limited to: a free place on an Arvon residential writing course and a 12 month journalism mentorship. Priority for these opportunities will be given to the unpublished entries which the judges believe best meets the Prize criteria, regardless of whether or not said entries are shortlisted for the Prize.

36/ All unpublished entries will be considered for these further opportunities, unless the entrant opts out on entry. No additional entry information is required.

37) The Orwell Foundation reserves the right not to award any further opportunities in the event that the judges cannot identify any appropriate candidates.

38/ If they are a finalist, journalists are expected to make themselves available for the awards ceremony on 25th June 2025 [date subject to change]. The winner of the Prize will be announced alongside the winners of The Orwell Prize for Political Writing, The Orwell Prize for Political Fiction and The Orwell Prize for Journalism. There is no charge for attending the event.

39/ If a finalist, journalists may be briefed about The Orwell Youth Prize, a programme for young people, and asked to consider taking part in a Youth Prize workshop or be interviewed by a young writer. The Orwell Youth Prize gives young people the opportunity to meet professional writers and develop their own confidence writing and articulating their ideas about politics and society.

40/ Finalists may be asked to write a piece for The Orwell Foundation website, speak at events, and represent the Prize when requested.

41/ Finalists will be expected to complete a questionnaire for use in evaluating the effect of the Prize and monitoring for equality/diversity purposes.

42/ Publishers may be asked to approve relevant, short, extracts of any items by finalists for use on the Orwell Foundation website and in publicity.

43/ The Prize expects as much assistance as possible from finalists and their editors in publicising their achievement. This includes carrying the news on their websites and in press releases.

44/ Entrants should receive emailed confirmation of receiving their entry. If they do not, they should contact the administrator.