Elizabeth Paris, Chair, presents winners of the Orwell Youth Prize 2016 with the works of George Orwell
The winners of the Orwell Youth Prize 2016 were announced at the Celebration Day, held at Pembroke College Oxford on Friday 24th June 2016.
Every entry was reviewed by at least two assessors. The winners were chosen by Professor Jean Seaton, Director of the Orwell Prize and Amelia Gentleman, Social Affairs Writer at the Guardian.
The Prizes were presented by Bill Hamilton (Trustee of the Orwell Youth Prize and Executor of the Orwell Estate), Professor Jean Seaton and Rachel Goode of Oxford University Press.
The Winners in the Lower Age Cateory (Years 9, 10 and 11) were:
Emily Wicks, Hide and Seek
Ben Ettridge, Are we setting children up to fail?
Celia Bergin, Gray Area
Charissa Cheong, Liberty for the Builder’s Son
The Winners in the Upper Age Cateory (Years 12 and 13) were:
Alexander Butcher, Untitled Essay
Kanaar Askari and Carla Mufid, Victims of a Map
Anna Morris, The Voice of a Benefits Claimaint
The following entries were Highly Commended:
Arthur Attenborough, Prolonged Holiday
Matthew Barrett, The Truth
Elvina Chidley, The Parasite
Hallie Davies, A Blurry Sense of Equality
Owen Dearman, Taking Ancient Liberties
Maeve Dolan, Why must we suppress thought process?
Tyrell Gabriel, ‘I Have a Dream’: Pt. 2
Lydia Houghton, Untitled Story
Aditi Mehendale, Media
Ella Myatt, The Impasse
Ellie Nevin, An Ode to my Mother
Sara Olukoga, The Media: No.1 Recruitment Agency for ISIS
Curtis Parfitt-Ford, Whoops there goes your rights
Amber Syed, Untitled
The Runners Up in the Lower Age Category (Years 9, 10 and 11) were:
Lauren Brewer, I’m Still Here
Mollie Burns, It’s Our Right
Jacob Harris, We Should Have
Daisy Leason, Untitled Essay
Lucas Pringle, Liberty Essay 2
Shaina Sangha, A Plea in the Dark
Rosa Ward, Untitled
The Runners Up in the Upper Age Category (Years 12 and 13) were:
Ellie Bowers, Unseen and Unspoken
Eren Balkir, The attack on Free Speech within the UK
Sam FitzPatrick, Truth in the Media
Jennifer Frost, The Olmersham Theatre
Max Glynn, An Open Letter to Modern Liberty (unable to be here today)
James Smith, Untitled Essay