Orwell Society/NUJ Young Journalist’s Award 2024
The deadline for entries is 12:00 midnight on Sunday 7 April.
Young Journalists receive NUJ/The Orwell Society awards
The winners and runners-up of The Orwell Society/NUJ Young Journalist’s Award 2023 received their awards at Sutton Courtenay, where George Orwell, journalist, author of books including Nineteen Eighty-Four, Animal Farm and Down and Out in Paris and London and famous for his six rules for writing, is buried.
The Orwell Society/NUJ Young Journalist’s Award 2023
Young journalists win prizes for writing a column or review influenced by George Orwell’s work. Gwenno Robinson won the column category.
The Orwell Society/NUJ Young Journalist Awards 2023 is open for entries
Entrants are asked to write an arts review or political column and explain how it has been informed by Orwell’s influence.
Orwell Society’s award-winning young journalists announced
Articles covering the cult of personality of controversial tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, by Quincy Elise de Vrie, and singer Sam Fender took the top prizes.
The Orwell Society/NUJ Young Journalists' Award 2022 is open
Are you a young journalist, full-time resident in the UK, studying for a journalism qualification or starting out on your journalism career?