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The deadline for entries is 24 March 2024, find out more about the eligibility and judging criteria.

The entrants, students and young working journalists, wrote a column or review and explained how their writing had been influenced by the 1984 author.

The deadline for entries is 12:00 midnight on Sunday 7 April.

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.

Young journalists win prizes for writing a column or review influenced by George Orwell’s work. Gwenno Robinson won the column category.

Entrants are asked to write an arts review or political column and explain how it has been informed by Orwell’s influence.

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.

Are you a young journalist, full-time resident in the UK, studying for a journalism qualification or starting out on your journalism career?

The deadline for entries is 24 March 2024, find out more about the eligibility and judging criteria.

The entrants, students and young working journalists, wrote a column or review and explained how their writing had been influenced by the 1984 author.

The deadline for entries is 12:00 midnight on Sunday 7 April.

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.

Young journalists win prizes for writing a column or review influenced by George Orwell’s work. Gwenno Robinson won the column category.

Entrants are asked to write an arts review or political column and explain how it has been informed by Orwell’s influence.

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.

Are you a young journalist, full-time resident in the UK, studying for a journalism qualification or starting out on your journalism career?