Orwell Prize for Political Fiction

The Orwell Foundation is launching a new prize to recognize novels and stories that address social and political themes. The Orwell Prize for Po­litical Fiction is sponsored by A.M. Heath (the agency for George Orwell’s literary estate) and Orwell’s son Richard Blair. The existing Orwell Book Prize for fiction and non-fiction will be re­named the Orwell Prize for Political Writing and will focus exclusively on non-fiction. Each of the two awards will include a £3,000 cash prize, and will be given annually around June 25, Or­well’s birthday. George Orwell (1903-1950) is best known for his works of SF/F political satire, Animal Farm (1945) and 1984 (1949).

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