2022 Orwell Prize for Political Fiction Shortlist
The shortlist for the 2022 Orwell Prize for Political Fiction, given by The Orwell Foundation to novels and short story collections published in the UK which explore major political and social themes through a fictional lens, includes at least two titles of genre interest:
- Cwen, Alice Albinia (Serpent’s Tail)
- The High House, Jessie Greengrass (Swift Press)
The judges for 2022 are Dennis Duncan, Sana Goyal, Adam Roberts (chair of judges), and Monique Roffey. The winner of the £3,000 award will be announced July 14, 2022 at the closing ceremony of the Orwell Festival of Political Writing, in association with Substack and UCL.
For more information, including the complete shortlist, see The Orwell Foundation website.
While you are here, please take a moment to support Locus with a one-time or recurring donation. We rely on reader donations to keep the magazine and site going, and would like to keep the site paywall free, but WE NEED YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT to continue quality coverage of the science fiction and fantasy field.
