Deadline: 7 April 2024
Are you a young journalist, full-time resident in the UK, studying for a journalism qualification or starting out on your journalism career, who would like to win a prestigious award that significantly enhances your developing CV? If so, enter The Orwell Society/NUJ Young Journalist’s Award 2024, which offers a prize of £1,000 for each winner of the two categories: columns and reviews.
In addition, each winner will receive an NUJ membership. The runner-up in each category will receive a prize of £500. Winners and runners-up will also receive a three-year free membership of The Orwell Society.
The prestigious, UK-wide Young Journalist’s Award supports Orwell’s legacy and is also a great opportunity for up-and-coming journalists to boost their portfolios, CVs, profiles and industry networks.
Criteria
You are eligible to enter if you are:
- a student journalist (i.e. a university undergraduate, post-graduate or a vocational trainee) or
- currently employed or self-employed as a journalist
- and in both cases, your date of birth falls in or after 1994 and you are a full-time resident in the UK.
For more information, visit The Orwell Society.
