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Mark Pack

The Orwell Prize for Blogs 2010: open for entries

By Mark Pack | Mon 21st December 2009 - 3:45 pm

A  message from the organisers:

The Orwell Prize, Britain’s most prestigious prize for political writing, is inviting entries for a Blog Prize for a second year.

If you’d like to enter, you need to submit 10 URLs you’ve written in 2009. They do not have to be from the same blog, but they should all be written by you – the prize is self-nominating.

The entry form can be found at http://www.theorwellprize.co.uk/blogprize2010.aspx, with full rules and regulations at http://www.theorwellprize.co.uk/the-award/how-to-enter.aspx. The entry deadline is 20th January 2010.

The winner of the prize receives £3,000 and an Orwell Prize plaque. Richard Horton (Jack Night)

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Mark Pack

Congratulations Alix

By Mark Pack | Wed 25th February 2009 - 2:44 pm

The Voice’s very own Alix Mortimer has been longlisted for The Orwell Prize for her blog, The People’s Republic of Mortimer. Congratulations Alix!

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The Voice

Final call for Lib Dem bloggers: Orwell Prize 2009 for blogs

By The Voice | Sat 10th January 2009 - 3:44 pm

It’s almost a month since we first alerted LDV readers to the following:

The deadline to enter the Orwell Prize, Britain’s pre-eminent prize for political writing, is fast approaching: 14th January 2009. Submissions are invited for work published between 1st January 2008 and 31st December 2008 (inclusive).

It won’t surprise you to know that, with the elapse of a month, the deadline is even faster approaching. Of special interest, perhaps, to Lib Dem bloggers is the new Blog Prize:

In the year that we have made George Orwell a blogger, the Orwell Prize is delighted to announce a Special Prize for

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The Voice

Calling Lib Dem bloggers: Orwell Prize 2009 for blogs

By The Voice | Fri 12th December 2008 - 11:06 am

An email pings into the Voice’s inbox alerting us to thew news that

The deadline to enter the Orwell Prize, Britain’s pre-eminent prize for political writing, is fast approaching: 14 th January 2009. Submissions are invited for work published between 1st January 2008 and 31st December 2008 (inclusive).

Of special interest, perhaps, to Lib Dem bloggers is the new Blog Prize:

In the year that we have made George Orwell a blogger, the Orwell Prize is delighted to announce a Special Prize for Blogs in 2009.

Running alongside the Book Prize and Journalism Prize this year, submissions will open on 22nd

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