I am delighted to be judging the Anthony Burgess prize. At a time when the arts pages in many of our newspapers are under threat, it seems doubly important to celebrate the role of arts journalism both as a necessary tool in enabling the circulation of books, pictures and films and as an art form […]

For me, winning the first ever Anthony Burgess/Observer Prize in 2012 ­­– as opposed to an award given in any other similarly esteemed writer’s name – had a uniquely personal resonance. To someone who grew up in the north-west, without obvious advantages of birth or connection, and who went on to study and compose music, all the while harbouring a passion […]

First prize: £3000 and publication in the Observer. Entry just £10.

Burgess and the idea of a single European language

Anthony Burgess’s view of Europe, by Will Carr

2015 Observer / Anthony Burgess Prize for Arts Journalism winning entry

2015 Observer / Anthony Burgess Prize for Arts Journalism runner-up entry

2015 Observer / Anthony Burgess Prize for Arts Journalism runner-up entry

Leah Broad wins 2015 prize

Shortlisted entries announced