2021 Shortlist

if:book UK New Media Writing Prize 2021

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Neurocracy

Joannes Truyens and collaborators - UK

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The Weathering

Eva Hall - USA

Lonely Not Alone

Katie Dancey-Downs and collaborators - UK

Four Months Earlier

Russell Quinn - USA

High-Eight Video Rentals

Stark Holborn - UK

All Of Me: The Twine

Caroline Horton and Alex Swift - UK

Writing Magazine Student Award 2021

At Nightfall, The Goldfish

Melody MOU - Hong Kong

Curtain Call

Mason Sabharwal, Zach Northrop, Melody X Wang, Ashley Ware, Jake Wylykanowitz - USA

Today

Katherine Dusanic - USA

FIPP Journalism Award 2021

Due to the current situation in Ukraine, and related decision by Russia’s parliament to ban free and accurate reporting on its invasion of the country, we have taken the decision to remove all entries linked to state-sponsored media in both Russia and Belarus. We will of course continue to monitor the situation, and reassess at such time as these issues have been resolved.  

Egypt’s Youth Centers Don’t Cater for Female Athletes

Hager Hesham - Egypt

Flowers for Senkin

Maria Ivanova, Anna Gorovaya, Svetlana Ben, Marina Semenchenko, Anatoly Perevedentsev - Belarus

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Due to the current situation in Ukraine, and related decision by Russia’s parliament to ban free and accurate reporting on its invasion of the country, we have taken the decision to remove all entries linked to state-sponsored media in both Russia and Belarus. We will of course continue to monitor the situation, and reassess at such time as these issues have been resolved.  

Phocaea 1914

Krystalli Glyniadakis - Greece

Voting in Texas: the Game

David Martin Davies - USA

Wonderbox Opening Up Prize 2021