Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing
@mooreprize.bsky.social
Established 2015 by the Christopher G Moore Foundation and awarded annually, the Prize supports & promotes the values of #humanrights & literary excellence in non-fiction.
“In the Faustian battle between hope & despair, Crawshaw leaves us with hope. His is a timely message at a moment when international justice movements are facing an existential threat to their very existence” #2025MoorePrize Jury commented. #HumanRights shortlist
November 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
“In the Faustian battle between hope & despair, Crawshaw leaves us with hope. His is a timely message at a moment when international justice movements are facing an existential threat to their very existence” #2025MoorePrize Jury commented. #HumanRights shortlist
“Although this is about a section of Indian society, it covers many angles of #humanrights. Dixit digs deep into the causes of capitalism, inequality, gender, authoritarianism & violent nationalism in a way that has universal relevance” #2025MoorePrize shortlist
November 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
“Although this is about a section of Indian society, it covers many angles of #humanrights. Dixit digs deep into the causes of capitalism, inequality, gender, authoritarianism & violent nationalism in a way that has universal relevance” #2025MoorePrize shortlist
“This was a powerful narrative of how the war interupted ordinary lives in #Ukraine. The writing is vivid and it is completely extraordinary how the collective finished the book after Amelina was killed by a Russian bomb.” #2025MoorePrize shortlist #HumanRights writing.
November 13, 2025 at 11:07 AM
“This was a powerful narrative of how the war interupted ordinary lives in #Ukraine. The writing is vivid and it is completely extraordinary how the collective finished the book after Amelina was killed by a Russian bomb.” #2025MoorePrize shortlist #HumanRights writing.
The Jury said: “Most of the public is not aware of the deep issues surrounding international adoption, particularly in conflict zones. This is a compelling story that has resonance for adoption in other crises.” #2025MoorePrize shortlist #HumanRights
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The Jury said: “Most of the public is not aware of the deep issues surrounding international adoption, particularly in conflict zones. This is a compelling story that has resonance for adoption in other crises.” #2025MoorePrize shortlist #HumanRights
Prosecuting the Powerful by @stevecrawshaw.bsky.social turns the lens toward accountability itself, tracing the difficult, dangerous pursuit of justice against those who wield authority without restraint. #2025MoorePrize shortlist #HumanRights
November 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Prosecuting the Powerful by @stevecrawshaw.bsky.social turns the lens toward accountability itself, tracing the difficult, dangerous pursuit of justice against those who wield authority without restraint. #2025MoorePrize shortlist #HumanRights
The Many Lives of Syeda X by @nehadixit7.bsky.social follows the intersecting injustices that define the lives of women in India-how resilience and identity persist in the face of structural power. #2025MoorePrize shortlist #HumanRights #Writing
November 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The Many Lives of Syeda X by @nehadixit7.bsky.social follows the intersecting injustices that define the lives of women in India-how resilience and identity persist in the face of structural power. #2025MoorePrize shortlist #HumanRights #Writing
Looking at Women Looking at War by Victoria Amelina transforms testimonies of survivors/eyewitnesses into acts of defiance, bearing witness to Ukraine’s struggle for justice amid the ruins of war. #2025MoorePrize shortlist #HumanRights
November 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Looking at Women Looking at War by Victoria Amelina transforms testimonies of survivors/eyewitnesses into acts of defiance, bearing witness to Ukraine’s struggle for justice amid the ruins of war. #2025MoorePrize shortlist #HumanRights
In Daughters of the Bamboo Grove, @barbarademick.bsky.social reveals the haunting legacy of China’s stolen children & the human cost of state control over identity & Family. #2025MoorePrize #shortlist #HumanRights
November 12, 2025 at 11:39 AM
In Daughters of the Bamboo Grove, @barbarademick.bsky.social reveals the haunting legacy of China’s stolen children & the human cost of state control over identity & Family. #2025MoorePrize #shortlist #HumanRights
The Christopher G Moore Foundation is delighted to announce the #2025MoorePrize shortlist of the best books with a #HumanRights theme;
November 12, 2025 at 10:43 AM
The Christopher G Moore Foundation is delighted to announce the #2025MoorePrize shortlist of the best books with a #HumanRights theme;
Two of our #2025MoorePrize long listed books are on sale as e-books on #amazonuk & #applebooks for £0.99:
Anywhere But Here-How Britain’s Broken Asylum System Fails Us All by @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social And:
Looking at Women Looking at War-A War & Justice Diary by Victoria Amelina
#HumanRights
Anywhere But Here-How Britain’s Broken Asylum System Fails Us All by @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social And:
Looking at Women Looking at War-A War & Justice Diary by Victoria Amelina
#HumanRights
July 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Two of our #2025MoorePrize long listed books are on sale as e-books on #amazonuk & #applebooks for £0.99:
Anywhere But Here-How Britain’s Broken Asylum System Fails Us All by @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social And:
Looking at Women Looking at War-A War & Justice Diary by Victoria Amelina
#HumanRights
Anywhere But Here-How Britain’s Broken Asylum System Fails Us All by @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social And:
Looking at Women Looking at War-A War & Justice Diary by Victoria Amelina
#HumanRights
Longlisted for #2025MoorePrize Looking at Women Looking at War by #VictoriaAmelia focuses on the heroic women of the #Ukrainian resistance. A Russian missile took the author’s life before she completed the book. She left behind an incredible account of the ravages of war & the cost of resistance.
June 26, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Longlisted for #2025MoorePrize Looking at Women Looking at War by #VictoriaAmelia focuses on the heroic women of the #Ukrainian resistance. A Russian missile took the author’s life before she completed the book. She left behind an incredible account of the ravages of war & the cost of resistance.
In long listed book, An Inconvenient Place, Jonathan Littell & photog Antoine d’Agata began surveying the site of the 1941 massacre of Kyiv Jews when war came to interrupt their work. It resumed in Bucha, infamous after the discovery of atrocities of the Russian forces. #2025MoorePrize #HumanRights
June 25, 2025 at 1:06 PM
In long listed book, An Inconvenient Place, Jonathan Littell & photog Antoine d’Agata began surveying the site of the 1941 massacre of Kyiv Jews when war came to interrupt their work. It resumed in Bucha, infamous after the discovery of atrocities of the Russian forces. #2025MoorePrize #HumanRights
Human trafficking is the fastest-growing criminal industry in the world. Long listed for #2025MoorePrize, EveryBody Counts by @blnadeau.bsky.social is a ground-breaking investigation that follows the money to reveal a secretive world where lives don't matter. #HumanRights #Writing
June 24, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Human trafficking is the fastest-growing criminal industry in the world. Long listed for #2025MoorePrize, EveryBody Counts by @blnadeau.bsky.social is a ground-breaking investigation that follows the money to reveal a secretive world where lives don't matter. #HumanRights #Writing
Long listed @2025MoorePrize, Anywhere But Here by @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social takes us behind the scenes of the small boats crisis for the first time. It is a searing investigation into one of the most urgent issues & shocking injustices of our time. #HumanRights #Writing
June 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Long listed @2025MoorePrize, Anywhere But Here by @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social takes us behind the scenes of the small boats crisis for the first time. It is a searing investigation into one of the most urgent issues & shocking injustices of our time. #HumanRights #Writing
Long listed for @2025MoorePrize, Prosecuting the Powerful by @stevecrawshaw.bsky.social Describes how, with a blend of powerful eyewitness reporting & gripping history, the possibilities of bringing war criminals to justice have been transformed.
#HumanRights #Writing
#HumanRights #Writing
June 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Long listed for @2025MoorePrize, Prosecuting the Powerful by @stevecrawshaw.bsky.social Describes how, with a blend of powerful eyewitness reporting & gripping history, the possibilities of bringing war criminals to justice have been transformed.
#HumanRights #Writing
#HumanRights #Writing
Wondering what to read next? Try one of these remarkable #2025MoorePrize longlisted books.
#HumanRights
#HumanRights
June 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Wondering what to read next? Try one of these remarkable #2025MoorePrize longlisted books.
#HumanRights
#HumanRights
Long listed Daughters of the Bamboo Grove by @barbarademick.bsky.social questions China's 1-child policy the ethics of int’l adoption & the assumptions/narratives we hold about the quality of lives lived in the East & the West
#2025MoorePrize for #HumanRights Writing
#2025MoorePrize for #HumanRights Writing
June 19, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Long listed Daughters of the Bamboo Grove by @barbarademick.bsky.social questions China's 1-child policy the ethics of int’l adoption & the assumptions/narratives we hold about the quality of lives lived in the East & the West
#2025MoorePrize for #HumanRights Writing
#2025MoorePrize for #HumanRights Writing
Finnish Estonian novelist librettist & playwright @sofioksanen.com is one of the most awarded literary authors of Northern Europe. Her book Same River Twice about how Russia’s weaponizing of sexual violence plays a crucial role in its current geopolitical strategy, is longlisted for #2025MoorePrize
June 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Finnish Estonian novelist librettist & playwright @sofioksanen.com is one of the most awarded literary authors of Northern Europe. Her book Same River Twice about how Russia’s weaponizing of sexual violence plays a crucial role in its current geopolitical strategy, is longlisted for #2025MoorePrize
2025 longlisted author of Radio Free Afghanistan @saadmohseni.bsky.social speaking at #JLFLondon on Saturday, along with @lucyhannah.bsky.social @batoolhaidari.bsky.social @georginagodwin.bsky.social & Gulhan Durzai
#2025MoorePrize #humanrights writing
#2025MoorePrize #humanrights writing
June 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
2025 longlisted author of Radio Free Afghanistan @saadmohseni.bsky.social speaking at #JLFLondon on Saturday, along with @lucyhannah.bsky.social @batoolhaidari.bsky.social @georginagodwin.bsky.social & Gulhan Durzai
#2025MoorePrize #humanrights writing
#2025MoorePrize #humanrights writing
Congratulations to #2025MoorePrize longlisted authors: Saad Mohseni, Jonathan Littell, Antoine d’Agata, Barbara Demick, @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social @blnadeau.bsky.social Neha Dixit @stevecrawshaw.bsky.social @sofioksanen.com & the late Victoria Amelina
#HumanRights Writing
#HumanRights Writing
June 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Congratulations to #2025MoorePrize longlisted authors: Saad Mohseni, Jonathan Littell, Antoine d’Agata, Barbara Demick, @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social @blnadeau.bsky.social Neha Dixit @stevecrawshaw.bsky.social @sofioksanen.com & the late Victoria Amelina
#HumanRights Writing
#HumanRights Writing
Announcing the Long List for #2025MoorePrize for #HumanRights Writing; the 9 best books published in the past 12 months with a #humanrights theme.
June 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Announcing the Long List for #2025MoorePrize for #HumanRights Writing; the 9 best books published in the past 12 months with a #humanrights theme.
Announcing the Long List for #2025MoorePrize for #HumanRights Writing; the 9 best books published in the past 12 months with a #humanrights theme.
June 11, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Announcing the Long List for #2025MoorePrize for #HumanRights Writing; the 9 best books published in the past 12 months with a #humanrights theme.
Waiting to be Arrested at Night is the author’s personal account of life in unimaginable conditions forced upon them & their fellow Uyghurs by their government. Izgil’s story is set inside Xinjiang, where daily life exists in a world of surveillance repression & constant fear
#2024MoorePrize
#2024MoorePrize
January 8, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Waiting to be Arrested at Night is the author’s personal account of life in unimaginable conditions forced upon them & their fellow Uyghurs by their government. Izgil’s story is set inside Xinjiang, where daily life exists in a world of surveillance repression & constant fear
#2024MoorePrize
#2024MoorePrize
We are delighted to announce the winner of the #2024MoorePrize for #HumanRights Writing:
Waiting to be Arrested at Night by Tahir Hamut Izgil (translated by Joshua L Freeman.
Congratulations to Tahir and Joshua!
#nonfiction #literaryprize #books #China #Uyghurs
Waiting to be Arrested at Night by Tahir Hamut Izgil (translated by Joshua L Freeman.
Congratulations to Tahir and Joshua!
#nonfiction #literaryprize #books #China #Uyghurs
January 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
We are delighted to announce the winner of the #2024MoorePrize for #HumanRights Writing:
Waiting to be Arrested at Night by Tahir Hamut Izgil (translated by Joshua L Freeman.
Congratulations to Tahir and Joshua!
#nonfiction #literaryprize #books #China #Uyghurs
Waiting to be Arrested at Night by Tahir Hamut Izgil (translated by Joshua L Freeman.
Congratulations to Tahir and Joshua!
#nonfiction #literaryprize #books #China #Uyghurs
A shout out to the 9 timely books that were on our longlist earlier this year, all of which would be great presents for anyone interested in #humanrights issues. #2024MoorePrize for Human Rights Writing #nonfiction #books #literaryprize
November 27, 2024 at 2:40 PM
A shout out to the 9 timely books that were on our longlist earlier this year, all of which would be great presents for anyone interested in #humanrights issues. #2024MoorePrize for Human Rights Writing #nonfiction #books #literaryprize