The Christopher Allen Prize
for Writing
Established in honour of Christopher Allen, a freelance journalist and emerging photographer.
Chris was killed on 26 August, 2017 in South Sudan for practicing his profession.
“For me it’s been really important, in my writing and my photography, to be as close as possible, to engage as closely as possible to the war, not to see it from the distance, to look at it from some proverbial hill, because for me it’s about feeling.” - Chris Allen
Important Announcement
After careful consideration, we have decided to discontinue the Christopher Allen Prize for Writing. Reading the essays these past years has been an extraordinary privilege.
We are glad to have supported nine aspiring journalists through education, mentorship, publication of their writing and through the supply of computers to do their work.
The winning essays over the past four years are below:
2021 Christopher Allen Prize for Writing Published Essay
