The Women’s Prize

The Women’s Prize Trust enriches society by creating equitable opportunities for women in the world of books and beyond. Honoring creativity and storytelling through their Prizes for Fiction and Non-fiction, their mission is to change the world through books by women, opening up pathways into reading and writing for the storytellers and booklovers of tomorrow.

The 2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist

Carousel Item: Flashlight

Carousel Item: The Correspondent

Carousel Item: The Mercy Step

Carousel Item: Kingfisher

Carousel Item: Heart the Lover

The 2026 Women’s Prize for Non-fiction shortlist

Carousel Item: The Finest Hotel in Kabul

Carousel Item: Art Cure

Carousel Item: Artists, Siblings, Visionaries

Carousel Item: Hotel Exile

Carousel Item: Mother Mary Comes to Me

Carousel Item: Nation of Strangers

The 2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist

Carousel Item: Paradiso 17

Carousel Item: Moderation

Carousel Item: Flashlight

Carousel Item: The Benefactors

Carousel Item: The Correspondent

Carousel Item: The Mercy Step

Carousel Item: Kingfisher

Carousel Item: Heart the Lover

Carousel Item: Audition

Carousel Item: A Guardian and a Thief

Carousel Item: Wild Dark Shore

Carousel Item: The Best of Everything

The 2026 Women’s Prize for Non-fiction longlist

Carousel Item: Daughters of the Bamboo Grove

Carousel Item: The Finest Hotel in Kabul

Carousel Item: Don't Let it Break You, Honey

Carousel Item: Art Cure

Carousel Item: With the Law on Our Side

Carousel Item: Artists, Siblings, Visionaries

Carousel Item: Ask Me How It Works

Carousel Item: Death of an Ordinary Man

Carousel Item: The Genius of Trees

Carousel Item: Hotel Exile

Carousel Item: Mother Mary Comes to Me

Carousel Item: Finding Albion

Carousel Item: To Exist As I Am

Carousel Item: Nation of Strangers

Carousel Item: Indignity

Previous winners

The 2025 Women's Prize

The 2025 Women's Prize

Congratulations to Yael van der Wouden and Rachel Clarke!