The Women’s Prize for Fiction is the greatest celebration of female creativity in the world. The Women’s Prize for Fiction is one of the most successful, influential and popular literary prizes in the world, championing and amplifying women’s voices and nurturing a global community of readers.
The Prize was established in 1996 to highlight and remedy the imbalance in coverage, respect and reverence given to women writers versus their male peers, creating a platform for exceptional writing by women to shine.
The Prize is awarded annually to the author of the best full-length novel of the year written in English and published in the UK. The winner receives £30,000, anonymously endowed, and the ‘Bessie’, a bronze statuette created by the artist Grizel Niven.
The 2025 shortlist includes 6 novels that explore the need for personal freedom and human connection. They offer compelling multi-layered stories that urge you to sit up and take notice of the world around you.
| 2025 Women's Prize for Fiction Shortlist | |
|---|---|
| Aria Aber | Good Girl |
| Miranda July | All Fours |
| Sanam Mahloudji | The Persians |
| Elizabeth Strout | Tell Me Everything |
| Yael van der Wouden | The Safekeep |
| Nussaibah Younis | Fundamentally |
2024 Winner V. V. Ganeshananthan Brotherless Night
2023 Winner Barbara Kingsolver Demon Copperhead
2022 Winner Ruth Ozeki Book of Form and Emptiness
2021 Winner Susannah Clarke Piranesi
