List of Women's Prize for Fiction winners

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Template:Short description Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox award The Women's Prize for Fiction (previously called Orange Prize for Fiction (1996–2006 & 2009–12), Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction (2007–2008) and Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (2014–2017)) is one of the United Kingdom's most prestigious literary prizes,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=smallisland>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> annually awarded to a female author of any nationality for the best original full-length novel written in English, and published in the United Kingdom in the preceding year.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The prize was originally due to be launched in 1994 with the support of Mitsubishi but public controversy over the merits of the award caused the sponsorship to be withdrawn.<ref name=womenstudies/> Funding from Orange, a UK mobile network operator and Internet service provider, allowed the prize to be launched in 1996 by a committee of male and female "journalists, reviewers, agents, publishers, librarians, booksellers", including current Honorary Director Kate Mosse.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In May 2012, it was announced that Orange would be ending its sponsorship of the prize.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2012, the award was formally known as the "Women's Prize for Fiction", and was sponsored by "private benefactors" led by Cherie Blair and writers Joanna Trollope and Elizabeth Buchan.<ref name=mccrum>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2013, the new sponsor became Baileys.<ref name=masters/> In January 2017 the company announced that it was the last year that they would sponsor the prize.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In June 2017, the prize announced it would change its name to simply "Women's Prize for Fiction" starting in 2018, and will be supported by a family of sponsors.<ref name=newname2017/>

The prize was established to recognise the contribution of female writers, whom Mosse believed were often overlooked in other major literary awards,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and in reaction to the all-male shortlist for the 1991 Booker Prize.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The winner of the prize receives £30,000, along with a bronze sculpture called the Bessie created by artist Grizel Niven, the sister of actor and writer David Niven.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Typically, a longlist of nominees is announced around March each year, followed by a shortlist in June; within days the winner is announced. The winner is selected by a board of "five leading women" each year.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2005, judges named Andrea Levy's Small Island as the "Orange of Oranges", the best novel of the preceding decade.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

The BBC has suggested that the prize forms part of the "trinity" of UK literary prizes, along with the Booker Prize and the (now defunct) Costa Book Awards; the sales of works by the nominees of these awards are significantly boosted.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Levy's 2004 winning book sold almost one million copies (in comparison to less than 600,000 for the Booker Prize winner of the same year),<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> while sales of Helen Dunmore's A Spell of Winter quadrupled after being awarded the inaugural prize.<ref name=womenstudies>Template:Cite journal</ref> Valerie Martin's 2003 award saw her novel sales increase tenfold after the award,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and British libraries, who often support the prize with various promotions, reported success in introducing people to new authors: "48% said that they had tried new writers as a result of the promotion, and 42% said that they would try other books by the new authors they had read."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

However, the fact that the prize singles out female writers is not without controversy.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> After the prize was founded, Auberon Waugh nicknamed it the "Lemon Prize" while Germaine Greer claimed there would soon be a prize for "writers with red hair".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Winner of the 1990 Booker Prize, A. S. Byatt, called it a "sexist prize", claiming "such a prize was never needed."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 1999, the chairwoman of the judges, Lola Young, said that the British fiction they were asked to appraise fell into two categories, either "insular and parochial" or "domestic in a piddling kind of way", unlike American authors who "take small, intimate stories and set them against this vast physical and cultural landscape which is very appealing."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Linda Grant suffered accusations of plagiarism following her award in 2000,<ref name="plag">Template:Cite news</ref> while the following year, a panel of male critics produced their own shortlist and heavily criticised the genuine shortlist.<ref name="male">Template:Cite news</ref> Though full of praise for the winner of the 2007 prize, the chair of the judging panel Muriel Gray decried the fact that the shortlist had to be whittled down from "a lot of dross",<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> while former editor of The Times Simon Jenkins called it "sexist".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2008, writer Tim Lott called the award "a sexist con-trick" and said, "the Orange Prize is sexist and discriminatory, and it should be shunned".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Barbara Kingsolver is the only author to have won the prize twice, doing so in 2010 for The Lacuna and in 2023 for Demon Copperhead. Margaret Atwood has been nominated three times without a win. Hilary Mantel was shortlisted three times without winning, for Beyond Black (2005) and the first two novels in her Tudor trilogy, Wolf Hall (2009) and Bring Up The Bodies (2012), which both won the Booker Prize. The third book in the trilogy, The Mirror & the Light, was shortlisted in April 2020, a year in which the award (usually given in May) was postponed to September. Since the inaugural award to Helen Dunmore, British writers have won five times, while North American authors have secured the prize ten times.

Recipients

1990s

Women's Prize for Fiction winners and shortlisted nominees, 1996–1999
Year Author Title Result Template:Refh
1996 Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Winner <ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Dead linkTemplate:CbignoreTemplate:Subscription required</ref>
Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Shortlist
Template:Sortname Spinsters Shortlist
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Template:Sortname Ladder of Years Shortlist
Template:Sortname Eveless Eden Shortlist
1997 Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn Fugitive Pieces Winner <ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="lister">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Sortname Alias Grace Shortlist <ref name="lister" />
Template:Sortname One by One in the Darkness Shortlist <ref name="lister" />
Template:Sortname I Was Amelia Earhart Shortlist <ref name="lister" />
Template:Sortname Accordion Crimes Shortlist <ref name="lister" />
Template:Sortname Hen's Teeth Shortlist <ref name="lister" />
1998 Template:Sortname Larry's Party Winner <ref name="martin03">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="tonkin">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Sortname Lives of the Monster Dogs Shortlist <ref name="tonkin" />
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Template:Sortname Love Like Hate Adore Shortlist <ref name="tonkin" />
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1999 Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Winner <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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Template:Sortname Visible Worlds Shortlist <ref name="offman" />
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Template:Sortname Paradise Shortlist <ref name="offman" />

2000s

Women's Prize for Fiction winners and shortlisted nominees, 2000–2009
Year Author Title Result Template:Refh
2000 Template:Sortname When I Lived in Modern Times Winner <ref name="plag" /><ref name="gibbons">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Sortname If I Told You Once Shortlist <ref name="gibbons" />
Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Shortlist <ref name="gibbons" />
Template:Sortname White Teeth Shortlist <ref name="gibbons" />
Template:Sortname Amy and Isabelle Shortlist <ref name="gibbons" />
Template:Sortname Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood Shortlist <ref name="gibbons" />
2001 Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Winner <ref name="male" /><ref name="ezard">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Shortlist <ref name="male" /><ref name="ezard" />
Template:Sortname Fred & Edie Shortlist
Template:Sortname Homestead Shortlist
Template:Sortname Horse Heaven Shortlist
Template:Sortname Hotel World Shortlist
2002 Template:Sortname Bel Canto Winner <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Sortname No Bones Shortlist
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Template:Sortname Fingersmith Shortlist
2003 Template:Sortname Property Winner <ref name="martin03" />
Template:Sortname Buddha Da Shortlist
Template:Sortname Heligoland Shortlist
Template:Sortname Unless Shortlist
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2004 Template:Sortname Small IslandTemplate:Efn Winner <ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Sortname Purple Hibiscus Shortlist
Template:Sortname Oryx and Crake Shortlist
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Template:Sortname Ice Road Shortlist
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2005 Template:Sortname We Need to Talk About Kevin Winner <ref name="smallisland" /><ref name="sydney">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Sortname Billie Morgan Shortlist <ref name="sydney" />
Template:Sortname Old Filth Shortlist <ref name="sydney" />
Template:Sortname The Mammoth Cheese Shortlist <ref name="sydney" />
Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Shortlist <ref name="sydney" />
Template:Sortname Liars and Saints Shortlist <ref name="sydney" />
2006 Template:Sortname On Beauty Winner <ref name="ezard2">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Shortlist <ref name="ezard2" />
Template:Sortname Beyond Black Shortlist
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Template:Sortname Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living Shortlist <ref name="ezard2" />
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2007 Template:Sortname Half of a Yellow SunTemplate:Efn Winner <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Sortname Arlington Park Shortlist
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Template:Sortname Digging to America Shortlist
2008 Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Winner <ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Sortname Fault Lines Shortlist
Template:Sortname The Outcast Shortlist
Template:Sortname When We Were Bad Shortlist
Template:Sortname Lullabies for Little Criminals Shortlist
Template:Sortname Lottery Shortlist
2009 Template:Sortname Home Winner <ref name="brown">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Sortname Scottsboro Shortlist <ref name="brown" /><ref name="orange">Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Sortname The Wilderness Shortlist <ref name="brown" /><ref name="orange" />
Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Shortlist <ref name="brown" /><ref name="orange" />
Template:Sortname Molly Fox's Birthday Shortlist <ref name="brown" /><ref name="orange" />
Template:Sortname Burnt Shadows Shortlist <ref name="brown" /><ref name="orange" />

2010s

Women's Prize for Fiction winners and shortlisted nominees, 2010–2019
Year Author Title Result Template:Refh
2010 Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Winner <ref name="bbc2010june9">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Shortlist <ref name="bbc2010june9" />
Template:Sortname Black Water Rising Shortlist <ref name="bbc2010june9" />
Template:Sortname Wolf Hall Shortlist <ref name="bbc2010june9" />
Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Shortlist <ref name="bbc2010june9" />
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2011 Template:Sortname Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn Winner <ref name="bbc2011june8">Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Sortname Room Shortlist <ref name="armistead">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="bbc2011june8" />
Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Shortlist <ref name="armistead" /><ref name="bbc2011june8" />
Template:Sortname Grace Williams Says it Loud Shortlist <ref name="armistead" /><ref name="bbc2011june8" />
Template:Sortname Great House Shortlist <ref name="armistead" /><ref name="bbc2011june8" />
Template:Sortname Annabel Shortlist <ref name="armistead" /><ref name="bbc2011june8" />
2012 Template:Sortname Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn Winner <ref name="brown2">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Sortname Half-Blood Blues Shortlist <ref name="brown2" /><ref name="brown3">Template:Cite web</ref>
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Template:Sortname Painter of Silence Shortlist <ref name="brown2" /><ref name="brown3" />
Template:Sortname Foreign Bodies Shortlist <ref name="brown2" /><ref name="brown3" />
Template:Sortname State of Wonder Shortlist <ref name="brown2" /><ref name="brown3" />
2013 Template:Sortname May We Be Forgiven Winner <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Sortname Life After Life Shortlist
Template:Sortname Flight Behaviour Shortlist
Template:Sortname Bring Up the Bodies Shortlist
Template:Sortname Where'd You Go, Bernadette Shortlist
Template:Sortname NW Shortlist
2014 Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Winner <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Sortname Americanah Shortlist <ref name="brown4">Template:Cite web</ref>
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2015 Template:Sortname How to Be Both Winner <ref name="clements">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="lusher">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Sortname Outline Shortlist <ref name="clements" /><ref name="lusher" />
Template:Sortname The Bees Shortlist <ref name="clements" /><ref name="lusher" />
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2016 Template:Sortname Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn Winner <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Sortname Ruby Shortlist
Template:Sortname The Green Road Shortlist
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Hanya Yanagihara Template:Sortname Shortlist
2017 Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Winner <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ Stay With Me Shortlist <ref name="williams">Template:Cite web</ref>
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Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Shortlist <ref name="williams" />
Template:Sortname First Love Shortlist <ref name="williams" />
Template:Sortname Do Not Say We Have Nothing Shortlist <ref name="williams" />
2018 Template:Sortname Home Fire Winner <ref>Kamila Shamsie's 'Home Fire' wins Women's Prize for FictionTemplate:Dead linkTemplate:CbignoreWashington Post</ref>
Template:Sortname The Idiot Shortlist <ref name="flood">Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Shortlist <ref name="flood" />
Template:Sortname Sight Shortlist <ref name="flood" />
Template:Sortname When I Hit You: Or, A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife Shortlist <ref name="flood" />
Template:Sortname Sing, Unburied, Sing Shortlist <ref name="flood" />
2019 Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Winner
Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Shortlist <ref name="prize2019">Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Sortname My Sister, the Serial Killer Shortlist <ref name="prize2019" />
Template:Sortname Milkman Shortlist <ref name="prize2019" />
Template:Sortname Ordinary People Shortlist <ref name="prize2019" />
Template:Sortname Circe Shortlist <ref name="prize2019" />

2020s

Women's Prize for Fiction winners and shortlisted nominees, 2020–2029
Year Author Title Result Template:Refh
2020 Template:Sortname Hamnet Winner <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Sortname Dominicana Shortlist <ref name="short2020">Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Sortname Girl, Woman, Other Shortlist <ref name="short2020" />
Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Shortlist <ref name="short2020" />
Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Shortlist <ref name="short2020" />
Template:Sortname Weather Shortlist <ref name="short2020" />
2021 Template:Sortname Piranesi Winner <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Shortlist <ref name="flood2">Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Sortname Unsettled Ground Shortlist <ref name="flood2" />
Template:Sortname Transcendent Kingdom Shortlist <ref name="flood2" />
Template:Sortname How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House Shortlist <ref name="flood2" />
Template:Sortname No One Is Talking About This Shortlist <ref name="flood2" />
2022 Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Winner <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Shortlist <ref name="books+publishing">Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Shortlist <ref name="books+publishing" />
Template:Sortname Sorrow and Bliss Shortlist <ref name="books+publishing" />
Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Shortlist <ref name="books+publishing" />
Template:Sortname Great Circle Shortlist <ref name="books+publishing" />
2023 Template:Sortname Demon Copperhead Winner <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Sortname Fire Rush Shortlist <ref name=shaffi>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="short2023">Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Sortname Trespasses Shortlist <ref name=shaffi />
Template:Sortname Black Butterflies Shortlist <ref name=shaffi />
Template:Sortname The Marriage Portrait Shortlist <ref name=shaffi />
Template:Sortname Pod Shortlist <ref name=shaffi />
2024 Template:Sortname Brotherless Night Winner <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Sortname The Wren, The Wren Shortlist <ref name =ali>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Sortname Restless Dolly Maunder Shortlist <ref name=ali/>
Template:Sortname Enter Ghost Shortlist <ref name=ali/>
Template:Sortname Soldier Sailor Shortlist <ref name=ali/>
Template:Sortname River East, River WestTemplate:Efn Shortlist <ref name=ali/>
2025 Template:Sortname The Safekeep Winner <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Sortname Good Girl Shortlist <ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Sortname All Fours Shortlist <ref name=":0" />
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Template:Sortname Tell Me Everything Shortlist <ref name=":0" />
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