The Women's Prize for Nonfiction shortlist includes Arundhati Roy for her memoir 'Mother Mary Comes to Me', Lyse Doucet for 'The Finest Hotel in Kabul', and Jane Rogoyska for 'Hotel Exile'. Also featured are Judith Mackrell for 'Artists, Siblings, Visionaries', Ece Temelkuran for 'Nation of Strangers', and, according to major media, Daisy Fancourt for 'Art Cure'. The fiction shortlist comprises Addie E Citchens for 'Dominion', Virginia Evans for 'The Correspondent', and Marcia Hutchinson for 'The Mercy Step'.
Rounding out the fiction list are Rozie Kelly for 'Kingfisher', Susan Choi for 'Flashlight', and Lily King for 'Heart the Lover'. The Women's Prize for Nonfiction was founded in 2023 to help redress gender imbalance in nonfiction prizes, though some reports indicate it launched in 2024. 5% of winners across seven major UK nonfiction awards over the previous decade were women.
The Women's Prize for Fiction winner will be announced on June 11, receiving £30,000 and a statuette called the 'Bessie'. The Women's Prize for Nonfiction winner also receives £30,000. Thangam Debbonaire chairs the nonfiction judges, while Julia Gillard chairs the fiction judges.
' The nonfiction longlist featured 16 authors, but the exact criteria for shortlist selection remain unclear.