Current and historical winners of the Women's Prize, with links to further information at BookBrowse.

Women's Prize

One of the most prestigious literary awards in the world, the Women’s Prize for Fiction is awarded each June. It was previously known as the Orange Prize for Fiction (1996 - 2012) and the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction (2014 - 2017). It celebrates excellence, originality and accessibility in women’s writing from throughout the world. In 2017, the prize announced that it would change its name to simply "Women's Prize for Fiction" and would be supported by multiple sponsors. A sister prize, the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction, was launched in 2023 and first awarded in 2024.

Current and Previous Award Winners:

• 2026
• 2025
• 2024
• 2023
• 2022
• 2021
• 2019
• 2018
• 2017
• 2016
• 2015
• 2014
• 2013
• 2012
• 2011
• 2010
• 2009
• 2008
• 2007
• 2006
• 2005
• 2004
• 2003
• 2002

• 2026

  
  Women's Prize for Nonfiction:
  The Finest Hotel in Kabul  by  Lyse Doucet
  
  Women's Prize for Fiction:
  The Correspondent  by  Virginia Evans

• 2025

  
  Women's Prize for Fiction:
  The Safekeep  by  Yael van der Wouden

• 2024

  
  Women's Prize for Fiction:
  Brotherless Night  by  V. V. Ganeshananthan
  
  Women's Prize for Nonfiction:
  Doppelganger  by  Naomi Klein

• 2023

  
  Women's Prize for Fiction:
  Demon Copperhead  by  Barbara Kingsolver

• 2022

  
  Women's Prize for Fiction:
  The Book of Form and Emptiness  by  Ruth Ozeki

• 2021

  
  Women's Prize for Fiction:
  Piranesi  by  Susanna Clarke

• 2019

  
  Women's Prize for Fiction:
  An American Marriage  by  Tayari Jones

• 2018

  
  Women's Prize for Fiction:
  Home Fire  by  Kamila Shamsie

• 2017

  
  Women's Prize for Fiction:
  The Power  by  Naomi Alderman

• 2016

  
  Women's Prize for Fiction:
  The Glorious Heresies  by  Lisa McInerney

• 2015

  
  Women's Prize for Fiction:
  How to be Both  by  Ali Smith

• 2014

  
  Women's Prize for Fiction:
  A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing  by  Eimear McBride

• 2013

  
  Women's Prize for Fiction:
  May We Be Forgiven  by  A. M. Homes

• 2012

  
  Women's Prize for Fiction:
  The Song of Achilles  by  Madeline Miller

• 2011

  
  Women's Prize for Fiction:
  The Tiger's Wife  by  Téa Obreht

• 2010

  
  Women's Prize for Fiction:
  The Lacuna  by  Barbara Kingsolver

• 2009

  
  Women's Prize for Fiction:
  Home  by  Marilynne Robinson

• 2008

  
  Women's Prize for Fiction:
  The Road Home  by  Rose Tremain

• 2007

  
  Women's Prize for Fiction:
  Half of a Yellow Sun  by  Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

• 2006

  
  Women's Prize for Fiction:
  On Beauty  by  Zadie Smith

• 2005

  
  Women's Prize for Fiction:
  We Need to Talk About Kevin  by  Lionel Shriver

• 2004

  
  Women's Prize for Fiction:
  Small Island  by  Andrea Levy

• 2003

  
  Women's Prize for Fiction:
  Property  by  Valerie Martin

• 2002

  
  Women's Prize for Fiction:
  Bel Canto  by  Ann Patchett