One of the most prestigious literary awards in the UK, The Women’s Prize for Fiction was established in 1996 to counter the notoriously male-dominated shortlists of other literary prizes. Winning novels such as On Beauty, The Song of Achilles, Home, Half of a Yellow Sun and Hamnet have gone on to become modern classics, cementing the Women’s Prize for Fiction as a leading authority in contemporary writing. 2026 will be the third year of The Women's Prize for Non-Fiction, after Naomi Klein's Doppelganger won the inaugural prize in 2024.