Women’s Prize for Fiction 2026

The lists, Scott’s discussions and his predictions for Women’s Prize for Fiction 2026.

Scott’s coverage

• Women’s Prize 2026: Longlist Reviews and Predictions · Longlist · Shortlist prediction · Winner prediction

Winner

The Correspondent

Virginia Evans

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  Women’s Prize for Fiction · 2026 · Shortlist prediction

Shortlist

Dominion

Addie E. Citchens

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Flashlight

Susan Choi

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Heart the Lover

Lily King

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Kingfisher

Rozie Kelly

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The Correspondent

Virginia Evans

Women’s Prize for Fiction · 2026 · Winner

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The Mercy Step

Marcia Hutchinson

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Longlist

A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing

Alice Evelyn Yang

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A Guardian and a Thief

Megha Majumdar

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Audition

Katie Kitamura

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• Booker Prize 2025: Longlist Reviews and Predictions
  Booker Prize · 2025 · Shortlist prediction

Dominion

Addie E. Citchens

Women’s Prize for Fiction · 2026 · Shortlisted

• Women’s Prize 2026: Longlist Reviews and Predictions

Flashlight

Susan Choi

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• Women’s Prize 2026: Longlist Reviews and Predictions
• Booker Prize 2025: Longlist Reviews and Predictions

Gloria Don’t Speak

Lucy Apps

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Heart the Lover

Lily King

Women’s Prize for Fiction · 2026 · Shortlisted

• Women’s Prize 2026: Longlist Reviews and Predictions

Kingfisher

Rozie Kelly

Women’s Prize for Fiction · 2026 · Shortlisted

• Women’s Prize 2026: Longlist Reviews and Predictions
  Women’s Prize for Fiction · 2026 · Shortlist prediction

Moderation

Elaine Castillo

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Paradiso 17

Hannah Lillith Assadi

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The Benefactors

Wendy Erskine

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The Best of Everything

Kit de Waal

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The Correspondent

Virginia Evans

Women’s Prize for Fiction · 2026 · Winner

• Women’s Prize 2026: Longlist Reviews and Predictions
  Women’s Prize for Fiction · 2026 · Shortlist prediction

The Mercy Step

Marcia Hutchinson

Women’s Prize for Fiction · 2026 · Shortlisted

• Women’s Prize 2026: Longlist Reviews and Predictions
  Women’s Prize for Fiction · 2026 · Shortlist prediction

The Others

Sheena Kalayil

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  Women’s Prize for Fiction · 2026 · Shortlist prediction

Wild Dark Shore

Charlotte McConaghy

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Scott’s predictions

• Paradiso 17 · Shortlist prediction — Women’s Prize 2026: Longlist Reviews and Predictions
• The Mercy Step · Shortlist prediction — Women’s Prize 2026: Longlist Reviews and Predictions
• Kingfisher · Shortlist prediction — Women’s Prize 2026: Longlist Reviews and Predictions
• The Correspondent · Shortlist prediction — Women’s Prize 2026: Longlist Reviews and Predictions
• The Others · Shortlist prediction — Women’s Prize 2026: Longlist Reviews and Predictions
• Gloria Don’t Speak · Shortlist prediction — Women’s Prize 2026: Longlist Reviews and Predictions
• Gloria Don’t Speak · Winner prediction — Women’s Prize 2026: Longlist Reviews and Predictions