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Bernardine Evaristo wins one-off Women’s Prize Outstanding Contribution Award

The £100,000 prize, to be presented at a London ceremony on June 12, will fund a project to mentor emerging women writers.

British author and academic Bernardine Evaristo at her home in London, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
British author and academic Bernardine Evaristo at her home in London, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
British author and academic Bernardine Evaristo at her home in London, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
British author and academic Bernardine Evaristo at her home in London, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Overview

  • The one-off award, created to mark the 30th anniversary of the Women’s Prize for Fiction, celebrates Evaristo’s four decades of work promoting underrepresented voices.
  • A panel chaired by novelist Kate Mosse selected Evaristo for her diverse portfolio spanning poetry, essays, plays and award-winning fiction.
  • Evaristo jointly won the 2019 Booker Prize for Girl, Woman, Other and has seen several works adapted for BBC radio and television.
  • As the first person of colour and second woman to lead the Royal Society of Literature, she has championed greater diversity within the UK literary establishment.
  • She intends to invest the £100,000 prize in an undisclosed initiative to support emerging women writers.