The Women’s Prize Trust, which awards the UK’s Women’s Prize for Fiction, announced the launch of a new nonfiction award in 2024. They write, “The Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction, which will sit alongside its sister prize the Women’s Prize for Fiction, will amplify female voices, whilst celebrating books that inform, entertain, challenge, disrupt, and offer solace and connection.” The Charlotte Aitken Trust has signed on to award the winners £30,000 and a statuette (called “the Charlotte”) for the first three years, but organizers are currently seeking additional investment. The prize is a response to a recent study that found that […]
