Why we still need the Women’s Prize for Fiction

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie attend a panel discussion in Dusseldorf, Germany, on September 8, 2021.[Reuters]

Every year since 1996, one of the most heralded of awards for women writing in English is announced annually. The prize formerly known as the Orange Prize, the Orange Broadband Prize, and Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction, has – since 2018 – been anonymously supported by a “family” of sponsors, and known simply as the Women’s Prize for Fiction.