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Women’s Prize for Fiction
English literary prize
Also known as: Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction, Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction, Orange Prize for Fiction
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Arts & Culture
- Formerly:
- Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction (2014–17), Orange Prize for Fiction (1996–2007; 2008–12), and Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction (2007–08)
- Notable Honorees:
- Anne Michaels
- A.M. Homes
- Ann Patchett
- Barbara Kingsolver
Women’s Prize for Fiction, English literary prize for women that was conceptualized in 1992 and instituted in 1996 by a group of publishing industry professionals—including agents, booksellers, critics, journalists, and librarians—who were frustrated by what they perceived as chauvinism in the selection of finalists for literary awards such as the Booker Prize. The award was initially funded by an anonymous endowment and by the Orange Group, a telecommunications company that had frequently supported the arts. Eligible for the prize were novels written in English by a woman in the previous year. Translations were not eligible, but publishers could submit works ...(100 of 334 words)