The Women’s Prize for Fiction revealed the longlist for its 2025 prize, with Miranda July, Rachel Kushner, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie among the nominees for the U.K. literary award.
July was nominated for her novel All Fours, which was previously a finalist for the National Book Award, while Kushner made the longlist with Creation Lake, a Booker Prize finalist.
Adichie was longlisted for her novel Dream Count; the author has made the Women’s Prize shortlist three times before, winning in 2007 for Half of a Yellow Sun. Elizabeth Strout, who was shortlisted in 2000 for Amy and Isabelle, made this year’s longlist with Tell Me Everything.
Laila Lalami was nominated for The Dream Hotel, alongside Aria Aber for Good Girl, Kaliane Bradley for The Ministry of Time, Jenni Daiches for Somewhere Else, Saraid de Silva for Amma, and Karen Jennings for Crooked Seeds.
Sanam Mahloudji made the longlist for The Persians, as did Roisín O’Donnell for Nesting, Rosanna Pike for A Little Trickerie, Rose Ruane for Birding, Lucy Steeds for The Artist, Yael van der Wouden for The Safekeep, and Nussaibah Younis for Fundamentally.
Kit de Waal, the chair of judges for the award, said in a statement, “These are important, far-reaching novels where brilliantly realized characters navigate the complexities of families and modern relationships, whilst pushing the boundaries placed around them. It’s a list that readers will devour and shows the echoes of world events on everyday lives as well as the power and brilliance of women writing today.”
The Women’s Prize for Fiction was first awarded in 1996. Previous winners include Ann Patchett for Bel Canto, Marilynne Robinson for Home, and Tayari Jones for An American Marriage.
The shortlist for the award will be revealed on April 2, with the winner announced on June 12 at a ceremony in London.
Michael Schaub is a contributing writer.
