We are over the moon to reveal that Ruth Ozeki has won the 2022 Women’s Prize for Fiction with her fourth novel "The Book of Form and Emptiness."

At an awards ceremony in Bedford Square Gardens, London, hosted by novelist and Women’s Prize Founder Director, Kate Mosse – the 2022 Chair of Judges, Mary Ann Sieghart presented Ruth with the £30,000 prize, endowed by an anonymous donor, and the ‘Bessie’, a limited edition bronze figurine by Grizel Niven.

The moment Ruth was announced as the 2022 Women’s Prize winner is pretty great! Watch it here.

The official announcement on the Women's Prize for Fiction website, here.

In her acceptance speech, she mentions one of her mentees...  Leila Mottley and her debut novel, "Nightcrawling." [See below to order that too!]

Ruth Ozeki also mentions her Writers in Residence experience at Hedgebrook which is on Whidbey Island... The Hedgebrook website here.

April 27, the shortlist was announced!

"The Bread the Devil Knead"
"The Island of Missing Trees"
"Sorrow and Bliss"
"The Book of Form and Emptiness"
"Great Circle"
"The Sentence"

Website with information about these books is here! Fun to see the covers of the UK editions!

The Women’s Prize 2022 longlist!

Visit the official website here for information about all of these books!

Thirteen of the sixteen longlisted books follow:

These 3 are not yet published in the U.S.... stay tuned!

"Salt Lick" by Lulu Allison
"The Exhibitionist" by Charlotte Mendelson
"This One Sky Day" by Leone Ross

The judging panel will now whittle these sixteen books down to a shortlist of just six novels, announced on April 27th.
The winner of the 2022 Women’s Prize for Fiction will be announced on Wednesday June 15, 2022.

All kinds of information on the Women's Prize for Fiction Facebook page, here!