Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
In 'Dominion', Addie E. Citchens writes an incandescent debut that exalts the beauty and strength of Black womanhood whilst illuminating the pervasive sins of the patriarchy, and the bargains women strike to survive them.
Chair of Judges for the 2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction, Julia Gillard, said: “Set in the American South, Dominion by Addie E. Citchens is a taut novel about power, race and privilege. Telling the story of the Winfrey family through the eyes of the mother and an orphaned teenage girl, it is a spellbinding and potent debut.”
To learn more, read our interview with Addie here: womensprize.com/in-conversation-with-addie-e-citchens/Dominion
In 'Dominion', Addie E. Citchens writes an incandescent debut that exalts the beauty and strength of Black womanhood whilst illuminating the pervasive sins of the patriarchy, and the bargains women strike to survive them.
Chair of Judges for the 2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction, Julia Gillard, said: “Set in the American South, Dominion by Addie E. Citchens is a taut novel about power, race and privilege. Telling the story of the Winfrey family through the eyes of the mother and an orphaned teenage girl, it is a spellbinding and potent debut.”
To learn more, read our interview with Addie here: womensprize.com/in-conversation-with-addie-e-citchens/Dominion
