Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Introducing our 2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction and Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction judges!

We are so excited to reveal the ten extraordinary women that make up the 2026 #WomensPrize judging panels – each at the top of their respective professions. Chaired by the former Prime Minister of Australia, Julia Gillard and member of the House of Lords and former Labour MP, Baroness Thangam Debbonaire, these two incredible panels include poets, broadcasters, founders, comedians, DJs and more.

Watch to discover who is on the 2026 panels, and hear how they're feeling about judging.