DATE: Wednesday 8 September 2021
Winner Announcement 7.15pm
Broadcast media assets include: broadcast quality video content and live/pre-record interviews

The winner of the 2021 Women's Prize for Fiction, one of the biggest annual, international celebrations of women's creativity, will be announced on Wednesday 8 September, at a celebrity-studded evening in Bedford Square Gardens, WC1.

Now in its 26th year, the Prize celebrates excellence, originality and accessibility in writing by women throughout the world.

The winner receives a cheque for £30,000 and a limited-edition bronze known as a 'Bessie', created and donated by the artist Grizel Niven.
Both are anonymously endowed.

This year's Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist includes two British authors, two American, one Barbadian and one Ghanaian/American author.

The six books have been selected by Chair of judges Bernardine Evaristo and her judging panel: podcaster, author and journalist Elizabeth Day; TV and radio presenter, journalist and writer Vick Hope; print columnist and writer, Nesrine Malik; and news presenter and broadcaster Sarah-Jane Mee.

This year's Women's Prize for Fiction shortlisted authors are:

Brit Bennett
The Vanishing Half
Dialogue Books
American

Susanna Clarke
Piranesi
Bloomsbury Publishing
British

Claire Fuller
Unsettled Ground
Fig Tree
British

Yaa Gyasi
Transcendent Kingdom

Viking Books Ghanaian-
American

Cherie Jones
How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House
Tinder Press
Barbadian

Patricia Lockwood

No-one is Talking About This Bloomsbury Circus
American

The awards ceremony will be hosted by bestselling novelist and WPFF Founder Director, Kate Mosse.
BROADCAST INTERVIEWS AND FILMING OPPORTUNITIES ON WEDNESDAY 8 SEPTEMBER 2021 BY PRIOR ARRANGEMENT WITH SIXTHREE
Crews are welcome to attend the awards ceremony in Bedford Square Gardens from 5pm on Wednesday 8 September STRICTLY by prior arrangement
with SixThree.

Timings are as follows:

* 4.45pm: Press registration opens
* 5.45pm: Shortlisted authors photo call
* 6.00pm: Guest arrivals
* 6.45pm: Awards ceremony commences
* 7.15pm: Winner announced
* 7.15pm: Winner interviews commence - NB THIS TIME IS APPROXIMATE
* 10.00pm: End of event

Interview Opportunities:
Winning author
Kate Mosse - Bestselling novelist and WPFF Founder Director Bernardine Evaristo - Editor of BBC Radio 4's Today Programme and Chair of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2021 judging panel Plus members of the judging panel by prior arrangement.

To request an interview please contact the SixThree Media Relations Team on Sarah Over M: 07971 977 756 E: saraho@sixthreecomms.com

INTERVIEWS AND FILMING OPPORTUNITIES ON THURSDAY 9 SEPTEMBER 2021
Live and pre-recorded television and radio interviews with the winning author will be available the following morning (Thursday 9 September) by prior arrangement with SixThree. Please contact saraho@sixthreecomms.com / carolinej@sixthreecomms.com.

INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES PRIOR TO WEDNESDAY 8 SEPTEMBER 2021
SixThree are taking bids for live and pre-recorded interviews with the Women's Prize 2021 judging panel and WPFF Founder Director and novelist, Kate Mosse. Please contact Sarah Over or Caroline Jackson to request an interview.

INTERVIEWS AND FILMING OPPORTUNITIES AT THE SHORTLIST READINGS ON TUESDAY 7 SEPTEMBER 2021
Limited interview and filming opportunities are available by prior arrangement with SixThree at the shortlisted readings event on Tuesday 7 September. The event is staged at Bedford Square Gardens from 7-9pm and will feature the shortlisted authors reading from and discussing their work with 2021 Women's Prize Chair of judges.

COPIES OF THE SHORTLISTED BOOKS FOR EDITORIAL PURPOSE
Copies of the six books are available on request from SixThree for studio pieces and filming purposes.

B-ROLL AVAILABLE
B-Roll material will be available for broadcasters immediately after the event by digital download. The footage is shot to broadcast news standards; is free of charge and without any copyright restrictions.

EXPECTED SHOTLIST:

* General views of the awards ceremony, celebrity and guest arrivals
* Announcement of the 2021 Women's Prize for Fiction
* Interview with winner of the 2021 Women's Prize for Fiction
* Interview with Kate Mosse, bestselling novelist and WPFF Founder
Director
* Interview with Bernardine Evaristo, Chair of the 2021 Women's Prize
judging panel
* Interviews with celebrity guest attendees