Author Bernardine Evaristo is using the £100,000 she won through the Women’s prize outstanding contribution award to fund a new prize for “pioneering” British female writers over 60.
The RSL Pioneer prize – administered by the Royal Society of Literature, of which Evaristo is president – will award £10,000 to 10 living writers over the next decade. The prize will honour women across all genres who “have been trailblazers in their field, especially in the past when it was more difficult for women to have successful careers as writers”, said the RSL.
