# Grace Nichols wins £10,000 RSL prize honouring women writers over 60

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/a-trailblazer-in-the-truest-sense-poet-grace-nichols-wins-10000-pioneer-prize/
- Published: 2026-11-03T14:46:05+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-03T17:27:18+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/nov/03/poet-grace-nichols-wins-pioneer-prize-royal-society-of-literature
- Topics: Culture, UK, World

## Key points

- Grace Nichols has won the RSL’s £10,000 Pioneer prize.
- The award recognises women writers over 60 who broke barriers.
- Her next poetry collection is due on 19 November.

## Summary

Grace Nichols has won the 2026 Royal Society of Literature Pioneer prize, which awards £10,000 to women writers over 60 who broke barriers in literature. The Guyana-born, British-based poet was recognised for a body of work that has connected Caribbean heritage and British life, and helped open doors for later generations of poets.

Nichols, 76, moved to the UK in 1977 and won the Commonwealth poetry prize in 1983 for *I Is a Long-Memoried Woman*. Her collections include *The Fat Black Woman’s Poems* and *Sunris*, and her poems have been taught in GCSE courses for decades. Established by Bernardine Evaristo, the prize rotates between literary forms; Nichols is due to publish a new collection on 19 November and will be celebrated at the British Library in March 2027.

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