stella prize

Sydney-based novelist Michelle de Kretser has won this year’s Stella Prize for her eighth book, “Theory & Practice”.

Six debut authors are among the twelve writers long-listed for this year’s Stella Prize for women and non-binary writers.

Alexis Wright has won the Stella Prize for her novel Praiseworthy, becoming the first person to win the prestigious literary prize twice.

Works of fiction dominated this year’s Stella Prize shortlist, taking four out of the six spots on the coveted list.

The Stella Prize longlist has been announced, with 12 titles by women and non-binary authors competing for the $60,000 award this year. 

The prestigious 2023 Stella Prize for Australian women’s writing has gone to Sarah Holland-Batt’s poetry collection, The Jaguar.

The six titles shortlisted for this year’s Stella Prize were all published by small and independent Australian publishers.

Evelyn Araluen has won the 2022 Stella Prize for her debut and explosive collection of poetry, Dropbear, published last year.

Stella’s Forever Fund, had reached its endowment target of $3 million – securing prize money for the annual Stella Prize in perpetuity. 

This year’s Stella Prize shortlist consists of six experimental, genre-bending titles that confront issues of justice and truth-telling.

The 2022 Stella long-list has been announced, and for the first time ever, poetry collections are included in the prize.

Australian novelist Evie Wyld has won this the 2021 Stella Prize with her third gothic novel, The Bass Rock.