Mark your calendars! The 2021 Stella Prize Longlist will be announced online in March.
We’re delighted to reveal 2021’s multitalented judging panel.
The 2021 Stella Prize judges (Zoya Patel (Chair), Jane Harrison, Elizabeth McCarthy, Ian See and Tamara Zimet) tell us what they’ve been reading
A tribute to Elizabeth Harrower, from Susan Wyndham.
Free online workshops for secondary school students — presented by writers, artists and editors.
Dip a toe-in to the 2020 Stella Prize Broadcast; read a transcript of Jess Hill's acceptance speech here.
Stella is delighted to announce Jess Hill’s four-year investigation into domestic abuse, See What You Made Me Do, as the 2020 Stella Prize winner.
Gain insight to the unenviable decision deliberated on by the 2020 Stella Prize judges, by founding member Lou Swinn: Stella Prize judge 2018, Chair 2019-2020.
Tune in as Stella takes the 2020 Prize Night online in a broadcast hosted by Patricia Karvelas, feat. special guests!
Stella encourages booklovers to support their local bookstore in this uncertain time
Charlotte Wood on The Weekend, shortlisted for the 2020 Stella Prize.
Tara June Winch on The Yield, shortlisted for the 2020 Stella Prize.
Josephine Rowe on Here Until August: Stories, shortlisted for the 2020 Stella Prize.
Favel Parrett on There Was Still Love, shortlisted for the 2020 Stella Prize.
Caro Llewellyn on Diving Into Glass, shortlisted for the 2020 Stella Prize.
Jess Hill on See What You Made Me Do, shortlisted by the 2020 Stella Prize.
Here are exemplary storytellers new and established working across fiction, investigative journalism, memoir and short story – six powerful books...
The 2020 Stella Prize saw over 150 powerful entries. Stella’s judges — publisher, writer and reviewer Louise Swinn (Chair), award-winning...
To be held at Melbourne Museum on Wednesday 25 March, Write Up Melbourne will feature presentations, panels and hands-on workshops by a range of inspiring writers.
Tickets are now on sale for the 2020 Stella Prize Longlist Party! Join us on Thursday 6 February at 6...
Mark your calendars! The 2020 Stella Prize Longlist Party will be held at the beautiful Melba Spiegeltent in Melbourne on...
"I really do believe that it is through literature that our vision is enlarged and our circle of empathy is expanded."
"The winning book elegantly tramples all over the Stella requirements: it is excellent, engaging and original in spades."
"This prize rewards women who write truth – historical, political, and the truth of the heart and the soul: the truth of individuals, of each of us, and the truth of the world we live in."
Maria Tumarkin is shortlisted for the 2019 Stella Prize for Axiomatic. In this special Stella interview, Maria discusses the necessity of...
Melissa Lucashenko is shortlisted for the 2019 Stella Prize for her novel Too Much Lip. In this special Stella interview, Melissa...
Vicki Laveau-Harvie is shortlisted for the 2019 Stella Prize for her memoir The Erratics. In this special Stella interview, Vicki discusses...
Jamie Marina Lau (劉劍冰) is shortlisted for the 2019 Stella Prize for her novel Pink Mountain on Locust Island. In...
Enza Gandolfo is shortlisted for the 2019 Stella Prize for her novel The Bridge. In this special Stella interview, Enza...
Jenny Ackland is shortlisted for the 2019 Stella Prize for her novel Little Gods. In this special Stella interview, Jenny...