“Literary prizes are subjective beasts, but I assure you, the works on this year’s longlist are remarkable.” Astrid Edwards – Chair of the Judges 2025

Longlist announced

4 March 2025

Shortlist announced

8 April 2025

Winner announced

23 May 2025

Discover the 2025 Stella Prize longlisted books

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Peripathetic
Longlisted for the 2025 Stella Prize Cher Tan – Peripathetic Nonfiction · NewSouth Publishing About...
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The Thinning
Longlisted for the 2025 Stella Prize Inga Simpson – The Thinning Fiction · Hachette About the Book ‘We...
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The Burrow
Longlisted for the 2025 Stella Prize Melanie Cheng – The Burrow Fiction · Text Publishing About...
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Naag Mountain
Longlisted for the 2025 Stella Prize Manisha Anjali – Naag Mountain Poetry · Giramondo About the Book A...
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Rapture
Longlisted for the 2025 Stella Prize Emily Maguire – Rapture Fiction · Allen & Unwin About the Book The...
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Cactus Pear For My Beloved
Longlisted for the 2025 Stella Prize Samah Sabawi – Cactus Pear For My Beloved Memoir · Penguin Random...
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Always Will Be
Longlisted for the 2025 Stella Prize Mykaela Saunders – Always Will Be Fiction · University Queensland...
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Black Convicts
Longlisted for the 2025 Stella Prize Santilla Chingaipe – Black Convicts Nonfiction · Scribner Australia,...
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Language of Limbs
Longlisted for the 2025 Stella Prize Dylin Hardcastle – Language of Limbs Fiction · Pan Macmillan...
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Theory & Practice
Longlisted for the 2025 Stella Prize Michelle de Kretser – Theory & Practice Fiction · Text Publishing About...
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Black Witness
Longlisted for the 2025 Stella Prize Amy McQuire – Black Witness Nonfiction · University of Queensland...
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Translations
Longlisted for the 2025 Stella Prize Jumaana Abdu – Translations Fiction · Penguin Random House About...
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