Entries to the 2025 Stella Prize will open in the second half of 2024

The Stella Prize is open to books by Australian women and non-binary writers. The winning book (fiction, non-fiction or poetry) will be awarded $60,000 thanks to the generous support of the Stella Forever Funders. Books entered in the 2025 Stella Prize must be published between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2025. The winner of the 2025 Stella Prize will be announced in May 2025.

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