Past Prize Winners
The Stella Prize is a major literary award celebrating Australian women’s writing. The $60,000 prize is awarded annually to one outstanding book deemed to be original, excellent, and engaging.
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Winner of the 2024 Stella Prize
Praiseworthy – Alexis Wright
Fiction · Giramondo Publishing
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Longlisted for the 2024 Stella Prize
Stephanie Bishop – The Anniversary
Fiction · Hachette Australia About...
Longlisted for the 2024 Stella Prize
Kate Mildenhall – The Hummingbird Effect
Fiction · Scribner Australia...
Longlisted for the 2024 Stella Prize
Ali Cobby Eckermann – She is the Earth
Poetry · Magabala Books About...
Longlisted for the 2024 Stella Prize
Melissa Lucashenko – Edenglassie
Fiction · University of Queensland...
Longlisted for the 2024 Stella Prize
Laura Elizabeth Woollett– West Girls
Fiction · Scribe Publications About...
Longlisted for the 2024 Stella Prize Maggie MacKellar – Graft
Nonfiction · Penguin Random House About...
Shortlisted for the 2024 Stella Prize Katherine Brabon – Body Friend
Fiction · Ultimo Press
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Shortlisted for the 2024 Stella Prize Sanya Rushdi – Hospital
Fiction · Giramondo Publishing
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Shortlisted for the 2024 Stella Prize Hayley Singer – Abandon Every Hope: Essays for the Dead
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Shortlisted for the 2024 Stella Prize Praiseworthy – Alexis Wright
Fiction · Giramondo Publishing
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Shortlisted for the 2024 Stella Prize Katia Ariel – The Swift Dark Tide
Nonfiction · Gazebo Books
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Shortlisted for the 2023 Stella Prize Debra Dank – We Come with this Place
Shortlisted · Echo Publishing
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