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April 2020

2020 Stella Prize Broadcast: Chair of Judges Lou Swinn announces the 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.

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April 2020

Update: 2020 Stella Prize Announcement Broadcast

Tune in as Stella takes the 2020 Prize Night online in a broadcast hosted by Patricia Karvelas, feat. special guests!

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March 2020

Booksellers’ delivery services!

Stella encourages booklovers to support their local bookstore in this uncertain time.

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March 2020

Announcing the 2020 Stella Prize Shortlist

Here are exemplary storytellers new and established working across fiction, investigative journalism, memoir and short story – six powerful books by women that bring to light diverse experiences of illness, family life, friendship, domestic abuse, and ultimately the human condition.

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February 2020

Announcing the 2020 Stella Prize longlist

“These authors are craftspeople serious about their intention and dedicated to the art.”

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January 2020

Stella Prize Longlist Party

Tickets are now on sale for the 2020 Stella Prize Longlist Party!

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December 2019

Save the Date: 2020 Stella Prize Longlist Party

Mark your calendars! The 2020 Stella Prize Longlist Party will be held at the beautiful Melba Spiegeltent in Melbourne on Thursday 6 February at 6pm.

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April 2019

2019 Stella Prize Award Night: Chair of Judges Louise Swinn announces the winner

“The winning book elegantly tramples all over the Stella requirements: it is excellent, engaging and original in spades.”

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April 2019

Vicki Laveau-Harvie’s 2019 Stella Prize acceptance speech

“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.”

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November 2018

Celebrating 2018!

It’s been a big year here at Stella. This year, we’ve worked with over 600 teens in four states across Australia through Girls Write Up in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and Wodonga.

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August 2018

A note from Stella’s new Executive Director

A note from Stella’s new Executive Director, Michelle Scott Tucker.

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July 2018

Stella announces new Executive Director

The Stella Prize is delighted to announce the appointment of our new Executive Director, Michelle Scott Tucker.