The longlist for the 2025 Stella Prize has been announced! For thirty years the Stella Prize has been celebrating and championing the stories of Australian women and non-binary individuals. We're excited to see this year's list includes lots of great works of fiction, nonfiction and poetry that our booksellers have been loving.
The 2025 Stella Prize longlist:
Translations by Jumaana Abdu
Naag Mountain by Manisha Anjali
The Burrow by Melanie Cheng
Black Convicts: How Slavery Shaped Australia by Santilla Chingaipe
Theory & Practice by Michelle de Kretser
A Language of Limbs by Dylin Hardcastle
Rapture by Emily Maguire
Black Witness: The Power of Indigenous Media by Amy McQuire
Cactus Pear For My Beloved by Samah Sabawi
Always Will Be by Mykaela Saunders
The Thinning by Inga Simpson
Peripathetic by Cher Tan
Stella has been a major voice for gender equity and cultural change in Australian literature since it was founded in 2012. The Stella Prize is awarded annually to recognise and celebrate Australian women and non-binary writers, tackle gender bias in the literary sector, and share outstanding books with readers.
The 2025 Shortlist will be announced on Tuesday 8 April, and the winner named on Friday 23 May. You can read more about the Stella Prize here.
