Steps of Action
Things you can do right now to advance women’s writing and eradicate literary gender bias. READERS Have a look at your bookshelves: how many books are written by women, and how many by men? Work...
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Write Up Melbourne 2020
Write Up is for anyone who has felt limited by their gender and wants to understand how language can be used to liberate and empower. It is an inclusive event open to all teens. Over the day, authors,...
View ArticleWatch the 2020 Stella Prize Award Night broadcast
Stella is delighted to announce Jess Hill’s four-year investigation into domestic abuse, See What You Made Me Do, as the 2020 Stella Prize winner. Watch the full announcement — a celebration of the...
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Announcing the 2021 Stella Prize Shortlist
Stella’s judges — Zoya Patel (Chair), Jane Harrison, Elizabeth McCarthy, Ian See and Tamara Zimet — have selected six exceptional books for the 2021 Stella Prize shortlist. Spanning fiction and...
View ArticleAnnouncing the winner of the 2021 Stella Prize
Stella is delighted to announce Evie Wyld’s gothic tale of toxic masculinity, The Bass Rock, as the 2021 Stella Prize winner. The $50,000 Prize, sponsored by the Wilson Foundation, was awarded tonight...
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Evie Wyld’s 2021 Stella Prize acceptance speech
I would be grateful for this award in any context. To be in the company of writers as talented as the shortlist, and the longlist, has been a massive privilege and there is a huge amount to be learnt...
View ArticleWatch the 2021 Stella Prize Award Night broadcast
Watch (or re-watch!) an hour of storytelling and ideas to mark the announcement of the 2021 Stella Prize. Hosted by much-loved screen and stage icon Noni Hazlehurst AM, the event features Evie Wyld —...
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Stella’s Story
Dreams of the Stella Prize emerged in early 2011 out of a panel that was held at Readings, an independent Melbourne bookstore, on International Women’s Day. The panel was partly a discussion about the...
View ArticleQ&A with Stella’s Executive Director, Jaclyn Booton
Get to know Stella’s Executive Director, Jaclyn Booton Can you tell us a bit about your background and how you came to work with Stella? I’ve worked in the arts in Sydney and Melbourne for the last 20...
View ArticleCarol Schwartz in conversation with Aviva Tuffield and Heather Rose
How much space in publishing are women afforded to share their voices? Who gets to decide? And how are things changing? In this generous and thought-provoking discussion as part of the Women’s...
View ArticleA Q&A with Melinda Harvey and Julieanne Lamond of the Stella Count
The Stella Count is an annual statistical analysis of gender bias in the field of book reviewing in Australia. In this Q&A, we asked the Count’s principal researchers Melinda Harvey and Julieanne...
View ArticleInterview: Declan Fry – 2022 Stella Prize Judge
An interview with writer, poet, essayist, and 2022 Stella Prize Judge, Declan Fry What excites you about judging the 10th Stella Prize? The chance to spend time with the authors. It’s comforting to...
View ArticleInterview: Oliver Reeson – 2022 Stella Prize Judge
An interview with essayist, screenwriter, and 2022 Stella Prize Judge, Oliver Reeson What excites you about judging the 10th Stella Prize? The Stella Prize’s defining characteristic to me is...
View ArticleInterview: Sisonke Msimang – 2022 Stella Prize Judge
An interview with author, curator and 2022 Stella Prize Judge, Sisonke Msimang What excites you about judging the 10th Stella Prize? I’m excited about this being the 10th year which is such an...
View ArticleInterview: Cate Kennedy – 2022 Stella Prize Judge
An interview with award-winning writer and 2022 Stella Prize Judge, Cate Kennedy What excites you about judging the 10th Stella Prize? The Stella Prize longlist each year represents the stunning...
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Jessie Tu on writing, space, and new ways of seeing
What many people don’t think about when they think about writers writing is that the exercise is an extremely physical endeavour. You sit on a chair, or a seat, or a bed, wherever a writer finds...
View ArticleEvelyn Araluen on Writing Self Care
What does it mean to be a young person living through the present moment? How can we make sense of our experiences through writing? And how can this creative process be part of a broader project of...
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Stella Sector Consultation
Have your voice heard on Stella’s future When the Stella Prize began in 2012, it aimed to counter the gender bias rife in the Australian literary landscape and promote cultural change through the...
View ArticleInterview: Melissa Lucashenko – 2022 Stella Prize Judge (Chair)
An interview with award-winning Bundjalung author and 2022 Stella Prize Chair of Judges, Melissa Lucashenko What excites you about Chairing the 2022 Judging Panel and awarding the 10th Stella Prize...
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Announcing the 2022 Stella Prize Judges
Stella is thrilled to announce award-winning Bundjalung author Melissa Lucashenko as the 2022 Stella Prize Chair of Judges. A two-time Stella Prize-listed author, former Stella Prize Judge, and winner...
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