The Stella Prize longlist for 2025 has just been announced. As one of Australia’s main literary awards, it celebrates and acknowledges writing by Australian women in fiction, non-fiction and poetry, and covers many topics and stories. The longlist is diverse this year, and looks to be an interesting selection of books. It looks like it covers all sorts of stories that will be informative, interesting, thought-provoking and creative. These books were all published last year, much like all award entrants for 2025 prizes.
The shortlist is going to be announced on the 8th of April, with the winner announced on the 23rd of May.
In alphabetical order by surname, the Stella Prize longlist is:
- Translations by Jumaana Abdu (fiction)
- Naag Mountain by Manisha Anjali (poetry)
- The Burrow by Melanie Cheng (fiction)
- Black Convicts by Santilla Chingaipe (non-fiction)
- Theory & Practice by Michelle de Kretser (fiction)
- A Language of Limbs by Dylin Hardcastle (fiction)
- Rapture by Emily Maguire (fiction)
- Black Witness by Amy McQuire (non-fiction)
- Cactus Pear For My Beloved by Samah Sabawi (non-fiction)
- Always Will Be by Mykaela Saunders (fiction)
- The Thinning by Inga Simpson (fiction)
- Peripathetic by Cher Tan (non-fiction)
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