Announcing the 2025 Stella Longlisted books
March 5, 2025
Now in its 30th year, the Stella Prize is an annual literary prize awarded to the most excellent, original and outstanding book written by an Australian woman or non-binary writer.
This year the Stella – worth $60,000 – received over 180 entries, with the 2025 judging panel comprising Astrid Edwards (chair), Debra Dank, Leah Jing McIntosh, Yassmin Abdel-Magied and Rick Morton.
Seven fiction, four non-fiction and one poetry collection make up the Stella Prize longlist for 2025. Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund supports the longlist authors who each receive $1,000 in prize money.
“At Copyright Agency, we’re incredibly proud to support the Stella Prize through our Cultural Fund, championing the voices of Australian women writers in all their diversity. By backing initiatives like Stella, we’re fostering a more vibrant literary landscape and helping to grow readership for new Australian writing. Congratulations to all the extraordinary longlisted authors whose work continues to challenge and move us.” – Josephine Johnston, CEO Copyright Agency
The 2025 Stella Prize longlist is
- Translations by Jumaana Abdu
- Naag Mountain by Manisha Anjali
- The Burrow by Melanie Cheng
- Black Convicts by Santilla Chingaipe
- Theory & Practice by Michelle de Kretser
- A Language of Limbs by Dylin Hardcastle
- Rapture by Emily Maguire
- Black Witness 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
Read more about the longlist on the Stella website.
The shortlist of six will be announced on 8 April and the winner on 23 May.