Stella Prize 2026 shortlist announced
The shortlist for the $60,000 Stella Prize for works by Australian women and non-binary writers has been announced.
The shortlisted books are:
- The Rot (Evelyn Araluen, UQP)
- Memorial Days (Geraldine Brooks, Hachette)
- Fireweather (Miranda Darling, Scribe)
- Cannon (Lee Lai, Giramondo)
- 58 Facets: On Violence and the Law (Marika Sosnowski, MUP)
- I Am Nannertgarrook (Tasma Walton, Bundyi).
The shortlisted titles were selected from a longlist announced in March.
“The books contained in this year’s Stella Prize shortlist remind us that women and non-binary writers contain multitudes,” said Stella Prize CEO and creative director Fiona Sweet. “These six books contain big stories and little stories. Big stories that challenge and delight readers and introduce ideas that dismantle the very structures we take as fact. There are also little stories, small, tender, sensitive and beautiful moments that reflect on personhood, gender, relationships, trauma and loss. These little stories stay with us intimately long after finishing a book.
“There are many forms of stories in this list, from a graphic novel, poetry and prose, to memoir and nonfiction, which showcase the incredible calibre within these genres. I hope you enjoy these big and small worlds that these books generously welcome us into just as much as I did.”
Each of the shortlisted authors receives $5000 in prize money.
The winner will be announced on 13 May.
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