Stella Prize

The Stella Prize is an Australian annual literary award established in 2013 for writing by Australian women in all genres, worth $50,000. It was originally proposed by Australian women writers and publishers in 2011, modelled on the UK's Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (formerly the Orange Prize for Fiction).[1]

The award derives its name from the author Miles Franklin, whose full name was "Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin."[2]

It was established by a group of 11 Australian women writers, editors, publishers and booksellers who became concerned about the poor representation of books by women in Australia's top literary prize, the Miles Franklin Award.[3][4]

"After a rapid acceleration in women's rights in the '70s and '80s, things have started to go backwards," Sophie Cunningham said in a keynote address at the 2011 Melbourne Writers' Festival. "Women continue to be marginalised in Australian culture and the arts sector – which likes to pride itself on its liberal values – is, in fact, complacent. Women are much less likely to win literary awards, to write reviews of books, or have their books reviewed. This, despite the fact they write about half the books published."[5]

Some commentators, such as Erin Handley writing in The Age, have said that fiction and non-fiction are different genres that should be judged separately, highlighting that this is an issue for the Stella Prize. But this is rejected by Dr. Kerryn Goldsworthy, the chair of the Stella judging panel, who stated that comparing fiction and non-fiction is "no harder than comparing books in general," and that "excellence is achievable in any form."[6]

Award winners

Year Author Title Publisher
2020 Jess Hill See What You Made Me Do[7][8] Black Inc
2019 Vicki Laveau-Harvie The Erratics[9][10] Fourth Estate
2018 Alexis Wright Tracker[11] Giramondo Publishing
2017 Heather Rose The Museum of Modern Love[12] Allen and Unwin
2016 Charlotte Wood The Natural Way of Things[13] Allen and Unwin
2015 Emily Bitto The Strays[14] Affirm Press
2014 Clare Wright The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka[15] Text Publishing
2013 Carrie Tiffany Mateship with Birds[16] Pan Macmillan

Shortlists

Winners in bold.

2020[17]

2019[18]

2018[19]

2017[20]

2016[21]

2015[22]

2014[23]

2013[24]

Longlists

2020[25]

  • Lucky Ticket — Joey Bui
  • Songspirals — Gay'wu Group of Women
  • See What You Made Me Do — Jess Hill
  • The House of Youssef — Yumna Kassab
  • Diving into Glass — Caro Llewellyn
  • When One Person Dies the Whole World is OverMandy Ord
  • There Was Still LoveFavel Parrett
  • Here Until August — Josephine Rowe
  • This is How We Change the EndingVikki Wakefield
  • The YieldTara June Winch
  • The WeekendCharlotte Wood
  • Paper Emperors — Sally Young

2019[26]

2018[27]

2017[28]

  • Victoria: The Queen" — Julia Baird
  • Between a Wolf and a DogGeorgia Blain
  • The Hate Race: A memoirMaxine Beneba Clarke
  • Poum and Alexandra: A Paris memoir — Catherine de Saint Phalle
  • Offshore: Behind the wire on Manus and Nauru — Madeline Gleeson
  • Avalanche: A love storyJulia Leigh
  • An Isolated IncidentEmily Maguire
  • The High PlacesFiona McFarlane
  • Wasted: A story of alcohol, grief and a death in Brisbane — Elspeth Muir
  • The Museum of Modern LoveHeather Rose
  • Dying, a memoirCory Taylor
  • The Media and the Massacre: Port Arthur 1996—2016 — Sonya Voumard

2016[29]

2015[30]

2014[31]

2013[32]

See also

References

  1. Alison Flood (4 May 2011). "Australian 'Orange prize' to promote women writers' status". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  2. Elizabeth Webby, writing at the Stellas, Miles Franklin and Kibble awards, The Conversation, 28 April 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2014
  3. "Stella Prize website".
  4. Alison Flood (2 November 2012). "Canada and Australia launch women's literary prizes". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  5. Coslovich, Gabriella (29 August 2011). "Female-only literary prize puts gender on the agenda". Melbourne: The Age.
  6. Erin Handley, The problem with the Stella Prize. , The Age, 6 May 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2014
  7. Evans, Kate (14 April 2020). "Winner of $50,000 writing prize dismantles 'the lazy old lies we associate with domestic abuse'". ABC News. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  8. Convery, Stephanie (14 April 2020). "Jess Hill wins $50,000 Stella prize for See What You Made Me Do, book investigating domestic violence". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  9. The 2019 Stella Prize. Retrieved 9 April 2019
  10. Carey, Patrick (9 April 2019). "Stella Prize won by first-time author Vicki Laveau-Harvie for her memoir of family dysfunction, The Erratics". Australian Broadcasting Corporation News. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  11. The 2018 Stella Prize. Retrieved 13 April 2018
  12. The 2017 Stella Prize. Retrieved 18 April 2017
  13. "Charlotte Wood's The Natural Way of Things wins $50,000 Stella prize", The Guardian, 19 April 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016
  14. 2015 The Stella Prize, The Stella Prize. Retrieved 24 June 2015
  15. Anne Maria Nicholson Stella Prize: Clare Wright wins $50,000 book award for The Forgotten Rebels Of Eureka, ABC News, 30 April 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2014
  16. Bronwyn Lea, Carrie Tiffany wins a Stella Prize of her own, The Conversation, 17 April 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2014
  17. "Stella prize 2020: Charlotte Wood, Favel Parrett and Tara June Winch make shortlist". Books+Publishing. 6 March 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  18. "Stella Prize 2019 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
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  22. The Stella Prize 2015 Shortlist, The Stella Prize. Retrieved 24 June 2015
  23. The Stella Prize 2014 Shortlist, The Stella Prize. Retrieved 24 June 2015
  24. The Stella Prize 2013 Shortlist, The Stella Prize. Retrieved 24 June 2015
  25. "See the 2020 Stella Prize longlist!". The Booktopian. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  26. "The Stella Prize longlist 2019". Readings. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
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  29. The Stella Prize 2016 Longlist, The Stella Prize. Retrieved 10 March 2016
  30. The Stella Prize 2015 Longlist, The Stella Prize. Retrieved 25 June 2015
  31. The Stella Prize 2014 Longlist, The Stella Prize. Retrieved 25 June 2015
  32. The Stella Prize 2013 Longlist, The Stella Prize. Retrieved 25 June 2015
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