The Stella Prize is a major literary award celebrating Australian women’s writing. The $50,000 prize is awarded annually to one outstanding book deemed to be original, excellent, and engaging. Announcing the 12 exceptional books by Australian women and non-binary writers in the running for the tenth annual Stella Prize. The 2022 Stella Prize longlist includes novels, short fiction, memoir, social history, a book-length essay, a graphic novel, and – eligible for the first time in 2022 – poetry collections. Why not reserve one or more now and see if you can pick the winner before is announced Thursday 28 April.
- Coming of Age in the War on Terror by Randa Abdel-Fattah (NewSouth Books)
- Take Care by Eunice Andrada (Giramondo Publishing)
- Dropbear by Evelyn Araluen (University of Queensland Press)
- She Is Haunted by Paige Clark (Allen & Unwin)
- No Document by Anwen Crawford (Giramondo Publishing)
- Bodies of Light by Jennifer Down (Text Publishing)
- Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray by Anita Heiss (Simon & Schuster)
- Stone Fruit by Lee Lai (Fantagraphics)
- Permafrost by SJ Norman (University of Queensland Press)
- Homecoming by Elfie Shiosaki (Magabala Books)
- The Open by Lucy Van (Cordite Books)
- Another Day in the Colony by Chelsea Watego (University of Queensland Press).