Founded in 2012, the organisation’s flagship program is the annual Stella Prize – a major literary award celebrating Australian women’s writing.

Stella also delivers a suite of year-round initiatives which actively champion Australian women writers, tackle gender bias in the literary sector, and connect outstanding books with readers.

STELLA LONGLIST 2025

A Language of Limbs by Dylin Hardcastle
Always Will Be by Mykaela Saunders
Black Convicts by Santilla Chingaipe
Black Witness by Amy McQuire
The Burrow by Melanie Cheng
Cactus Pear For My Beloved by Samah Sabawi
Naag Mountain by Manisha Anjali
Peripathetic by Cher Tan
Rapture by Emily Macguire
Theory & Practice by Michelle de Kretser
The Thinning by Inga Simpson
Translations by Jumaana Andu