The longlist has been selected for the 2026 Stella Prize, which celebrates "exceptional works by Australian women and non-binary writers." The shortlist will be announced April 8 and the winner May 13. The winner will receive A$60,000 (about US$41,935).
The longlist:
KONTRA by Eunice Andrada (poetry)
The Rot by Evelyn Araluen (poetry)
Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks (nonfiction/memoir)
Ankami by Debra Dank (nonfiction/memoir/social commentary)
Fireweather by Miranda Darling (fiction)
Apron-Sorrow/Sovereign-Tea by Natalie Harkin (nonfiction)
Cannon by Lee Lai (graphic novel)
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy (fiction)
Wait Here by Lucy Nelson (fiction)
Find Me at the Jaffa Gate: An Encyclopaedia of a Palestinian Family by Micaela Sahhar (nonfiction/memoir)
58 Facets: On Violence and the Law by Marika Sosnowski (nonfiction)
I Am Nannertgarrook by Tasma Walton (fiction)