"Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it." – Mary Oliver

Stella Prize Winners

The Stella Prize is a major literary award celebrating Australian women’s writing. The prize was awarded for the first time in 2013. Both nonfiction and fiction books by Australian women are eligible for entry.

  • 2026 – Lee Lai – Cannon
  • 2025 – Michelle de Kretser – Theory & Practice
  • 2024 – Alexis Wright – Praiseworthy
  • 2023 – Sarah Holland-Batt – The Jaguar
  • 2021 – Evie Wyld – The Bass Rock
  • 2020 – Jess Hill – See What You Made Me Do
  • 2019 – Vicki Laveau-Harvie – The Erratics
  • 2018 – Alexis Wright – The Tracker
  • 2016 – Charlotte Wood – The Natural Way of Things
  • 2015 – Emily Bitto – The Strays
  • 2014 – Carrie Tiffany – Mateship with Birds
  • 2013 – Clare Wright – The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka