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The Stella Prize

Locality: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Address: 328 Swanston St 3000 Melbourne, VIC, Australia

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25.01.2022 Welcome back to The Garret: Writers on writing with Jess Hill and Astrid Edwards revisiting the "phenomenal, disturbing, brilliant" See What You Made Me Do. Reflecting on approaching difficult topics, prioritising stories and perspectives over concepts and issues, how Hill has always wanted to forge an alternative to women's magazines ... and what's next!

24.01.2022 When Josephine Rowe heard her book Here Until August had been shortlisted for the #2020StellaPrize her response was: What company! To be considered within a lineage of such incredible writers is an honour. (Also, I do not envy the judges having to whittle it down to sixor to twelve, for that matter. Its been a tremendous year for Australian literature, across forms.) Read our full interview with Josephine via the link below and join us to celebrate Australian womens w...riting at the online announcement of the 2020 Stella Prize, this Tuesday from 8 p.m. AEST. https://thestellaprize.com.au//stella-interview-josephine/ #books #authors #australianstories #bookprize #readthestella #booklover #booksbooksbooks #stellaprize #bookstagram

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22.01.2022 The original Greek word for apocalypse apokalypsis does not mean end times. It means to unveil. This is the apocalypse we are living through: a process of unveiling and revealing. Patriarchy is not inevitable. It is not sustainable. If we are to survive and thrive as a species, we must first reveal it, and then undo it: in our systems, and in ourselves. Winner of the #2020StellaPrize, Jess Hill, responds to the challenges of 2020 in ‘Fire, Flood and Plague,’ a forthcoming anthology edited by Sophie Cunningham.

22.01.2022 It's TODAY! No time to lose - don't forget to sign up for the free in-conversation webinar tonight with Zoya Patel and Jess Hill for #FeministBookWeek with The ...Stella Prize: https://www.ywca.org.au/news/feministbookweek/#webinar FB event: YWCA x Stella #FeministBookWeek in-conversation webinar with Jess Hill and Zoya Patel And it's not too late to enter our competition to win the 2020 Stella longlist! Just tell us your top 3 lockdown feminist reads: https://www.ywca.org.au/news/feministbookweek/#competition

22.01.2022 Join us shortly for the announcement of the #2020StellaPrize! The online celebration of womens writing featuring @JuliaGillard, @Louise_Swinn, @PatsKarvelas, and Stellas 2020 shortlistees begins at 8pm (AEST). thestellaprize.com.au... This broadcast is proudly presented in partnership with the Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing & Ideas and Guardian Live.

21.01.2022 If you missed Astrid Edwards in-conversation with Jess Hill last week, pencil in afternoon tea anytime, here:

20.01.2022 When Jess Hill learned her book See What You Made Me Do' had been shortlisted for the #2020StellaPrize she said: How is this even happening?! Just blown away, I think. Then I had a short-lived daydream about how magnificent it would be to win not just for the obvious reasons, but because it would introduce this book to a whole new audience at a time when people are really seeking answers on domestic abuse. Read our full interview with Jess via the link and join us to cel...ebrate Australian womens writing at the online announcement of the 2020 Stella Prize, Tuesday 14 April from 8 p.m. AEST. https://thestellaprize.com.au//20/see-what-you-made-me-do/ #books #authors #australianstories #stellaprize #bookstagram #bookstagram #readthestella #booklover #booksbooksbooks

20.01.2022 "Australian women writers have always been wonderfully inventive and wise chroniclers of Australian lives, society, politics and art." - Morgan Smith, Gleebooks A reflection from one of the many hardworking booksellers delivering orders so that #australiareadsathome

20.01.2022 For your calendar via State Library Victoria:

19.01.2022 Entries for the 2021 Stella Prize are now open: https://thestellaprize.com.au/prize/guidelines-submission/ The $50,000 Stella Prize will be awarded to the best work of literature fiction or nonfiction published in 2020 by an Australian woman or non-binary writer. Early-bird entries for the 2021 Stella Prize are open until 5pm AEST Wednesday 2 September. General entries open Thursday 3 September and close 5pm AEST Friday 2 October.... We are also thrilled to reveal the multitalented 2021 Stella Prize judging panel: memoirist and editor, Zoya Patel (Chair); playwright, author and Blak & Bright First Nations Literary Festival Director, Jane Harrison; 3RRR radio producer, presenter and literary critic, Elizabeth McCarthy; Production Editor of The Saturday Paper, Ian See; and Deputy Programme Director at Edinburgh Book Festival, Tamara Zimet. Together, they will read a selection of the best in Australian literature to determine the next winner of the Stella Prize. You can find the entry guidelines, submission deadlines, and more information about the 2021 Stella Prize judges on our website now. Thanks to the 2021 Stella Prize Award Partner the Wilson Foundation, and supporters Copyright Agency and Creative Partnerships Australia.

19.01.2022 Today at 3pm, Jess Hill and Astrid Edwards of The Garret: Writers on writing in-conversation on SEE WHAT YOU MADE ME DO. Join in with a cuppa via this link, thanks to State Library of Victoria.

18.01.2022 Only 7 more sleeps! Join us to celebrate Australian womens writing at the online announcement of the #2020StellaPrize next Tuesday 14 April from 8 p.m. AEST #lockdown #frockdown #artsonline #australianstories #stellaprize #bookstagram #bookstagram #readthestella #womenswriting #women #authors

18.01.2022 Shout-out to the kindness and patience of -all- mothers; the womxn who have provided care and attention, nourishment of body and mind, advice, counsel and perhaps some of your favourite stories! Today and everyday, we say thanks. #isocraft #easypaperflowers #mothersdayflowers #miniature #sharethecare #booksbooksbooks

16.01.2022 Join us on Monday Dec 10th at the Tiny Lit Fest for an open in-conversation with Sarah Ayoub and Laniyuk as they discuss how you can write fiction and poetry that teenagers and young adults will gravitate towards in a library, bookstore, or on the internet, with Executive Director of the Stella Prize, Jaclyn Booton. You can also register for one of two small group workshops immediately following the conversation with either Sarah (writing YA) or Laniyuk (writing poetry). Reg...istrations required. You can read more about these online events below. A reminder to check for your timezone. Presented in partnership with Young Entrepreneurs & Leaders Speaker Series, Social Good Outpost and Australia-ASEAN Council.

16.01.2022 Our online community is keeping us connected, entertained and inspired. Thank you for your comments celebrating the work of the Stella Prize, and supporting Australian writers, publishers and booksellers. Join us to celebrate Australian womens writing on Tuesday 14 April for the announcement of the #2020StellaPrize. #books #authors #australianstories #stellaprize #booksprize #bookstagram #2020StellaPrize #womenswriting #womensvoices #australianstories #ozlit

16.01.2022 From the The Stella Prize shortlisted author of 'An Isolated Incident,' Emily Maguire, comes a stunning, simply told story of great compassion and insight. 'Love Objects' available April 2021.

16.01.2022 "If what worked well before does not achieve our aims, it is time to find alternatives for keeping the plane in the sky." - Yumna Kassab, author of The House of Youssef with new writing in Peril magazine.

16.01.2022 Join Voiceworks online Tuesday afternoon! Details below:

15.01.2022 Just one week left to get your discounted early-bird entries submitted for the #2021StellaPrize! This year we're accepting ePubs at the submissions stage. We recommend having your ePub file(s) on hand before starting to complete your entry form(s). Submissions close next Wednesday 2 September. Not sure if youre eligible? Read up on our eligibility guidelines, or reach us via email if you have any further questions.... Entry forms can be completed via our website https://thestellaprize.com.au/prize/guidelines-submission/

15.01.2022 Jess Hill talks to Sarah Price of The Saturday Paper, link to read if you're a subscriber here:

14.01.2022 Were thrilled to announce that ABC National radio presenter, current affairs journalist and political correspondent Patricia Karvelas will host next weeks special #2020StellaPrize online event announcement. Please join us, Patricia Karvelas, the Hon Julia Gillard AC, Louise Swinn Chair of the 2020 Stella Prize judging panel and special guests, next Tuesday 14 April from 8pm (AEST) to celebrate the vibrancy and quality of our literary community, in partnership with @thewheelercentre. #stellaprize #womenswriting #australianstories #books #bookprize #bookstagram #booksbooksbooks #ozlit

13.01.2022 We recently caught up with winner of the 2020 Stella Prize, author of See What You Made Me Do, Jess Hill. In this first in a series of questions put to Jess, she shares her current thinking around what she might like to explore in her next book. #2020stellaprize Black Inc.

13.01.2022 Happy Feminist Book Week! That's right, this year we're celebrating book week with a feminist flavour, thanks to YWCA Australia and The Stella Prize. On Thursd...ay night, I'll be hosting a virtual in-conversation with the 2020 Stella Prize winner, Jess Hill about her incredible book on violence against women, 'See What You Made Me Do'. Register here: https://www.ywca.org.au/news/feministbookweek/ See more

11.01.2022 On learning her book The Weekend was shortlisted for the #2020StellaPrize Charlotte Wood said: "I was genuinely really surprised to have made it to the list a second time... I felt supremely lucky." Join us from 8 p.m. AEST on Tuesday 14 April for the announcement of the 2020 Stella Prize. #books #authors #australianstories #stellaprize #booksprize #bookstagram #charlottewood #theweekend

11.01.2022 When Caro Llewellyn heard her book Diving into Glass had been shortlisted for the #2020StellaPrize her response was: Pure joy. Im not sure that many people know I certainly didnt that the shortlist comes with a cash prize Money, time and solitude are perhaps the hardest assets for a writer to come by, so these unexpected gifts in addition to peer recognition and the additional promotion and visibility which are also invaluable benefits, were, as I say, pure joy. R...ead our full interview with Caro via the link and join us to celebrate Australian womens writing at the online announcement of the 2020 Stella Prize, Tuesday 14 April from 8 p.m. AEST. https://thestellaprize.com.au//stella-interview-caro-llew/ #books #authors #australianstories #stellaprize #bookstagram #readthestella #booklover #booksbooksbooks

11.01.2022 Jess Hill, The Stella Prizewinning author of SEE WHAT YOU MADE ME DO, has been picked in Vogue Australia’s list of 2020 Game Changers.

11.01.2022 Starting in just under 10 minutes! #tinylitfest

10.01.2022 Only 3 more sleeps! Celebrate Australian womens writing with us this Tuesday eve from 8 p.m. (AEST) and tune in for the announcement of the #2020StellaPrize! https://thestellaprize.com.au/... #lockdown #frockdown #artsonline #australianstories #stellaprize #books #readthestella #womenswriting

10.01.2022 We are delighted to announce Jess Hills investigative work of nonfiction See What You Made Me Do as the 2020 Stella Prize winner. A call to action that cannot be ignored, See What You Made Me Do is a groundbreaking investigation of domestic abuse, written by one of the countrys finest journalists. Chair of the Stella Judging panel Lou Swinn says, Jess Hill is a journalist whose clarity of expression and thought are of the highest order . using forensic investigation, and ...highlighting personal stories, this book does much more than draw attention to this crisis it offers solutions for reform. On winning the 2020 Stella Prize, Jess Hill says: To be honoured by a prize that operates with the highest integrity is such a thrill. I feel like Ive been initiated into a circle of writers at the height of their craft, and for that I am just so grateful. My hope is that the Stella Prize will get more international publishers interested, and that people who never thought theyd read a book about domestic abuse will be persuaded to pick it up. To these future readers, I want to say: you wont regret it. This book has taught me so much about life, love and power it is not a book about other people, it is a book about all of us, and the world we live in. To all the victim-survivors out there, I hope you feel that this is a win for you, too. I couldnt have written the book without your expertise and courage." Executive Director of Stella, Jaclyn Booton says: Im awed by the rigour, humanity, and clarity Jess brings to the project and wholeheartedly congratulate her on winning the 2020 Stella Prize with this landmark book. Stella thanks our Award Partner, The Wilson Foundation for their dedication to Australian womens writing, and is proud to have presented tonights online announcement in partnership with The Wheeler Centre and GuardianLive!

09.01.2022 Congratulations to Aneta Peretko who has won our #FeministBookWeek competition! Aneta recommended their top 3 feminist lockdown reads, and has won the 2020 The ...Stella Prize longlist as the prize. Aneta - the prize is coming your way! Everyone else, check out Aneta's recommendations: 1. We Set the Dark On Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia I love that this is a young adult fantasy book, because this moment in history begs us to delve into escapist literature, but also makes those powerful female, racially diverse and queer characters a reality for teens on the cusp of adulthood. 2. Talkin’ Up to the White Woman by Aileen Moreton-Robinson I picked up the 20th anniversary edition of this classic, which is so relevant today in the context of the racial discourse happening around the world and the way Indigenous women are fighting for their space in that. 3. Fixed It by Jane Gilmore I have felt a compulsive need to read the news more than ever during this horrible year, which in turn has made me consume more and more blatantly sexist reporting. This easy but punchy read made me able to identify and therefore resist the overwhelming narrative of trivialising men’s violence against women in daily reporting. Thank you to everyone to participated in the competition, and in our first ever #FeministBookWeek. We're excited to bring you FBW again next year!

08.01.2022 Join @vicwomenstrust for #FeministFridays this week with Jess Hill & Clare Wright in-conversation.

08.01.2022 Stella Schools is delighted to announce the Write Up Digital Workshop Series three free pre-recorded online workshops for secondary schools featuring Mandy Ord, Vidya Rajan, and Evelyn Araluen. Workshops are available for secondary teachers to create units of work for their classes in a remote-learning context. Videos and worksheets will introduce students to autobiographical writing, performance writing, and the relationship between writing and self-care. Teachers: to book and find out more, visit https://thestellaprize.com.au/sch/write-up/workshop-series/

08.01.2022 Thank you booksellers for supporting the #2020StellaPrize and providing us with continued access to Australian womens writing and Australian stories during #lockdown. See a link from Books+Publishing helping us all to stay connected via books and bookshops! https://booksandpublishing.com.au//australian-bookshops-r/... #lockdownwithbooks #lockdown #books #authors #australianstories #bookstores #stellaprize #booksprize #bookstagram #booksellersWITH Readings Better Read Than Dead and Gleebooks

07.01.2022 Do you know someone who deserves a free book? Readings would like to help:

07.01.2022 On learning her book There Was Still Love was shortlisted for the #2020StellaPrize Favel Parrett said: I was incredibly surprised, and my heart was racing, and I was trying not to cry over the phone. It means my book might stay in bookshops for a little longer, it means it might be easier to get my next work published, it means my years of hard work actually mean something. I am still buzzing, still elated. It is one of the greatest achievements of my career! https://thest...ellaprize.com.au//stella-interview-favel-par/ Join us to celebrate Australian womens writing at the online announcement of the 2020 Stella Prize, Tuesday 14 April from 8 p.m. AEST. #books #authors #australianstories #stellaprize #bookstagram #bookstagram #readthestella #ozlit #booksbooksbooks Hachette Books

06.01.2022 Go, team, go! #backyourbookshop is a terrific initiative and we are thrilled to join the throng, spreading the word, supporting #booksellers and delivery drivers all 'round. #bookstagram #nonbinarywriter #womenwriters #australianwriters

06.01.2022 Did you miss last nights #2020StellaPrize announcement or want to rewatch? Catch up on the broadcast here, featuring the full acceptance speech from Jess Hill, and all our special guests!

06.01.2022 It's #FeministBookWeek (our collaboration with The Stella Prize), and today we're excited to share #feminist book recommendations from author Mirandi Riwoe! 1. ...The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood I think it can be telling what feminists give their own daughters to read. My mum, a keen feminist, gave me Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale to read when it first came out in the 1980s. I have given a copy of this book to each of my daughters. I think this novel, at the very least, is a cautionary tale, reminding us to be alert to how there will always be feminist work to do. 2. Growing up with Feminist Books As a Eurasian teenager, I found Mum’s copy of The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston especially interesting, with its connotations of Asia and strong women. I think, as a feminist, it’s interesting to read, not only contemporary feminist thought, but also some of the foundational texts: from Mary Wollstonecraft to the history of suffragettes, as well as work by second-wave feminists and those who followed. 3. The works of Emily Maguire While working on my PhD I came across work by Emily Maguire. Princesses and Pornstars (Your Skirt’s Too Short: Sex, Power, Choice, the revised young adult edition) is a passionate book about the need to continue pursuing the original goals of feminism, with a keen eye on the pressures on women to conform to a ‘beauty culture’. Read Mirandi's full recommendations on our blog: https://www.ywca.org.au//feministbookweek-whats-on-joey-b/ Learn more about #FeministBookWeek, register for our webinar with Jess Hill and Zoya Patel, and enter our competition to win the 2020 Stella Longlist: https://www.ywca.org.au/news/feministbookweek/ --- More about Mirandi Riwoe - she is the author of the novel Stone Sky Gold Mountain (https://www.uqp.com.au/books/stone-sky-gold-mountain), and the novella The Fish Girl, which won Seizure’s Viva la Novella V and was shortlisted for the Stella Prize and the Queensland Literary Award’s UQ Fiction Prize. Her work has appeared in Best Australian Stories, Meanjin, Review of Australian Fiction, Griffith Review and Best Summer Stories. Mirandi has a PhD in Creative Writing and Literary Studies and lives in Brisbane.

04.01.2022 Now is a critical time for Stella to press on. Things are changing, but not swiftly enough. At Stella, our success is collective: everyone plays a critical role. As a tiny-but-mighty organisation with ambitious goals, we are thankful for the funding we receive from those who share our passion and vision. Everything we do at Stella the Prize, the annual Stella Count, and our Schools Program is made possible thanks to the support of a wide range of dedicated individuals and... organisations. Can you pitch in? If you have the capacity to make a monetary donation, all funds > $2 are tax-deductible. If you have other ideas for how you might be able to support us in continuing operations, please write to us at [email protected] #2020StellaPrize #booksbooksbooks

04.01.2022 Not-to-be-missed: Join Clare Wright and Jess Hill in-conversation, day after tomorrow, by Tweeting #FeministFridays Victorian Women's Trust

04.01.2022 When Tara June Winch heard her book was shortlisted for the #2020StellaPrize she said: I felt time, as if in the passage of my life there was another marker. My greatest literary goal has been to have a readership, and I felt this rush of stepping toward my goal, as if all the years of solitary writing had mattered. Click to read our full interview with Tara and join us to celebrate Australian womens writing at the online announcement of the 2020 Stella Prize, Tuesday 14 A...pril from 8 p.m. AEST. https://thestellaprize.com.au/prize/2020-prize/the-yield/ #books #authors #australianstories #stellaprize #bookstagram #bookstagram #readthestella

04.01.2022 Catch up on Jess Hill's Sydney Writers' Festival podcast here:

03.01.2022 Join host Patricia Karvelas, and special guest speakers the Hon Julia Gillard AC, Louise Swinn, Chair of the Stella judging panel and shortlisted authors to celebrate the quality of womens writing and our rich literary arts community at the online presentation of the #2020StellaPrize "All over the world, people are drawing intellectual, emotional and spiritual nourishment from books as our individual spaces become smaller, we are remembering how to exercise the imaginatio...n muscles from our childhood, and using books and stories as an escape and as a comfort." Hon Julia Gillard AC Tuesday 14 April from 8 p.m. AEST in partnership with The Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas and Guardian Live #bookprize #books #australianauthors

03.01.2022 The #2020StellaPrize is announced tonight! Join host Patricia Karvelas and guests the Hon. Julia Gillard AC, Louise Swinn, the Stella judging panel Chair and shortlisted authors to celebrate the vibrancy and quality of womens writing and our rich literary arts community. Tune in from 8pm (AEST) https://thestellaprize.com.au/... Presented in partnership with The Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas and GuardianLive Follow along with us via #2020StellaPrize #books #authors #australianstories #bookprize #readthestella #booklover #booksbooksbooks #stellaprize #bookstagram #announcement #winner

01.01.2022 Catching up on Jess Hill in-conversation with Olivia Fricot & Joel Naoum, produced by Nick Wasiliev. Thanks Booktopia!

01.01.2022 A #bookshelfie to reminisce on the remarkable #2020StellaPrize longlist. Tag us in yours, we love browsing your best #AusLit, especially while #WFH