Literary Fifteen 2023 - hosted by bodiesinbooks

The Stella Prize
The Stella Prize is open to Australian  books authored by women – cis, trans, and non-binary inclusive. The winning book of fiction, nonfiction, or poetry, will be original, excellent, and engaging.

Longlist of 12 books announced on March 2nd.

Shortlist:
We come with this place by Debra Dank
big beautiful female theory by Eloise Grills
The jaguar by Sarah Holland-Batt
Hydra by Adriane Howell
Indelible city by Louisa Lim
Bad art mother by Edwina Preston

Winner:
The jaguar by Sarah Holland-Batt
All books added

194 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective slow-paced

336 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction emotional reflective medium-paced

100 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

poetry

464 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction biography historical lgbtqia+ dark reflective medium-paced

320 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history politics emotional medium-paced

293 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary mystery emotional reflective sad medium-paced

224 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction biography

244 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary horror literary dark mysterious tense medium-paced

127 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

poetry emotional reflective sad medium-paced

304 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir challenging funny reflective medium-paced