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The longlist for the 2026 Stella Prize literary award

14 March 2026

Twelve titles have been included on the longlist for this year’s Stella Prize, the Australian literary award recognising the work of women and non-binary writers.

• 58 Facets: On violence and the law, by Marika Sosnowski
• Ankami, by Debra Dank
• Apron-Sorrow / Sovereign-Tea, by Natalie Harkin
• Cannon, by Lee Lai
• Find Me at the Jaffa Gate: An Encyclopaedia of a Palestinian family, by Micaela Sahhar
• Fireweather, by Miranda Darling
• I Am Nannertgarrook, by Tasma Walton
• KONTRA, by Eunice Andrada
• Memorial Days, by Geraldine Brooks
• The Rot, by Evelyn Araluen
• Wait Here, by Lucy Nelson
• Wild Dark Shore, by Charlotte McConaghy

Graphic novelist Lee Lai, whose 2021 title, Stone Fruit, was nominated for the 2022 prize, returns to the Stella this year. Poet Evelyn Araluen, as foreshadowed by yours truly, is also included, with her latest work The Rot.

The Stella shortlist will be announced on Wednesday 8 April 2026.

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