Book Award Announcement

The Stella Prize

The Stella Prize has been announced for 2024. The Stella is awarded to the title that the judges select as the best book of the year by an Australian woman or non-binary writer. From a longlist of 12 titles, and a shortlist of six, Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright was selected as this year’s winner. Wright is the first Author to win this award twice!

We would like to congratulate Alexis Wright for her win. We would also like to congratulate all authors who were nominated for this award. To learn more about this award, see the shortlist or longlist for 2024, or see information on past winners, visit The Stella Prize. To see the winners of other major book awards, visit our Book Award page.

Cover of The Anniversary, by Stephanie Bishop.
Cover of Body Friend, by Katherine Brabon.
Cover of Edenglassie, by Melissa Lucashenko.
Cover of Feast, by Emily O'Grady.
Cover of Graft, by Maggie Mackellar.
Cover of Hospital, by Sanya Rushdi.
Cover of The Hummingbird Effect, by Kate Mildenhall.
Cover of Praiseworthy, by Alexis Wright.
Cover of She is the Earth, by Ali Cobby Eckermann.
Cover of The Swift Dark Tide, by Katia Ariel.
Cover of West Girls, by Laura Elizabeth Woollett.