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Ann Vickery, Professor in Writing and Literature, Deakin University

Indigenous voices, #MeToo and disrupting genre: how the tenth Stella longlist reflects its mission of creating change

The first three winners of the Stella Prize, at the 2015 ceremony. Left to right: Clare Wright (2014, The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka), inaugural winner Carrie Tiffany (2013, Mateship with Birds) and Emily Bitto (2015, The Strays). The Stella Prize, Connor Tomas O'Brien

Now in its tenth year, the Stella Prize – founded as a reaction to the under-representation of women in Australian literary culture – has been a force for change. As conversations about representation continue to evolve, the prize does too.

This year’s longlist, just announced, reflects those conversations.

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