The Loop: Solomon Islands airstrip plans revealed, Kyiv attacked while UN boss visits, meet your Stella Prize winner Start your day in The Loop with this quick look at the headlines. ABC News · Apr 28, 2022
First Nations poet Evelyn Araluen wins the 2022 Stella Prize with a 'wild ride' skewering colonial mythologies First Nations poet Evelyn Araluen has won the 10th annual Stella Prize with a debut poetry collection that confronts the cultural evasions of an unreconciled Australia with a tender fury. The Conversation · Apr 28, 2022
Stella Prize won by young First Nations poet Evelyn Araluen for her provocative debut collection Dropbear For its 10th anniversary, the Stella Prize has been won by young First Nations poet Evelyn Araluen — in the first year that poetry has been eligible. ABC News · Apr 28, 2022
Evelyn Araluen wins $60,000 Stella prize: ‘I was one paycheck away from complete poverty’ In the first year poetry was eligible to enter the Australian literary award, the debut poet has won for her collection Dropbear. She’s thrilled – but says prizes ‘cannot be the way we sustain the arts’ The Guardian - AU · Apr 28, 2022
Stella Prize shortlist 2022: your guide to six urgent, boundary-breaking books This year the Stella Prize has shortlisted a searing collection of experimental work. What these writers have to say won’t fit within the boundaries of literary convention. The Conversation · Apr 27, 2022
The Stella Prize 2022 shortlist spotlights the best books by Australian women and non-binary writers For the first time, poetry and a graphic novel make up the bulk of the unconventional and transgressive Stella Prize shortlist. ABC News · Apr 15, 2022
‘Surprised and delighted’: poetry dominates Stella prize shortlist after change in rules Three collections are up for the $50,000 Australian literary prize for women and non-binary writers, alongside a graphic novel, an essay and one novel The Guardian - AU · Mar 30, 2022
Indigenous voices, #MeToo and disrupting genre: how the tenth Stella longlist reflects its mission of creating change 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. The Conversation · Feb 28, 2022