The Stella Prize, a new major literary award for Australian women’s writing, has announced its 2013 longlist.
The Stella Prize celebrates Australian women’s contribution to literature. Named after one of Australia’s most important female authors, Stella Maria ‘Miles’ Franklin (1879–1954), the prize rewards one writer with a significant monetary prize of $50,000.
After receiving a huge number of entries, the Stella Prize judges – writer and critic Kerryn Goldsworthy, author Kate Grenville, actor and creator Claudia Karvan, bookseller Fiona Stager and ABC broadcaster Rafael Epstein – have selected 12 books.
The 2013 Stella Prize longlist is:
- Floundering by Romy Ash (Text Publishing)
- Mazin Grace by Dylan Coleman (UQP)
- The Burial by Courtney Collins (Allen & Unwin)
- The People Smuggler by Robin de Crespigny (Penguin/Viking)
- Questions of Travel by Michelle de Kretser (Allen & Unwin)
- Sufficient Grace by Amy Espeseth (Scribe Publications)
- The Sunlit Zone by Lisa Jacobson (5 Islands Press)
- Like a House on Fire by Cate Kennedy (Scribe Publications)
- Sea Hearts by Margo Lanagan (Allen & Unwin)
- The Mind of a Thief by Patti Miller (UQP)
- An Opening by Stephanie Radok (Wakefield Press)
- Mateship with Birds by Carrie Tiffany (Pan Macmillan/Picador)
The inaugural Stella Prize will be awarded on Tuesday, April 16, 2013.
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