The 2023 Stella Prize Shortlist has been announced! The twelve nominees have been whittled down to six finalists in the running for this important literary award.
The 2023 shortlist is as follows:- Adriane Howell - Hydra
- Eloise Grills - big beautiful female theory
- Sarah Holland-Batt - The Jaguar
- Louise Lim - Indelible City
- Edwina Preston - Bad Art Mother
- Debra Dank - We Come With This Place
In compiling this shortlist, the chair of the judging panel, Alice Pung OAM says:
“Although all the books on our shortlist are very different, common themes emerge about a women's relationship to her art and the world around her. All our shortlisted books also explore with moving complexity some of the most pivotal relationships in a woman's life, and their roles as daughters, partners, wives and mothers.”
For more information about these titles, see my post on the longlist.
While I think it is great that these writers and the small publishing houses they hail from are recognised, I am disappointed in this list and doubt I will read any of these titles. I was hoping that Fiona Kelly McGregor's Iris would be shortlisted.
The winner will be announced on 27 April 2023.