The 2025 Stella Prize Shortlist Videos

As in previous years, actors have performed sections of the shortlisted works.

Chika Ikogwe – Black Convicts,

Ella Ferris – Black Witness,

Susie Youssef – Cactus Pear For My Beloved

Tiana Hogben – The Burrow,

Michelle Perera – Theory & Practice

Salme Geransar – Translations 

Founded in 2012 Stella is the major voice for gender equity and cultural change in Australian literature, and the organisation’s flagship program is the annual Stella Prize – a major literary award celebrating Australian women’s writing.

These videos were produced by Fiona Sweet and Claudia Nankervis and filmed and edited by Samantha Meuleman. Credits also to the National Theatre in St Kilda, Annie Rose Foretti from MECCA and búl and Nat Corteling.