In 2025, past Otherwise Award winners & fellows released many books, comics, short stories, poems, & more:
https://otherwiseaward.org/2026/03/eligible-2025-works-by-past-winners-fellows
Consider them as you read, and nominate and vote for awards.
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The longlist for the 2026 Stella Prize literary award
Twelve titles have been included on the longlist for this year's Stella Prize, the Australian literary award recognising the work of women and non-binary writers. 58 Facets: On violence and the law, by Marika Sosnowski Ankami, by Debra Dank Apron-Sorrow / Sovereign-Tea, by Natalie Harkin Cannon, by Lee Lai Find Me at the Jaffa Gate: An Encyclopaedia of a Palestinian family, by Micaela Sahhar Fireweather, by Miranda Darling I Am Nannertgarrook, by Tasma Walton KONTRA, by Eunice […]https://disassociated.com/longlist-2026-stella-prize-literary-award/
The Rot, by Evelyn Araluen, wins 2026 Victorian Prize for Literature
Naarm/Melbourne based Australian poet Evelyn Araluen has won both the Victorian Prize for Literature, and Prize for Indigenous Writing, in this year's Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, for her second collection of poetry, The Rot. Araluen won the Stella Prize, one of Australia's major literary awards in 2022, for her debut poetry collection, Dropbear. Her win in the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards surely puts The Rot in good stead to be awarded the Stella Prize again this year. That […]https://disassociated.com/the-rot-evelyn-araluen-wins-2026-victorian-prize-for-literature/
Creative Australia opens applications for a National Poet Laureate
Applications are open until 17 March 2026, for the role of Australian National Poet Laureate: The National Poet Laureate is a three‑year appointment that recognises an outstanding Australian poet whose work and cultural contribution have shaped contemporary poetry and its readership. The Laureate serves as a respected public spokesperson and champion for Australian poetry, highlighting its diversity, richness and cultural significance. Australia has not had a Poet Laureate since, I […]https://disassociated.com/creative-australia-opens-applications-national-poet-laureate/
We're so excited to see two Stelliform titles make the absolutely stacked BSFA Longlist! Rebecca Campbell’s “Wider Than the Sky, Deeper Than the Sea” (The Other Shore) is nominated in Best Short Fiction and Syr Hayati Beker’s What a Fish Looks Like in Best Shorter Fiction.
See the full list here: https://www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-longlist
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How being a judge for the #BookerPrize changed Sarah Jessica Parker: "The process altered her reading habits, she said, made her question how she judged fiction and gave her the confidence to argue for novels she loved."
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Sarah Jessica Parker Describes Her Year as a Booker Prize Judge https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/books/sarah-jessica-parker-booker-prize.html
The Hidden Stories Behind Winning the Premio Planeta
The article reveals how the prestigious Premio Planeta literary award, the most lucrative in the world with one million euros for the winner and 200,000 euros for the runner-up, has evolved from purely merit-based juried decisions into a process influenced by pressures and negotiations. Initially de... [More info]
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