Stella Prize won by young First Nations poet Evelyn Araluen for her provocative debut collection Dropbear
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Stella Prize won by young First Nations poet Evelyn Araluen for her provocative debut collection Dropbear

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Evelyn Araluen has won the $60,000 Stella Prize for her playful and searing debut collection of poetry and prose, Dropbear, which was described by the prize judges as "breathtaking". "We're in one of the most exciting times for Black writing I think that we've ever seen," Araluen told ABC TV's Art Works in 2021. Araluen's Stella Prize win is another example in a recent history of the publishing industry paying attention to First Nations poetry in particular – including Mununjali Yugambeh poet Ellen van Neerven's sweep of the NSW Premier's Literary Awards in 2021. The 2022 Stella Prize shortlist TAKE CARE by Eunice Andrada Dropbear by Evelyn Araluen No Document by Anwen Crawford Bodies of Light by Jennifer Down Stone Fruit by Lee Lai Homecoming by Elfie Shiosaki Five First Nations authors made the Stella longlist this year, with Wiradjuri author Anita Heiss, Wiradjuri artist and writer S.J Norman, and Mununjali and South Sea Islander academic Chelsea Watego, joining the shortlisted Araluen and Noongar and Yawuru writer Elfie Shiosaki.

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