![]() ![]() Not only are both lists composed entirely of women, but Tiffany and de Krester appear on both. In fact the 2013 Stella and Franklin shortlists look remarkably similar. The Stella, which retrieves the given-name Miles Franklin felt she needed to suppress in order to be taken seriously as a writer, was created in indignant response to the all-male shortlists the Franklin served up in 20.īut any point of distinction the Stella Prize sought to make has not eventuated. The all-female shortlist comes less than two weeks after the inaugural Stella Prize of $50,000 for a book by a female Australian author was awarded to Carrie Tiffany for Mateship with Birds. Questions of Travel by Michelle de Kretser. ![]() Women outnumbered men on the Miles Franklin Literary Award longlist by 4:1, and now the judges - for the first time in the Award’s 57-year history - have turned out a shortlist that is 100% female: The (all female) Miles Franklin shortlist for 2013. ![]()
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