Calibre Prize
The Calibre Essay Prize is an annual Australian Book Review essay-writing award. The prize, first awarded in 2007, is worth AU$7,500 and is deemed 'the nation's premier essay-writing competition'[1] and 'Australia’s leading award for an original essay'.[2]
The prize is 'intended to generate brilliant new essays and to foster new insights into culture, society, and the human condition'[3] and welcomes entries from published authors and commentators, as well as from emerging writers. All non-fiction subjects are eligible for submission.
History
The Prize was established in 2007. It is presented annually by the ABR and 'awards the most outstanding original essay contributed by a leading Australian author or commentator'.[4] The Prize was previously co-funded by the Australian Copyright Agency. It is currently supported by Colin Golvan QC.
Previous winners
- 2007 – Elisabeth Holdsworth: 'An die Nachgenborenen: For Those Who Come After'
- 2008 – Rachel Robertson: 'Reaching One Thousand' and Mark Tredinnick: 'A Storm and a Teacup'
- 2009 – Kevin Brophy: ‘“What’re yer looking at yer fuckin’ dog”: Violence and Fear in Žižek’s Post-political Neighbourhood’ and Jane Goodall: 'Footprints'
- 2010 – Lorna Hallahan: 'On being Odd' and David Hansen: 'Seeing Truganini'
- 2011 – Dean Biron: 'The Death of the Writer' and Moira McKinnon: 'Who Killed Matilda?'
- 2012 – Matt Rubinstein: 'Body and Soul: Copyright and Law Enforcement in the Age of the Electronic Book'
- 2013 – Martin Thomas: '"Because it's your country": Bringing Back the Bones to West Arnhem Land'
- 2014 – Christine Piper: 'Unearthing the past'
- 2015 – Sophie Cunningham: 'Staying with the trouble'
- 2016 – Michael Winkler: 'The Great Red Whale'
- 2017 – Michael Adams: 'Salt Blood'
- 2018 – Lucas Grainger-Brown: "We Three Hundred"[5]
- 2019 – Grace Karskens: "Nah Doongh's Song"[6]
- 2020 – Yves Rees: "Reading the Mess Backwards"[7]
References
- "News". sydney.edu.au.
- https://www.australianbookreview.com.au/images/2014_Calibre_Prize_Winner.pdf
- "Calibre Prize 2015". australianbookreview.com.au. Archived from the original on 2014-10-22. Retrieved 2014-09-24.
- "News". sydney.edu.au.
- "The Calibre Prize". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Retrieved 2020-09-29.
- "Karskens wins 'ABR' 2019 Calibre Prize". Books+Publishing. 2019-06-05. Retrieved 2020-09-29.
- "Yves Rees wins 2020 Calibre Essay Prize". Books+Publishing. 2020-06-02. Retrieved 2020-09-29.