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
editThe 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.
Winners
edit- 2007 – Elisabeth Elisabeth Holdsworth: "An die Nachgenborenen: For Those Who Come After"[5]
- 2008 – Rachel Robertson: "Reaching One Thousand"[6] and Mark Tredinnick: "A Storm and a Teacup"[7]
- 2009 – Kevin Brophy: "What're yer looking at yer fuckin' dog: Violence and Fear in Žižek's Post-political Neighbourhood"[8] and Jane Goodall: "Footprints"[9]
- 2010 – Lorna Hallahan: "On Being Odd"[10] and David Hansen: "Seeing Truganini"[11]
- 2011 – Dean Biron: "The Death of the Writer"[12] and Moira McKinnon: "Who Killed Matilda?"[13]
- 2012 – Matt Rubinstein: "Body and Soul: Copyright and Law Enforcement in the Age of the Electronic Book"[14]
- 2013 – Martin Thomas: "Because it's your country: Bringing Back the Bones to West Arnhem Land"[15]
- 2014 – Christine Piper: "Unearthing the past"[16]
- 2015 – Sophie Cunningham: "Staying with the trouble"[17]
- 2016 – Michael Winkler: "The Great Red Whale"[18]
- 2017 – Michael Adams: "Salt Blood"[19]
- 2018 – Lucas Grainger-Brown: "We Three Hundred"[20]
- 2019 – Grace Karskens: "Nah Doongh's Song"[21]
- 2020 – Yves Rees: "Reading the Mess Backwards"[22]
- 2021 – Theodore Ell: "Façades of Lebanon"[23]
- 2022 – Simon Tedeschi: "This Woman My Grandmother"[24]
- 2023 – Tracy Ellis: "Flow States"[25]
- 2024 – Tracey Slaughter: "why your hair is long & your stories short"[26]
References
edit- ^ "News". sydney.edu.au.
- ^ "Announcing the winner of Australia's premier essay prize" (PDF). Australian Book Review. 1 April 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 January 2022.
- ^ "Calibre Prize 2015". australianbookreview.com.au. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- ^ "News". sydney.edu.au.
- ^ ""An die Nachgenborenen: For Those Who Come After"" (PDF). Australian Book Review, February 2007. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ ""Reaching One Thousand"" (PDF). Australian Book Review, February 2008. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ ""A Storm and a Teacup"" (PDF). Australian Book Review, February 2008. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ ""What're yer looking at yer fuckin' dog: Violence and Fear in Žižek's Post-political Neighbourhood"" (PDF). Australian Book Review, April 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ ""Footprints"" (PDF). Australian Book Review, April 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ ""On Being Odd"" (PDF). Australian Book Review, May 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ ""Seeing Truganini"" (PDF). Australian Book Review, May 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ ""2011 Calibre Prize (Winner): The Death of the Writer"". Australian Book Review, May 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ ""Who Killed Matilda?"". Australian Book Review, July-August 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ ""Body and Soul: Copyright and Law Enforcement in the Age of the Electronic Book"". Australian Book Review, September 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ ""Because it's your country: Bringing Back the Bones to West Arnhem Land"". Australian Book Review, April 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ ""2014 Calibre Prize (Winner): Unearthing the Past by Christine Piper"". Australian Book Review, April 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ ""Staying with the trouble by Sophie Cunningham"". Australian Book Review, May 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ Winkler, Michael (23 May 2016). "2016 Calibre Essay Prize (Winner): 'The Great Red Whale'". Australian Book Review. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ "Adams win 'ABR' Calibre Essay prize". Books+Publishing. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ "The Calibre Prize". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Archived from the original on 24 March 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ "Karskens wins 'ABR' 2019 Calibre Prize". Books+Publishing. 5 June 2019. Archived from the original on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ "Yves Rees wins 2020 Calibre Essay Prize". Books+Publishing. 2 June 2020. Archived from the original on 12 June 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ "Ell wins 2021 Calibre Essay Prize". Books+Publishing. 30 June 2021. Archived from the original on 30 June 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "Tedeschi wins 2022 Calibre Essay Prize". Books+Publishing. 3 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ Ellis, Tracy (24 April 2023). "2023 Calibre Essay Prize (Winner) | 'Flow States' by Tracy Ellis". Australian Book Review. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "Slaughter wins 2024 Calibre Essay Prize". Books+Publishing. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.