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.

  1. ^ "News". sydney.edu.au.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Calibre Prize 2015". australianbookreview.com.au. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.