Calibre Prize

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.

• 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 (author): ‘“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"[5]
• 2017 – Michael Adams: "Salt Blood"[6]
• 2018 – Lucas Grainger-Brown: "We Three Hundred"[7]
• 2019 – Grace Karskens: "Nah Doongh's Song"[8]
• 2020 – Yves Rees: "Reading the Mess Backwards"[9]
• 2021 – Theodore Ell: "Façades of Lebanon"[10]
• 2022 – Simon Tedeschi: "This Woman My Grandmother"[11]