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Worth $7,500 | Enter the 2021 Calibre Essay Prize

Prize money: $7,500

Open until: 15 January 2021, 11:59 pm

Judges: Sheila Fitzpatrick, Billy Griffiths, and Peter Rose

Click here to enter the 2021 Calibre Essay Prize

ABR welcomes entries in the 2021 Calibre Essay Prize. The Prize is open to all essayists writing in English. We seek essays of between 2,000 and 5,000 words on any subject. We welcome essays of all kinds: personal or political, literary or speculative, traditional or experimental. Founded in 2007, the Calibre Prize is one of the world’s leading prizes for a new non-fiction essay.

 

Past winners

Click the link for more information about past winners and to read their essays.

 

FAQs and Terms and Conditions

Please read our Frequently Asked Questions before contacting us with queries about the Calibre Prize.

Before entering the Calibre Essay Prize, all entrants must read the Terms and Conditions.

 

Exclusivity

Entries may be offered elsewhere during the judging of the Calibre Prize. If an entrant is longlisted and has their essay offered elsewhere, the entrant will have 24 hours to decide if they would like to withdraw their essay on offer elsewhere or from the Calibre Prize. Exclusivity is essential for longlisted essays. The overall winning essay will be published in the magazine in the May 2021 issue with the runner-up to be published later in the year.

 

Entry fees

Current ABR subscribers: $15
Standard/non-subscribers: $25*