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The Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing was established in 2012 to recognise excellence in Australian science writing. The annual prize of A$7,000 is awarded to the best short non-fiction piece of science fiction with the aim of a general audience. Two runners up are awarded $1,500 each.

The prize is named in honour of Australia's first Nobel laureates, father and son team William Henry Bragg and Lawrence Bragg.[1] The prize is supported by the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund and the UNSW Faculty of Science.

An associated anthology, The Best Australian Science Writing (NewSouth Publishing)[2] collects the best of the year's science writing.

Winners

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YearAuthorWorkSourceResultRef.
2012 Jo ChandlerFeeling the Heat (excerpt)Melbourne University PublishingWinner[3]
Ashley Hay"The Aussie Mozzie Posse"Good WeekendRunner Up[4]
Peter McAllister"The Evolution of the Inadequate Modern Male"Australasian ScienceRunner Up[5]
2013 Fred Watson"Here Come the Ubernerds: Planets, Pluto and Prague"Star-Craving Mad: Tales from a Travelling AstronomerWinner[6][7]
Gina Perry"Beyond the Shock Machine"Behind the Shock Machine: The Untold Story of the Notorious Milgram Psychology ExperimentsRunner Up[8]
Chris Turney"Martyrs to Gondwanaland: The Cost of Scientific Exploration"1912: The Year the World Discovered AntarcticaRunner Up[9]
2014 Jo Chandler"Tb and Me: A Medical Souvenir"The Global MailWinner[10]
Frank Bowden"Eleven Grams of Trouble"Inside StoryRunner Up[11]
Peter Meredith"Weathering the Storm"Australian GeographicRunner Up[12]
2015 Christine Kenneally"The Past May Not Make You Feel Better"The Invisible History of the Human RaceWinner[13]
Idan Ben-Barak"Why Aren't We Dead Yet"Why Aren't We Dead YetRunner Up
Trent Dalton"Beating the Odds"The Weekend AustralianRunner Up
2016 Ashley Hay"The Forest at the Edge of Time"The Australian Book ReviewWinner
Susan Double"Beautiful Contrivances"Orchids AustraliaRunner Up
Fiona McMillan"Lucy's Lullaby: Song for the Ages"The Australian Book ReviewRunner Up[14]
2017 Alice Gordon"Trace Fossils: The Silence of Ediacara, the Shadow of Uranium"Griffith Review No. 55 – State of HopeWinner[15]
Jo Chandler"Grave Barrier Reef"The AustralianRunner Up[16]
Elmo Keep"The Pyramid at the End of the World"The AustralianRunner Up
2018 Andrew Leigh"From Bloodletting to Placebo Surgery"Randomistas: How Radical Researchers Changed Our WorldWinner[17]
Jo Chandler"Amid Fear and Guns, Polio Finds a Refuge"UndarkRunner Up[17]
Margaret Wertheim"Radical Dimensions"AeonRunner Up
2019 Melissa Fyfe"Getting Cliterate"Good WeekendWinner[18]
Cameron Muir"Ghost Species and Shadow Places"Griffith ReviewRunner Up[18]
Jackson Ryan"How Crispr Could Save Six Billion Chickens from the Meat Grinder"CNETRunner Up
2020 Ceridwen Dovey"True Grit"WiredWinner[19]
Sarah Waples"Winging It"The Weekend Australian MagazineRunner Up[20]
Kirsten Weir"The Year I Broke My Brain"New ScientistRunner Up
2021 Kirsten Weir"Covid-19 in Schools: The Perfect Storm"Scientific AmericanWinner
Ben Oliver"The Covid Lab Leak Theory"WiredRunner Up
Anna Funder"In Praise of the Liberal Arts"The GuardianRunner Up
2021 Ceridwen Dovey"Everlasting Free Fall"Alexander (app)Winner[21]
Jo Chandler"The Covid-climate Collision"UnspecifiedRunner-up [21]
Jackson Ryan"To the Dragon Palace and Back"UnspecifiedRunner-up
2022 Lauren Fuge"Time Travel and Tipping Points"Cosmos MagazineWinner[22]
Olivia Willis"Spillover in Suburbia"UnspecifiedRunner-up [22]
Helen Sullivan"A Syrian Seed Bank's Fight to Survive"UnspecifiedRunner-up
2023 Nicky Phillips"Trials of the Heart"NatureWinner[23]
Jo Chandler"Buried Treasure"UnspecifiedRunner-up [23]
Amalyah Hart"Model or Monster"UnspecifiedRunner-up
2024 Cameron Stewart"Heroes of Zero"The Weekend AustralianWinner[24]
Dyani Lewis"The World's Oldest Story Is Flaking Away. Can Scientists Protect It?"UnspecifiedRunner-up [24]
Amanda Niehaus"Dog People"UnspecifiedRunner-up
2025 Tabitha Carvan "The Unexpected Poetry of PhD Acknowledgements" Unspecified Winner [25]
Angus Dalton "The Night I Accidentally Became a Corpse Flower's Bedside Manservant" Unspecified Runner-up [25]
James Purtill "Air Conditioning Quietly Changed Australian Life in Just a Few Decades" Unspecified Runner-up

References

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  1. ↑ "The UNSW Press Bragg Prize for Science Writing". University of New South Wales Press. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
  2. ↑ "The Best Australian Science Writing 2014". Newsouthbooks.com.au. Archived from the original on 17 May 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "Feeling The Heat, Jo Chandler". Melbourne University Publishing. 1 May 2011.
  4. ↑ Hay, Ashley. "The Auzzie Mozzie Posse" (PDF). Ashleyhay.com.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  5. ↑ "The Evolution of the Inadequate Modern Male". Australasian Science.
  6. ↑ "Award: Astronomer wins science writing prize". UNSW Science for society. 30 October 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  7. ↑ Fred Watson (2013). Star-Craving Mad. Australia: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 9781742373768.
  8. ↑ "Behind the Shock Machine". Scribe Publications. Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  9. ↑ Chris Turney (25 July 2012). 1912: The Year the World Discovered Antarctica. Text Publishing Company. ISBN 9781921922725.
  10. ↑ "Bitcoin Blockchain IoT". Theglobalmail.org. 24 October 2017.
  11. ↑ "Eleven grams of trouble". Insidestory.org.au. 18 March 2014.
  12. ↑ "Weathering the storm". Australian Geographic. July–August 2013. pp. 39–54. Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  13. ↑ "Winning essay explores genetic testing". SBS News. 28 October 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  14. ↑ Smith, Deborah (11 November 2016). "Essay on eucalypts wins science writing prize". Newsroom.unsw.edu.au. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  15. ↑ "Time to Bragg about science writing". Inspiring Research Flinders University. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  16. ↑ "The Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing 2017 Winner Announced". NewSouth Publishing. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  17. 1 2 "Leigh wins 2018 Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing". Books+Publishing. 7 November 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  18. 1 2 "Fyfe wins 2019 Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing". Books+Publishing. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  19. ↑ "Dovey wins 2020 Bragg Prize for Science Writing". Books+Publishing. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  20. ↑ "Bragg Prize 2020 Winner Announced". University of Sydney. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  21. 1 2 "Dovey wins 2020 Bragg Prize for Science Writing". Books+Publishing. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  22. 1 2 "Fuge wins 2022 Bragg Prize for Science Writing". Books+Publishing. 28 October 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  23. 1 2 "Phillips wins 2023 Bragg Prize". Books+Publishing. 13 November 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  24. 1 2 "Stewart wins 2024 Bragg Prize". Books+Publishing. 7 November 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  25. 1 2 "Carvan wins 2025 Bragg Prize for Science Writing". Books+Publishing. 6 November 2025. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
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