Announcing the $5,000 Inflection Points Writing Prize

Entries to this prize should be focused on a specific issue that fits into at least one of the Inflection Points focus points: state capacity, infrastructure and housing, productivity growth, and human flourishing. 

Entries should go beyond merely identifying a problem, and work to interrogate solutions. We are interested in writing that engages with how the barriers to progress can be overcome, or have been overcome in the past.

We founded Inflection Points to create a platform for long-form writing about Australia and the institutions that drive its success. Our publication exists to deepen engagement with our nation in its own right—not in comparison to others—and to in turn build a national shorthand for the unique ways Australia functions.

There is much Australian writing about the problems we face as a nation. There is less about the potential—and historically successful—solutions. 

This prize exists to encourage both established and emerging Australian writers to move their work beyond problem definition and critique, and toward solutions investigation and generation.

We at Inflection Points believe that Australia is full of great writers—but a lack of diverse platforms to publish and nurture those writers to reach their full potential. Our magazine aims to play a positive role in enabling our nation and its media environment to flourish for years to come. This Prize is one small part of that mission.

Entries are open until the 30th of June. Criteria, conditions, and an early pitching process are available via the link below.