The writers included in The Best Australian Essay 2011 are:
Gail Bell
Inga Clendinnen
Peter Conrad
Helen Elliot
Delia Falconer
Richard Flanagan
Lian Hearn
Shakira Hussein
M.J. Hyland
Clive James
Paul Kelly
Anna Krien
Anthony Lane
Amanda Lohrey
Morris Lurie
David Malouf
Robert Manne
Gillian Mears
Andrew O’Hagan
Peter Robb
Nicolas Rothwell
Andrew Sant
Craig Sherborne
Maria Tumarkin