This award is presented annually for an outstanding piece of educational writing (which may take various forms) that has provided new and significant knowledge about educational leadership.

This award was introduced in 2002 as the ACEL Award for Educational Writing. Following its award to Hedley Beare, he graciously consented to the naming of the award in his honour.

2010	John Hattie	NZ	2009	Christine Cawsey	NSW
2008	Patrick Augustine Duignan	NSW	2007	Vivian Robinson	NZ
2006	Dr Keith Tronc	QLD	2005	Jarvis Finger	QLD
2004	Robert John Marzano	USA	2003	Peter Ribbins	UK
				Jun Hau Zhang	PRC
2002	Hedley Beare	VIC