The Sidney Prize is awarded monthly to an outstanding piece of socially-conscious journalism. Winners receive a $500 honorarium and a certificate designed by New Yorker cartoonist Edward Sorel. The prize is presented by the Hillman Foundation, which also awards the annual Hillman Prizes each spring. The Foundation is a left-of-center organization that awards monetary prizes to journalists and writers who pursue investigative reporting with the goal of exposing social injustices. The Foundation was established in 1946 in memory of Sidney Hillman, who served as president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America labor union — a predecessor to Unite Here and Workers United, SEIU. The Foundation is led by former Amalgamated Clothing Workers union president emeritus Bruce Raynor.
The 2024 Sydney Prize submission deadline is November 12, 2024.
Several prizes are available to students at the University of Sydney, ranging from essay and poetry contests to public history prizes for those with a passion for historical research and writing. Many of these scholarships require an application and/or the submission of written work on a chosen topic, although some do not. While some of these scholarships are open to all undergraduate students, others have particular requirements, such as the University’s Sir Sidney Cox Undergraduate Prize in Creative Writing.
In the last year, a number of literary and essay competitions have probed the relationship between science and the humanities. One of the most interesting, for example, pitted intellectual heavyweights Leon Wieseltier and Steven Pinker in a New Republic debate over whether or not science provides insight into almost everything. Another notable debate concerned the extent to which humanities professors should incorporate scientific findings into their classrooms.
SHOT’s book award is given annually in recognition of outstanding histories of science and technology titles that can be read and understood by non-specialists as well as scholars. The winning author is selected by a panel of SHOT members and receives both a cash prize and a plaque.
The Australian History Prize is for a major work of non-fiction on any aspect of Australia’s history, including the general and regional histories of New South Wales. The prize is open to both non-fiction and biography.
The New South Wales Community and Regional History Prize is for a work that increases the understanding of any aspect of the history of New South Wales through non-print media.
This prize is for an Australian historical study that increases the understanding of any aspect of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history through either print or non-print media.
The History of Technology Book Prize is presented annually by SHOT in honor of the late Dr. Sidney Edelstein. The prize is for an outstanding scholarly book on the history of technology published in the previous calendar year.
The annual Sidney Taylor Book Award is awarded by AJL to a work of literature that meets the high standards of literary quality set by the late AJL founder, Sidney Taylor. The award honors AJL’s founder’s love of English and his commitment to quality literature.