The Sydney Prize recognizes exceptional journalism that exposes social injustice. Announced every second Wednesday of every month and carrying a $500 honorarium, nominations can come from individuals or institutions and can include their own work or someone else’s. Nominees must be professional journalists or editors with published material in newspapers, magazines or online publications during the previous month to qualify as nominees for The Sydney Prize is named in honour of Australian businessman and philanthropist Sidney Myer.
Event Cinemas Rising Talent Award honors an innovative filmmaker in New South Wales with a cash prize of $7,000. Open to directors and screenwriters who have produced no more than five short films, Bridget Morrison was recognized in 2024 with her debut feature Say.
Established to honor journalist and historian Dr Sidney Hillman, the Sidney Hillman Foundation provides annual grants of tens of thousands of dollars for journalism awards, research grants and lecture series on college campuses. Committed to upholding press freedom while supporting investigative reporting and deep storytelling that serves the common good, the foundation grants annual grants totalling tens of thousands each year for journalism awards, research grants and lecture series on campus campuses.
This esteemed prize honors authors of an outstanding scholarly book published in the three years before being given. Formerly known as the Dexter Prize and then later the Edelstein Prize (in memory of its founder Dexter Chemical Company), this is considered the highest honor presented by SHOT.
Follow a Chinese Jewish family as they celebrate two new years: Rosh Hashanah in fall and Lunar New Year in early spring. With vibrant illustrations that bring these two celebrations alive with joy and light.
Professor Sidney Thomas was an esteemed member of our department who distinguished himself with two benchmark books on art history he edited during his lifetime. Each year we give him this prize in his memory to an undergraduate student for writing an outstanding essay on its history. Although originally trained as a Shakespeare scholar, his passion later turned towards art history – inspiring this award!
The Sydney Thomas prize is given out annually to honor Professor Sydney Thomas, a longtime member of the Department of History who passed away in 2009. Throughout his six decades-plus academic career – teaching and publishing on topics spanning European and American history – he taught courses and wrote papers that honored his name.
Overland Magazine presents the Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize as recognition for excellence in fiction relating to travel. The winning piece will be published in Overland, while both winners and runners-up will each receive $5,000 AUD as prizes from Malcolm Robertson Foundation, supporting Overland in turn. The Overland Writing Competition is open to writers of any age or stage of their career from any country and across any genre, worldwide. Only subscribers who purchase Overland at our special discounted rate are eligible to enter. Editors will consider all entries regardless of prior wins or nominations for other prizes, while judges will take into account whether a story embodies marginalised identities such as women, Aboriginal people or gay and lesbian people etc.