Day: February 24, 2025

Sydney Prize is awarded to writers able to present their stories with captivating narrative. Winners receive a mesmeric swirl award handcrafted by Louise Olsen and Stephen Ormandy from Dinosaur Designs; as well as $5000 prize money, being published in Overland magazine, and potentially being selected as Event Cinemas Rising Talent recipients.

The Sydney Prize is one of Australia’s premier awards, given annually to performers demonstrating excellence and potential in Australian society through performing arts. Winners are announced early each year by a panel of judges after reviewing past achievements as well as how much further contributions they could potentially make in future.

This annual prize awarded by Harvard Law School Association aims to encourage HLS students to reflect upon and examine the place of lawyers in our societies today, whether through their organizations, changing profession over time, diversity or gender related concerns or comparison with other professional service providers. Papers submitted may come from any field of study but must address aspects related to legal profession. Open to all HLS students submitting papers from any field of study that include issues surrounding it – roles played by lawyers/organizations(s)/competition within society etc.

Irving Oberman established this prize through a bequest, in memory of his wife Isabel B. Oberman, LL.B. It will be administered by the Dean and awarded for an exceptional paper written by any student in any one of seven current subject areas: bankruptcy; constitutional law and equal justice under law; family law; environmental law; intellectual property law; law and technology; or history & technology. The winning student will be invited to an award dinner hosted jointly by Interim Dean Goldberg and members of von Klemperer family.

In 2024, two book authors received the Sydney Prize for their work on religion in North America. Kathryn Gin Lum (Stanford University Press) won first place for her book Catholic Spectacle and Rome’s Jews: Early Modern Conversion and Resistance while Emily Michelson received second prize with Heathen: Religion and Race in American History.

The Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize, supported by the Malcolm Robertson Foundation, seeks to identify and nurture talented writers of fiction who draw their inspiration from travel themes in their fiction writing. First place will receive $5000 prize money and will be published in Overland’s autumn 2024 edition, while runners-up will each be given $750 as rewards. To see all prize winners and read their stories, click here. Listen to a podcast interview with the committee chair here, and discover more about The Sydney Taylor Shmooze blog (Mock Award Blog of AJL). Purchase gold or silver seals commemorating your own copy of winning titles from our shop page; or follow Sydney Taylor Book Award committee on Twitter!

Lotteries are a form of gambling in which players pay a small sum in exchange for the chance of winning big sums of money. Lotterie proceeds are then put towards road construction projects, school budgets and community services like road safety. First introduced to colonial America as an easier form of taxation; they later served the Continental Congress to raise money during its fight with Great Britain during the Revolution.

In 2023, lottery sales totaled an estimated $113 billion in the US. Half of this went toward prize money with the rest being distributed among states or cities for public services such as education, health and human services, business development and the environment. State-run lotteries even contribute directly to general funds; privately run lotteries use much more of their revenues for marketing costs and administrative overhead costs.

Before spending any of your winnings from the lottery, it is wise to carefully consider your financial circumstances. While some people may think their odds of success are high enough, you need to be aware of how lottery money is utilized before making purchases with it.

One of the greatest misunderstandings surrounding lotteries is that you can increase your odds of winning by increasing frequency or purchasing additional tickets for any particular draw. Unfortunately, however, this is simply not true – your odds of success depend on a combination of factors including total ticket sales and how many numbers are drawn.

Importantly, lottery promoters often market their games as non-profit. Yet most of the profits made come from lower classes who participate. According to research, research shows that lottery players tend to come from low income, less educated backgrounds that spend a larger proportion of their incomes on lottery tickets than expected; message from lottery commissions spread that playing the game should be enjoyable and that spending money on tickets doesn’t pose much of a financial strain on consumers.

When winning the lottery, your options for receiving your winnings include both lump sum and annuity payments (also referred to as an annuity payment). With an annuity payment option you have more opportunities for investment and compound interest; however it usually amounts to less than the advertised jackpot due to taxes due on what you received; although depending on where you reside this may be closer.