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!
