Day: May 29, 2025

The University of Sydney provides numerous prizes for written submissions in essays, poems and plays. Each prize has different entry requirements and awards are made based on merit – some sponsored by outside organizations while some offered by the university itself. These awards aim to recognize excellence in writing early in an author’s career.

Prize winners of the Festival’s mesmeric swirl design medal will receive one handmade in Sydney by Louise Olsen and Stephen Ormandy from Dinosaur Designs, in addition to being eligible to claim their cash prize by providing proof of rating and bank details; any extra funds received will go back into promoting chess in Sydney.

Prizes will be determined based on an assessment by a panel of judges of the quality and impact of work submitted for consideration by Festival participants. Winners may need to present their piece before an selection panel; winning works may then be published on Festival websites or print publications.

Participants in addition to receiving prizes listed above will also be eligible for merchandise prizes, with cash awards going to the top 3 heaviest entries and commemorative certificates going out for top 6 entries.

Clare Jackson, a former Sidney student and Junior Research Fellow has won a renowned historical prize for her book on royalist ideas in late seventeenth-century Scotland. Clare studied history at Sidney before going to Trinity Hall University to pursue a PhD. Since then she has written multiple acclaimed books and was honored at SHOT’s annual meeting by being given the Sidney Edelstein Prize – awarded for outstanding technology- and culture-themed literature books.

Other SHOT prizes awarded at its national conference are the Abbot Payson Usher Prize, Sally Hacker Prize, Joan Cahalin Robinson Prize, and Eugene S. Ferguson Prize. All these awards recognize papers which demonstrate exceptional scholarship while appealing broadly across fields – non-specialists as well as scholars alike!

The Prize is intended to encourage HLS students to reflect more deeply and thoughtfully upon the practice of law, its role in society and challenges it faces in an ever-evolving world. A paper must address some aspect of legal practice in its broadest sense – for instance career development, management of law firms or institutions providing legal services, diversity or equality issues related to legal practice provisioning institutions or management, globalization impacting legal practices or comparisons between lawyers and other providers of professional services are just some topics covered by this competition.

Lotteries are an online form of gambling where participants bet small sums in hopes of winning big prizes, with proceeds used for various public projects like schools, hospitals and roads. Some critics contend that lotteries exploit poor people while others praise them as an efficient means to raise funds for worthy causes.

Although the odds of winning the lottery are extremely slim, buying a ticket may still be worth its admission cost just for entertainment value alone. Some choose their favorite numbers while others take advantage of “quick pick” feature which lets a machine select random numbers for them. Although there are various strategies employed by lottery enthusiasts to increase their chances of success there has never been evidence that any have an effect on drawing outcome.

The term lottery may have originated in Dutch from two words – noun ‘lot” for fate/fortune and verb ‘lotten” meaning to divide or share by chance. The first lotteries recorded occurred in the Low Countries during the 15th century as towns held lotteries to raise funds for town fortifications and aid the poor. France’s Francis I modeled his national lotto after one in Italy while in 1569 England held their inaugural state-sponsored lottery.

Lotteries use a random selection process to select winners and offer cash or goods prizes to them as rewards for participating. Prize amounts depend on total ticket sales, with expenses deducted before profits are distributed among winners. Often there is only one large prize, although some lotteries offer smaller ones too.

In the United States, most lotteries are run by state governments; however, private lotteries like Powerball and Mega Millions have become extremely popular among their supporters and generated substantial profits for their owners. Most of this money goes toward supporting public budgets; with some states setting aside a portion of lottery profits specifically for education.

Winners have the option of receiving their prizes either as one lump sum payment or in installments over time – these payments are known as annuity payments. Though receiving their prize in lump sum might seem more appealing, opting for annual installments could actually reduce taxes and allow the winner to put part of it back into investments for maximum potential growth. Financial advisors can assist lottery winners in deciding whether it would be best to take a lump sum payout or opt for an annuity payment option based on their individual circumstances, so as to prevent costly errors that could reduce future wealth accumulation. Tax advisors can also assist in managing any tax liabilities and setting aside money to prevent overspending, which is especially crucial if one has family or children to provide for. An award could have an immense effect on one’s finances so it is wise to plan carefully for its impactful arrival.