The Sidney Prize recognizes outstanding journalism published during a given month. Nominations are due by midnight of each month and entries can be submitted either for your own work or that of others. Winners receive a $5,000 honorarium along with a certificate designed by New Yorker cartoonist Edward Sorel.
The Philip Sidney Ardern Prize commemorates a distinguished lecturer and associate professor in English from Auckland University College from 1912-1947, who passed away shortly before its creation. It aims to promote Old and Middle English study; however, given Professor Ardern’s wide ranging literary interests it extends beyond this specific focus.
Every year we award prizes to students who demonstrate exceptional achievements across many academic fields. You can view this year’s winners here.
These awards recognize students who have shown exceptional scholarship in both their subject area and general. We seek students whose research, arguments, writing style and quality stand out. Furthermore, we reward innovativeness and creativity – not simply those who write high quality papers.
This year’s winners include a historian who has explored religion in post-Newtonian times, a writer who has explored mental illness’s roots, and a journalist who covered an epic food safety scandal. They join a long lineage of Hillman Prize recipients that span from Murray Kempton’s reporting on labor conditions in the South during World War II to Edward R. Murrow’s critical coverage of Joseph McCarthy during Red Scare to Julie K. Brown’s 2019 reporting on Jeffrey Epstein’s sex crimes and sweetheart deals.
All winners receive Louise Olsen of Dinosaur Designs in Sydney to create the festival’s distinctive mesmer swirl award, designed and handmade exclusively for this festival. Rating prize winnings are paid directly to winners via e-banking while any remaining prize money will go back into promoting chess in Sydney.
The Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize is an annual competition designed to encourage new and emerging writers. Co-sponsored by the Malcolm Robertson Foundation, over 500 writers entered this year. Judges Patrick Lenton, Alice Bishop and Sara Saleh selected Gareth Morgan’s story ‘The Unpunished’ from an eight-story shortlist as winner while Overland magazine will publish both runners up stories if applicable. For more information and how to enter please click here –
