The University of Sydney hosts the Sydney Prize as an annual literary award that recognises outstanding written work – from essays and poems to plays – created over time. Dating back to bequests made at the start of this century, these prizes honor work with exceptional impact in its field and overall contribution.
The Sydney Prize was established to honour Sir Sidney Taylor who established the NSW Department of Education and Training during the 1920s. This prize honours individuals who have had a significant and positive influence on Australian education development, such as authors or those contributing significant essays or books or articles to education or literary fields. With an award of $100,000 for winners this year alone! The Sidney prize winner will receive this substantial sum as recognition of original and significant work they have produced on a topic in Australian education or literature; similarly the Sydney Prize features substantial award of $100,000 which will recognize an essay or book/article with significant positive contributions made in their chosen field; both awards provide substantial awards of $100K with winners being chosen amongst writers or individuals making significant and positive contributions towards furthering educational fields within Australia or literary genres in Australia – while The Sidney prize provides significant award of $100k with winners receiving their chosen work either essay/book/article that shows significant contribution and original and significant original or significant positive contributions made toward Australian education or writings within any chosen field – while The Sydney Prize award of $100k can go toward an individual writings works that makes significant and original and significant contribution; its winner would likely go toward an original and significant contribution made toward further developing said field or receiving it – similar works submitted as written works making original and significant contributions in their chosen fields or as a writer (or piece, depending upon its recipient.) a writer or for an individual essay/book/article which makes an original and significant contributions making such contributions; The Sydney prize can go toward their field being produced.
The University of Sydney awards several other prestigious prizes each year in various fields, such as the Archibald Prize recognizing excellence in art, letters and science as well as the Sidney H. Schanberg Prize honoring exceptional long-form journalism that exposes social and economic injustices; this latter prize honoring former New York Times reporter/columnist Sidney Schanberg is named after him and supported by his family.
Numerous literary and cultural awards are also available to writers, scholars and artists nationwide. One such prize is the Roberts & Holland Sidney Prize awarded at Harvard Law School to an exceptional paper on private law topics written by an undergraduate law student – this prize was established by Roberts & Holland LLP to commemorate their founding partner and his contributions in tax law.
One of the more noteworthy literary prizes is the Sidney Lanier Prize for Southern Literature, established in 2012 and administered by Mercer University’s Spencer B. King Center of Southern Studies.
The Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize is an esteemed literary award offering a first prize of $5,0000 and two runners-up who will both be published by Overland magazine. Open to writers both Australian and international at all stages in their careers, Patrick Lenton, Alice Bishop and Sara Saleh of this year’s judging team reviewed over 500 submissions anonymously; please refer to our entry guidelines for further guidance and discounts are offered via our subscription offer if eligible – click here to see if your subscription qualifies and subscriber discounts can save even further – entries must be received by Friday 22 June so all entries must arrive by this deadline while our special event in July will announce our winner and announce our winner with all our readers present!