The Sydney Prize is a literary award given annually for the best essay by a student on a subject in English literature or history. The award was established in 1967 by a donation from the family of Philip Sidney Ardern, a lecturer in Old and Middle English at Auckland University College. The prize was augmented by subscriptions from students, colleagues and friends of the late professor. The Prize is principally intended to stimulate the study of the literature of Old and Middle English, but its scope is wider than this, in view of Professor Ardern’s broad range of literary interests.
The Event Cinemas Rising Talent Award is open to film creatives, directors and screenwriters who have fewer than five short films on their CV. The 2024 winner of this prestigious award was Bridget Morrison, lead actor in the movie Say. The prize is worth $20,000 and was presented by Screen NSW.
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Each year, the University of Sydney awards many prizes, ranging from academic merit to literary achievement. The majority of these are awarded to students, with most prizes requiring no application and being based on mid-year and final year academic results. The University of Sydney also offers scholarships that are not based on results, but on personal circumstances and contribution to the community.
The Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize is an annual literary award from Overland magazine, for excellent short fiction on the theme of travel, broadly interpreted. This competition is open to all writers nationally and internationally, at any stage of their career, and to work in any genre or form. The 2023 winner was Annie Zhang, a writer and editor living on unceded Wangal land, for her story ‘Who Rattles the Night?’
The Hillman Foundation seeks journalism that illuminates the great issues of our time, from the search for a basis for lasting peace to the need for better housing, medical care and employment security for all, the promotion of civil liberties, and the battle against discrimination on the basis of race or nationality. In addition to the monthly Sidney Awards, the Foundation also awards the annual U.S and Canadian Hillman Prizes.