The sidney prize is a prestigious award given to individuals who have made significant contributions to the world. It honors those who strive hard towards their dreams and has become a worldwide symbol of prestige. Winners of the prize receive significant amounts of money that they can use to further their endeavors and promote science. They may also choose to use their winnings to inspire others.
The Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize is an annual competition open to Overland readers and subscribers and judged blind. The winner will receive a cash prize of $5000 as well as two runners-up awards and their work will be published in our Summer 2023 issue. This year’s judges were Laura Elvery, Paige Clark and Michael Winkler.
In recognition of Professor Sidney Cox’s profound influence on thousands of Dartmouth students both inside and outside his classes, this prize is awarded each year to undergraduate writing that best meets his high standards of originality and integrity. Sophia Jactel of Art History won this year’s prize with her paper on Domesticity and Diversions: Josef Israels’ The Smoker as a Symbol of Peasant Culture and Home in Nineteenth-Century Holland.
Established in 1968 through the generosity of the late Dr. Sidney Edelstein, a noted expert on the history of dyes and dye processes and founder of a successful specialty chemical manufacturing firm and 1988 recipient of SHOT’s Leonardo da Vinci Award, this prize recognizes an outstanding scholarly book in the History of Technology. The prize, donated by Ruth Edelstein Barish and her family in memory of Sidney Edelstein and his commitment to excellence in scholarship in the history of technology, consists of $3500 and a plaque.
The Sidney Hillman Foundation has been illuminating the major issues of our time since 1950, from the search for a basis for lasting peace, to the struggle for human rights and social justice, including the pursuit of better housing, medical care, employment security, and civil liberties, as well as the battle against discrimination based on race, age, religion, or gender. Winners are selected for their reportorial excellence and storytelling skill, and their ability to illuminate these important issues in the context of our shared humanity.
Each month, Overland’s staff nominates an exceptional piece of journalism published the previous month for a chance to win the Sidney prize. The deadline for nominations is the last day of each month. Winners are announced the second Wednesday of each month. The full list of winners can be found here.