The Sydney Prize was established to recognize exemplary long-form investigative or enterprise journalism. The prize honors the late New York Times and Newsday columnist Sydney H. Schanberg and is funded by his widow, Jane Freiman Schanberg. The winner receives a $25,000 cash award. The prize is awarded annually by George Polk judges in recognition of distinguished, deep reporting on an important topic such as: armed conflict; local, state or federal government corruption; military injustice; war crimes, genocide, or sedition; or authoritarian government abuses.
The Sidney Hillman Foundation seeks to illuminate “the great issues of our time—from the search for a basis for lasting peace to the battle against discrimination based on race, religion, gender or nationality.” The foundation supports journalism in traditional and new media forms including writing, photography, the internet, and opinion and analysis.
Overland’s Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize awards outstanding original short fiction themed loosely around the notion of ‘travel’. The prize is judged blind, and the winning entry will be published in Overland magazine. Entries are accepted from all Australian writers and must be previously unpublished (including online). Overland staff, board members, and their immediate families are not eligible to enter the competition. Subscribers to Overland receive discounted entries and invitations to special subscriber events and opportunities.
Located on the campus of Stanford University, the Sidney and Alice Fox Lecture Series is a series of lectures on topics of general interest in philosophy given by distinguished scholars from around the world. The lectures are free and open to the public.
The Harvard Law School Student Writing Prizes are intended to encourage greater reflection and consideration by HLS students about their chosen profession and its role in society. Applicants are encouraged to explore a wide variety of legal topics and may focus on issues as diverse as the management of law firms, private corporations and other legal service providers, diversity or gender-related questions in the legal profession, or the impact of globalization and other social changes on the legal community.
Awarded each year for the best book on any subject in English literature of the previous academic year. The winner is announced in the spring and presented at a dinner at the Harvard Club. The prize is a gift of the publisher, and the winner is invited to attend.
Awarded for an essay or article that demonstrates the ability to communicate complex ideas clearly and effectively to a lay audience. The writer of the winning essay or article will be invited to present it to a gathering of students and alumni. The essay or article must have been written during the current academic year in connection with a course, seminar, clinic, graduate degree program, or independent study project at HLS. The winner receives a $2,000 prize. The book is recommended for library and classroom use. The winner also receives a gold or silver seal that can be placed on copies of the essay or article. A list of previous winners can be found here.