Sydney Prize
The University of Sydney has a number of prizes designed to recognize student academic excellence. Many of these require a submission of written work, typically an essay or poem, on a selected topic. Some awards are based on the amount of money awarded to the winner, others are based on the quality of the submission. Almost all of the prizes listed on this page require applicants to submit their written work under a pseudonym. This allows judges to assess submissions solely on their merits without having to consider the author’s identity.
Each year, the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) awards a prize named after Sidney Edelstein, an influential historian of technology. The prize is one of the most prestigious in SHOT’s history and is given for a distinguished book on the history of technology. This year, York University professor Edward Jones-Imhotep was awarded the prize for his book The Unreliable Nation: Technological Failure and Historical Consequences.
Ron Rash, the John Parris Distinguished Professor of Appalachian Cultural Studies at Western Carolina University, has been named winner of the 2020 Sidney Lanier Prize for Southern Literature, which is administered by Mercer University’s Spencer B. King Jr Center for Southern Studies. The award is given each spring by a committee of scholars appointed by the center.
Since 1950, the Hillman Foundation has honored journalists, writers and public figures who pursue investigative journalism and public policy in service of the common good. The foundation was established in memory of Sidney Hillman, the founding president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America labor union, a predecessor union of Unite Here and Workers United, SEIU. Hillman fought to build a vibrant union movement that extended beyond the shop floor to all aspects of working people’s lives.
The scholarship is a $5,000 prize to be used toward tuition at the law school of the winner’s choice. This scholarship is made possible by the generous support of Roberts & Holland LLP. In addition to the monetary prize, the winning candidate will receive recognition at the annual Distinguished Scholar Lecture and an official certificate from the Chancellor of the University of Sydney. The judging panel reserves the right to divide the prize if they feel two or more entries are of equal merit. To learn more about this contest, visit the SCHF website. The prize will be announced on May 1. Entries are due by April 30.