The Sidney Prize for Journalism
Sidney Prize is an award for journalism whose subject matter illuminates the great issues of our time, including the search for peace, the pursuit of social justice and equality and the battle against discrimination. Awarded monthly, it honors journalism in both traditional and new media forms. Nominations are accepted from readers of The Sydney Morning Herald and the Australian and are due by the last day of each month. The winner is announced the following week.
The prize was established by the friends of Sidney Cox to perpetuate in some small measure the generative influence which he exerted upon hundreds of Dartmouth students both in and out of his classes. It is intended to fund an annual prize for that piece of undergraduate writing which most nearly meets those high standards of originality and integrity which he demanded both of himself and of his students.
Each year, the Sydney peace prize is awarded to a person or organisation that promotes the values of “peace with justice and human rights”. The 2024 Sydney Peace prize has been awarded to the leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement – Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi.
The Sydney prize is awarded monthly for an outstanding piece of journalism published the previous month. The Sydney prize honours journalism in both traditional and new media, whether it’s a feature in print, a column or an opinion piece on the web. Nominations are open to readers of The Sydney Morning Herald and the Australian newspaper’s online version, the Australia Network.
This scholarship is awarded to a female engineering student who demonstrates a combination of academic achievement, personal attributes and contribution to society/student life. The scholarship was established in memory of Sir Sidney Black, a pioneering engineer and entrepreneur who believed that a career in engineering was a way to contribute to society and the world.
The Sir Sidney Hillman Prize for Journalism was established by the family of the late industrialist to celebrate his commitment to a free press and to journalism’s role as a force for social change. The prize honours journalists whose work shines light on the major issues of our times, including the search for peace, the struggle for social justice and equality, and the fight against discrimination of all kinds.
This prize, which was established in 2011 by the Project on Law and Society in the Muslim World, is awarded annually to a Harvard Law School student for the best paper on law and society or law and social change in a Muslim context. Submissions can be either written in conjunction with a class or seminar, or as an independent study paper during the current academic year. The winning student receives $1,000. The selection process is conducted by an outside judge. More information about this prize can be found here. This scholarship is supported by Roberts & Holland LLP. It was previously sponsored by The Sydney Morning Herald and the Australian Council of Learned Academies.