Sidney Prize is awarded by Sidney Hillman Foundation in both North America and Canada to journalists and writers who advance social justice and public policy to serve the common good. Furthermore, this prize also recognizes outstanding investigative journalism that advances social and economic justice.
In addition to awarding the Sidney Prize for journalism, the Hillman Foundation presents the Sidney Award for Reporting on Racial and Economic Justice in honor of journalist Sidney Hillman. Hillman was instrumental in creating this prize due to his tireless advocacy on workers’ rights as well as civil liberties such as voting and free speech – making him its inaugural recipient.
Annie Zhang won the 2023 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize with her story ‘Who Rattles the Night?’ She lives on unceded Wangal land and was selected from an eight-writer shortlist earlier this month; winning $5000 plus publication in Overland magazine as the grand prize recipient and two runners-up receiving $750 each will complete this year’s winners circle.
This award honors journalist Sidney Hollander for his efforts in securing equal rights for African Americans. It is funded by the Sidney Hollander Fund of Baltimore, Maryland USA; an organization providing support to media professionals working towards civil liberties, social reform and combatting racial discrimination.
Elizabeth Spencer stands out among her peers with her fearlessness as a writer, which earned her the Sidney Prize for her debut collection of short stories “Burning Bright.” Since then, she has written four novels and six collections of short stories, including her 2010 PEN/Faulkner Award-winning collection “Chemistry and Other Stories”. Additionally, she has won various other accolades.
The Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) awards various prizes that recognize excellence in scholarship within its field of history of technology. Each year, an outstanding book in history of technology receives The Sidney Edelstein Prize as recognition. The Abbot Payson Usher Prize recognizes an exceptional article published in Technology and Culture that is accessible to non-specialists, while the Joan Cahalin Robinson Prize honors graduate students or early career scholars who present at their first SHOT annual meeting. The Brooke Hindle Postdoctoral Fellowship provides pre- and postdoctoral funding for those researching aerospace technology history. The Melvin Kranzberg Dissertation Fellowship honors those preparing their dissertation in this area for publication, while the Samuel Eleazar and Rose Tartakow Levinson Prize recognizes an essay which appeals broadly both general readers and scholarly specialists.