Day: May 14, 2025

The Sidney Prize recognizes exceptional journalism each month. You may nominate either your own work or that of another writer that was published within the past month and receives a prize of $500 with a seal that can be displayed prominently online or in publications.

This award was instituted by Sidney Louis Wagman’s family to commemorate his dedication to high ideals and his loyal service to his family, profession and community. Each year an undergraduate student from the School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences who exhibits excellence in their course of study is recognized by faculty and administration for his/her achievements and contributions to the University community as winners.

This award honors Sidney Hook, founder of the National Association of Scholars – a non-profit organization dedicated to academic freedom and scholarship – at our annual conference for excellence in American history research by graduate or undergraduate students. They should apply Sidney Hook’s methods of historical inquiry developed as an influential philosopher of democracy and freedom in America.

This annual prize in memory of Professor Sidney Thomas (1915-209) recognizes an art history student devoted to academic scholarship of the highest standard. Thomas began as a Shakespeare scholar but quickly rose through the ranks as a leading figure in art history; his work was informed by humanistic heritage, as reflected in two landmark publications such as The Nature of Art with John Gassner (1964) and Images of Man: Selected Readings in Art History with Sheldon P. Wagman (1966).

Sidney Black Memorial Engineering Award

The Sidney Black Memorial Engineering Award aims to empower a new generation of female engineers by honoring those who have demonstrated academic achievement, personal traits and contributions to society/student life – it is open to female graduating students who have successfully completed any UHI engineering programme with their BEng degree.

Overland Magazine, Australia’s literary and cultural magazine, has announced Annie Zhang as the winner of their 2024 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize with her story ‘Who Rattles the Night?’ as this year’s Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize recipient. Zhang will receive her prize and two runners-up stories published in Overland print edition.

To enter this competition, a subscription to Overland must be purchased for $62; this provides four print issues as well as access to daily online magazine updates and invitations to subscriber events and opportunities as well as giveaways. A special subscriber rate of $45. To submit an entry click here before June 1st 2024.

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