The Sidney Prize
The Sidney Prize is awarded monthly for a piece of journalism that exposes social and economic injustices. It is named after labor organizer and Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America president Sidney Hillman. Hillman founded the Foundation in 1946. The Foundation is a left-of-center organization that awards monetary prizes for journalism and public service. It is based in Chicago, Illinois. The Foundation also publishes a number of books.
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Yusef Komunyakaa has won the 2015 Sidney Lanier Prize for Literature. The award is given by the Center for Southern Studies at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia. It is one of the most prestigious literary awards in the United States. The winner receives a $25,000 cash prize and a plaque. The prize is a part of the larger Lanier Prize, which includes two additional awards in drama and fiction.
In addition to the monetary prize, the winners are required to take part in an educational program. The programs vary in length, but the basic goal is to educate the public about issues related to the prize and its history. The Foundation hopes that this will increase the number of people who care about the prize and its legacy.
Overland has announced the 2023 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize winner: Annie Zhang, for her story “Who Rattles the Night?”. The winning entry will be published in Overland, and the two runners-up will be published online. The judges, Patrick Lenton and Alice Bishop, reviewed more than 500 entries for this year’s competition. Winners are chosen by the judges’ consensus.
The competition is open to writers who subscribe to Overland. Overland staff and board members, as well as their immediate family members, are not eligible to enter the contest. The entry fee is $10. Subscribers can enter the contest by clicking here.
A new entry is submitted each month. The deadline is the last day of the previous month. The winner is announced on the second Wednesday of each month. The winning entry will be published in Church History. The winner receives a $500 honorarium and a certificate designed by the New Yorker cartoonist Edward Sorel.
The Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award is intended to encourage aspiring authors of Jewish children’s literature. The award is named after Sydney Taylor, who began her writing career when the first of her All-of-a-Kind Family stories won a first-time publication and cash prize from Follett. AJL believes that this competition–with its cash incentive and nationwide publicity–will launch many fine new authors on their writing careers. AJL is not a publisher and does not guarantee that the winning manuscript will be published.