The Sydney prize is a biennial award given by the NSW state government for outstanding achievement in peace with justice and human rights. It was established in 1988 in memory of the late Sir Sidney Higgins and is a fund within the Sydney Peace Foundation, which also administers the prestigious Sydney Literary Awards. Previous recipients include Julian Burnside, Noam Chomsky and Mary Robinson. This year the prize was awarded to the human rights group Black Lives Matter. The group is credited with galvanizing the global anti-racist movement and bringing attention to issues such as police brutality and the killing of unarmed black citizens. The organisation received the prize from Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove at a ceremony at Parliament House on Thursday.
The prestigious Sydney prize is awarded to individuals or organisations that promote peace with justice and human rights, as well as non-violence. Applicants are nominated by the public and shortlisted by the NSW Peace Foundation committee. Winners receive a prize of $50,000 and a statue that was designed by artist Stephen Lawson. During the ceremony, winners also give an address on the theme of the prize. Past speakers have included former president of Ireland Mary Robinson and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
In addition to the Sydney prize, there are a number of other distinguished awards and fellowships that celebrate work in the field of history of technology. For example, the Edelstein Prize, named in honor of the founder of Dexter Chemical Corporation and a longtime SHOT member, recognizes an outstanding book on the history of technology that is accessible to both specialists and general readers.
Additionally, the Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize is an annual competition held by Overland magazine. It is open to writers nationally and internationally, with submissions themed around the notion of travel. The winning writer will be awarded $5000 and their story will be published in the Overland autumn issue, while two runners-up will each receive $750.
Another notable prize is the Sidney Howard Memorial Award, which was established in 1939 by the Playwrights Company to support new plays that floundered on Broadway but went on to achieve international acclaim. The inaugural winner of the prize was Robert Ardrey for his play Thunder Rock, which flopped at the time but became an international classic.
The Animal Law and Policy Program awards up to two prizes annually for Harvard law students who write the best papers on topics related to animal law or policy. The papers may be written for a course, seminar, clinic, graduate degree program, or as an independent study project at the Law School.
Finally, the Sidney DeVere Brown and Mikiso Hane Prize is an undergraduate award that honors works of original scholarship by Dartmouth college students. The prizes were founded to perpetuate the generative influence of the late professor on hundreds of students in and out of his classes. The winner of the prize is invited to present his or her paper at a colloquium at the College of the Holy Cross in spring 2022.