The Sidney Prize and the Neilma Sidney Prize
Prizes provide incentives to do well or attain something. They can be awarded for various activities, from writing and academic performance, to annual scholarships or one-off awards like the Nobel and Pulitzer prizes. Although each prize type varies slightly in its requirements and award amount, all have one thing in common – they give prize winners money as recognition of their achievement. These can range from annual scholarships through to one-time awards such as Nobel and Pulitzer prizes – among the more well-known being the Pulitzer and Nobel.
The Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award is an annual writing contest sponsored by the Association of Jewish Libraries to commemorate Sydney Taylor, known for her All-of-a-Kind Family stories that resonated with children across cultures. The competition offers cash incentives and national publicity for authors of Jewish fiction for young readers who would like to write their manuscript in English, containing Hebrew text where appropriate within its narrative.
Stephen Miescher, professor of history at Western Carolina University has won the 2023 Sidney Edelstein Prize awarded annually by the Society for the History of Technology to recognize outstanding scholarly works on technology’s history. Miescher will receive his prize at Triennial Council meeting and will receive a check for $3,500 as an award recipient.
Each year, the university awards literary prizes to students as a mark of recognition of their achievement. These often take the form of essays or poems on specific themes; winning entries will be published in Overland magazine while runners-up entries may also be published online. Students are welcome to submit work anonymously although some prizes have policies against anonymous submissions.
Overland Magazine is delighted to present the Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize in memory of Neilma Sidney, who founded Overland in 1909 and died in 1993. To enter, take out a new subscription at our special subscriber rate before 31 July 2024 and submit your work – see rules for details! All entries must be original and unpublished works; publisher reserves right not to publish work that does not meet minimum standards.