Day: November 14, 2024

Sidney Prize is a monthly award from the Hillman Foundation that honors journalism that promotes social and economic justice. The foundation is led by Bruce Raynor, the president emeritus of Workers United (predecessor to SEIU), left-leaning celebrity Danny Glover and other labor activists.

The prize is named for Sidney Hollander, a Baltimore businessman who donated his time and resources to help working people in the city and elsewhere. The foundation aims to continue Hollander’s legacy of illuminating problems facing ordinary Americans and seeking equitable solutions. The prize is presented to an outstanding journalist who has written about a topic that promotes social and economic justice and/or illuminates critical issues for ordinary Americans.

One of the most prestigious prizes in magazine writing, the Sidney Awards annually go out to some of the best essays published during a given year. This year many of the winning pieces probed the intersection of science and the humanities. For example, two intellectual heavyweights – Steven Pinker and Leon Wieseltier – went toe-to-toe in the New Republic over whether the humanities have anything to offer the sciences.

Winners of the Sidney Prize are selected through a rigorous review process by a committee comprised of renowned scholars in the field of Church History. The committee chooses the winner based on the significance of the work in its field and to Church History more broadly, the quality of the scholarship and its potential for wider impact. The winner receives a cash award of $2,500 and the article is published in Church History.

The Sidney J. Levy Award competition is held in memory of a founding father of Consumer Culture Theory and related theoretical areas. This award is given to the author(s) of an article based on dissertation research in the area of CCT and/or related fields that has been published during the previous calendar year. The winning article is recognized at the annual CCT conference and published in an English-language journal.

HLS students writing on topics that analyze a legal issue from an economic perspective are eligible for the Sidney Prize. Prior to submitting the paper for consideration, students must have their professor email a statement of evaluation directly to Professor Steven Shavell.

This prize is named for Yong K. Kim A.B. ’92, J.D. ’95 through the generosity of his family and friends. The prize encourages deeper reflection and consideration by HLS students about their chosen profession, its role in society, and the many challenges that lawyers and law schools face in a rapidly-changing world. The prize is awarded to a student who writes an outstanding paper on these or related topics.

The Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize is an annual award for short fiction, up to 3000 words in length, that explores the notion of travel. This prize is open to writers nationally and internationally. The winner receives a first prize of $5000 and publication at Overland. The two runners-up will each be awarded $1250. To be considered for the prize, all entries must be submitted by December 31. Entry fee is $12 for Overland subscribers and $20 for non-subscribers.

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