If you’re looking for a sidney prize, you’ve come to the right place. Our site features a comprehensive list of award winners in a variety of categories. Whether you’re searching for an award winner in the category of science, business, art, or politics, we can help. Each award category has its own section that lists all the winners from that particular year. We also provide a breakdown of the prize money offered in each competition, along with percentage changes in the past few years.
The Sydney Prize honors journalists and writers who tackle issues that impact public life. The prizes are named after the late Sidney Hillman, who founded the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America union and served as a founding member of Congress of Industrial Organizations. The prize is intended to carry on his legacy and “illuminate the great issues of our time—the search for a basis for lasting peace, the need for better housing, medical care and employment opportunities for all, and the struggle against discrimination of all kinds.”
In addition to honoring journalists and writers, the Sidney Prize offers several fellowships and other types of awards. The Brooke Hindle Postdoctoral Fellowship enables an early career scholar to prepare for publication or develop a new project. The Sidney Edelstein Prize recognizes an outstanding scholarly book on a topic related to the history of technology. The Joan Cahalin Robinson Prize is awarded to a graduate student or early career scholar presenting at the SHOT annual meeting for the first time.
For students interested in studying the history of art, the Syracuse University Art Gallery and Museums has the opportunity for them to participate in the Sidney Thomas Essay Contest. This contest is open to all undergraduate students who are interested in writing an essay on a topic in art history. Last Fall, Art History major Sophia Jactel received the top prize for her paper, Domesticity and Diversions: Josef Israels’ Smoker as a Symbol of Peasant Culture and the Role of the Home in Nineteenth-Century Holland.
The prize is awarded each month and the deadline for nominations is the last day of the previous month. The winner receives a US $500 honorarium and a certificate designed by New Yorker cartoonist Edward Sorel. Nominees may be individuals or organizations. The prize is sponsored by the Sidney Hillman Foundation, a left-of-center organization that honors journalism and public service. The Foundation was founded in 1946 in memory of Sidney Hillman, president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America labor union and founder of the Congress of Industrial Organizations. The foundation’s board of directors includes former Amalgamated Clothing Workers president Bruce Raynor and left-leaning celebrities Mary Robinson and Danny Glover.
The Sydney Prize also awards the Best Book in Church History Prize each year. This book prize is given to a North American author for a work that makes a significant contribution to the study of Christianity in general and church history in particular. The book must be published in the previous calendar year.