Sidney Prize
The University of Sydney literary prizes boast a long and distinguished history dating back to bequests received at the start of the 20th century. All require submission of written work on a predetermined topic, administered by an awards committee and judged anonymously using blind procedures for evaluation by judges. Winners are announced annually in Overland magazine with respective monetary prizes awarded.
Congratulations to all those whose pieces have been honored with recognition at this year’s Sidney Prize for Writing! Here you can read all the winning and commended works.
With today’s political environment, it can be easy to become overwhelmed by all of the news and analysis that bombards us. Sometimes it’s necessary to step back and take a broader perspective, which Walter Russell Mead does in The American Interest with “The Once and Future Liberalism”. This month’s winner of Sidney Prize for Writing Walter Russell Mead does just that.
Sidney Altman (1924-2003), an internationally-recognized molecular biologist, won a share of the 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Thomas R. Cech for discovering that RNA not only acts as a carrier of genetic codes between cells but can also play a vital role in initiating essential chemical reactions within them. Their discovery opened new avenues of scientific investigation and profoundly transformed how we view living cells.
Overland Magazine is delighted to present Rachel Ang, author of “Thalassophobia”, as the winner of this year’s Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize. Our judges Patrick Lenton, Alice Bishop and Sara Saleh chose Rachel Ang’s work from among eight shortlisted entries that can be read in our latest issue. Congratulations Rachel on your excellent piece; our judges thank all finalists on their outstanding work and appreciate your patience as they read each entry submitted this year.
Overland Magazine, supported by the Malcolm Robertson Foundation, launched this prize five years ago and seeks outstanding short fiction up to 3000 words loosely themed around travel. Open to Australian and international writers of any experience level or level of publication history – published or unpublished authors alike are eligible for submission.
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