In memory of the late Sidney Hillman, a founder of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America and tireless activist for economic justice, the Hillman Foundation created this prize to honor socially-conscious journalism that fosters real and tangible improvements in the lives of people. The prize is awarded each month to an outstanding piece of journalism that appeared in print (newspaper or magazine) during the previous calendar month. Nominations are due by the last day of each month.
Winners receive a cash prize of $500 and their work will be featured on our website. Nominees are encouraged to submit multiple entries each month, but submissions must be different from a previous one in order to receive a separate prize for each new nomination. The winners are announced the second Wednesday of each month.
The Sydney Film Festival Awards 2023 have been announced. All winners will be presented with our festival signature mesmeric swirl award, designed and handmade in Sydney by Louise Olsen of Dinosaur Designs.
Winner of the Event Cinemas Rising Talent Award: Robyn Liu, Lead Actor, The Dancing Girl
The Event Cinemas Rising Talent Award is presented to an emerging NSW-based filmmaker who has demonstrated innovation, imagination and high impact in their short films. The 2023 winner, Robyn Liu, has had an impressive career to date with a growing list of credits including feature films and TV series.
The 2023 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize was won by Annie Zhang for her story ‘Who Rattles the Night?’. A writer and editor living on unceded Wangal land, she has had stories published in Island, Kill Your Darlings, WestWords Western Sydney and was a 2023 Overland Neilma Sidney Emerging Writer Fellow. Overland will publish her story in the upcoming issue and will also offer two runners-up print publication.
The prize was established in 2000 to encourage scholarship in the field of Australian literature and culture. The scholarship is open to students of the University of Sydney who are enrolled in senior units of Australian Literature and who achieve an outstanding level of proficiency in those units. The award is administered by the Chair of the Department of Australian Literature and Cultural Studies.