The Sidney Prize is awarded monthly to outstanding investigative journalism that exposes social and economic injustice. Unlike other university literary prizes, which are often based on donations and bequests, the Sidney Prize is a competitive award for work that has appeared in print or online during the previous month. The Prize is named in memory of the late Philip Sidney Ardern (1906–1947), lecturer at Auckland University College from 1912 to 1947. The prize is funded by subscriptions from friends and former students. It is principally intended to stimulate study of Old English, but in view of Mr Ardern’s wide range of literary interests it is not confined to that subject.
The Sidney Hillman Foundation has partnered with the New York Times to recognize and support outstanding investigative journalism that reveals injustices, exposes wrongdoing, and encourages citizens to take action to rectify them. Winners of the 73rd annual Hillman Prizes include: The New York Times for its groundbreaking investigation into Haiti’s colonial debt; ProPublica and The New Yorker on their report on the privatization of hospice; and More Perfect Union’s agenda-setting videos explicating corporate greed.
Sidney Hollander, known as Sly, was a Baltimore businessman who donated his time and money to philanthropic causes and fought for equal rights for African Americans. A founder of the Baltimore chapter of the NAACP and a member of numerous local and national boards, he was a leader in promoting civic activism and philanthropy. He founded a foundation in 1938 to assist poor children and others in need and established the Sidney Hollander Scholarships for high school students.
The Ben Sandford Cullen Prize is granted to enable a postgraduate student to be assisted with research, travel or publication costs relating to their archaeological work in the field of archaeology and anthropology. The prize was created by the friends and family of Dr Ben Cullen who died suddenly in 1995 at the age of 31.
The Sidney J. Levy Prize is awarded annually in honor of one of the founding fathers of Consumer Culture Theory (CCT) to the author of the best CCT-oriented dissertation article published in the preceding year. The prize is sponsored by the Department of Linguistics and the CCT Association. This competition is open to all authors of published CCT-oriented dissertation articles, regardless of the degree or institution that they attended. The winning article will receive $1500. There is also an honorable mention award of $500. The prize will be presented at the CCT conference luncheon. For further details, see the competition’s website.