The Sidney Prize, established to commemorate journalist and trade union pioneer Sidney Hillman, is presented each month by the Sidney Hillman Foundation to an outstanding piece of journalism.

Over its nearly 400 year history, Trinity has made a profound mark on British life across every aspect imaginable – religion, politics, war, business law and science among them. Sidney has produced numerous Nobel Prize winners and internationally-acclaimed scientists, such as Oliver Bulman and Harry Whittington (who discovered the Burges Shale), polymath Samuel Phillips whose novel Caleb Stukeley became a three-volume best seller; F H Neville; botanist W T Stearn; as well as historians Charles Aleyn and Sir Roger L’Estrange – distinguished Victorian literary historian Sir Roger L’Estrange (also pioneer newspaper editor, translator of Aesop’s Fables Cicero and Seneca) who served King Charles 11). As well as producing writers – not only novelists but poets, literary biographers Richard Boston and Robert Fellowes, Shakespeare scholar Edward Gibbon, historians John Morris and Peter Ackroyd; political cartoonists, film directors and opera directors as well as Premiership football club chairman/best-selling authors in their day; there has even been speculation of Sherlock Holmes having existed here!

Our prize program comprises scholarships, research grants and fellowships for postgraduate students as well as annual literary prizes in essays and poetry – some established through bequests from early twentieth century donors reflecting the College’s long history of scholarship and cultural exchange.

The Traci Jill Edelman Memorial Scholarship in Historical Studies – an annual monetary award given for the best graduate M.A. thesis written within a calendar year – recognizes and rewards excellence among graduate M.A. thesis writers.

Sidney & Helena Goodman Scholarship for Graduate Study in International Relations – This monetary award provides support to full-time graduate students with exceptional promise in International Relations studies.

Overland Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize – We offer a $5,000 AUD cash prize and two runners up selected by Andre Dao and Jennifer Down, with the winning story to be published in Overland magazine this autumn and all shortlisted stories to appear online alongside its publication.

University of Sydney Literary Prizes offer prestigious literary prizes that date back to bequests from the 19th century, given out for various types of written work such as essays, poetry or plays – with applications and submission of written work as well as public readings required for eligibility.

The AUSM/Sidney Prize for the Outstanding Undergraduate History M.A Thesis provides a monetary prize to honor those submitting outstanding history M.A theses in each semester of study.

The Rouben Mamoulian Award – an Australian cash prize of $7,000 awarded annually for best direction of a short film by Event Cinemas and Screen NSW in partnership with University of Sydney’s UNESCO City of Film initiative – was created to honour late Australian short film director/screenwriter Rouben Mamoulian who passed away unexpectedly earlier this year.