Sidney Wagman Prize and SFCU Cash Giveaway
Awarded in memory of Sidney Louis Wagman ’51, the prize supports a student who has demonstrated loyalty to high ideals. The winner exemplifies the values of academic integrity, fairness and social responsibility in the classroom and beyond. The prize is a financial award of up to $3,000 that can be used toward tuition or educational expenses.
The Sydney Peace Prize is Australia’s international peace prize. It recognises leading global voices that promote peace with justice, human rights and nonviolence. Founded by the City of Sydney, it has honoured a remarkable group of people – including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Mary Robinson and Noam Chomsky – for their tireless work for a better world.
Nazanin Boniadi, an Iranian-born actress and human rights activist, was named the 2023 Sydney Peace Prize Laureate. She was recognised for her commitment to advancing women’s rights in Iran, and the way she turns outrage into action. “The work of our Laureates, like the City of Sydney’s support for this prestigious award, is helping to change lives and make the world a better place,” Lord Mayor Clover Moore said.
SFCU Cash Giveaway is open to legal permanent residents of the fifty (50) states of the United States, who have reached the legal age of majority (which is eighteen (18) in most states, nineteen (19) in Alabama and Nebraska and twenty-one (21) in Mississippi). Employees, officers, directors and immediate family members of employees, officers and directors of Sidney Federal Credit Union are not eligible to win. Entries must be received by 5/1/2024 to be eligible to win. Winners will be notified by e-mail by 5/2/2024. Winners may request their name and address by sending a self-addressed, business size envelope to: SFCU Cash Giveaway, Winner List, 42 Union St., Sidney, NY 13838.
Established in 1968 by the late Dr. Sidney Edelstein, noted expert on the history of dyes, founder of a successful specialty chemical manufacturing firm and 1988 recipient of SHOT’s Leonardo da Vinci Award, the Edelstein Prize is awarded by SHOT to an outstanding scholarly book in the field of the history of technology published during the three years preceding the award. The prize consists of an award of $3,500 and a plaque.
The Overland Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize is a biennial literary award for short fiction written by Australian and New Zealand writers, which was first awarded in 2007. It is one of the largest and most prestigious awards in the region, with a total prize pool of up to A$10,000 ($8,500). The judges consider submissions that embody an innovative approach to the concept of travel and that explore the interplay between people and their environments. In addition to the story itself, entrants are required to answer a question: ‘Does your piece of writing identify a specific community or experience?’. This is for the purposes of assessing whether the piece has been sensitively considered for its representation of a marginalised community or identity. The judges do not have to reveal their responses to the writers.
