People all around the world work tirelessly to make a difference, so it is vital that their efforts are recognized. One effective way of doing this is through sidney prizes, which can be awarded on a national scale to individuals or organisations for outstanding efforts in writing or science, among other fields. This recognition serves to both honor them while encouraging more people to get involved – award winners can then use these sidney prizes as motivation to continue making an impactful difference!

There is also the Sydney Prize for Short Stories, awarded annually to writers whose works were published in Overland magazine. Yeena Kirkbright won this prize for her story Camperdown Grief Junk; our judges would like to offer our congratulations. Additionally, sidney prizes exist for business and science as a reward for those who have contributed significantly to their country.

Sidney Hook was an idealist who believed in liberal education. While at MIT pursuing his degree in physics, he took an introductory molecular biology class during his final semester that left him completely besotted by its subject matter. Later at Colorado he studied bacteriophage T4 DNA replication with Leonard Lerman before earning a doctorate in biophysics from this experience. Sidney pioneered research on RNA which changed how scientists understood life. As an idealist he believed that results should benefit society while tirelessly advocating academic freedom – making him a leading expert on biophysics today.

The SS Sydney Prize was established in 2004 to honor Phi Beta Kappa member Sidney Hook and recognize writers whose essays on politics and culture represent the finest contemporary American scholarship and commentary. Past recipients have included Ta-Nehisi Coates who won for his essay that highlighted America’s history, which began with black plunder and white democracy and left behind inequality and racism as legacies; more recently it went to Amanda Hess for her article on online sexism.

Sydney Prizes can be given out for various different purposes and determined at a national level. Some can recognize community service while others reward scientific or artistic achievement; gender-specific prizes like the Sydney Engineering Prize aim at encouraging women engineers. There are also sidney prizes for social justice that encourage people to get involved with their communities and fight for others’ rights; this helps make our world better overall.