As 2019 comes to a close, New York Times columnist David Brooks provides his annual selection of the year’s finest long-form essays with his “Sidney Awards.” In addition to honoring some of publishing’s elite–from Hilton Als’ writing for The New Yorker to Ed Yong’s work for The Atlantic–Brooks specifically mentions Peter Wood, our National Association of Scholars President’s May 4 Weekly Standard cover story on hook-up culture as being among these achievements.
Established to honor SHOT’s founder and former director, this prize honors outstanding scholarly books in the history of technology published within three years preceding this award. The winner receives an honorarium of $3,000 as well as a plaque.
This prize honors essays or collections of essays that significantly advance understanding of the origins, development and significance of technological innovation or invention in society. Books must be accessible to a broad readership; the award was established in 2008 to recognize its contribution.
The Overland Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize, supported by the Malcolm Robertson Foundation, is open to any writer who has not had their short story published (even online) before. Entries will be judged based on literary merit, originality and imaginative interpretation of travel as the theme for their entry. Entrants must submit an entry fee of $12 or $20 depending on their subscription status, with their story unpublished and not currently under consideration by other publishers (including Overland). Subscribers looking to secure an exclusive prize subscription can do so here for $62, which includes discounted entry to our competition and four print issues plus access to our daily online magazine and events/opportunities/giveaways exclusive for subscribers.
Each year, the Program on Corporate Governance gives two prizes of $1,000 each to student papers on topics of corporate law and governance excluding securities law. These awardees also receive mentoring services by PCG staff.
This scholarship honors Dr. Sidney L. Wagman, an alumnus of University of Sydney and one of the founding members of National Association of Scholars. This financial support will go toward undergraduate and graduate students who demonstrate commitment to upholding academic freedom, intellectual integrity and an open exchange of ideas within academia.
The annual prize celebrates an outstanding student paper in animal law or policy written as part of an academic course, seminar, clinic or independent study project at Harvard Law School. Applicants must have written the paper concurrent with one of these initiatives.
The prize recognizes essays, articles or books which make an outstanding contribution to international and private law knowledge. It will be presented at the International Association of Privacy Professionals annual conference as part of their conference registration fee; winners will be selected by a committee from their board of directors.