The Sydney Prize is an biennial award established to acknowledge outstanding contemporary musical work. Its recipient receives a $60,000 cash prize as well as being commissioned to compose new work for a specific orchestra or ensemble. Open only to Australian composers and performers, its administration is managed by Australian Music Foundation.
Two New Years by Richard Ho and Lynn Scurfield was named the 2024 Sidney Taylor Book Award recipient. This charming picture book follows a Chinese Jewish family celebrating both Rosh Hashanah in fall and Lunar New Year in spring, with warm illustrations that draw on paper cutting traditions of both cultures capturing their joy in celebrations that may occur simultaneously or independently of each other. A great choice for families celebrating both Jewish and non-Jewish celebrations alike, Two New Years was chosen first amongst a series of five books entitled SEIU Reporting on Racial and Economic Justice Award – so Hillman prize entries will also be considered for this prize award by The Sydney Taylor Foundation along with being considered for both awards by The Sydney Taylor Foundation’s SEIU Reporting on Racial and Economic Justice Award administration as part of its overall administration of award administration alongside its Book Award administration duties; all Hillman prize entries submitted are considered eligible.
In 2022, the Sydney Tennis Classic offered total prize money totalling $5211,000 to both ATP players and $108,000 for WTA competitors – this represents a decrease of -4% year on year for last year’s champion while remaining very generous for a 500 level event in Sydney. Below you will find an outline of this year’s prize pool alongside its percent change from previous seasons.
applicants hoping to be considered for the Sydney Prize must complete the application form on our website by Friday, 15 June. In addition to providing details of their research project and brief bio, applicants should respond to one or more of these questions:
Do you identify as part of a marginalised or vulnerable identity? If that is the case, how? This question is optional but helps us better understand your submission’s context and relevance to our mission.
Dr Clare Jackson, formerly a Sidney student and Junior Research Fellow, now serves as Senior Tutor and Walter Grant Scott Fellow in History at Trinity Hall in Cambridge. She has written extensively on royalist ideas in late 17th-century Scotland as well as being awarded one of Britain’s premier prizes for historical writing.
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