The Sydney Prize is given out each month to an exceptional piece of journalism that has served the common good, chosen by a panel of experts. Nominations for consideration should be submitted no more than 30 days in advance and should have been published at least 1 month earlier than due.
Annie Zhang’s short story ‘Who Rattles the Night?’ has been selected by our judges as this year’s winner of the 2023 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize, sponsored by Malcolm Robertson Foundation and open to writers residing either within Australia or New Zealand. Our judges would like to thank all entrants as well as our expert judging panel, whom made their selection possible.
In this beautiful book, we follow a Chinese Jewish family as they celebrate both Rosh Hashanah and the Lunar New Year with joyous paper cutting traditions evoking Rosh Hashanah and Lunar New Year festivities. Warm illustrations capture all the celebration and light that fill these events of joyous reflections on history.
Paul Masters from Sidney recently discovered he’d won $1 Million playing Lotto Max! According to BCLC, lottery players have already redeemed over $114 Million worth of Lotto Max tickets so far this year!
Long a devoted fan of Sydney Film Festival (SFF), he was delighted to receive an Event Cinemas Rising Talent Award during February’s Gala Screening – designed and manufactured in Sydney by Louise Olsen and Stephen Ormandy of Dinosaur Designs – designed and presented at SFF Gala Screening by Event Cinemas as their prize for trailblazing NSW-based filmmakers who had one short film credit or less at that point in their careers.
SFF also announceds winners for its Dendy Live Action Short and Rouben Mamoulian Awards, supported by Event Cinemas and decided by public vote. Both films are Academy Award eligible and will screen at Sydney Film Festival this March.
At this year’s SFF Gala Screening, Sophie Somerville will unveil her short film Linda 4 Eva; winner of the Sydney UNESCO City of Film Rising Talent Award. SFF announced their award, consisting of a cash prize of $7,000 that is eligible for Academy Awards, at their Gala Screening event in February. SFF also collaborated with Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies to recognize the best Indigenous short film of 2017. For more information about this prize, visit its official website here. The SFF team would like to congratulate all winners and those nominated; SFF continues its support for indigenous filmmaking across NSW and beyond with future calls for entries being announced for 2020 Sydney UNESCO City of Film Rising Talent Awards shortly – for more details regarding how and when submissions should be sent in visit our official website here.