Literary Prizes

 

Previously known as 'Prize Compositions', Literary Prizes have a long history at the University of Sydney with many of them dating from bequests left to the University at the beginning of the last century, bringing a sense of tradition to the awards.

List of prizes

  • Adrian Consett Stephen Memorial Prize
  • Beauchamp Prizes
  • Earle Page Constitutional Prize
  • Frederick Lloyd Memorial Prize
  • H.M. Moran Prize
  • Henry Lawson Prize for Poetry
  • Henry Lawson Prize for Prose
  • Nicholson Medal
  • Robert A. Dallen Prize
  • Venour V. Nathan Prize
  • The Wentworth Medal is closed for 2009

Recent Submissions

  • “Moral Illumination”: On Martha C. Nussbaum’s Literary Ethics 

    Lin, Nicole; Tilbury, Parker (Nom de plume)
    Published 2025-01-08
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  • Wobbegong 

    Bell, Jaime; Applicant 1 (Nom de plume)
    Published 2024-11-07
    Wobbegong - Girls stuffed their blouses up the back of their bras. They dunked their plaits into the bubblers and let water dribble down their necks. At recess they huddled in the arc of shade flung by the chapel steeple. ...
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  • The House of Something Quieter 

    Lucy, Honeychurch
    Published 2024-08-28
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  • The King’s Speech: Unveiling the Colonial Gaze in Kenya (1895-1918) 

    Rana, Zarak Mohamed Ali; Blaze, Zack (Nom de plume)
    Published 2024-07-09
    In his recent speech to the people of Kenya, King Charles III took many by surprise when he espoused a semblance of cognizance and compassion towards the sufferings endured during the sombre epochs of imperial rule. During ...
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  • Leaving for Port Jackson; the First Fleet's abandonment of Botany Bay 

    Gale, Stephen; Marjoribanks, Alexandra (Nom de plume)
    Published 2024-07-08
    On the morning of 28 April 1770, James Cook and his crew sailed into Botany Bay in the bark Endeavour, becoming the first Europeans to set foot on the east coast of Australia (Cook, 1955, 304-312). The event itself had ...
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