In recognition of an outstanding individual who has achieved national distinction in scholarship, undergraduate teaching, and leadership in the cause of liberal arts education. Nominations are accepted from Phi Beta Kappa members and are announced a year and a half before each Triennial Council meeting in The Key Reporter, General Newsletter, social media and the website. The award is presented at the meeting. This award may be presented annually, or at the discretion of the Board of Trustees, biannually or quarterly.

The Sydney Prize is an honor awarded to that piece of student writing which most nearly meets those high standards of originality and integrity which Sidney Cox set for himself and for his students in his teaching and in his book, Indirections for Those Who Want to Write. Any kind of undergraduate writing, even work outside the major or minor in English, may be submitted. The winner receives a cash prize and a certificate, and is invited to attend the Creative Writing Awards Ceremony each May.

For distinguished scholarship in the study of Old and Middle English literature and language, and for literary and editorial contributions to the journal, as well as service to the Department and the program as a whole. Established in 1991 in memory of Sidney Hook, this is the Society’s most prestigious award. The selection process for this award is carried out by a committee of senior Phi Beta Kappa members who are experts in the fields of English, literature and language.

This award is a tribute to one of the founders of the field of Consumer Culture Theory, and is given for the best article based on a CCT-oriented dissertation thesis published in an English-language marketing or consumer journal in the previous year. The winner receives $1500. Two runners-up will have their stories published in Overland’s autumn 2024 edition, and all three works will appear online alongside the main feature.

This prize is awarded for that work in the honors program whose thesis and overall writing best demonstrates a most effective exploration of feelings through language. The selection process for this award is deliberated upon by the entire honors faculty at the end of each academic year.

For pioneering work connecting art, the media, and literature to science through research that includes beguiling imagery. The prize is presented in conjunction with the Australian Institute of Physics (AIP).

The Sydney Hillman Foundation, founded in 1946, awards monetary prizes to journalists and public figures who pursue social justice and public policy for the common good. Its leadership includes former Unite Here and Workers United, SEIU, president emeritus Bruce Raynor. The Foundation is a left-of-center organization. Its annual monetary prizes are among the highest in the country. The Hillman Foundation also supports social-justice journalism through its annual Hillman Media Fellowships.