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History
Inaugurated in 2016, and named for the late Neilma Sidney. The award is supported by the Malcolm Robertson Foundation and administered by Overland. It is limited to travel-themed short fiction.
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2024
Indexed selectively. Also runner up: Malaysian author Aneeta Sundararaj. -
Year: 2023
winner Who Rattles the Night 2024 single work short story
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 254 2024; (p. 129-140) -
Year: 2022
Indexed selectively: joint runner up, Aotearoa writer Zoe Meager; also shortlisted, Aotearoa New Zealand writer Lawrence Patchett.winner Golden Hour 2023 single work short story
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 249 2023; (p. 51-56) -
Year: 2021
Also shortlisted: Brussels-born, Taipei-based writer Germain Canon; Filipino-New Zealander writer Mikee Donato Sto Domingo.winner The Labeller 2022 single work short story
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 246 2022; (p. 63-67) -
Year: 2020
winner The Case of G : A Child Raised by Trains 2021 single work short story
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 242 2021; (p. 69-72)
Works About this Award
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The 2015 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize 2016 single work essay
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 222 2016; (p. 41)'The article offers the insights of the authors on the winning entries for the 2015 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize. It mentioned the runner up entries that were received by "On the Road to Kuang Si Falls" short story by Ashleigh Synnott and the "Civilisation at Last" by Toby Sime while the "K-k-k" short story by Lauren Foley won the first prize.' (Publication abstract)
