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Posted on Monday 16th of August, 2021,
Greater Shepparton City Council in partnership with the Furphy Foundation, Latrobe University and the GV Library Group are excited to announce this year’s Furphy Literary Awards recipients.
Congratulations to the following writers. The finalist entries from each category are available to read as of Saturday 14 August on the Furphy Literary Awards website.
2021 Furphy Literary Award Open
Place:
Author:
Title:
Winner
Thomas Alan
Oranges
Second
Michelle Prak
Holden
Third
Andrew Roff
No Good Deed
2021 Furphy Literary Award
Junior Short Story
Place:
Author:
Title:
School:
First
Lila Plunkett
Ash and Embers
Goulburn Valley Grammar
Second
Fletcher Davies
Who Would have Thought?
Home Educated
Third
Lila Plunkett
Pearls
Goulburn Valley Grammar
2021 Furphy Literary Award
Junior Poetry
Place:
Author:
Title:
School:
First
Darcy Mintern
A Hopeful Dream
Grahamavale Primary
Second
Riley Wooster
Surf’s Up
Shepparton East Primary
Equal Third
Errol Rose
At Breakfast
Home Educated
Equal Third
Idylla Damien
Orchard
Bourchier Street Primary
2021 Furphy Literary Award
Youth Poetry
Place:
Author:
Title:
School
First
Zoe De Paola
Fading
Goulburn Valley Grammar
Second
Hailey Moffat
Dead City
Goulburn Valley Grammar
Third
Keara Devine
For Him with Love
Greater Shepparton Secondary College
2021 Furphy Literary Award
Youth Short Story
Place:
Author:
Title:
School:
First
Kai Easterbrook
Permanence
Benalla Flexible Learning Centre
Second
Erin Hicks
A Precious Gift
Goulburn Valley Grammar
Third
Cadence Pang
Doll
Cobram Anglican Grammar
Furphy Literary Award director Sam Furphy said the calibre of entries was again outstanding this year.
“We are so pleased to receive such a strong number of entries from across the Goulburn Valley and more encouraged than ever to provide this important platform for young writers and poets to share their creative skills and talents.
The finalist entries from each category will be available to read from Saturday 14 August on the Furphy Literary Awards website.
FLA Director Adam Furphy explained The Furphy Literary Award is working towards an annual publication of an anthology of selected works from entries submitted each year.
“Now that the judging has been completed and the results announced we are thrilled to be able to publish the finalist works on our website and share them with a wider audience. We are looking forward to bringing out an anthology of works which we intend will be an annual publication and which will celebrate Australian storytelling.”
Greater Shepparton City Council Mayor Councillor Kim O’Keeffe congratulated all for submitting entries.
“Council is honoured to be able to support the Furphy Literary Awards and we applaud everyone who has been involved to make sure these awards continued throughout the challenges we continue to face through COVID-19,” Cr O’Keeffe said.
“Congratulations to our finalists and winners of the 2021 Furphy Literary Awards, thank you for sharing your story. I encourage members of our community to have a read of the finalist entries online and hopefully they will inspire more writers to pick up a pen or sit in front of a keyboard.”
For more information visit furphystory.
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