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Young people across the Goulburn Valley encouraged to share their story

Posted on Thursday 9th of March, 2023,

Greater Shepparton City Council in partnership with the Furphy Foundation, Latrobe University and Goulburn Valley Libraries, are encouraging young people from across the Goulburn Valley to share a story for the Furphy Literary Awards.

Established in 1992, the literary awards promote and extend the tradition of storytelling of Australian culture.

The Furphy Literary Award applications for 2023 are now open. The awards will continue to hold an open category, alongside junior and youth categories. Applications can be made via online submissions.

Entries are now open for the four youth categories which are made up of Junior Short Story, Junior Poetry for writers 12 and under, Youth Short Story and Youth Poetry for writers aged 13 – 17 years.

Greater Shepparton City Council Mayor, Councillor Shane Sali said the awards were a great opportunity to recognise the potential and talent of young writers across the region.

“The Furphy Literary Award is a wonderful opportunity for our young people to express their voices through literature and gain experience in writing short stories and poetry. We look forward to seeing many great collections of work from our community,” Cr Sali said.

“We encourage many young writers to submit an entry and share their unique story. After all, to quote Joseph Furphy, everyone can write at least one good story.”

Each category will have a first place prize of $300, followed by second $100 and third $50.

Entries close on Wednesday 31 May 2023 at 11.59pm. For more information on the awards and to enter please visit the furphy literary award website.