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The 2021 Furphy Literary Awards Open and Youth Winners

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.”

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