Winners of the 2018 Joseph Furphy Commemorative Literary Prize.
Short Story Competition
Junior Section
Winners:
- Emily Davies – Cabin Catastrophe
- Jayden Lamb – Special
Short List
- Sharlene Baldo – Hopes and Dreams
- Sanuda Diyagama – The Robin Hood
- Cadence Pang – Quenching Thirst
- Charlotte Wigney – Welcome to the Goldfields
Youth Section
Winner: Grace Sandles – Red
Short List
- Matt Danen - The Bravest Man at Greta
- Hannah Freeman – Alpha Season
- Imogen Templeton – Palm Tree Sky
Open Section
Winner: Margaret Guppy – Orphanage Days
Short List
- James Hughes – Cameo for Jesus
- Robert Peachey - The Tree on the Hill
- Janeen Samuel – The Leopard Changes Her Spots
Poetry Competition
Youth Section
Winner: Riley Wooster – Our Feathered Friends
Short List
- Narges Alabuli – This Is Just To Say
- Asha Birchall – Bubbly!
- Ruby Diffey – The Stolen Generation That Changed My Life
- Ayla Thompson - Trees
- Charlotte Wigney – Before the War
Open Section
Winner: Leanne Wicks - Mirror
Short List
- Helene Castles – African Wax Fabric No:-13455
- Helene Castles – The Promise
- Julie Dickson - Colours
Winners of the 2017 Joseph Furphy Commemorative Literary Prize.
Short Story Competition
Junior Section
Winner: Heidi Smith - The Other Side of the River
Short List
- Jack Beresford - How to Save the World (Sort of)
- Jenna Birchall - Savage?
- Sanuda Diyagama - Memory
- Imogen Templeton - Stinkin’ Stuck
- Sophia Uniacke - The Curse of Mariana
Youth Section
Winner: Kaiya O’Brien - The Unknown Sailor
Short List
- Freya Cox - The Apothecary’s Daughter
- Freya Cox - An Artist’s Vision
- Yanika O’Brien - Stranger in the Swamp
Open Section
Winner: Susan Bennett - A Trip to Market
Short List
- Fran Collings - Threads
- Deb Hall - The Jewel Beetle of My Anatomy
- Cherisse Kelly - 273
Poetry Competition
Youth Section
Winner: Alyssa Chen - The Swings and the Wind
Short List
- Coralie Guthrie - My Dreams
- Mia McCully - Yellow and Black: the First Step
- Grace McKeown - Deep in the Sea
- Yanika O’Brien - Otello Cabaletta
- Maggy Sessions - The Shadow
Open Section
Winner: Alan Mathews - Sunset Country
Short List
- Pat Patt - To Sing You Home
- Edward Reilly - Shower Song
- Christopher Ringrose - Palmistry
Winners of the 2016 Joseph Furphy Commemorative Literary Prize.
Short Story Competition
Junior Section
Winner: Hayden Reynolds - The Wolf, the Witch and the Staff
Short List
- Jenna Birchall - A Bad Day and a Big Mistake
- Hayley McGurgan - If I were an Animal…
- Tikara Male - Goodbye
- Layla O’Callaghan - Once a Year
- Imogen Templeton - Great in Heart, Massive in Mind, Small in Stature
Youth Section
Winner: Coco Xiaoge Huang - God’s Daughter
Short List
- Mandhree Ekanayake - Puzzle Pieces
- Isobel Piercy - Will we be Remembered?
- Rebecca Wang - Witch
Open Section
Winner: Kathie Olden - Vessels of Stone
Short List
- Fran Collings - Paper Nautilus
- Carmel Lillis - The Rasp of a Hungry Flame
- Chris Scriven - All the Dead Pixies
Poetry Competition
Youth Section
Winner: Thomas Wigney - In Their Shoes
Short List
- Sabaina Abdullah - Hunza Valley
- Madison Cardillo - Grandma
- Sarah Jefferis - I Am
- Rebecca Wang - A Place
- Charlotte Wigney - The Orphan Lamb
Open Section
Winner: Jessie Tu - Solitary Confinement
Short List
- Tru S. Dowling - Moving On
- Tru S. Dowling - Winter Visitors
- Judith A. Green - Night Words