Past Winners
2024 Open Short List
The Shortlist has been listed in alphabetical order of the Title.
2024 Open Long List
Junior Short Story Finalists
WINNER
The Dragon Apprentice
Author: Jane Pearce
2nd Place
A Lady’s Treasure
Author: Malavika Shibu
3rd Place
Outsiders
Author: Sean Kelly
Highly Commended: Gabrielle Elford – We are Outcasts
Highly Commended: Alyx Thompson – Ava
Commended: Riann Cabaraban – New Tides
Commended: Joshua Hunter – Three disasters for a wolf
Commended: Olivia Neville – The Willow Child
Commended: Rueben Prouse – Rival Cities
Commended: Samuel Paul – Dishwasher
Youth Short Story Finalists
WINNER
Stella
Author: Tori Pettie
2nd Place
Music to My Ears
Author: Ayra Fatima
3rd Place
Heard Below
Author: Felix Jensen
Highly Commended: Tori Pettie – I’ll be All You Need and More
Highly Commended: Jasdeep Kaur – Cross Asian
Highly Commended: Lila Plunkett – The Gulls
Commended: Batul Mgoter – Strawberry Seeds
Commended: Eliza Cowen – My Beloved Ghost and Me
Commended: Cara Pearce – A Life Worth Living
Commended: Khiem Nguyen – The Diner
Youth Poetry Finalists
WINNER
Odyssey to the land of Wonder.
Poet: Hannah Bhullar
2nd Place
Hometown
Poet: Ali Alkundi
3rd Place
Soul’s Eclipse
Poet: Cedric Pang
Highly Commended: Riley Wooster – Biyala
Highly Commended: Poppie Carboon – Citrus
Highly Commended: Felix Walker – Vessel
Highly Commended: Tori Pettie – Forever
Commended: Darcy Mintern – A Window of Solace
Commended: Bellamy Church – Crumbling
Commended: Tori Pettie – I Love You; Isn’t that Enough?
Junior Poetry Finalists
WINNER
Energetic!
Poet: Milo Rose
Equal 2nd Place
For Future’s Sake
Poet: Milo Rose
Equal 2nd Place
My Bruised Legs
Poet: Errol Rose
3nd Place
Worn out Boots
Poet: Errol Rose
Highly Commended: Errol Rose – All the Morning Spent Swimming
Highly Commended: Amelia Castles – Norfolk Island
Commended: Malavika Shibu – Grow
Commended: Coen Pang – Bushfire
Commended: Saeesha Golhar – Happiness
Commended: Saeesha Golhar – Spring
2023
WINNER
Away To Me
Author: Jen Rewell
Junior Short Story Finalists
WINNER
The Abominable Hairball
Author: Nina Samalca
2nd Place
Denise The Menace
Author: Ariana Kutrolli
3rd Place
Dead Girl Walking
Author: Heidi Gilbert
Highly Commended: We Had Two Cockies – Merryn Ford
Highly Commended: The Important Letter – Poppy Wilson
Commended: Trapped Inside – Shriani Mukera
Commended: The Cat and the Clover – Gabrielle Elford
Commended: Aray, the Golden Brumby – Octavia Ford
Commended: Escape – Teagan Roberts
Commended: 3:30 – Jaime Miles
Youth Short Story Finalists
WINNER
Here
Author: Imogen Templeton
2nd Place
Her
Author: Layla O’Callaghan
3rd Place
The Taxi Man
Author: Charlotte Seddon
Highly Commended: A small bump – Charlotte Seddon
Highly Commended: Plague – Jyotis Jo
Highly Commended: Sandcastles – Denise McCarthy
Commended: Trapped – Denise McCarthy
Commended: The Wonders Of The Waves – Chloe Andonoudis
Youth Poetry Finalists
WINNER
Ravens Bring Lavender
Poet: Sharanya Senthil Kumar
2nd Place
Spun Through Time
Poet: Jenna Birchall
3rd Place
The last confession
Poet: Dorothy Lune
Highly Commended: A Desperate Silence – Darcy Mintern
Highly Commended: Fall and Rise: A Baby Bird’s Flight – Bonnie Carver
Highly Commended: The Sky’s Tears – Layla O’Callaghan
Highly Commended: pain without physicality – Denise McCarthy
Commended: Grandpa Glynne – Grace Davies
Commended: An underrated colour – Cody Fairless
Junior Poetry Finalists
WINNER
Ode to my Mum’s Spaghetti Bolognese
Poet: Milo Rose
2nd Place
Heavens Above
Poet: Riley Wooster
Equal 3rd Place
Floods
Poet: Mollie Chambers
Highly Commended: Patience Riley – Wooster
Highly Commended: Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo – Errol Rose
Highly Commended: Race Day – Idylla Damien
Highly Commended: Tranquil Chaos – Lilliana Stapleton
Commended: My Frankie Girl – Ted Stapleton
Commended: Our Beautiful World – Ayra Fatima
2023 OPEN SHORT LIST
2023 Open Long List
2023 LIVE STREAM
2022
WINNER
Art and Life
Author: Cate Kennedy
Junior Short Story Finalists
WINNER
Colour
Author: Lila Plunkett
2nd Place
The Cough
Author: Lila Plunkett
3rd Place
A Light in the Darkness
Author: Mary Loughnan
Highly Commended: A Cats Journey – Maddelyn Fletcher
Highly Commended: Eureka! – Riley Wooster
Highly Commended: A wave of emotions! – Aditi Xavier
Highly Commended: Destruction – Magin Joseph
Highly Commended: Pepsi – Cara Pearce
Youth Short Story Finalists
WINNER
The Taliban
Author: Layla O’Callaghan
2nd Place
Stars and Skies
Author: Erin Hicks
3rd Place
Teenage Cage
Author: Martha McKellar
Commended: Cloaked in Mystery – Hannah Hamilton
Commended: Heist – Cedric Pang
Commended: Beneath my Sails – Layla O’Callaghan
Commended: Tea and Biscuits. – Charlotte Seddon
Commended: My Mariam – Alisha Fitzgerald
Commended: A Happier Time – Jenna Birchall
Commended: Cherith Farm – Denise McCarthy
Youth Poetry Finalists
WINNER
Intergenerational rot-out kitchen
Poet: Dorothy Lune
2nd Place
Our Pastime
Poet: Layla O’Callaghan
3rd Place
Take Me to a Place
Poet: Casey Clark
Highly Commended: Ink – Rowan Farren
Highly Commended: Invisible War – Keara Devine
Highly Commended: Blood rose in the Garden of Proserpine – Keara Devine
Highly Commended: I run – Layla O’Callaghan
Highly Commended: A blank canvas – marcy carboon
Highly Commended: Catching The So-Called Silence – Lilly Fidock
Junior Poetry Finalists
WINNER
A Sea of White
Poet: Riley Wooster
2nd Place
Ode to my Mandarin Tree
Poet: Milo Rose
Equal 3rd Place
When I saw the Monet
Poet: Milo Rose
Highly Commended: Wildfire – Riley Wooster
Highly Commended: Election Time! – Errol Rose
Commended: Australia – Lilliana Stapleton
Commended: Let’s All Play – Riley Wooster
Commended: In my hand a book of selected poems by W.H Auden – Errol Rose
Honourable Mention: Literature at its Finest – Riley Wooster
2022 Open Short List
2022 Open Long List
2022 Live Stream
2021
WINNER
Oranges
Author: Thomas Alan
Junior and Youth Award Ceremony
Open Award Ceremony
Junior Poetry Finalists
WINNER
A Hopeful Dream
Poet: Darcy Mintern
2nd Place
Surf’s Up
Poet: Riley Wooster
Equal 3rd Place
At Breakfast
Poet: Errol Rose
Orchard
Poet: Idylla Damien
2021 Furphy Literary Award Short List
Open Short Story
Junior & Youth
JUNIOR SHORT STORY
JUNIOR POETRY
YOUTH SHORT STORY
YOUTH POETRY
2020
WINNER
Awakening
Author: Ruby Todd
Open Short Story Finalists
Junior and Youth Award Ceremony
25th July
7pm AEST
Open Award Ceremony
25th July
8pm AEST
2020 Furphy Literary Award Short List
Junior Short Story Short List
Youth Short Story Short List
Youth Poetry Short List
Open Short Story Short List
2020 Furphy Literary Award Long List
Junior Short Story Long List
Youth Short Story Long List
Open Short Story Long List
