Presentation night for the Furphy Literary Award 2025 in July in Shepparton was a cracker:

Anson Cameron, Emma Westwood, Dips O’Donnell and JTH enjoying the festivities.
Great to see to members of The Footy Almanac community – Dips O”Donnell and Emma Westwood – making the short list. Their stories will appear in The Furphy Anthology 2025.

Winner Serena Moss with Amy Montague who received the third prize.

Adam and Sam Furphy with Serena Moss.
Don’t forget The Furphy Anthology 2025 is being launched on Thursday Nov 20 at the All Nations Hotel in Richmond.
All welcome. Details HERE.

Read more about The Furphy Literary Award HERE.
Prepare your entry for 2026.

About John Harms
JTH is a writer, publisher, speaker, historian. He is founder and contributing editor of The Footy Almanac and footyalmanac.com.au. He has written columns and features for numerous publications. His books include Confessions of a Thirteenth Man, Memoirs of a Mug Punter, Loose Men Everywhere, Play On, The Pearl: Steve Renouf's Story and Life As I Know It (with Michelle Payne). He can be contacted [email protected] He is married to Susan. They have three school-age kids - Theo, Anna, Evie. He might not be the worst putter in the world but he's in the worst four. His ambition was to lunch for Australia but it clashed with his other ambition - to shoot his age.











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