The Ancestor Editorial team is pleased to inform you that the judging panel has selected Louise Millar-Hoffmann as the winner for the 2025 GSV Writing Prize competition. The results were officially announced by GSV president Brian Reid at the Society’s AGM on Saturday 4 October.
The fabulous cover of the December edition of the GSV’s journal, Ancestor, is a photo from Louise’s story. Have a look at it and then read her winning entry, ‘The hostile housekeeper’. It covers the growing conflict between Bella McQuillen, housekeeper to the parish priest, and Frank Floreani, the Italian immigrant artist decorating St Mary’s parish church in Bairnsdale.
Louise’s prize is a 12-month worldwide subscription to ancestry.com and an ancestry DNA test kit, courtesy of our sponsor, ancestry.com.
All entrants are to be congratulated for taking the time and making the effort to be part of this annual competition. The GSV Writing Prize is a valuable event on the GSV’s calendar, and we hope many more members will consider entering next year’s competition.
GSV and Ancestor thank Ancestry for their provision of the prize for winner.
