New Writing North and the Julia Darling Trust are on the look-out for the next winner of the Julia Darling Travel Fellowship. Worth £2000, the fellowship will award one published writer from the North of England a period of travel for writing, research and inspiration.

The prize celebrates the memory of writer Julia Darling, whose wide-ranging work included the novels Crocodile Soup (1998, 2015) and The Taxi Driver’s Daughter (2003); poetry collections Sudden Collapses in Public Places (2003) and Apology for Absence (2004); and plays for stage and radio, Eating the Elephant (1996), Personal Belongings (2002) and Appointments (2005).

Founded by Julia’s friends and family in 2015, the fellowship is managed by New Writing North. It is inspired by Julia’s love of travel and by the appreciation that she had of writing away from home, while reflecting her passion for encouraging other writers.

Each year, the fellowship is awarded by a panel made up of Julia Darling’s writer friends and family. This year’s judges are the poets Colette Bryce and Linda France along with Florrie Darling, Julia’s daughter, and Josie Darling, Julia’s sister.

Entry criteria 

• The Julia Darling Travel Fellowship is open to novelists, poets and playwrights.
• Entrants must be over the age of 18, live and work in the North of England and have at least one professionally produced or published work to their name.
• The fellowship can be used to fund travel and accommodation in the UK and internationally.
• The fellowship will also support group applications by writers who would like to undertake joint residential retreats (something that Julia valued).
• The fellowship is for activity that takes place between July 2019 and June 2020.

Deadline

Wednesday 1 May.

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