The Julia Darling Travel Fellowship was established in 2015 to mark the tenth anniversary of Julia Darling's death. It is inspired by Julia’s love of travel and by the appreciation that she had of writing away from home. 

Julia Darling’s work encompassed a wide range of topics and forms, from plays and novels to poetry and performance. She was an exceptional artist with a unique and humorous voice that engaged readers even when her work explored her declining health and ultimate death from cancer. 

Julia was also a kind and generous writer who supported and encouraged many other writers to develop their work and their creativity. In 2015 the fellowship is supported by New Writing North. In future years we hope that the prize will be crowd funded by those who knew Julia and appreciated her contribution to the arts.