DATE CHANGE: Because of the lockdown the biennial DRF Awards are being transposed.


Because of the lockdown the biennial DRF Awards are being transposed, which means that:

The 2021 DRF Writers Award will open for submissions on 1st April 2021 and close on 1st July 2021. The winner will be announced in December 2021. You can find more about this year’s award here.

and

The next DRF David Miller Bursary will open for applications in late 2021 and the winner will be announced in the Spring 2022. You can find more about the 2022 bursary here.

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