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Thursday, December 30, 2010
Weekly Top 5 Blog Posts for Writers...
Monday, December 27, 2010
Transitions Abroad Narrative Travel Writing Contest...
Entries to the Transitions Abroad annual Narrative Travel Writing Contest are open until January 5, 2011.
All wrters - professionals, freelancers, and aspiring travel writers - are invited to write articles which describe how traveling in a slower manner and adapting to the space and time of natives has deepened your experience of both the people and the destination.
How to Enter:
To enter, submit an original and previously unpublished essay from 1,000 to 5,000 words.
The Contest begins July 31, 2010, and all entries must be received by January 5, 2011.
The official guidelines are on the Transitions Abroad site.
Friday, December 24, 2010
David Farley's Irreverent Curiosity - Interview and Giveaway
Head over to My Melange to read an interview with travel writer David Farley about his hilarious book An Irreverent Curiosity.
Leave a comment while at My Melange and you have a chance to win your own copy of An Irreverent Curiosity.
Write to Travel interviewed David Farley back in 2007 as part of it's 'Interview with a Travel Writer' series
Write to Travel a Passports with Purpose Winner...
This year's Passports with Purpose Travel Bloggers fundraiser exceeded all expectations with $58,000 raised in the month in which it ran.
That's a truly amazing feat - one that showcases the dedicated hearts and souls of the travel blogger community who not only how love to explore the world but also appreciate the need to give back.
The goal (and dream) was to raise $50,000 to build a Passports village in Karunganni in Southern India with Land for Tillers’ Freedom (LAFTI) and their non-profit US-based branch.
Friends of LAFTI can build houses, with local materials and local labor, for around $2,000 each. Then they transfer the title to the woman of the house.
The success of this year's Passports with Purpose fundraiser means this will become a reality.
That alone makes me happy to be part of the larger travel blogger's community.
But, somehow, along the way, I also won one of the great PWP prizes...
...a 5-night stay in a Mediterranean Suite at the Riveria Palm Springs and a dinner at Circa59 restaurant. (donated by Ciao Bambino)
Looks like a trip to California is on the cards in 2011.
Sure hope the gals in Seattle who set the PWP in motion can here me clapping and cheering all the way from New Zealand.
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Online Travel Guide Needs Travel Writers with an interest in Morocco...
Online travel guide about Morocco is looking to hire 2-3 writers with background knowledge of and an interest in Morocco. Writers would be assigned topics relating to traveling in Morocco 1-3 times a month (though your article ideas are definitely welcome). Articles should be approximately 500 words in length, though quality, not quantity, is what counts.
Pay $15.00 USD per post, payable at the end of each month.
This is a freelance position. You may live and work from anywhere in the world, but your English language skills must be editorially sound.
For more information about post and how to apply, go to this craigslist listing.
...via @joanna_haugen
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Still Time to Enter the Wander Woman Travel Writing Contest....
There's still time to enter the third annual WanderWomen Write Contest for female travel writers.
This annual travel writing contest was established three years ago to encourage women to pursue their passions in both travel and writing.
Last year, there were more than 300 entries from some very talented established, as well as budding, travel writers.
The contest runs October 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010, and the winning writers will be announced in mid-February.
Entries may be submitted under one of the following categories:
Adventure,
Family Fun
Food & Drink
Off the Beaten Path
Spiritual
The Prizes
Grand Prize: A 10-day tour for two of Vietnam & Cambodia with Buffalo Tours (value $3,550) which provides the traveler with a chance to enjoy the
preserved cultural treasures of this beautiful region while being immersed in its modern-day vibrancy.
Category Winners:
Each category winner will receive a Briggs & Riley BRX Explore 22” Upright
carry-on bag (value $290). For the adventurer who takes packing light seriously, this bag is built to maximum carry-on dimensions, with a zippered expandable main compartment.
Have a look at guidelines and some of last year's winning stories and then start writing your own 'winning' travel story.
Monday, December 20, 2010
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Win a Spot at the Travel Blog School...
The Travel Blog School is a new venture set up by Pam Mandel, Debbie Dubrow, and Peter West Carey - three highly enthusastic and successful travel bloggers based in Seattle.
Their inaguaral two days hands-on workshops in Seattle is scheduled for Friday April 29-Sunday May 1, 2011.
Class size is limited to a dozen students to keep the learning intimate and relevant.
Travel Blog School.com has donating one spot in their inaugural class this April($650 value)to Passports With Purpose‘s efforts to help build a village in India with Friends Of LAFTI.
All it takes to enter is a $10 donation to Friends of LAFTI on Passports With Purpose’s donation page (make sure you choose the right prize!) for your entry into the random drawing.
But you had better hurry as entries close today at 11.59pm PST.
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