If you are an editor, photographer, a writer, trying to be a writer, or whatever, as long as you are waddling in the travel-publishing industry, and want to share your experiences with a crowd who will listen to what you have to say, this opportunity may be yours. The event is being sponsored by the […]
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Matador Travel Contest Winners Announced
We wrote about this before, and for those of you interested to check out the story of the winner of Matador Travel‘s first writing/photography contest – this is it: “Huayhuash: A Convergence of Change and Resilience,” written by Adam French, photographs by Ben Ditto. 80 stories were submitted, of which another two noteworthy ones are: […]
» Read more...Call For Unusual Travel Stories
Brothels on a farm, airports designed like footballs, a visit to a kimchi museum, a midnight party with extras on a film set in Brazil — that’s the kind of stuff that will be online soon on Meander Magazine. The new e-zine is set to launch in July, and is looking for stories on all […]
» Read more...Job Lead: BUG Europe Travel Guide
The Backpackers Ultimate Guide (BUG) is looking to fill 12 one-month long travel research positions for a Europe travel guide. The job would involve: -reviewing hostels (100-150 words per hostel) -couple of introductory paragraphs for each destination (100-500 words each) -writing about eating & drinking sections for the larger destinations (100-500 words each) The work […]
» Read more...Interview: Pauline Frommer
Pauline Frommer, daughter of American Travel writing legend Arthur Frommer, has built a successful career in her own right and last year began releasing her own line of guidebooks, which have been highly acclaimed for her “Spend less, see more,†approach. She was kind enough to grant Written Road a candid interview. See articles, podcasts, […]
» Read more...Job Lead: Intern at Monocle
Some more from Tyler Brûlé: his recently launched glossy Monocle is looking for an intern to work in their NY office. Send applications to Whitney Ross Lenoce at wr@monocle.com.
» Read more...Do’s and Don’ts for Submitting Travel Stories Online
I can never get enough of ‘do’s and don’ts’ articles. As an aspiring travel writer trying to get published, more often than not, such articles help me get back on track. Also, when you read them and see that you are following almost all of the do’s, and you are actually staying away from the […]
» Read more...Last call: one week to go…
…for the deadline of the Matador travel photography/writing competition, so get those entries in to David.Miller.72@gmail.com before May 15 to win exposure on this awesome website and $500! Follow the links to get more information.
» Read more...Call for Interns at The Morning News
One of my favorite off-beat spin-expert online news sources The Morning News is looking for summer interns. If the thought rocks your boat, email them at talk@themorningnews.org – a short description of why you want to intern at TMN – your complete contact information – your résumé that’s pasted in the email – descriptions of […]
» Read more...PEN World Voices: The New York Festival of International Literature
There’s a few great speaking events going on with a few top travel writers in New York next week during the New York Festival of International Literature. If you are in the city I highly recomend checking it out. Where: New York City When: April 24-29, 2007 THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 5-6 p.m. Pico Iyer in […]
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