WHAT: Launch of sophisticated bus tour series Esotouric, a spin-off of the popular 1947project Crime Bus Tours WHEN: Free press junket tour, April 22 in LA, public tours begin in May TOURS: Raymond Chandler’s LA, John Fante’s Dreams of Bunker Hill, Riot on Sunset Strip (’60s Hollywood rock scene), The Real Black Dahlia, Pasadena Confidential, […]
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Budget Travel magazine looking for Senior Editor, announces writing contest
Here are a couple of announcements from Budget Travel Magazine: About the Senior Editor Position position: The Senior Editor will conceive, assign, edit and close features and the Where section, contribute to BudgetTravelOnline including the Budget Travel blog, and make appearances on behalf of Budget Travel in the media and at industry functions. There’s also […]
» Read more...Wend Magazine looking for contributors
Wend Magazine, an outdoor and global adventure travel magazine is looking for contributors. The fairly new Portland, Oregon based quarterly is most interested in first person accounts of adventure travel, preferably with photos. If interested: 1.) Send two clips of your work, relevant to the story you’re proposing. 2.) Send a resume, or summary of […]
» Read more...Tom Yum, a Bangkok based magazine needs contributors
I know that there are many travel writers who are in or have just been somewhere in South East Asia (it’s just adestination every seems to get to), so thought some of you might be interested. TomYum magazine, which covers all Thai destinations is looking for photographers, writers, cartoonists, illustrators. As long as it pertains […]
» Read more...Gridskipper Calls for International Contributors
A website I absolutely love writing for and being associated with is Gridskipper. It is currently looking for regular contributors in: Paris Berlin New York Los Angeles San Francisco Sydney So if you live in one of these places and can write, blog and take a picture, you qualify to apply. If interested, send email […]
» Read more...Matador’s first Travel Writing and Photography Contest
The Matador Travel Community, which I am a member and we have discussed here several times, has just launched its first travel writing and photography contest. The best travel essay (with photos) wins $500, and selected entries will be published on the site. Guidelines: • All submissions must be your own work and previously unpublished. […]
» Read more...Adventure E-zine Goes Live
Award-winning travel writer and editor Don George has just begun editing a new monthly online trave-lit-zine called ¨RECCE: Literary Journeys for the Discerning Traveler.” Sponsored by travel adventure company Geographic Expeditions, RECCE – short for reconnoiter or reconnaissance – aims to take the spirit of exploration to another level, through a wide variety of original […]
» Read more...Travel editor positions
I found a few full time travel editing jobs in the past few days that I’m sure a few of you might be interested, particularly if you live in California or Colorado. A company in Monterey is looking for a travel industry writer/editor to produce a line of “how-to†travel guidebooks and newsletters for prestigious, […]
» Read more...Caption and Win: Are You The Next Condé Nast Traveler?
That’s exactly what the pro’s are asking you! In celebration of it’s 20th Anniversary, Condé Nast Traveler has launched the Condé Nast Traveler Dream Trip Competition, where you could win a US$20,000 trip, custom-made by you! What you have to do: All you have to do to enter, is upload a photo from one of […]
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