Viva Travel Guide Books is holding a couple of week-long guidebook/travel writing crash courses over the next few months. They’re looking to train a select group of writers to be travel-writers; if you get chosen to part of the training, your internship will be to get out there and write a section of one of […]
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Write, Get Published and Win Money
I must have said this a million times, and I’m going to say it again so roll your eyes if you want 🙂 — for novice writers, getting your work out there should be your first objective, whether it’s writing for free or writing to win a competition. Some advantages of writing for competitions: -You […]
» Read more...Solas Awards Deadline – October 15
Deadline for Travelers’ Tales annual competition to honor excellence in travel writing — The Solas Awards — is a week away. (Although you can enter year round) For those not familiar with Travelers’ Tales or the Solas Awards, go to www.BestTravelWriting.com for more information and how to enter. There are 21 categories in which you […]
» Read more...A Few Blogging Tips
Since most of you who read this blog are writers, or want to be writers, I’m assuming you all have blogs. My turtle has a blog, so if you don’t and you want to be a writer, you are nowhere close to being one. In other words, start a blog now. For those who blog […]
» Read more...Essay Reading:Revelations From The Road
Celebrating its 7th anniversary, Feature Well (an international syndication) is holding an essay reading session called ‘Going Places: Revelations from the Road,’ where renowned writers will read their stories about life-changing trips. When: 8 p.m. on Tuesday, October 9th Where: Rapture Café & Books, 200 Avenue A (between 12th & 13th Streets, New York City) […]
» Read more...Call For Travel-Writers: Map Magazine & So Much World
For those beginning writers who are looking to get some work published on some worthy websites, and don’t care about not making money off them should check out these new websites: Map Magazine: Recently launched, at the moment this website is focused only on Madrid, but does have plans to cover a wider geographical area. […]
» Read more...Free New eBook: Comprehensive Travel-Writing Tips
“If you are currently scribbling for free or can’t seem to move on from writing low paid SEO articles, this book will put you on the write track…” And also if “…you are feeling out-of-the-loop and unqualified, or a ‘wannabe’ accused of being personally responsible for bringing down the level of the travel industry by […]
» Read more...Blogger Call At Gadling
Another call for a freelance paid blogging position comes from our friends at Gadling. Gadling is looking for bloggers to cover happenings of the global airline industry. So if you have your finger on the pulse of air-travel — enough to muster 7-15 posts a week — you’d be ideal for the position. Interested applicants […]
» Read more...Write For Matador’s Newsletter
If you have a fetish for strange and original travel-inspiration stories and want to have a go writing them, AND get paid for it, check out the first issue of Matador‘s new bi-weekly newsletter. Aptly named ‘Traverse’, the newsletter aims at giving you a regular dose of selective and differentiated content from the travel-world, written […]
» Read more...Interviews
Sorry it’s been awhile. I’ve been drowning in work and having things to do for my brother’s wedding, which was last Saturday, so I haven’t had a chance to post. Very quick…I just want to let everyone know that there is now an Interviews tab at the top of the page now which I hope […]
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