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Young Travel Writers Scholarship
Are you wandering the world or intending to do so? Have you just returned from the best adventure ever? Back from a semester abroad or a volunteer vacation? Or just gone somewhere -- near or far -- that opened up new ways of looking at the world? We want to hear about it.
The Society of American Travel Writers (SATW), a non-profit organization that promotes responsible journalism and encourages the conservation and preservation of travel resources worldwide, is offering a scholarship to encourage young writers to share their travel experiences in words and images. travelBIGO.com is proud to host this effort.
The rules of the Young Travel Writers Scholarship are simple: Submit your blog about where you went and what it meant to you, what worked and what didn't work, what you learned from the trip, or how it changed you. Bring our community of travelers into the world you visited. It can be funny, serious, contemplative, whatever... as well as informative.
The top winner will receive a cash award. Three finalists will win honorable mention and a travel prize. All submissions will be published on Family Travel Forum's travelBIGO.com, the site for the Before I Get Old crowd.
Please read the Rules below carefully to ensure eligibility. Good Luck!
Awards
- First Place: $150
- Four Honorable Mentions: 1 GB iPod Shuffle from sponsor
All winners will receive a Certificate of Commendation and all submissions will be published on the travelBIGO.com website.
Rules
Eligibility for Young Travel Writers Scholarship
- All applicants must sign up for travelBIGO.com community prior to submitting a blog
- Applications will be accepted between April 1, 2010 and May 2, 2010.
- The deadline for submissions is May 2, 2010.
- Applicants must be ages 18-26 as of May 2, 2010.
Submission Requirements for Young Travel Writers Scholarship
- Blogs must be no more than 1500 words in length.
- Entries must include text and be illustrated by at least one photo, digital artwork or video.
* Each article page is a cumulative file size of 2MB or less for words and images. No single image can be more than 1MB in size. travelBIGO.com accepts .jpg, .gif and .png image files. To upload your video from your YouTube account, click on the green "filmstrip" icon on the editing toolbar (next to italics symbol), then paste the youtube embed code directly into the Youtube Snippet window that appears. After you click "Save" a Flash player will appear in the body of your article and you can test out your video in Preview mode. If you do not have a YouTube account, please email your video file to editors@travelbigo.com and we will do it for you.
- Blogs must include practical details about your travels so that others can choose to follow in your footsteps. Details may include names of resorts, hotels or cruise ships, the local beach, organized volunteer and student tour programs, URLs for places you went, etc.
- Entries must be submitted online using the "New Article" link found on user's MyDashboard. After registering for this site, you can use your login credentials to access MyDashboard (in the login box) and begin posting your blog at New Article. Please use the editing tools provided to make paragraph breaks or add punctuation, and to upload your photos and/or video. Once submitted, your blog entry is final.
- All applications must be received no later than 11:59pm EST on May 2, 2010.
- Your essay must be your original creation and must not have been previously published.
- Multiple submissions are allowed.
Judging the Young Travel Writers Scholarship
Submissions will be judged on originality, quality of expression, and a sense of place. A panel of esteemed professional writers and editors from the Society of American Travel Writers will make the final selection of winners.
All applicants will be contacted by email when the Judges have completed selecting the winner and honorable mentions. Please update your online Account Info if your email address changes during the scholarship period.
The Young Travel Writers Scholarship Winners
If you are not contacted and wish to view the winning entries, please visit travelBIGO.com after May 17, 2010 when the winner and honorable mention essays will be announced.
If you're between the ages of 13 to 18, you should check out FTF's Teen Travel Writing Scholarship. Applications for the fourth Teen Travel Writing Scholarship will be open on May 1, 2010.
Additionally, travelers of any age are encouraged to post their travel journals about any topic in order to be eligible for a Punzabo, FTF's monthly prize awarded by the travelBIGO community to their favorite travel tale. Be sure to invite your friends and family to join the travelBIGO community and vote on your story by using the star rating system on each article.
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