Travelers Penning their Own Moveable Feasts Now Have a Crack at $1000 Plus Journey Beyond Travel's "Travel Book of the Year" Award. FASHIONTRIBES TRAVEL BLOG

As travelers young & old don backpacks in search of far-flung adventures across the globe - from the most remote destinations to the coolest beaches - they often put their words to paper, but never show anyone.  Which is a pity, explains Thomas Hollowell, Managing Editor of the PDF e-magazine Journey Beyond Travel (JourneyBeyondTravel.com): “Travelers are often natural writers. Most often, they have something worthwhile and experiential to share with the world.”

To encourage budding authors to share their work with the world, Journey Beyond Travel is hosting their first Travel Book-in-Progress Award. Works of nonfiction, poetry, and short stories are all eligible for the contest, and if the US$1000 dollar award isn’t enticing enough, rights will also be granted to use the Journey Beyond Travel’s Travel-Book-of-the-Year seal on the book cover at the time of publication. The winner will also have the piece partially published in the travel website’s free, quarterly e-magazine, which takes on a new travel theme each issue. “All we need are the first 25-pages of the work to see where it stands. The book doesn’t even have to be complete,” says Hollowell. “We have already collected several published authors and writing critics to look at each and every work we receive. We plan to have up to 200 entries in our first year alone.” He continues, “When the final winning work is chosen, it will be interesting to see if it makes it to the shelves.”

All the deets are at JourneyBeyondTravel.com.

- Lesley Scott

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