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  Lonely Planet Photography Contest…

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  A Travel Bloggers Scholarship Fund for TBEX?

  755 readers Travel blogger Caitlin Fitzsimmons has come up with a novel and innovative way of raising money to get to this years TBEX’10 Travel Bloggers Conference.She has set up a Send Caitlin to TBEX in NYC project over at Kickstarter with the aim of raising $500 to help cover the costs of travel and

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  Wanderlust and Lipsticks 2nd Annual Travel Writing Contest…

  367 readersWanderlust and Lipstick, a travel site for women, are holding their 2nd annual travel writing contest.Submission guidelines:Choose a category *Adventure *Family Fun *Food & Drink *Off the Beaten Path *Spiritual Write a travel article for that category Submit it before November 31, 2009 to WanderlustAndLipstick (at) gmail (dot) com More specifically...Must be a nonfiction travel

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  FAM and Press Trips – Good or Bad for Travel Writers?

  405 readersPress Trips and FAM tours have been around for years. Popular with some writers, not so much with others, they have always generated discussion about how ethicial they are.Sheila Scarborough, one of my blogging colleagues over at Perceptive Travel blog, who has recently been on a couple of 'blogger' FAM tours - one to Kansas

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  Wanted: Travel Writer for Williamsburg Travel Book…

  444 readers(found at About Freelance Writing)Travel Writer Wanted for Williamsburg Travel Book (Williamsburg)Lake, Inc, a book publishing company based in New York City, is hiring a writer to create the primary content for a travel book about Williamsburg, Virginia, and the surrounding area. This book will be part of the Tourist Town Guides series of travel

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  Off Into the Wild Blue Yonder: Writing a Travel Book

  634 readersby Todd RutherfordFor many writers, and for many travelers, the notion of writing a travel book is the perfect dream. What could be better than combining the love of writing with the love of travel? And in truth, for those who both write and travel, th...

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  Using a Blog to Market Your Book

  365 readersby Todd RutherfordThere are millions of bloggers around the world. They all have individual opinions and niche blogs they write for. This is one of the most well used forms of publicity. It is smart to use this medium as an avenue to advertise for your...

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  Suppressing That “Nice” Reflex

  482 readersI was negotiating a contract with a client the other day. The client sent me their contract, I looked it over, and found a term I wasn’t too comfortable with. The job was interesting and paid well, and I wanted it—but not with that term. This was s...

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  Grantourismo to run monthly travel writing competitions…

  762 readersSounds like this might the first of many such travel blogging competitions offered by the newly created Grantourismo travel blog. Grantourismo is the brainchild of travel writers Lara Dunston and Terence Carter who are being sponsored by HomeAway Holiday Rentals to do a 'contemporary Grand Tour' around Europe.The theme for this first travel blogging competition

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  Write to Travel Heads for Wine Bloggers Conference…

  514 readersPosts on Write to Travel have been few and far between these days and the main reason is because of new blog project I've been working on for the past six months or so. There's a litte bit of travel, a little bit of green, and a little bit of wine involved in this new