Study Travel Writing With World Hum

Anyone looking to learn more about Travel Writing in the Digital Age might want to consider enrolling in one of the World Hum two-day travel writing workshops on offer.

The workshops, taught by World Hum’s founders and editors, Michael Yessis and Jim Benning, will run on the following dates at the Travel Channel headquarters in Washington, D.C.:

April 10 - April 11
June 5 - June 6
Aug. 7 - Aug. 8
Oct. 16 - Oct. 17
Dec. 11 - Dec. 12

The workshops are aimed to provide participants with information on how to turn travel tales into compelling travel stories that magazine and website editors will want to print, on how to create and write dynamic travel blogs and audio slideshows, and how to utilize social media networks to establish firm travel writing credentials.

Click here for more information.

Lonely Planet Photography Contest...

For as long as I can remember, there have been Lonely Planet guidebooks available to help travelers travel.

With their publication of the 15th edition of the guide to Australia, Lonely Planet has officially published it's 100 millionth book.

Lonely Planet is celebrating this milestone by inviting travelers to share photographs of their favorite travel experiences online.

The Lonely Planet Photo Competition is open to travelers around the world. You don't have to be a professional photographer. All you need is a travel image you want to share.

Each photo will be judged on how it tells a story - through combined image and a caption - and whether it captures the adventurous free spirit of Lonely Planet and getting to the heart of a place.

So go ahead and dig out your favorite travel image and who knows, you might just win the grand prize - round-the-world trip for two - or one of 200 Nokia handsets valued at around $740.

Images can be uploaded at http://www.lonelyplanet.com/win until July 28th, 2010.

Finalists will be announced August 18th and the grand-prize winner will be announced August 26th.

Soultravelers3: From Travel Blog to Travel Book

When Soultravelers3 hit the road and started a blog back in 2006 they hadn't planned on becoming pioneers and trendsetters in family travel. But they did.

They never thought that their blog would become so popular. But it did.

They never dreamed that the New York Times would be interested in their story. But it was.

And they never really planned on ending up with a book contract. But now they have.

Learn more about their path from travelers to bloggers to future authors with this interesting post New York Times Q&A With Soultravelers3 on Frugal Traveler

Way to go...

Bloggers Meetup in Los Angeles

Travel bloggers in Los Angeles (or even just passing through) might want to check out this Blogger meet up co-hosted by The Vacation Gals and Uptake and television producer and freelance writer Kim Tracy Prince.

Here's the details:

Date: February 28, 2010 from 3.00 pm.

Location: The Huntley Hotel in Santa Monica

What's on offer: Uptake, one of the fastest growing travel sites, is running the Blog Traffic Seminar from 3:00 to 4:00PM, with hors d’oeuvres, cocktails and networking to follow.

If you think you can attend RSVP here.

Perceptive Travel looking for a new travel blogger...

Looking for an outlet for your travel writing?

Want to work with a great team of writers (Sheila Scarborough, Allison Stein Wellner and me)led by editor Tim Leffel?

Then you might want to apply for the travel blogger posiiton over at Perceptive Travel Blog

Here's the original post...


Perceptive Travel is Looking for a Blogger

We’re all sad to say goodbye to Antonia Malchik, who is backing off from here to spend time giving birth to a second child and work on some less timely writing pursuits. We can’t argue with that. See her sign-off note here.

So that means we’ve got a spot open for a new blogger to join us. I’ve posted a special page on the website that gives a lowdown on what’s required of the position, what kind of person we are looking for, and what it pays. (Hint—the money is probably not the main reason you would want to do this…)

As a branch of the Perceptive Travel webzine, which regularly wins writing awards and gets into those “best travel writing” book anthologies, we want a real writer. This is not some blogging sweatshop throwing up banal content just meant to feed a big network owned by search engine marketers. So as you’ll see if you follow the link, you will need to prove you belong in the company of Sheila, Alison, and Liz—-and can fill Antonia’s shoes. (Though we wouldn’t mind a guy who wouldn’t be able to put on her shoes: it would be nice to have a smidgen of testosterone in the mix now and then.)

Interested in trying out? Go read the new blogger guidelines.