Travel Writing Competition

Can you write a winning travel article?

Travel scribes, wordsmiths, scribblers and scrawlers have been invited to enter the 2011 Bradt/Independent on Sunday Travel-Writing Competition.

There are lots of individuals out there who aspire to become successful travel writers; it can seem such a romantic and exciting job... Well, anyway, there are plenty that talk the talk with a wistful faraway gaze but whose commissioned travel tales never seem to take them beyond the kitchen at a dinner party. Now is the opportunity to break out of this mould! If you love travelling and genuinely relish the challenge of a blank page even more, then Bradt and The Independent on Sunday want to hear from you.

This year's theme is ŒUp the Creek, which can be interpreted as a metaphor or taken literally. Entries must contain a strong travel element (obviously) and the maximum length is 800 words. The competition is open to all UK-resident writers, published or unpublished, aged 18 years or over. For more details see bradtguides.com.

This year's main prize is a holiday for two to eastern Turkey, and the winning entry will be published in The Compact Traveller section of The Independent on Sunday. In addition, the winner will be commissioned to write a follow-up article for the newspaper based on their prize visit to eastern Turkey. In addition, there is a special category for unpublished writers, where
the winner's prize is a place on a Travellers' Tales overseas writing course.

The closing date is noon on Friday 20 May 2011. Winners will be announced at a future glittering event held in central London later in the year.

So get scribbling!