WanderWomen Write Contest Winners!

There were nearly 300 stories submitted by about 200 women in the 2nd annual WanderWomen Write travel writing contest. In addition to the shear quantity, the quality of stories submitted was very high, making the judging quite difficult.

Thank you to all of the women who participated. It’s been a joy reading (and in some cases crying and laughing over) your stories. You’re a talented lot and I know we’ll be hearing more from you!

Without further ado, here are the winners…

***Grand Prize Winner – JoAnna Haugen for Building a Family in Kenya

JoAnna has won a 12-day tour through Vietnam with Buffalo Tours!

Category Winners
Adventure – Catherine Ryan Howard for Us Versus the Volcano
Family Fun – Ashley Cultra for Island in the Sun
Food & Drink – Victoria Allman for Stinky Rotten Fish Sauce
Off the Beaten Path – Stephanie Dellosa for Scent of a Secret Self
Spiritual – Kit Habianic for Among the Believers

Each category winner receives a bag from Overland Equipment and a travel pillow and blanket from Cocoon! (See details)

Congratulations!

A big thank you also goes out to our team of judges who had the difficult task of choosing winners.

• Vera Marie Badertscher, Freelance Travel Writer
• Harriet Baskas, Travel Writer
• Rosalind Cummings-Yeates, Travel and Culture Writer
• Anja Mutic, Travel Writer
• Angela Nickerson, Writer, Photographer, Traveler

And a huge huge thanks to Leslie Darling who pre-sorted all stories before they were sent on to the judges.

My sincere wish is that this annual contest continues to foster the dreams of women – both in their travels and their writing. Details for the next contest will be released in late 2010.

Travel Well!

Beth

Related links:
WanderWomen Write Contest
Grand Prize – Tour through Vietnam
The Category Prizes
The Judges

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