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Home / About Us / Contests / Travel Writing Contest for Women

Travel Writing Contest for Women

Here are the winners from our most recent contest. Please subscribe to our newsletter to learn about future contests.

Grand Prize winner: Rebecca Myers for Missing the Best Shot
Adventure Category winner: Maureen Fisher for Tale of the Toilet Frog
Food & Drink Category winner: Jan DeGrass for Toasting the Tuscan Kitchen
Passion Category winner: Sarah Katin for The International Expiration Date
Spiritual Category winner: Shara Johnson for My Only Prayer

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Have a thrilling tale to tell? A story that pulls on heart strings (or zip-line cords)? We have four categories this year in our 6th annual WanderWomen Write Travel Writing Contest (for women). Submit your story under Adventure, Food & Drink, Passion, or Spiritual.

The Prizes

  • Grand Prize – Six-night stay for two at the beautiful Westin Golf Resort & Spa, Playa Conchal on the Pacific Ocean of Costa Rica including two $600 airfare vouchers on Expedia. (Approximate total value $4,080.)
  • 4 Best in Category prizes will be awarded. These winners will each receive a Briggs & Riley TORQ Carry-on bag. (Approximate value $479.)

WIN a 6-night stay at the Westin Golf Resort & Spa,

Playa Conchal, Costa Rica, including airfare vouchers!

Westin Costa Rica

How to win

  • Write a travel story (yes, you can enter more than once!)
  • Submit your travel story before 11:59 PM PST, December 31, 2013
  • Winners will be announced in mid-February, 2014

See Guidelines on How to Submit your story.

Westin Costa Rica

The Trip

The Grand Prize winner can invite a friend on this 6-night stay at the Westin Golf Resort & Spa in Playa Conchal, Costa Rica, which includes two $600 airfare vouchers from Expedia. Read more about this luxury trip for two.

Category Prizes

Each of the four category winners will Briggs & Riley TORQreceive a TORQ carry-on bag from Briggs & Riley.

The Judges

Professionals from the world of travel writing will decide the top story in each category as well as one Grand Prize winner. Judges include:

  • Harriet Baskas, Travel Writer
  • Rosalind Cummings-Yeates, Travel and Culture Writer
  • Angela Nickerson, Writer, Photographer, Traveler
  • Lauren Van Mullem – Travel Writer, Photographer

About the Westin Golf Resort & Spa

Located steps from the beach, the all-inclusive Westin Golf Resort & Spa, Playa Conchal on the Pacific Ocean shores of Costa Rica has everything you could ask for including two outdoor pools, on-site dining at any of the 7 restaurants, ocean views, golf.

Starwood’s first all-inclusive resort, the Westin Golf Resort & Spa sits amidst lush forest in the Guanacaste region of Costa Rica on Playa Conchal. The resort is set on nearly 2,500 acres, featuring multiple swimming pools, gardens, tennis courts, a championship golf course, numerous restaurants, a spa, and more. Notable nearby attractions include Flamingo Beach, Brasilito Beach, Penca Beach, and Las Baulas de Guanacaste National Marine Park.

The hotel’s spa features a hydrotherapy Jacuzzi pool, private indoor cabins for treatments, and an extensive menu of body and facial treatments. Each of the 400+ spectacular guest rooms come equipped with a plasma TV, minibar, iPod docking station, a living room with couch, and either a balcony or terrace.

Tell Your Friends!

Forward this page to other WanderWomen to let them know about this incredible opportunity to enter this travel writing contest and to win this 6-night stay at the Westin Golf Resort & Spa, including two $600 vouchers for airfare on Expedia.

For more information about the contest:

  • See how to submit your travel story.
  • See our panel of judges.
  • See past winners.
  • See details about the Grand Prize.
  • See details about the Best in Category prizes.
  • See Wanderlust and Lipstick’s Terms and Conditions.
  • See the contest’s Frequently Asked Questions page.

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