Do you think you have what it takes to be a travel writer? Then submit a travel essay based on your personal experience and you may just get Win a Travel Writing Scholarship 2010 with travel mentor, Simon Richmond. The scholarship includes airfare, accommodations, meals and travel expense to Tokyo, Japan where you will be staying for 7 days to write for "The Rough Guide to Japan" travel guide and another 4 days to enjoy "Flavours of Tokyo" tour with Intrepid Travel. This is a great opportunity for non-professional writers!

Contest Requirements:

• Open to students, emerging and non-professional writers and lovers of travel looking for a career change
• High degree of proficiency in written English
• Must be comfortable doing some travel on your own
• Minimum age 18 with a current passport
• Be available between February 15 - 26 2010 to participate in 'The Rough Guide to Japan' writing assignment and "Flavours of Tokyo" independent tour with Intrepid Travel
  

Contest Mechanics:

1. Write a 500 word (or less) travel focused essay based on a personal experience around one of the following themes:
   
• 'A Journey that Changed Lives'
• 'Responsible Travel'
• 'Adventure in an Unknown Culture'
• 'A Memorable Experience Involving Food in a Foreign Country'
2. Judging Criteria
• great descriptive ability
• strong eye for detail
• ability to uncover and tell a compelling story
• excellent spelling and grammar and a knack for avoiding clichés
3. Entry Guidelines
• Complete an entry form which includes contact details and a 200 word (or less) essay on why you should be chosen and what the opportunity will mean for you
• must be submitted in English
4. One entry per person
5. View complete contest mechanics

Contest Period: November 6 - December 21, 2009 (11.59PM AEST)

Contest Prize:

• Scholarship Prize (Total prize value of scholarship is approximately AUD$7,760)
• 1x return economy flight to trip destination Narita Tokyo departing from the nearest international airport to the scholarship recipient's home
  
• 7 day assignment in Tokyo, Japan, reviewing and updating for The Rough Guide to Japan, including a stipend of AU$100 a day to cover meals and local transport
• 7 day 3-4 star accommodation in Tokyo, Japan with Hotels.com
• 4 day "Flavours of Tokyo" independent tour with Intrepid Travel including accommodation, activities and some meals
• Mentorship with travel writer Simon Richmond of Rough Guide
  
  

Upside:

• FREE to do
• Online submission
• Great opportunity for non-professional writers
  

Downside:

• Open worldwide
• Only 1 winner

For more information, log on to journals.worldnomads.com


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