Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards

Shortlisted Entries Announced for the 2025 New Travel Writer of the Year

Over the next few weeks the judging will commence for the 2025 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards Presented by Viking. Yesterday the shortlisted entries for the Bradt New Travel Writer of the Year were announced.

Unpublished writers were invited to submit a piece on the theme; ‘A Hasty Exit.’

Here are the finalists, highly commended and commended pieces:

ESTWA Shortlist Announced at Stanfords

Last night we announced the shortlists for the 2025 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards Presented by Viking. Thank you to everyone who joined us in celebrating the best travel writing in the world.

Here are the shortlists:

Submissions for the 2025 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards Presented by Viking are now OPEN

Launched in 2015, the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards (ESTWA) seek to celebrate the best travel writing and travel writers in the world. For the second year we are partnering with Viking to bring you four awards:

The Covenant of Water, Winner of the Viking Fiction with a Sense of Place Award

Last week at the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese won the Viking Fiction with a Sense of Place Award.

Such is the nature of our business, it’s no surprise that often the winning authors are travelling or not based in London so are unable to attend the event. Luckily Abraham’s globe trophy was accepted on behalf of him by his publisher, but he did send these words;

Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2024 In Pictures

The 2024 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards in partnership with Viking.

20 March 2024 at Stanfords, Covent Garden.

Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2024 Winners Announced

Many of the world’s greatest travel writers gathered at Stanfords last night to celebrate the ninth Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards (ESTWAs) presented by Viking, the world’s leading exploration company.

This year 18 books made the shortlists, divided into five awards categories with winners being both debut authors and multi-award-winning writers.

Each award winner was presented with a hand-made globe by Lander & May on the Isle of Wight featuring a design produced exclusively for the awards.

And the winners are…

Explore the shortlisted titles in the Viking Award for Fiction with a Sense of Place category

Here at Stanfords we get a lot of customers asking for recommendations for fiction set in the place they are planning to go so that they can enjoy some in situ reading. With the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards later on this month, we thought we would take a closer look at the shortlisted titles in the Viking Award for Fiction with a Sense of Place category. Perhaps something on the list will inspire your next trip.

2023 ESTWA Children’s Book of the Year Shortlist Announced

We are so excited to share the shortlisted books for the Children’s Travel Book of the Year. This category celebrated fiction or non-fiction title for pre-teens which inspires a love of travel, exploration and adventure.

The 2023 Children’s Travel Book of the Year Shortlist:

Bradt Guides 2023 New Travel Writer of the Year Longlist Announced

The world’s best competition for unpublished travel writers. In association with the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards.

For over twenty years, the Bradt Guides ‘New Travel Writer of the Year’ competition has been seeking out and championing new writing talent. Previous winners and finalists in the competition have gone on to see their work published in newspapers, travel magazines and books.

Here are the 2023 Longlisted entries:

2023 Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year Shortlist Announced

The Shortlist for the 2023 Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year has been announced. The award, which was open to authors from all across the world, celebrates excellence in literary travel writing.

Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year Shortlist: