Launched in 2015, the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards (ESTWA) seek to celebrate the best travel writing, and travel writers, in the world.
Titles have been shortlisted for the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year in association with the Authors’ Club for their innovative and/or literary merit with content which is relevant, useful or inspiring to travellers.
Continue reading Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year ShortlistEvery year we get so excited to hear the Bradt Guides New Travel Writer of the Year shortlist because we know one day we’ll be seeing these names when putting books on our shelves. This year the entrants were invited to submit an original piece of writing of between 600-800 words on the theme ‘I’d love to go back’ focusing on the destination they most want to return to when travel opens up again, and what it is about that place that draws them back.
Continue reading Bradt New Travel Writer of the Year ShortlistThe 2020 Edward Stanfords Travel Writing Awards were held on the 26th February at the London Transport Museum, hosted by Julia Bradbury.
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To view all the shortlists and winners please see: https://www.stanfords.co.uk/edward-stanford-travel-writing-awards
Now in its fifth year, the prestigious Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards (ESTWA) exists to champion the very best travel writing in the world. The nominations include both multi-award winning titles and debut authors with books that will both stimulate thought and inspire travel, while bringing lesser-known parts of the world sharply into focus.
The shortlist of 57 books, divided into ten awards categories, will take the reader on a fascinating, and sometimes challenging, voyage into our planet’s past and future, across the seven continents and into hidden corners and unexplored cultures.
Continue reading World-Class Shortlist Announced for the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2020The shortlists for the 2019 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards have been announced and contain an eclectic mix of writing from around the globe. This year we have introduced a new award Travel Memoir of the Year. Here are the full shortlists: Continue reading The 2019 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards Shortlist
The shortlists for the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards in association with Hayes & Jarvis was announced last night at the National Liberal Club, London.
You can find out more details about the 43 shortlisted books here.
As well as the book categories we have the Bradt Travel Guides New Travel Writer of the Year and the Lonely Planet Pathfinders Travel Blog of the Year:
You can read the shortlisted entries for New Travel Writer of the Year:
Mabrat Yellem by Joanna Griffin
The Village Sledge Run by Alan Packer
Yes. No. It’s a little difficult. by Chris Walsh
You can view the shortlisted entries for Travel Blog of the Year:
All the winner will be announced on the evening of 1st February, when the Edward Stanford Award for Outstanding Contribution to Travel Writing will also been announced.
