New Travel Writer of the Year

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Unpublished writers were invited to submit a piece on the theme; ‘A Hasty Exit.’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

Bradt New Travel Writer of the Year Shortlist

Every 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.