Society of American Travel Writers Foundation

16/11/2024

Two of the winners of this year's SATW Lowell Thomas Awards, Mary Bergin (middle left) and Juliana Broste (middle right), both members of Society of American Travel Writers SATW, with Foundation President Catharine Hamm (far left) and Elizabeth Harryman Lasley (far right), who provided a silvery voice over for the video created by Michael Snell. All together, SATW members received 30 prizes, including Silver Awards in Short Narrative, Service-Oriented Consumer Work and Instagram Storytelling and Gold in Travel Video of Less than Two Minutes, Travel Blog and Guidebook categories. The Silver and Honorable Mention awards for the Travel Journalist of the Year went to SATW members Jill Robinson and Larry Bleiberg, respectively. www.satwf.com for the full list of winners.

16/11/2024

At 40, SATW Foundation Announces the 2024 Recipients of the Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards. Please go to our website for the list of awards. www.satwf.com Congratulations to all of the winners and many thanks to all of the entrants.

Choosing among 1,371 entries, the 27 judges at the University of Missouri School of Journalism conferred 120 awards on editors, writers, photographers, podcasters, social media experts and videographers in the 2024 Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition. The awards were announced at the SATW annual convention in Istanbul, Turkey, this week.

Professor Jennifer Rowe and Carol J. Loomis, faculty fellow, along with Professor Heather Isherwood and newsroom coordinator Ellie Newberry-Wortham, of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, oversaw the judging. “The work produced by travel writers this year reverberated with the joy and surprise of traveling,” she said, “while remaining grounded in current times. Entries were, in turn, ‘playful’ or ‘captivating,’ yet also reflective of the demands of socially conscious travelers.”

Human connection was a theme throughout the entries. One judge noted that the stories are a “ “reminder of why we travel.” In helping audiences meet people, explore places and learn history, travel writers explain people live in and perceive our world. Society of American Travel Writers SATW
Missouri School of Journalism Catharine Hamm

2023-24 COMPETITION Winners of the 2023-24 Lowell Thomas Competition were announced on November 13, 2023 at the SATW Convention in İstanbul, Türkiye. 2023-24 Lowell Thomas Competition Winners were announced at the SATW Convention in İstanbul, Türkiye. Congratulations to all who entered! SEE THE ...

29/02/2024

The SATW Foundation 2023-2024 Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition is open, and the foundation invites print and digital writers, photographers, videographers, book authors and social media journalists to enter their best works for consideration in the prestigious contest. The deadline for entries is Sunday, March 31, 2024. www.satwf.com

The SATW Foundation will award more than $25,000 in prize money to winners at the SATW Convention in Istanbul, Turkey, in early November 2024. The contest is managed electronically, using the BetterBNC Sanctioned Awards Platform (https://betternewspapercontest.com/).

Again, this year, the entries will be judged by the faculty from the University of Missouri School of Journalism, whose communication, journalism, writing and media program is regarded as among the best in the U.S. www.satwf.com Missouri School of Journalism Society of American Travel Writers SATW

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