October 18, 2008
Dear: Anita Alan:
On behalf of the Society of American Travel Writers Foundation, congratulations!
You are an award winner in the prestigious SATW Foundation Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition.
Winners were announced today, Oct. 18, in Houston, Texas, during the annual convention of the Society of American Travel Writers and annual meeting of the SATW Foundation, which oversees the contest. Monetary awards for individual winners this year total $19,850….
We are proud to honor your outstanding work. Please use this occasion to trumpet your success and draw attention to the best of what travel journalists do, serving their readers with honest, ethical, accurate, responsible accounts and pictures of the Earth and its people….
Congratulations again.
David G. Molyneaux
President
LOWELL THOMAS
TRAVEL JOURNALISM COMPETITION
24 Years of Rewarding Journalists for Outstanding Work in the Field
The SATW Foundation sponsors the annual Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition. The competition began in 1985, and today awards nearly $20,000 annually in prize money for outstanding work in print and on the Internet. It is the premier competition in this field, like the Pulitzer Prizes for travel journalism. It has gained its stature for several reasons, most notably:
- it does not promote any particular destination or travel product,
- it is open to all North American journalists, not just SATW members, and
- it is judged independently by the faculty at top U.S. schools of journalism
Travel Book Awards:
Gold: Nesreen Khashan and Jim Bowman, editors, Encounters with the Middle East, Travelers’ Tales/Solas House
Silver: Susan Fox Rogers, editor, Antarctica: Life on the Ice, Travelers’ Tales/Solas House
Bronze: Anita Alan, author, Big Sur Inn: The Deetjen Legacy, Gibbs Smith, Publisher
Judges’ comments:
Bronze: Anita Alan, author, Big Sur Inn: The Deetjen Legacy, Gibbs Smith, Publisher
Whether or not you’ve visited the historic Big Sur Inn, the romantic photographs, poems and recollections of the place will enchant you. Intensely detailed, this book explores the California inn as well as the rich lives of the owners and founders.
