Lisa Alpine has two very different travel-writing workshops coming up: Saturday, February 5, 2011 (10 am-4 pm) Travel Writing: Mapping Out the Route to Your Dream Profession Fee: $110 The Writing Salon · Berkeley, CA April 13-22, 2011 Capturing the Adventure in Africa: Writing Travel Vignettes...

Lisa Alpine has two very different travel-writing workshops coming up: Saturday, February 5, 2011 (10 am-4 pm) Travel Writing: Mapping Out the Route to Your Dream Profession Fee: $110 The Writing Salon · Berkeley, CA April 13-22, 2011 Capturing the Adventure in Africa: Writing Travel Vignettes...

Thanks go to Karen Misuraca for sending this information: It’s that time of year to submit your best tourism-oriented stories and photos published on Canada in 2010. The 14th annual Northern Lights Awards for Excellence in Travel Journalism and Photography is open to magazines, newspapers, independent...

Thanks go to Karen Misuraca for sending this information: It’s that time of year to submit your best tourism-oriented stories and photos published on Canada in 2010. The 14th annual Northern Lights Awards for Excellence in Travel Journalism and Photography is open to magazines, newspapers, independent...

Balloon Man San Francisco Gay Parade (photo © Lee Foster) Congratulations go to Lee Foster, who won two 2011 SATW Muster Photo Competition Awards.  Here are the details: Lee’s “Balloon Man San Francisco Gay Parade” won the Silver Award in the People — General Category. His “California...

"Best Women's Travel Writing 2011" Congratulations go to Laurie Weed, whose essay “The Goddess of Wealth”, about confronting what money can and cannot buy in a poor Nepali tenement, will be included in the forthcoming Best Women’s Travel Writing 2011 (Travelers’ Tales).

Here’s news from David Laws: As many BATW members know, I have been associated with the Computer History Museum in Mountain View (NOT the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose) for many years. After being closed for 6 months, the Computer History Museum reopened on January 13, 2011...

After the January meeting held at El Rancho Best Western Inn & Suites, several members wrote about the hotel: Ed Walsh wrote several examiner.com articles: Main story on the El Rancho: http://www.examiner.com/gay-travel-in-san-francisco/el-rancho-inn-near-san-francisco-airport-offers-great-park-and-fly-option ...

Former BATW President Diane LeBow says: “Hip, Hip, Hurray for the new BATW leadership team. Transitions are complete and everything is moving along smoothly. Special thanks to Dick Jordan for taking over as BATW webmaster and offering so much invaluable and enthusiastic expertise and support.”

Tom Wilmer says: “Here are some recent posts about [my] new Wine Seeker’s Guide to Livermore Valley“: Dick Jordan‘s wonderful Book Passage Christmas gift book Blog: http://blog.bookpassage.com/2010/12/think-globally-give-locally-authored.html New Times Arts & Entertainment...