Congrats to Georgia Hesse, who won second place in the Historical-Hobby category, and to Emma Krasov, who won third place in the Independent Travel Blog category, in the 2010 North American Travel Journalists Association (NATJA) contest. Georgia’s lovely winning story, “A Sense of Travel,”...

Congratulations go to Diane Covington whose award-winning article “Finding Gilbert” will be included in Travelers’ Tales’ Best Women’s Travel Writing 2011. In the story, Covington chronicles her journey to find the French orphan her father tried to adopt during World War II. ...

Thanks go to Marc Longwood for sending this tip about finding events world-wide: No doubt, many of you know about Chase’s Calendar of Events, but for those who didn’t (like me), here is a valuable resource for travel and article research. From their website:  “Find out what’s...

Diane LeBow sends an invitation to join her and other contributors to Travelers’ Tales’ Best Women’s Travel Writing 2010 at a Left Coast Writers event at 6 p.m. on Monday, March 14, at Book Passage at the Ferry Building, San Francisco. Diane will read from her Afghan story, “Tea...

Diane LeBow sends an invitation to join her and other contributors to Travelers’ Tales’ Best Women’s Travel Writing 2010 at a Left Coast Writers event at 6 p.m. on Monday, March 14, at Book Passage at the Ferry Building, San Francisco. Diane will read from her Afghan story, “Tea...

Donna Peck sends this news: Celebration Traveler magazine Donna Peck has launched Celebration Traveler magazine with the Winter 2010-2011 issue. The magazine covers celebration trips that focus on the experience. Readers can browse articles by travel experience or by the most popular special-occasion...

Long-time BATW member Carolyn Koenig has recently retired as Editorial Director at Smart Meetings magazine, after nearly five years with the award-winning travel trade publication. (Funny, she says, how the birth of your first grandchild alters your life!) She is returning to the freelance arena and...

Ginger Dingus has the cover feature on her cruise to Arctic Canada in search of polar bears in the winter issue of World of Cruising magazine. The story includes seven of her photos of the tundra and rifle-toting tour guides. She also has a feature on Maui and one on Switzerland in the current issue...

Thanks go to Dick Jordan for sending us this news about Erin Van Rheenen: On Sunday, February 13, 2011, Erin Van Rheenen was a guest on the TV show Bay Area Focus with Susan Sikora broadcast on San Francisco Bay Area Channel 44.  Host Susan Sikora and Erin discussed the practicalities of...

Dick Jordan shares this information: Get The BATW “Badge” For Your Website or Blog! Facebook and Twitter have “badges” that you can add to your Website or blog to signify your participation in those social networks.  So does Tripatini and Travel Blog ...