Best of BATW 2004

Congratulations to all the winners, and many thanks to everyone who helped to make our first awards such a great success!

Rebecca Bruns Award for Outstanding Achievement

This year’s recipient is Christopher Baker. One of BATW’s founding members, he has not only given much to the organization but has achieved significant success as a travel writer.

Press Kits

  • Gold: Malei Jessee Weir (Santa Maria Valley Visitor & Convention Bureau)
  • Silver: Catherine Boire (DNC Parks & Resorts at Asilomar)

Websites

Magazine Articles

  • Gold: Carol Canter (Bologna—Italy’s City of Towers, in Odyssey magazine)
  • Silver: Carol T. Meyers (Escape to Point Reyes, San Francsico Downtown)
  • Honorable Mention: Dorothy Aksamit (Along the Trail of a Thousand Kasbahs, Tingis Magazine)
  • Honorable Mention: Bob Cooper (Santa Cruz South, San Francisco Chronicle Magazine)

Newspaper Articles

  • Gold: Kay Grant (Yosemite by Model T, which appeared in the Springfield, IL State Journal-Register)
  • Silver: Stephanie Levin (Kauai, which appeared in the Seattle Post Intelligencer)
  • Honorable Mention: Bob Ecker (Esprit de Cold: Quebec City Comes Alive for Carnival in the Dead of Winter, which appeared in the San Diego Union-Tribune)
  • Honorable Mention: Beverly Mann (Artful Tour Reveals Provence's Power to Color Perception, which appeared in the Washington Times)

Photographs

  • Gold: Lee Daley (Woman in Kitchen)
  • Silver: Diane Le Bow (Afghan Woman in Window, Above Kabul)

Books

  • Gold: Bruce Whipperman for Acapulco (Avalon Travel Publishing)
  • Silver: Chris Baker for Cuba Classics: A Celebration of Vintage American Automobiles (Interlink Books)
  • Honorable Mention: Antoinette May for the revised edition of The Yucatan: A Guide to the Land of Maya Mysteries (Wide World Publishing)
  • Honorable Mention: Edward Hasbrouck for the third edition of The Practical Nomad: How to Travel Around the World (Avalon Travel Publishing)