Thank you to all members who submitted pieces for consideration into the BATW anthology. We’ve received more than 60 entries, and everything is on schedule for the judging period to begin Nov. 15. The selections to be included will be announced March 1 (in the March 1 website update). And mark your...

Advance Your Work with a Submission to BATW’s Anthology By Elisa Southard, Board Member and Chair, BATW Anthology Deadline: Oct. 15. Entries: 75. Word count: 800-1800. Shelf life: digitally unlimited. If you have not submitted your entry for the inaugural BATW anthology, grab some papyrus, for this...

Elisa Southard and Sandy Sims recently sent the following update to our new Anthology in progress. Dear BATW Members: We are thrilled to be getting an early response to the call for submissions for BATW’s first ebook and print-on-demand anthology contest. Along with these early submissions have...

BATW represents the best of the best travel writers. Our work appears worldwide in some of the finest magazines, newspapers, and online publications. In light of the growing need to be our own advocates, BATW has decided to showcase member works. Instead of giving out awards in 2012, BATW is going...

“From Sensory to Senses: BATW February, 2011, Meeting” by Elisa Southard Laura Fraser (photos © John Montgomery) Recently, a friend told me that in his youth, an adult wrapped his fingers around a musical instrument. He related, “They channeled all the kids in my group that way, but I...

Lee Foster The Rebecca Bruns Award is awarded bi-annually by Bay Area Travel Writers to one of its members whose dedication, both personally and professionally, has had a significant influence on fellow travel writers and their profession. Naturally, outstanding success is part of the equation, but...

Many thanks, again, to all the judges (whose names are listed below) and to Karen Misuraca and her expert crew of Patricia Arrigoni, Lee Daley and Stephanie Levin for putting together such a fine awards contest.  Thanks also to everyone who submitted articles and photographs, even if your name didn’t...

Congratulations to Sandy Sims and Peter Delevett, winners in the third annual Solas Awards for Best Travel Writing, sponsored by Travelers’ Tales.  Sandy won a Silver Award in the “Doing Good or the Kindness of Strangers” category for her essay “A Cultural Lesson Lying in the...

Rebecca Bruns, a inspiration to many BATW members Rebecca Bruns, a founding member of BATW and one of our shining stars, had her trajectory cut tragically short by illness in 1994, at the age of 44. That she remains a muse to many of us is a testament to both her brilliance and her generosity of spirit. Rebecca...

Rebecca Bruns, a founding member of BATW and one of our shining stars, had her trajectory cut tragically short by illness. That she remains a muse to many of us is a testament to both her brilliance and her generosity of spirit. Rebecca was a mentor in the true sense of the word, working hard, achieving...