Monday, 28 October 2013

National Geographic release travel writing and photo contest

Globetrotters with a flair for photos and words are being ask to go in National Geographic Traveller UK’s yearly photography and writing contest.

They’re challenges that give promising writers and photographers a worldwide stage and a byline or photo credit in the global publicaton.
But to succeed the writing competition, scribes must be brief and economical as they have to pinch their life-altering and inspirational travel understanding into just 200 words.
The winner will get a Ten day trip through Vietnam for 2 people, counting return flights from Gatwick with Vietnam Airlines, as well as the possibility to write about their knowledge on the magazine’s online blog.
Less a scribe and more of a photo-storyteller? The photography challenge request shutterbugs with an eye for capturing distinct instant to present their best snaps. The winning shooter will be pleased with a Thirteen day trek through the Arctic aboard the Sea Explorer.
Want an thought of the caliber of writing needed to clutch a National Geographic Traveller editor's attention? The 2013 winner penned a richly evocative essay about the Huichol Indians of Mexico, comparing their physicality to the land they live in.
“Ravaged, cracked and ambiguous, the rocky landscape of western Mexico stand an uncanny similarity to the skin of the Huichol Indians who live in it, as if it were somehow prearranged into their DNA,” wrote Ben Taub in his winning entry.
“Studying the stony texture of the tribesmen’s faces it’s easy to picture how they came to admit the earth as their mother.”
The deadline for the writing contest in January 24, 2014, while the time limit for the photo contest is December 9, 2013.
For details on how to enter, visit http://natgeotraveller.co.uk/competitions/.

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