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Current Writers Contest Winner
Best Travel Story Arizona

Elaine Glusac
for “Blood from Stones”
published in The New York Times, April 18, 2018

About the Author:
Elaine Glusac is a Chicago-based freelancer who writes about travel, food and offbeat personalities such as a duct-tape artist, a chef who once subsisted on grass and a former media mogul restoring his private New Mexico lands to pre-western-contact states. She is a regular contributor to The New York Times, where in addition to writing features and news she subs on the Getaway column. She’s a contributing editor at Virtuoso Life, a special correspondent for AFAR.com and enjoys a longstanding relationship with Private Clubs


The contest prize includes round-trip air and a one-week vacation for two exploring Arizona. A custom itinerary will be developed based on winner’s area of interest.  Read Elaine’s Story:

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Next Contest

For Best Story on Québec

Manuscripts Due November 1, 2018


See all past contest winners from 1997-2018.  


Current Contest:

Best Story on Quebec 2018

Previous Contests:

Best Story on Arizona 2017

Best Story on Ireland 2017

Best Story on Arizona 2016 

Best Story on Switzerland 2016 

Best Story on British Columbia 2016  

Best Travel Story on Arizona 2013 

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