WRITERS & EDITORS
AWARDS
Congratulations to Rachel Dickinson, Author of The Loneliest Places
Winner/ First Place Memoir
National PEN Women’s 2024 Biennial Letter Competition
“Gold Medal winner from Foreward INDIES for autobiography and memoir, 2023; Best Memoir from ASJA, 2023; winner for best memoir from the National League of American Pen Women, 2023
Read about Rachel and her books at https://www.racheldickinson.com/about
Congratulations to Julia Cosgrove, Editor-in-Chief, AFAR
Winner/ 2023 SATW Lowell Thomas Competition
Best Travel Magazine
Congratulations to Jim Gladstone
Winner: 2023
The Association of LGBTQ+
Journalists Award
For Excellence in Travel Writing
Read Jim’s story
“A Postcard From Berlin“
In Passport Magazine where
Jim is Senior Editor
Travel Classics wishes to congratulate the many conference attendees who are among the
2023 winners of the SATW Foundation Lowell Thomas AWARDS
NEWS
Congratulations to Patrick Perry for being named Editor in Chief of the Saturday Evening Post, America’s oldest magazine. More on Patrick Perry
RESOURCES
IMM North America
January 24-25, 2024
Javits Center, NYC
https://travmedia.com/immnorthamerica/attend-media
Annual NATJA Conference & Marketplace
Galveston Island, Texas
May 14 - 17, 2024
https://www.natja.org/conference/
Book Passage Travel Writers & Photographers Conference
Thursday, August 8 - Sunday, August 11, 2024
Corte Madera, CA (Just north of San Francisco)
https://www.bookpassage.com/travel
Society of American Travel Writers
2024 Annual Convention in Istanbul
November 12-16, 2024
https://satw.org/2024-convention-in-istanbul/
Travel Writers Organizations
Society of American Travel Writers https://satw.org
American Society of Journalists and Authors https://www.asja.org
North American Travel Journalists Association https://www.natja.org
Travel Writers Workshops
Advanced Travel Memoir Workshop – Paris (September 2-6, 2024)
A five-day advanced short course (for returning students and/or experienced writers) on the art and craft of travel memoir and personal essays about journeys and places. Instruction mixes lectures, generative writing assignments, group workshops, and one-on-one consultations.
Beginner Travel Memoir Workshop – Paris (September 9-13, 2024)
A five-day intensive beginners’ short course on the art and craft of travel memoir and personal essays about journeys and places. Instruction mixes lectures, generative writing assignments, group workshops, and one-on-one consultations.
Amanda Castleman Master Class Travel Writing
Write Like a Honey Badger
