LOWELL THOMAS TRAVEL JOURNALISM COMPETITION
26 Years of Rewarding Journalists for Outstanding Work in the Field



February 2010

Dear Journalists: 

Welcome to the 26th Annual Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition. We have a newly upgraded Web site this year, so entry materials may look a little different but everything remains similar to last year. We have 27 categories. Entry fees remain the same, and we still award more than $20,000 in prize money to winners. 

For those new to the competition, we have categories for print, online and multimedia works and for travel photography and both audio and video broadcast. Our Grand Award designates the Lowell Thomas Travel Journalist of the Year. We recognize the Best Newspaper Travel Sections, with subdivisions by circulation; the Best Travel Magazine; Best Travel Coverage in Other Magazines; Best Online Travel Journalism Site; Best Travel Book; and Best Guidebook. Our newest category, added last year, is for Travel Blogs.
Judges will again be the faculty at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Journalism and Mass Communication, with Winston Cavin as coordinator. 

Of particular note for 2010:
  • You can pay for entries online with a credit card or your PayPal account through our PayPal button. On the lefthand menu under 2010 Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition, click on 2010 Entry Form, where you will find instructions and the PayPal button (at the bottom of the page).
  • If you pay by check or money order, remember these must be in U.S. funds; we cannot accept them in other currency. Send only one check for your total amount of entries.
  • Only one copy of the entry is needed. 
 The basics:
  • Deadline: Entries must be postmarked by April 1, 2010.
  • Eligibility period: April 1, 2009, through March 31, 2010, except as noted in specific categories.
  • Eligibility: Entrants must be North American journalists. Foreign journalists living/working outside North America are not eligible.
  • Judges: Be sure to mail entries as instructed to the UNC-Chapel Hill.
  • Questions: Contact us via email at awards@satwf.com or via our Web site, www.satwf.com, or call Mary Lu Abbott, administrator, at 713-973-9985.
  • Getting materials: We now e-mail this call for entries and post all entry information and materials online for your convenience. If someone needs to receive printed materials, we can do that by request. Contact us as noted above.
  • Click on each of the following to download materials – Rules, Eligibility & Preparation of Entries, Categories and Entry Form. Please look carefully at all materials and the list of categories. 
Good luck with your entries. 

David Molyneaux
President