Congratulations 2011 Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Award winners.

You are welcome to use this template release about the winners. Refer to the full press release at www.satwf.com for more information.
 
And if you would like to do your own release, we’ve also provided the key points to include following this template. Note that links are provided, if desired.
 
_____________________ is a winner in the 2011 Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition, taking the <gold, silver or bronze> in the __________ category for <your winning work> in the <name of publication.>
 
The annual competition is sponsored by the Society of American Travel Writers Foundation. Winners of the awards, the most prestigious in the field of travel journalism, were announced November 10 at the SATW convention, held this year in New Zealand. This is the 27th Lowell Thomas competition and drew more than 1,200 entries. Judges are the faculty at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
 
In honoring <your name’s> work, the judges said: <pick up quote from the judges’ comments>
 
Among other winners, Rick Steves, leading American travel guidebook writer, blogger, social media personality and TV/radio host, is Travel Journalist of the Year. Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel magazine, the Los Angeles Times and the San Francisco Chronicle win top honors as the best travel publications in North America. National Geographic Traveler takes five awards, including best travel website and best cultural tourism article. Outside magazine also collects five awards, including best adventure travel and best investigative stories.
 
The Foundation distributes nearly $20,000 in prize money to individual winners. Generous donations by this year’s underwriters, the Tourist Office for Flanders-Brussels and Travel Guard, help make the prizes possible. For more information about the awards, including a full list of winners and judges’ comments, and SATW, visit www.satwfoundation.org and www.satw.org.
 
 
Or, when writing your own release, here are key points to include: