Faculty members of the Missouri School of Journalism judged the competition, with Prof. John Fennell, Prof. Jennifer Rowe and administrative assistant Kim Townlain coordinating. There were 1,406 entries, a near record high. In the following list of winners, numbers in parentheses denote number of entries in the category. For questions, contact: Mary Lu Abbott, SATW Foundation administrator, 281-217-2872, or awards@satwf.com.
Category 101: Grand Award — Lowell Thomas Travel Journalist of the Year (40)
Gold: Todd Pitock, freelance writer
Silver: Tim Neville, freelance writer (CLICK HERE to access all of Tim Neville's articles.)
Bronze: Christopher Solomon, freelance writer
Honorable Mention: Melanie Radzicki McManus, freelance writer
Category 102: Newspaper Travel Sections/Coverage (10)
102A — Newspapers with 350,000 or more circulation
Gold: The New York Times, Monica Drake, Travel Editor
Silver: The Boston Globe, Chris Morris, Travel Editor
Bronze: Los Angeles Times, Catharine Hamm, Travel Editor
102B — Newspapers under 350,000 circulation
Gold: San Francisco Chronicle, Spud Hilton, Travel Editor
Silver: The Seattle Times, Kristin Jackson, Travel Editor
Bronze: The Plain Dealer (Cleveland), Susan Glaser, Travel Editor
Category 103: Magazines (18)
103A — Travel Magazines
Gold: National Geographic Traveler, the late Keith Bellows, Editor-in-Chief; Norie Quintos, Executive Editor
Silver: Afar, Julia Cosgrove, Editor-in-Chief
Bronze: Travel + Leisure, Nancy Novogrod, retiring Editor-in-Chief; Nathan Lump, Editor-in-Chief
103B — Travel Coverage in Other Magazines
Gold: Departures, Richard David Story, Editor-in-Chief
Silver: Outside, Christopher Keyes, Editor
Bronze: Private Clubs, Don Nichols, Editor-in-Chief
Category 104: U.S./Canada Travel (135)
Gold: Kim Severson, “Little Bit Country, Little Bit Gay,” The New York Times
Silver: Matt Jaffe, “Two Men and a Truck,” Arizona Highways
Bronze: Jacob Baynham, “Land of Plenty,” Coastal Living
Category 105: Foreign Travel (165)
Gold: Andrew McCarthy, “Untamed Ireland,” Travel + Leisure
Silver: Carl Hoffman, “It Takes a Village,” National Geographic Traveler
Bronze: Todd Pitock, “The Rebirth of Awe,” National Geographic Traveler
Honorable Mention: Bruce Schoenfeld, “Spanish Inclination,” National Geographic Traveler
Category 106: Photo Illustration of Travel (89)
Gold: Brian Peterson, “Wild World in Bloom,” Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
Silver: Aaron Huey, “The Road to Wellville,” National Geographic Traveler
Bronze: Kari Medig, “The Great Canadian Safari,” Air Canada enRoute
Honorable Mention: James Whitlow Delano, “Traveler in the Sunset Clouds,” Smithsonian Magazine
Category 107: Special Packages/Projects (37)
Gold: “Canada’s Best New Restaurants 2014,” Air Canada enRoute magazine and multimedia,
Andrew Braithwaite, author; John Cullen, photographer; and enRoute-Spafax Canada staff
Silver: “50 Reasons to Love the World,” BBC Travel, Jim Benning and Allison Busacca, editors
Bronze: “My European Ritual,” The New York Times, multiple contributors and staff
Category 108: Cruise Travel (54)
Gold: Andrew Sessa, “Trip the Lights Fantastic,” Houston Chronicle
Silver: Eddy Hartenstein, “South of Everything,” Los Angeles Times
Bronze: John Flinn, “Smaller Cruise Ships in Alaska Offer Big Close-ups,” San Francisco Chronicle
Category 109: Adventure Travel (76)
Gold: Elizabeth Weil, “The Woman Who Walked 10,000 Miles (No Exaggeration) in Three Years,”
The New York Times Magazine
Silver: Christopher Solomon, “Baked Alaska,” Outside
Bronze: Aaron Teasdale, “Maya Medicine,” SUP (Stand-Up Paddling) Magazine
Category 110: Travel News/Investigative Reporting (39)
Gold: Grayson Schaffer, “Black Year,” Outside
Silver: Tracy Ross, “Vanished,” Backpacker
Bronze: Mark Seal, “A Line in the Sand,” Departures
Category 111: Service-Oriented Consumer Work (100)
Gold: “The Procrastinator’s Survival Guide to Summer Travel,” Sunset Magazine, with Christine Ryan, writer;
Andrea Minarcek, editor; David Zaitz, photography; and Supriya Kalidas, design
Silver: “20 Ways to Travel Better,” Travel + Leisure, Amy Farley, Brooke Porter Katz, Nikki Ekstein and staff,
with photography by Andrew B. Myers
Bronze: Debra Bokur, “Gateways to Gastronomy/Upscale and Healthy Restaurants in Airports,” Global Traveler
Honorable Mention: Irene S. Levine, “Bicycle Vacations: Boomers’ Latest Travel Trend,” PBS Next Avenue
Category 112: Environmental Tourism (51)
Gold: Austin Merrill, “Into the Arctic,” Departures
Silver: Jeff Greenwald, “A Natural Selection,” Westways
Bronze: Rowan Jacobsen, “The River Was Everywhere and Nowhere,” Outside
Honorable Mention: Caroline Alexander, “Five Hundred Pounds of Stealth,” Outside
Category 113: Cultural Tourism (127)
Gold: Patrick Symmes, “Bonfire of the Humanities,” Outside
Silver: Eliza Griswold, “Poetry Slam,” Outside
Bronze: Don George, “Piecing Together Puzzles in Cambodia,” BBC Travel
Honorable Mention: Miranda S. Spivack, “In Spain, a Mosaic of Ruins Forms a Picture of Life
in a Major Outpost of the Roman Empire,” The Washington Post
Category 114: Personal Comment (117)
Gold: Sarah Khan, “Once a Land of Princes and Palaces,” The New York Times
Silver: Marcia DeSanctis, “Travelling Solo in the World’s Most Romantic Country,” BBC Travel
Bronze: Jeff MacGregor, “La Dolce Via,” Smithsonian Magazine
Honorable Mention: Ian Gordon, “The Fierce Life and Too-Soon Death of My Unlikely Cuban Friends,” Mother Jones
Category 115: Special-Purpose Travel (105)
Gold: David Farley, “Ashes to Ashes,” Afar
Silver: Andrew McCarthy, “Steeped in Darjeeling,” National Geographic Traveler
Bronze: Joshua Hammer, “Dream Machine,” Smithsonian Magazine
Category 116: Short Work on Travel (82)
Gold: Mary Bergin, “In Nuremberg, Bratwurst Is an Institution, and Now a Museum Exhibit,” Chicago Tribune
Silver: Robert Stephens, “The Secret to Happ…,” Islands
Bronze: Kat Tancock, “Running All Over Town,” Canadian Business
Category 117: Travel Book (27)
Gold: Karen Berger, with photography by Bart Smith, “America’s Great Hiking Trails,” Rizzoli International Publications
Silver: Michael Meyer, “In Manchuria: A Village Called Wasteland and the Transformation of Rural China,” Bloomsbury Press
Bronze: Phil Karber, “Postmarks From a Political Traveler,” Paradigm Publishers
Category 118: Guidebook (28)
Gold: Rob Rachowiecki, with photography by Vance Jacobs, “National Geographic Traveler: Peru,” National Geographic Books
Silver: Robert Walker, “Okinawa and the Ryukyu Islands,” Tuttle Publishing
Bronze: Andrew Dier, “Moon: Colombia,” Avalon Travel
Honorable Mention: Anne Vipond and William Kelly, “Best Anchorages of the Inside Passage,” Ocean Cruise Guides
Category 119: Travel Journalism Websites (18)
Gold: OutsideOnline.com/Adventure-Travel, Outside, Christopher Keyes, Editor
Silver RoadsAndKingdoms.com, Roads & Kingdoms, Nathan Thornburgh and Matt Goulding, chief editors/publishers
Bronze: CiaoBambino.com, Ciao Bambino!, Amie O’Shaughnessy, founder and managing editor
Honorable Mention: Afar.com, Afar Media, Davina Baum, Digital Content Director
Category 120: Audio Travel Broadcast (16)
Gold: Rudy Maxa, “Rudy Maxa’s World: June 2014,” syndicated radio travel show
Silver: Paul Lasley and Elizabeth Harryman, “Traveling With Paul Lasley & Elizabeth Harryman:
Margie Goldsmith Gets Engaged in Bali,” OnTravel Media
Bronze: Thomas C. Wilmer, “Journeys of Discovery With Tom Wilmer: Discover Montserrat,” National Public Radio podcast
Category 121: Video Travel Broadcast (34)
Gold: Rick Steves, “Rick Steves’ The Holy Land: Israelis and Palestinians Today,” American Public Television
Silver: Bob Krist, “Day of the Dead in Oaxaca,” National Geographic Traveler Intelligent Travel blog
Bronze: The New York Times staff, “36 Hours,” The New York Times
Honorable Mention: Christine van Blokland, “Curious Traveler: Curious About … London,” Public Broadcasting System
Category 122: Travel Blogs (38)
Gold: ThePlanetD.com, Dave Bouskill and Debra Corbeil
Silver: LegalNomads.com, Jodi Ettenberg
Bronze: VoyageVixens.com, Lanee Lee Neil and Lindsay Taub
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