Deadline:
September 21, 2024
Location(s)
Online
Overview
Award-winning publisher Travelers’ Tales is the sponsor of The Solas Awards, an annual competition to honor excellence in travel writing. Extraordinary stories about travel and the human spirit have been the cornerstones of our books since 1993. With the Solas Awards we honor writers whose work inspires others to explore.
Details
We’re looking for the best stories about travel and the world funny, illuminating, adventurous, uplifting, scary, inspiring, poignant stories that reflect the unique alchemy that occurs when you enter unfamiliar territory and begin to see the world differently as a result. We hope these awards will be a catalyst for those who love to leave home and tell others about it.
Dates: You can enter year-round. The current competition closes on September 21, 2024.
About Us
The Solas Awards and BestTravelWriting.com were created by Travelers’ Tales, a division of Solas House, Inc., the award-winning publisher of travel literature in Palo Alto, California. We began our publishing odyssey in 1993 with Travelers’ Tales Thailand and quickly moved on to a wide range of thematic books including women’s titles, spirituality, food, humor, adventure, advice, single-author full-length narratives, and classics. In 2004 we published our first collection of Best Travel Writing and in 2005 added The Best Women’s Travel Writing. We publish both lines annually. In 2006 we launched the Solas Awards and BestTravelWriting.com to honor fine writing from the great travel storytellers of our time.Travelers’ Tales was founded by James and Tim O’Reilly and Larry Habegger in 1993. Learn more about Travelers’ Tales at TravelersTales.com.
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Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
Rules: All entries for the award must be true stories. These pieces may have been previously published or not, but the writer must control all rights to the story. Stories may not violate anyone else’s copyright. Stories must be a minimum of 750 words or a maximum of 5,500 words. We recommend, however, shorter pieces in the 1000-3000 word range. To be eligible for the award, all entries and payments must be received by the deadline and must be submitted through this web site. This paragraph represents just a partial description of the rules. Be sure to read the Official Rulesbefore entering the competition.
Dates
Deadline: September 21, 2024
Cost/funding for participants
Grand Prize for Best Travel Story of the Year:
- $1,000 Gold
- $750 Silver
- $500 Bronze
Awards in Categories:
Bragging rights for Gold, Silver, and Bronze (no cash awards in categories). Enter one or more categories and you’re automatically entered for the Grand Prize.
Entry fees: $25 for the first two optional categories, $5 for each additional category for the same story. All stories are automatically submitted for the Grand Prize at no additional charge (thus, when you choose your two “optional categories” you will be entered in three, your two choices and the Grand Prize category). If we choose to publish a story in one of our books, we will pay our usual honorarium of $100 for non-exclusive world rights (that means you can sell it again whenever and wherever you want).
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