Telegraph Travel Writing Competition

Called Just Back, the weekly competition offers writers the chance to win £200 in the currency of their choice. Just submit an entry of up to 500 words to justback@telegraph.co.uk (UK residents; see full T&C)

Solas Awards

An annual competition for which submissions are open all year round, the Solas Awards have a submission length of 750 words. Entry fees apply. (US residents; see full T&C). Closing date for this year’s competition is September 21, 2010.

52 Perfect Days Travel Writing Contest

Submit up to 1,000 words on an experience in a National Monument, National Seashore or Historic Parks in the United State or Canada. The prize for the 52 Perfect Days Travel Writing Contest is a trip to Hawaii. (US, Canada, Mexico residents; see full T&C). Closing date: October 31, 2010.

Gran Tourismo Monthly Travel Blogging Competition

Starting this month and running all year, Gran Tourismo has a monthly travel blogging competition on different themes. You need 500 words of “evocative travel writing”. There are three prizes on offer. (T&C) Closing date for this month: March 28,2010.

Holiday Velvet

Holiday Velvet is offering a weekend in Barcelona for writers of an original short travel story (bloggers welcome too). It’s open to everyone except professional travel writers. (See the T&C for a definition). Closing date: September 10,2010.

Do you know of any travel writing and travel blogging competitions? Let us know in the comments, please.

Preservation Foundation

Preservation Foundation runs a number of contests for unpublished writers, including a travel non fiction contest, with a prize of $100. Stories must be between 1,500 and 5,000 in length.

Annual Contests to Watch

The following contests are currently closed, but usually run annually.

• The Sliced Bread Magazine Travel Writing Contest. Offers $300 in prize money. (T&C)
• Wanderlust and Lipstick has run a travel writing contest for two years.
• The Guardian in the UK runs a summer travel writing competition. (See also this link.)

Photo: WarzauWynn