Read and enjoy Madeline's A Travel Story in Poems here.
It is an honour to welcome our latest newcomer, Madeline Sharples, to the 4th Annual Travel Stories Competition. It is also the first entry this year to be written as poetry. Read and enjoy Madeline's A Travel Story in Poems here. Madeline Sharples is the author of, Leaving the Hall Light On: A Mother’s Memoir of Living with Her Son’s Bipolar Disorder and Surviving His Suicide, in prose and poetry (Dream of Things). She also co-authored Blue-Collar Women: Trailblazing Women Take on Men-Only Jobs (New Horizon Press), co-edited the poetry anthology, The Great American Poetry Show, Volumes 1, 2, and 3, and wrote the poems for two photography books, The Emerging Goddess and Intimacy (Paul Blieden, photographer). Her poems have appeared online and in print magazines and journals. Madeline’s articles have appeared on the Huffington Post, Naturally Savvy, PsychAlive, Aging Bodies, and Open to Hope websites. She also posts at her blog, Choices (madelinesharples.com). She is currently working on a novel.
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It is a pleasure to welcome another newcomer to our travel writing contests. The third entry in the June Travel Stories Competition is from Joe Dodkins. Read and enjoy his travel story Travelling: Mishaps and All here.
Welcome back to Andrew Klein with his second entry in this year's Travel Stories Competition. If you missed his first entry you can read To Italy and back here. Enjoy his latest story Stubborn to a Point here.
The first entry in our June competition is from Roger Knight. He is another welcome newcomer to our travel writing contests. Read and enjoy his travel story Living off the land and sea here.
19 authors and writers entered their travel stories in the May part of our 4th Annual Travel Stories Competition. We had another fabulous selection of entries. Thank you all so much for getting involved. Selecting the winning story was tough, but …….. MANY CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR MAY WINNER Mark Boyter and his story A KOH SAMUI SHIRT Your $50 prize is on its way Mark If you missed our May entries, catch up with them here.
The overall competition runs until July 31st, 2018, so there are still another 2 opportunities to enter your 500-1000 word travel stories in the June and July competitions. You can find out more here. I really look forward to reading about your travel experiences. |
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