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Finalists announced in Traveller's Young Travel Writer competition 2017
By Traveller
Traveller with our partner, Geckos Adventures, Australia's leading tour operator specialising in small group adventures for 18 to 29 year olds, is pleased to announced the 10 finalists in this year's Traveller's Young Travel Writer competition.
The judges will be making their decisions over the next couple of weeks, with the winners revealed on August 13, 2017.
Congratulations to all our finalists and commiserations to those that did not make our shortlist. The response to this competition has been overwhelming, with hundreds of excellent entries covering a vast range of places across the globe.
Thanks to our Traveller readers for participating and we hope you will enjoy reading the winning entries after our judges make their final decisions.
THE FINALISTS:
Alexandra Karavis - Luxury in the Heart of Havana
Ashleigh Ricketts - Turkish Hamams: Bringing In-Laws Together Since the 15th Century
Courtney Steltenpool - Bright Lights, Big City
Eve Hupert - The Sniper Hole
Fiona McCarthy - Turtles all the way down
Gillian Ophel - Dhulikhel to Namobuddha: Three hours of real Nepal
Hugh Carveth - The Iron Ore Train
Jacqueline Dunlop - The Torres Straits: An unlikely destination that provides a cultural experience like no other
James McQuiggin - High Tea: Dawn at Kolukkamalai Hill Station
Sarah Gates - Monkeys Don't Care About the Rules
The competition prizes consist of a trio of amazing and epic tour packages with Geckos Adventures portfolio of tours from around the globe.
THE PRIZES
• Winner prize: 48-nights Epic Central America with return flights, and $2000 pre-paid credit card.
• Second prize: 28-nights Epic African Adventure with return flights.
• Third prize: 32-nights Epic South East Asia with return flights.
THE JUDGES
• Anthony Dennis, National Travel Editor, Fairfax Media
• Ben Groundwater, award-winning Travel Writer, host of Flight of Fancy: The Traveller.com.au podcast
• Lucy Piper, Head of Content at Intrepid Group, for Geckos Adventures
• Craig Platt, Digital Editor, Traveller.com.au, Fairfax Media
• Annie Dang, Writer and Producer, Traveller.com.au Fairfax Media
The Traveller team
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