Bay Area Travel Writers
TRAVEL WRITING and PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
BATW BEST 2008 Planet
Earth 2008
Newspaper Travel Article
Judges: Catharine Hamm, Travel Editor, Los
Angeles Times
Georgia
Hesse, award-winning travel writer and author; Travel Editor of the San
Francisco Examiner-Chronicle for
19 years
Gold
Award
Accidentally
Enjoying Albania, by Bill
Fink (San Francisco Chronicle)
Silver
Award
Of
Lemurs and Leeches, by
Laurie King (San Francisco
Chronicle Magazine)
Bronze
Award
The
Anti-Ugly American, by
Laurie King (San Francisco
Chronicle Magazine)
Travel-Related Essay/Article in an Anthology
Judges: Kathryn Ettinger, Senior Editor, Moon
Handbooks; Series Manager, Avalon Travel Publishing
Carol
Canter, travel journalist; Gold Award winner for Magazine Travel Article in
BATW Best 2005
Gold
Award
The
Silent and the Loud: A Traveler Discovers the Power of Italian Ex-votos, by Natalie Galli (TravelersÕ
Tales: The Best Women's Travel Writing 2007)
Silver
Award
Cutouts:
the Night Once Had a Thousand Eyes,
by Constance Hale (TravelersÕ
Tales: The Best Travel Writing 2006)
Bronze
Award
Dancing
on the Wine Dark Sea, by
Diane LeBow (Greece: A Love
Story: Women Write about the Greek Experience)
Internet Travel Article
(not published on oneÕs own Web site)
Judges:
Jim Benning, Creator/Editor Worldhum.com
Janet
Fullwood, Travel Editor, Sacramento Bee
Gold
Award
The
Distance from Dachau to Darfur,
by Peter Delevett (WorldHum.com)
Silver
Award
La
Zisa, La Cuba, and La Cubula,
by Natalie Galli (TravelersTales.com)
Bronze
Award
Surviving
a Night at Quebec's Ice Hotel,
by Andrea Granahan (bootsnall.com)
Travel Guidebook
Judges: Michael Shapiro, award-winning
journalist/author (michaelshapiro.net); author of A Sense of Place: Great
Travel Writers Talk About Their Craft, Lives, and Inspiration.
The
Itinerants, journalists and authors (theitinerants.com)
Gold
Award
Moon
Handbooks: Cuba, by
Christopher P. Baker (Avalon
Travel Publishing)
Silver
Award
National
Geographic Traveler: Panama,
by Christopher P. Baker (National
Geographic)
Bronze
Award
Moon
Handbooks: Acapulco, Ixtapa and Zihuatanejo, by Bruce Whipperman (Avalon Travel Publishing)
Honorable
Mention
Backroads
of the California Wine Country,
by Karen Misuraca (Voyageur
Press)
Travel Writer Web Site
Judges: Jim Benning, Creator/Editor Worldhum.com
Janet
Fullwood, Travel Editor, Sacramento Bee (sacbee.com/travel)
Gold
Award
Diane
LeBow (Dianelebow.com)
Silver
Award
Karen
Misuraca (KarenMisuraca.com)
Bronze
Award
Beverly
Mann (BeverlyMann.com)
Magazine Travel Article
Judges: Al Bonowitz, Features Editor, Westways/Hawaii
Westways
Don
George, Editor, RECCE: Literary Journeys for the Discerning Traveler; former
Travel Editor, Salon Wanderlust; former Travel Editor, San Francisco
Examiner
Gold
Award
Last
of the Waimea Cowboys, by Constance
Hale (National Geographic
Adventure)
Silver
Award
Greek
Week, by Ginger Dingus (Porthole Cruise Magazine)
Bronze
Award
Perfect
Timing, by Carol Canter (Smart Meetings)
Honorable
Mention
A
Warm December in Old Quebec,
by Karen Misuraca (Distinction
Magazine)
Honorable
Mention
Winged
Vibrations, by Wanda
Henning (Black Diamond Living
Magazine)
Travel Article/Photography Combination
(by one writer/photographer)
Judges: Morton Beebe, award-winning photographer (mortonbeebe.com)
Gerald
Bybee, award-winning photographer (bybee.com)
Gold Award
Cuba: Lost and
Found, by Christopher P.
Baker (Vuelo)
Silver Award
Selva Aquatica, by Christopher P. Baker (Caribbean Travel and Life)
Bronze Award
Think the Ice Bar
is Cool? Try Spending a Night at the Ice Cold Ice Hotel, by John Jerney (Metropolis)
Internet Travel Photograph
(not published on oneÕs own Web site)
Judges:
Robert Holmes,
award-winning photographer (robertholmes.net)
Glenn
Steiner, award-winning photographer (glennsteiner.com)
Gold
Award
Peaceful
Street Scene in Hoi An, Vietnam,
by Lee Daley (EpicurianTraveler)
Silver
Award
RV
Camping on the Beach in Baja,
by Stuart Wilson (TravelWorldMagazine)
Bronze
Award
Collecting
Driftwood and a Tending Fishing Net in Vietnam, by Lee Daley (EpicurianTraveler)
Newspaper or Magazine Travel Photograph
Judges: Robert Holmes, award-winning photographer
(robertholmes.net)
Glenn
Steiner, award-winning photographer (glennsteiner.com)
Gold
Award
Black
and White Designs, Chios, Greece,
by Ginger Dingus (Porthole
Cruise Magazine)
Silver
Award
Double
page image for Spice Trade of the Spirit, by Lee Foster (Broughton
Quarterly)
Bronze
Award
WomenÕs
Puja Ritual in Varanasi, India,
for Sacred Ganges, by
Lee Daley (Nirvana Woman
Magazine)
Associate Member Categories
Travel-Related Media Kit
Judges: Jennifer Jasper, Deputy Director of
Communications, California Travel and Tourism Commission
Fred
Gebhart, award-winning author/travel journalist (fredgebhart.com)
Gold
Award
Sequoia
High Sierra Camp (SequoiaHighSierraCamp.com)
Associate
Member: Catherine Boire, Catherine Boire Public Relations
Travel-Related Web Site
Judges: Cathy Morley Foster, President, San
Francisco Bay Area Chapter, Public Relations Society of America; Vice President,
Fleishman-Hillard, Inc. (fleishman.com)
Maxine
Cass, award-winning author/photographer (agpix.com/maxinecass)
Gold
Award
Sequoia
High Sierra Camp (SequoiaHighSierraCamp.com)
Associate
Member: Catherine Boire, Catherine Boire Public Relations
BATW Planet Earth Travel Writing Awards 2008
Travel
writing that helps to sustain or enhance the unique and valuable character of a
place—its environment, culture, aesthetics, heritage, and/or the
well-being of its residents.
Judges: Beth Parke, Executive Director, Society of
Environmental Journalists
Gail
Lash, Executive Director, Tourism for Peace (tourismforpeace.org)
Best Travel Article/Essay for Planet Earth
Gold
Award
Of
Lemurs and Leeches, by
Laurie King (San Francisco
Chronicle Magazine)
Silver
Award
Vietnam:
Beautiful Contrasts Amid Controlled Chaos, by Bob Bone (Honolulu
Star-Bulletin)
Bronze
Award
Another
Hawaii, by JoAnn Roe (Skyward)
Honorable
Mention
To
Understand the World, You Really Have to See It, by Sophia Dembling (Chicago Tribune)
Best Travel Book for Planet Earth
Gold
Award
Greece:
A Love Story: Women Write about the Greek Experience, edited by Camille Cusamano
Rebecca Bruns Award
Presented yearly to a BATW member who exemplifies the character
and essence
as well as the achievements of Rebecca Bruns,
a gifted and
generous writer whose life and work inspired many.
Bruce
Whipperman