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Upright & Stowed

Link: Upright & Stowed. A fabulous blog, featured today on Typepad's intro page.  Sets a standard for my aspirations for this site! Mostly travel, but lots of other cool stuff and witty insight.

On World Hum, Michael Shapiro writes about the recent Book Passage Travel Writers & Photographers Conference

World Hum | Travel | Making a Living as a Freelance Writer

Not to be missed: Literary Guide to the World on salon.com

What is the Literary Guide to the World? | Salon Literary Guide to the World

Travelers’ Tales has launched an annual competition to honor excellence in travel writing: The Solas Awards

Link: Best Travel Writing. Some details from the submission page:

Entry fees: $20 for the first two categories, $5 for each additional category for the same story. All stories are automatically submitted for the Grand Prize at no additional charge. If we choose to publish a story in one of our Travelers’ Tales 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).

All stories receive equal consideration from the judges, the editors of Travelers’ Tales. Your confirmation of fee paid will constitute the sole notification that your entry was received, and we will contact you if you are a winner.

Deadline: All stories must be received by November 15, 2006. Winners will be announced on our web site in February 2007.

View from the Breeding Barn, Shelburne Farms, VT

Country lane vista courtesy Frederick Law Olmsted.