2021 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award Winners
The Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2021 consist of a wonderfully eclectic selection of books conveying destinations all around the globe.
2021 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards Shortlist
Shortlist for the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year in association with the Authors' Club
Without Ever Reaching The Summit
by Paolo Cognetti
The Border
by Erika Fatland
Shadow City
by Taran Khan
Travelling While Black
by Nanjala Nyabola
Wanderland
by Jini Reddy
The Lost Pianos of Siberia
by Sophy Roberts
Along the Amber Route
by C.J. Schuler
Owls of the Eastern Ice
by Jonathan Slaght
Bradt Travel Guides New Travel Writer of the Year
The theme for this year’s competition is ‘I’d love to go back’. Entrants were invited to submit an original piece of writing of between 600 and 800 words on the destination they most want to return to when travel opens up again, and what it is about that place that draws them back.
Shortlisted:
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The Man I Met’ by Marc Jones..
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Hope in Pink Meringue’ by Anita King.
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Who Are You?’ by Tom Swithenbank.
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585 Bury Road’ by Jennifer Thompson.
The four finalists will see their work included in a new anthology to be published by Bradt Guides later in the year. The overall winner will be crowned The Bradt Travel Guides New Travel Writer of the Year, have their piece published in Wexas’ Traveller magazine and win a £100 Bradt voucher.