Do you want to be a published travel writer? Well, here is your opportunity nomads!
This year we decided to shake things up a bit and will be sending you off to 3 different countries in Southeast Asia!
We have teamed up with
Rough Guides to bring you the
2012 Travel Writing Scholarship, a triple travel treat taking you to Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia. This is your chance to get your foot in the door of the travel writing industry, plus get to know Southeast Asia from a local perspective and through the eyes of three amazing writers!
First, you will join Rough Guides writer and mentor
Richard Lim on assignment in Singapore to both learn about guide book writing and complete an assignment of your own. Your resulting work will be considered for publication in the next
Rough Guide to Singapore!
Next, you'll fly to Bali and meet up with Stuart McDonald, founder of
Travelfish, the online travel guide to Southeast Asia, before heading off on six days of culture and adventure.
For the last leg of the scholarship, you will be whisked off to Malaysia for a food odyssey through Kuala Lumpur and Penang with former local and author of the award winning
hsa*ba Burmese cookbook, Tin Cho Chaw, to explore how cuisine shapes the lives of Malaysians.
To enter, you need to submit a personal travel essay on one of our four chosen themes and tell us why you should be awarded the scholarship. Head to the
World Nomads Scholarship page for more information and to apply!
Entries close April 23, 2012.
Share your travel stories with us... and start living your dream of becoming a travel writer!