This got lost in the kerfuffle of my rough move to Perth…but I actually won third prize in the Solas Awards’ Young Traveler category for my story Why I Beat a Girl With a PVC Pipe. Not too bad, considering I entered it quickly without any time to edit it! As a reward, I get…
June 8, 2008 / 1 Comment / Read More
A couple weeks ago, I entered a travel writing contest. I knew that the format was slightly flawed to begin with–the story with the highest user rating wins. While they did limit the number of votes per (computer? IP address?) to one, it was still a system asking to be abused, just as the IgoUgo…
November 28, 2007 / 1 Comment / Read More
When I went to IgoUgo yesterday, I was really excited to see that I’ve been nominated for the Road Less Traveled Journal Award in the 2007 Ugo! Awards (IgoUgo’s annual writing and photography awards). If you’ve read my Three Peaks Challenge: 36 Hours of Madness journal (which, as the name says, describes my Three Peaks…
November 1, 2007 / No Comment / Read More