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2010 Travel Writing Contest



Submit Your Travel Article
to the 52 Perfect Days 3rd Annual Travel Writing Contest for a chance to Win a Trip to Hawaii!

Enter Now! Submission Deadline is October 31, 2010


2010 Hot Topic to Write About: National Parks. "Inside every National Park are spectacular treasures that should be explored by everyone."



The Three Things You Need to do to enter the 52 Perfect Days Travel Writing Contest are:

1. Send us up to 1,000 words on your perfect experience at a National Park, National Monument, National Seashore or Historic Parks in the United State or Canada.

2. Submissions should share in detail how to spend a perfect day, evening, weekend or week focusing on one of the following; National Park, National Monument, National Historic Place, National Seashore or Historic Parks in the United State or Canada. Please provide a well-crafted, proofed and spell checked submission that offers a thought out experience. Make sure your story is unique, engaging and will excite our readers to also want to have this experience. Click here to check out the full submission guidelines.

3. E-mail your article and photographs for a chance to win a trip to Oahu, a hotel stay in Palm Springs, a Wordpress website by ZD Design, a Tim Bihn Aeronaut bag or one of our many other prizes. 

 
 
Need some article ideas? Check with your local Visitors Bureau or the U.S. National Park Service or Parks Canada.

Visit a U.S. National Seashore like Cape Cod, Cape Lookout, Fire Island or Point Reyes. How about visiting a National Monument like the Agate Fossil Beds, Devils Tower, Muir Woods or Dinosaur National Monument. 

Focus on one of the many great lodges located in the hundreds of National Parks like The Ahwahnee in Yosemite National Park, Big Meadows Lodge in Shenandoah National Park, North Face Lodge in Denali National Park  Crater Lake Lodge in Oregon or Jenny Lake Lodge in Yellowstone National Park to name just a few! The posibilites are practically endless!

The best four entries, as chosen by our editors, will each win one of our prizes, and will be published in full on 52perfectdays.com, along with numerous runners-up. Click here for full entry guidelines and rules.

Prizes for the Winners!

1st Place Winner- 4 Day Trip to Oahu for Two 
4 night stay at the Outrigger Reef on the Beach plus tours, activities, meals, shopping and more! (airfare not included)
Retail Value: Priceless!

 

 

 

 

 

2nd Place Winner- 2 Nights in Palm Springs for Two 
2 night stay at the Ace Hotel Palm Springs and $120 towards spa treatments.

Retail Value: $538

 

 

 

 

 



 

3rd Place Winner- Wordpress Website from ZD Design 
Retail Value: $800

 



4th Place Winner- Tom Bihn Aeronaut Travel Bag 
The Aeronaut is a maximum carry-on sized travel bag made by TOM BIHN in their Seattle, Washington factory. Retail Value: $200

 

 
 

 10 Additional Entry Runner Up will win a copy of Best Travel Writing "True Stories from Around the World" .


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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