Updates

6 Solas Awards!

Winners of the Twelfth Annual Solas Awards for Best Travel Story of the Year were announced today on BestTravelWriting.com by the editors of Travelers' Tales. Winning stories will be posted on the Great Stories page and as Editors’ Choice stories on…

The 2017 Solas Awards were announced today, and I could not be more excited or grateful to have received two honorable mentions, one bronze award, and the following three gold (first place) awards:

  • Gold, Funny Travel: "Let It Flow" (from my upcoming "bathroom stories" collection)
  • Gold, Kindness of Strangers: "Welcome Back Again" (from my With Open Arms collection)
  • Gold, Animal Encounter: "Lightning Strikes Twice"

Congrats to all the winners, and thanks to Larry Habegger and Travelers' Tales for holding the competition and providing some great writers with the opportunity to be recognized!