Competitions

Welcome to the Bradt Guides Competitions page. Here you’ll see updates from our famous competitions such as New Travel Writer of the Year, brought to you in conjunction with the world-leading Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards Presented by Viking, as well as opportunities to win fabulous prizes from our wonderful partners in the travel industry.

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New Travel Writer of the Year

Our 2025 competition is open! The excellent first prize is a 4-night break to Pas-de-Calais, courtesy of Pas-de-Calais Tourisme. The winner also receives a paid commission to write about the trip for Traveller Magazine. Find out more here.

Previous competitions

THE 2024 WINNER: Sinean Callery for ‘Lost and Found

You can read Sinean’s entry and all of the longlisted entries here.

Author Jon Lorie answers the question: Why enter travel writing competitions?