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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Photographing the British Isles
A Bradt Guides & Royal Photographic Society Competition
We’re delighted to announce the results of our brand new photography competition, tying in with our new guidebook Photography Weekends Britain.
The winning images, clockwise from top left, are:-
LANDSCAPE: Avalon by John Seagar
CITIES: Millennium Wobble by Yan Bull
PORTFOLIO: Peak District by Scott Antcliffe
WILDLIFE: Marsh harrier by Carolyn Moore
Each category winner wins a year’s membership of the Royal Photographic Society or £100 of Bradt books.
The overall winner is Avalon by John Seagar. John wins a place on a photography workshop with William Gray.
Congratulations to John and all the other winners! And thank you to everyone who took part – the judges noted that the overall standard was extremely high, making judging difficult.
New Travel Writer of the Year 2027 is here!
The world’s best competition for unpublished travel writers is open for entries!
The winner receives an exclusive trip for two to a destination to be determined by Bradt and Wanderlust, and a commission to write about their trip for Wanderlust.
This year’s theme is ‘An Animal Encounter’.
Buy your entry ticket here.
Previous Competitions
You can read the winning and shortlisted entries in our 2026 competition here.
Author and travel writing tutor Jon Lorie answers the question: Why enter travel writing competitions?
And if you’ve ever wondered what the judges are looking for, here are some tips.