And the Winners for the 2017 Independence Travel Writing Award

And the Winners for the 2017 Independence Travel Writing Award

And the Winners for the 2017 Independence Travel Writing Award

Thank you to everyone who participated in our WSGT Summer 2017 Independence Travel Writing Award this year.  After reading the entries from our 2017 Summer Independence Travel Writing Award, our judges have selected the winners. AND THE WINNERS ARE: FIRST PLACE Finding Freedom in the Falkland Islands by Matthew Hay “What do you reckon then, left or right?”. The question was … Continued

Who are the 2017 Award Finalists for Independence? photo: Monaco Press Center

Who are the 2017 Award Finalists for Independence?

Thank you to everyone who participated in our WSGT Summer 2017 Independence Travel Writing Award this year.  After reading the entries from our 2017 Summer Independence Travel Writing Award, our judges have narrowed it down to the top seven finalists.Winners will be announced later this month. The entries from our first ever 2017 Travel Photo Award will begin to publish soon! … Continued

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The Quality of Independence: Share your Story

How do you define independence? Dictionary.com says: “freedom from the control, influence, support, aid, or the like, of others.” Share your definition in our Independence Travel Writing Award this summer. Do you want to be completely free from the influence and support of others? I do not think so. I do not want that kind of … Continued

Gratitude Travel Writing Award is waiting for your stories

Do you want to tell your tale of Gratitude?

We Said Go Travel Gratitude Fall 2016 Writing Award: Theme: Where did you find the spark to follow your dreams? Seth Godin says “The self starter creates a spark, turning nothing, or what certainly appears to everyone else as nothing, into something. The self starter doesn’t see it that way. That ‘nothingness’ was actually an … Continued

Lu Ann Cahn's Book I Dare Me inspired me to DARE myself!

I Could Never Do That! Do you Dare Me?

Did you ever think about a project and decide, “I could never do that!” When I heard about Tammilee’s project to do 40 new things before she was 40, I said, “How can I do 50 new things before I am 50? That would be nearly one a week!” And then someone recommended me to … Continued

Part 3: Grateful for talented WSGT contributing writers!

We are very lucky at WSGT to have talented individuals participate in our contests and most recently, the Travel Writing Award. To say thanks, we will be featuring five contributing writers each week who are currently displaying the WSGT Travel Badge. Our next Gratitude Travel Writing Award opens tomorrow September 11, 2016. We hope you will … Continued

We Are All Made of Stars: Where do you shine the brightest?

In honor of WSGT’s new Independence Writing Award, we will be giving away one copy of Rowan Coleman’s book “We Are All Made of Stars” which takes us on a journey love, life and looking up.  This is a book filled with inspiration from cover to cover; choose a quote which resonates with you and tell us … Continued

Finalists: 2015 Summer Independence Travel Writing Contest

Finalists for the SUMMER INDEPENDENCE 2015 Travel Writing Contest Thank you to Jessica Tsuzuki, Richa Gupta, Alan Seeger, Zainab Suleman, Sarah Shin, Gina Nelson, Heather Whitehall-Trochon, Amelie Gagne, Mark Schmitt and Hailey Hennessy for your incredible articles. Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2015 Summer We Said Go Travel Writing Contest!  Please find the Finalist articles below. … Continued

Gratitude Contest Enter by Sunday Nov 30!

FALL 2014 GRATITUDE TRAVEL WRITING CONTEST submit your entry here  Enter until Sunday November 30, 2014 at midnight PST! (Winter 2015 contest will open January 2, 2015) WeSaidGoTravel.com invites you to enter its Travel Writing Contest with CASH prizes and no fee for entry. The theme for the Fall 2014 contest is “Gratitude: A Place That Inspires You to Feel Strong and … Continued

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