Society of American Travel Writers Foundation
The Lowell Thomas Awards
Awards for Work Published in 2004-2005
(Members of the Missouri School of Journalism faculty, coordinated by Prof. Daryl Moen, judged the contest. There were 1,385 entries. In the following list of winners, numbers in parentheses denote number of entries in that category.) For questions, contact: David Molyneaux, SATW Foundation president, 216-999-4560 or satwf@aol.com.
(see 2004 winners here) Category 1: Grand Award-Lowell Thomas Travel Journalist of the Year (34)
Gold: Tom Haines, Boston Globe read winning articles
Silver: Peter Jon Lindberg, Travel + Leisure magazine. Read winning articles: part one two three four five six
Bronze: John Flinn, San Francisco Chronicle Category 2: Newspaper Travel Sections (28)
A. Newspaper Travel Section - 500,000 or more circulation
Gold: Los Angeles Times, Catharine Hamm, Travel Editor
Silver: Boston Globe, Wendy Fox, Travel Editor
Bronze: Chicago Tribune, Randy Curwen, Travel Editor 2B. Newspaper Travel Section - 350,000-499,999 circulation
Gold: Baltimore Sun, Bruce Friedland, Travel Editor
Silver: The Oregonian, Portland, Sue Hobart, Travel Editor
Bronze: The Globe and Mail, Toronto, Karan Smith, Travel Editor 2C. Newspaper Travel Section - 200,000-349,999 circulation
Gold: The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, Millie Ball, Travel Editor
Silver: San Jose Mercury News, Linda Zavoral, Travel Editor
Bronze: Los Angeles Daily News, Eric Noland, Travel Editor 2D. Newspaper Travel Section - 200,000 or fewer circulation
Gold: Santa Barbara News-Press (Calif.), Al Bonowitz, Travel Editor
Silver: Contra Costa Times (Calif.), Anne Chalfant, Travel Editor
No Bronze award Category 3: Magazines (29)
A. Travel Magazines
Gold: National Geographic Adventure, John Rasmus, Editor-in-Chief
Silver: Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel, Erik Torkells, Editor read it
Bronze: Arizona Highways, Peter Aleshire, Editor 3B. Travel Coverage in Other Magazines
Gold: AARP The Magazine, William R. Newcott, Features Editor
Silver: enRoute, Arjun Basu, Editor-in-Chief
Bronze: Midwest Living, Linda Ryberg, Senior Travel Editor Category 4: Newspaper Article on U.S./Canada Travel (105)
Gold: Audra D.S. Burch, "Sleepy Delta town artlessly draws you into a web of talent," Miami Herald
Silver: Steve Hendrix, "The Great Indoors," Washington Post
Bronze: Jerry Shriver, "Shaking the Blues," USA Today read it Category 5: Magazine Article on U.S./Canadian Travel (91)
Gold: Richard Hoffer, “Why Vegas?” VIA Magazine
Silver: Jeff Greenwald, “The Dogs Must be Crazy,” Virtuoso
Travel & Life,
Bronze: Edie Jarolim, “The Naked Truth,” More read it Category 6: Newspaper Article on Foreign Travel (92)
Gold: Matthew Bradley, "Innocence Abroad," Washington Post read it
Silver: Alan Solomon, "Into Africa," Chicago Tribune read it
Bronze: Cindy Loose, "This Silent Place," Washington Post Category 7: Magazine Article on Foreign Travel (84)
Gold: Todd Pitock, "Family Bonds in South Africa," Endless Vacation
Silver: David Farley, "Natural Born Pig Killers," Citizen Culture read it
Bronze: Scott Spencer, "Naked Cities," Travel + Leisure Category 8: Newspaper Photo Illustration of Travel Article (31)
Gold: Essdras Suarez, “Degrees of Separation,” Boston Globe
Silver: Alan Berner, “Portland’s Hip Hub,” Seattle Times read it (requires registration and personal information)
Bronze: Joan Carlin, “We Brake for Lewis and Clark,” The Oregonian Category 9: Magazine Photo Illustration of Travel Article (62)
Gold: Brown Cannon III, "License to Thrill," Virtuoso Travel + Life
Silver: Peter Aleshire, "Kingman," Arizona Highways
Bronze: Jim Richardson, "Lost in Cornwall," National Geographic Traveler Category 10: Special Packages/Projects (60)
Gold: Jill Schensul, “Feeling the Freedom,” The Record, Hackensack, N.J.
Silver: Karan Smith and staff, “The New Europe,” The Globe and Mail, Toronto
Bronze: Leonard Pitts of the Miami Herald and Sarah Glover of the Philadelphia Inquirer, “Journey Yields Glimpse of Missing Past” Category 11: Self-Illustrated Article (77)
Gold: Michael Kodas, “Implosion,” Hartford Courant
Silver: Chris Welsch, “A Land Unto Itself,” Star Tribune, Minneapolis
Bronze: Bob Krist, “Myanmar,” Traveler Overseas Category 12: Article on Land Travel (49)
Gold: Matthew Power, "Lost Highway of the Himalaya," National Geographic Adventure read it
Silver: Jan Wong, "Jan Wong's Excellent Adventure," The Globe and Mail, Toronto
Bronze: Mike Meyer, "Rails and Ties," DestinAsian Magazine Category 13: Article on Marine Travel (69)
Gold: Tom Uhlenbrock, “Bottom of the World,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Silver: Spud Hilton, “Paddling in Explorer's Wake,” San Francisco Chronicle
Bronze: Steve Chapple, “Micronesia Revealed,” Scuba Diving Magazine Category 14: Article on Adventure Travel (55)
Gold: Peter Mandel, “Big Sky in Botswana,” Boston Globe read it
Silver: Jim Thornton, “Jungle Apprentice,” National Geographic Adventure read it
Bronze: Willie Weir, “Forgotten Turkey,” Adventure Cyclist read it Category 15: Travel News/Investigative Reporting (38)
Gold: Cheryl Phillips, Ken Armstrong, Steve Miletich, “Airport Insecurity,” Seattle Times read it
Silver: Laura Del Rosso, “The Saga of Far and Wide,” Travel Professional
Bronze: John Stone, “Airplan Owner Sales Bites Agents,” Travel Trade read it Category 16: Service-Oriented Consumer Article (87)
Gold: Dan Koeppel and Melissa Wagenberg, “Do You Have Asheville Syndrome? (Plus 9 More Tempting Towns),” National Geographic Adventure
Silver: John Deiner, “Orlando Bedtime Story,” Washington Post
Bronze: Charlie Suisman, “My New York is Better Than Yours,” Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel Category 17: Environmental Tourism Article (40)
Gold: Joyce Gregory Wyels, "Mesa Verde: Trial by Fire," Americas Magazine
Silver: Paul Kvinta, "Stomping Grounds," National Geographic Adventure read it (pdf file)
Bronze: Brian Cantwell, “Front Line Against Extinction," Seattle Times read it Category 18: Cultural Tourism Article (110)
Gold: Seth Stevenson, “Trying Really Hard to Like India,” Slate.com
Silver: Alex Shoumatoff, “Blues Traveler,” Travel + Leisure read it
Bronze: Cara Anna, “Crimes of the Art,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution read it Category 19: Personal Comment (116)
Gold: C.M. Mayo, “The Essential Francisco Sosa, or, Picadou’s Mexico City,” Creative Nonfiction Magazine read it
Silver: Tom Haines, “Feeling Out of this World,” Boston Globe read it (requires registration and personal information)
Bronze: Matthew Polly, “Brown Revisited,” Slate.com Category 20: Travel Book (24)
Gold: Mort Rosenblum “Chocolate: A Bittersweet Saga of Dark and Light,” North Point Press
Silver: Christopher P. Baker, “Cuba Classics: A Celebration of Vintage American Automobiles,” Interlink Books reviews and photos
Bronze: Laura Riley and William Riley, “Nature's Strongholds: The World's Great Wildlife Reserves,” Princeton University Press reviews and photos Category 21: Guidebook (41)
Gold: Kimberly Lisagor, “Outside’s Wilderness Lodge Vacations,” W.W. Norton & Co.
Silver: Don George with Charlotte Hindle, “Travel Writing,” Lonely Planet Publications
Bronze: Chicki Mallan and Joshua Berman, “Moon Handbooks Belize,” Avalon Travel Publishing Category 22: Internet Publications/Web site (16)
Gold: Wildwritingwomen.com read it
Silver: Newyorkology.com read it
Bronze: Cruisecritic.com read it
23. Internet Travel Article (47)
Gold: Frank Zeller, “Tsunami Report,” Lonelyplanet.com
Silver: Elisabeth Eaves, “Dancing in Spanish: Flamenco in Seville,” Slate.com read it
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