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LOWELL THOMAS TRAVEL JOURNALISM COMPETITION

Category 101: Grand Award — Lowell Thomas Travel Journalist of the Year (37)
Gold: Jill Schensul, senior writer, The Record/North Jersey Media Group
Silver: Skye Mayring, Managing Editor, TravelAge West
Bronze: Brian J. Cantwell, travel writer, The Seattle Times
Honorable Mention: Beth J. Harpaz, Travel Editor, The Associated Press

Category 102: Newspaper Travel Sections (9)
102A — Newspapers with 350,000 or more circulation
Gold: The Washington Post, Joe Yonan, Travel Editor
Silver: Los Angeles Times, Catharine Hamm, Travel Editor
Bronze: Star Tribune (Minneapolis), Kerri Westenberg, Travel Editor

102B — Newspapers under 350,000 circulation
Gold: The Seattle Times, Kristin Jackson, Travel Editor
Silver: San Francisco Chronicle, Spud Hilton, Travel Editor
Bronze: The Record (northern New Jersey), Marc Schwarz, Travel Editor

Category 103: Magazines (18)
103A — Travel Magazines
Gold: Islands, Eddy Patricelli, Editor
Silver: Travel + Leisure, Nancy Novogrod, Editor-in-Chief
Bronze: Afar, Julia Cosgrove, Editor-in-Chief

103B — Travel Coverage in Other Magazines
Gold: Private Clubs, Don Nichols, Editor-in-Chief
Silver: Departures, Richard David Story, Editor-in-Chief
Bronze: Outside, Christopher Keyes, Editor

Category 104: U.S./Canada Travel (116)
Gold: Tony Perrottet, “Houston on the Verge: What Makes This the Next Great American City?” Smithsonian
Silver: Ryan T. Bell, “Mountain Passage,” Western Horseman
Bronze: Chris Colin, “The Rail Thing,” Sunset
Honorable Mention: Andrea Sachs, “A New Rocky Mountain High: Colorado Open for Cannabis Tourism,” The Washington Post

Category 105: Foreign Travel (146)
Gold: Carl Hoffman, “The Big Empty,” National Geographic Traveler
Silver: Scott Wallace, “Over the Horizon,” National Geographic Traveler
Bronze: Lauren Collins, “Albert Adrià: The Legend Continues,” Food & Wine
Honorable Mention: Karen Catchpole, “Selling Pablo,” RoadsandKingdoms.com

Category 106: Photo Illustration of Travel (98)
Gold: Dave Bouskill, “23 Epic Photos of Remarkable Arctic Ice,” ThePlanetD.com
Silver: Gary Arndt, “Visions of Namibia,” Everything-Everywhere.com
Bronze: Jon Whittle, “A Walk in the Falklands,” Islands

Category 107: Special Package/Project (24)
Gold: Jeff Ritter, “The Mexican Golf Course That Survived The Drug War,” Golf Magazine
Silver: Fodor’s Travel staff, “Fodor’s World Cup Fever,” print/online/apps, Arabella Bowen, Editor-in-Chief; Luke Epplin, Brazil Editor; Tina Malaney, Associate Art Director/guides; Sara Swartz, Senior Art Director/digital; Gautam Banerjee, Product Director/apps
Bronze: Liz Beatty, Mei-Ling Hopgood, Renée Restivo, Nina Strochlic and Joe Mozingo, “Going Home,” National Geographic Traveler

Category 108: Cruise Travel (37)
Gold: Kenneth Brower, “The Great White Hope,” National Geographic Traveler
Silver: Spud Hilton, “Exploring Epic Beauty From Alaska’s Coast,” San Francisco Chronicle
Bronze: Glen Petrie, “Sands of Arabia,” Cruise Travel Magazine

Category 109: Adventure Travel (53)
Gold: Bill McAuliffe, “Hitchhiking in a New Age,” Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
Silver: Will Grant, “All the Jittery Horses: Racing the Mongol Derby,” Outside
Bronze: Sarah Rose, “Tune In, Give Up, Ship Out/Escaping the Recession by Boat,” Outside
Honorable Mention: Susan Nerberg, “Welcome to the Jungle,” enRoute

Category 110: Travel News/Investigative Reporting (34)
Gold: Matthew Power, “Blood in the Sand: Killing a Turtle Advocate,” Outside
Silver: McKenzie Funk, “The Zoich Olympics/The Sochi Olympics Are a Five-Ring Mess,” Outside
Bronze: Hannah Sampson, “Overboard Cases Often Not Fully Disclosed,” The Miami Herald
Honorable Mention: Michael Luongo, “Business Rebuilds in a Thriving City in Iraq,” The New York Times

Category 111: Service-Oriented Consumer Work (60)
Gold: Karen Schwartz, “Do Your Research Before Booking a Historic Inn,” The Associated Press
Silver: Jill Schensul, “Euros, Dollars and Sense,” The Record (northern New Jersey)
Bronze: Karin Leperi, “Premium Economy Survey 2013: Is the ‘Something Extra’ Worth the Extra Price?” Global Traveler magazine
Honorable Mention: Andrea Sachs and Becky Krystal, “TSA’s PreCheck Program Expands With More Airports, Airlines,” The Washington Post

Category 112: Environmental Tourism (35)
Gold: Peter Fish, “Howl,” Sunset
Silver: Elisabeth Eaves, “In Mexico, Eco Concerns Where Sea Lions Romp,” The New York Times
Bronze: David Lansing, “Paradise Lost and Found,” National Geographic Traveler
Honorable Mention: Peggy Turbett, “Keeping Company With the Elephants,” The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)

Category 113: Cultural Tourism (101)
Gold: Aatish Taseer, “The Soul of Sri Lanka,” Travel + Leisure
Silver: Pete Bigelow, “The Branch Davidian Compound, 20 Years Later,” Aol Travel
Bronze: Heather Greenwood Davis, “Being Black in China,” National Geographic Intelligent Travel blog
Honorable Mention: Curt Brown, “In Uganda, Faith Endures,” Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

Category 114: Personal Comment (116)
Gold: Tony Perrottet, “Rich Tourist, Poor Tourist,” The New York Times
Silver: Masada Siegel, “World Opens Up Solo,” Jewish Independent
Bronze: Sean Carlson, “The Reach of a Single Village,” The Irish Times
Honorable Mention: Christopher Solomon, “A Case for Getting Far, Far Away,” The New York Times

Category 115: Special-Purpose Travel (101)
Gold: Ken Budd, “Kenya: Holding Elijah,” WeSaidGoTravel.com
Silver: Peter McBride, “The Granny Diaries: On the Trail of a Revolutionary Ancestor in Central Mexico,” National Geographic Traveler
Bronze: Jill Schensul, “Animal Magnetism: From Bugs to Beasts, These Annual Spectacles Are Worthy of a Trip,” The Record (northern New Jersey)
Honorable Mention: Susan MacCallum-Whitcomb, “Field Focus,” Doctor’s Review

Category 116: Short Work on Travel (61)
Gold: Jane Smiley, “Love at First Sight,” Sunset
Silver: Lucas Aykroyd, “Come for the Statues, Stay for the Horses on Easter Island,” The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Bronze: Paul Rubio, “Secret Saba,” Ocean Home magazine
Honorable Mention: Scott Mayerowitz, “Here, Only Goats Can Prevent Airport Fires,” The Associated Press

Category 117: Travel Book (13)
Gold: Paula Young Lee, “Deer Hunting in Paris: A Memoir of God, Guns and Game Meat,” Travelers’ Tales/Solas House
Silver: Douglas Peebles, “Islands of Wonder: Hawaii the Big Island,” Mutual Publishing
Bronze: James Oseland (editor), “A Fork in the Road: Tales of Food, Pleasure & Discovery on the Road,” Lonely Planet Publications
Honorable Mention: Robert C. Sibley, “The Way of the 88 Temples: Journeys on the Shikoku Pilgrimage,” University of Virginia Press

Category 118: Guidebook (30)
Gold: Jason Cochran, “Frommer’s EasyGuide to Walt Disney World & Orlando,” FrommerMedia
Silver: Kelly E. Carter, “The Dog Lover’s Guide to Travel,” National Geographic Society
Bronze: Shelly Rivoli, “Travels with Baby: The Ultimate Guide for Planning Travel with Your Baby, Toddler, and Preschooler,” Travels With Baby Books
Honorable Mention: Fodor’s Travel staff, “Fodor’s Brazil 2014,” Arabella Bowen, Editor-in-Chief; Luke Epplin, Brazil Editor; Tina Malaney, Associate Art Director/guides

Category 119: Travel Journalism Websites (17)
Gold: Afar.com, Afar Media, Davina Baum, Digital Content Director
Silver: Fest300.com, Fest300: The World’s Best Festivals, Chip Conley, Founder/Editor-in-Chief; Art Gimbel, Co-Founder/Editor-at-Large; Jennye Garibaldi, Executive Editor
Bronze: USAToday.com/Travel, USA Today, Veronica Stoddart, Editor-in-Chief, Travel Media Group; Ben Abramson, Online Travel Editor

Category 120: Travel Broadcast — Audio (15)
Gold: Arthur Frommer, Pauline Frommer, “The Travel Show,” Syndicated broadcast from WOR New York
Silver: Rick Steves, “Travel With Rick Steves: Germany Faux Pas/Authentic Living/Becoming a Road Trip Pilgrim,” Tim Tattan, Executive Producer, public radio and podcast
Bronze: Leslie A. Westbrook, “Art, Drink & Gentrification in the Funk Zone,” (Santa Barbara), KCBX San Luis Obispo/Central California
Honorable Mention: Chris Christensen, “Amateur Traveler: Travel to Flanders in Belgium,” podcast

Category 121: Travel Broadcast — Video (24)
Gold: Bob Krist, “Advent in Salzburg,” National Geographic Intelligent Travel blog
Silver: Glen Abbott, “Secrets Revealed: Nashville’s ‘Music City,’” TheVillageCelebration.com
Bronze: Rudy Maxa, “Rudy Maxa’s World: Food, Drink and Place,” public television
Honorable Mention: Christine van Blokland, “Curious Traveler: Secrets of Grand Central Terminal,” Curious Traveler/Cox Video on Demand

Category 122: Travel Blog (25)
Gold: ThePlanetD.com, Dave Bouskill and Debra Corbeil
Silver: IntelligentTravel.NationalGeographic.com, National Geographic Traveler Digital Team, Keith Bellows, Editor-in-Chief
Bronze: VoyageVixens.com, Lanee Lee and Lindsay Taub

Category 123: Travel App (7)
Gold: Afar Travel Guide mobile app, Afar Media, Davina Baum, Digital Content Director
Silver: Fodor’s Austin City Guide mobile app, Fodor’s Travel, Arabella Bowen, Editor-in-Chief; Gautam Banerjee, Product Director; Linda Schmidt, Managing Editor; David Satz, Director of Content Product Systems
Bronze: USA Today Auto Pilot, USA Today, Krista Nordlund, Vice President, Product and Operations