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Hello, Hola, Bonjour and Ciao, I hope this note finds you in good health and good spirits. In the spirit of sisterhood and collective upliftment, I am writing to share some travel media related information that recently came my way. I publish this newsletter approximately 3-4 times per year with the goal of informing the African American travel media community about upcoming events, news, calls for submission, residencies and updates on my travel work. Here's hoping your find something interesting or useful within. Good News! My newly designed website, ugogurl.com, is up and running. Check it out and let me know what you think!! Lifting as I climb, Elaine Lee
elaineruthlee@gmail.com
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Calls for Submission/Travel Media Opps - Lavinia Spalding is happy to announce she will be editing another volume of The Best Women’s Travel Writing, published by Travelers’ Tales. THE SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS JANUARY 31, 2020, and the anthology will come out in the fall of 2020. http://laviniaspalding.com/blog
- World Nomads is looking for professional travel writers who have a unique story to tell about specific and who can write in the first-person about their experiences.https://www.worldnomads.com/create/assignments/upcoming-destinations
- Apple has put out a call for submissions for your best night mode images taken on an iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, or iPhone 11 Pro Max. Share on Instagram and Twitter using the hashtags #ShotoniPhone and #NightmodeChallenge to participate in the challenge.
- Passport Required is constantly on the lookout for travelers and soon-to-be travelers, domestic and abroad, near and far, to share their experiences To learn more about Passport Required them on IG at @passportreq, on Facebook at Passport Required, and Twitter. Or, simply head to the website: www.passportrequired.com.
- Black Plus Size Travel site is looking for stories. For more info visit: https://www.chubbydiaries.com/work-with-me
- Tastemakers Africa is a small team with lots of passion for disrupting travel in Africa and connecting the black experience. They are hiring Full Stack Developers, UX/UI Designers, Marketers, Community Builders, and more over the next few months. https://tastemakersafrica.com/careers - Cheraè Robinson, founder of Tastemakers Africa, gave her first TEDxEuston talk on 12/9/19
- Black Caucus of the American Library Association - Self-Publishing Literary AwardsDeadline: February 28, 2020- Cash Prize: $500E-mail address: tiffany.duck3@gmail.comWebsite: http://bcala.librariescreate.com/bcala2019Two prizes of $500 each are given annually for a poetry e-book and a fiction e-book by an African American writer self-published in the United States during the previous year
- Wowcher is looking for travel ambassadors.https://www.wowcher.co.uk/page/wowcher-dream-job-terms.html
- Travel Noire is accepting community-submitted personal essays, travel guides, thoughtful reviews, and any travel-related writing you're interested in sharing with their audience! They want to hear from you! https://travelnoire.com
- Rick Steves has ongoing request for radio interviews subjects and questions. ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/audio/radio/interviews
- Nomad Magazine always looking for beautiful and interesting stories to publish in NOMADS. For more info visit: nomadsmagazine.com/submissions
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Travel Trade and Travel Writing Events - VONA Travel Writing - the nation’s first and only writing workshop for travelers of color- is back. The workshop will be taught by travel writer and instructor extraordinaire, Faith Adiele. This year it will be held at the Univ of Miami, June 20-27! Applications open January 1st! https://www.adiele.com/events/vona-travel-writing
- Candacy Taylor is the content specialist and curator for an exhibition with the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) — The Negro Motorist Green Book, which is based on her research. The exhibition will open at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, TN in June of 2020 and then will travel to 12 venues throughout the United States through 2024. https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/green-book-history-explored-new-smithsonian-traveling-exhibition-opening-june-2020
- WITS – Women in Travel Summit North America: Kansas City May 1-3, 2020Kansas City Marriott Downtown
- WITS Europe: Gdansk, Poland October 16-18, 2020 Radisson Hotel & Suites Gdanskhttps://witsummit.com/
- Women in Tourism & Hospitality (W.I.T.H.), will host its inaugural conference March 19 through 20, 2020 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel San Diego-Mission Valley.
- Center for Global Africa announced at Pan African Conf. Will be held at Delaware State University April 10-12. The University announced that it is establishing a Center for Global Africa.https://www.desu.edu/news/2019/04/center-global-africa-announced-pan-african-conf
- Travel Professionals of Color Annual Conference and Cruise May 1-10, 2020 starting in Miami, Florida http://www.tpocassociation.com/index.php/tpoc-events/2020-annual-conference
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Travel Media Information - Guided by the words of Black feminist writer bell hooks, Dr. Nina Daoud has recently launched the June Jordan Joy Fund, a travel fund for undergraduate Black women who are studying abroad. The fund will be accepting donations and will begin distributing the funds in early 2020 for women studying abroad in Spring 2020. If you’d like to donate or apply, visit junejordanjoy.com. You can also follow Dr. Daoud on Instagram and Twitter.
- Africa’s tourism industry is now the second fastest growing in the world even though the continent’s share of the global tourism pie remains small. https://qz.com/africa/1717902/africas-tourism-industry-is-second-fastest-growing-in-world/
- Ghana’s ‘Year Of Return’ Welcomed 1M Visitors! This is a story about Koshie Mills who helped conceptualize the “year of the return” movement with Ghana Tourism Board.https://www.forbes.com/sites/meghanmccormick/2019/12/10/how-to-spark-a-global-movement-ghanas-year-of-return-welcomes-1m-visitors/‘
- Year Of Return’ Activities Bring $1.9 Billion Into Ghana’s Economy https://travelnoire.com/year-of-return-ghanas-economy
- Airbnb and 23andMe are promoting this type of travel with a new partnership that encourages you to “travel in the context of your own roots.”Airbnb.com links you directly to 23andme.com where you can choose from three different packages starting at $79 for their current sale. Once your order is placed, you receive a saliva kit in the mail. Send the sample back to 23andme, and you can expect to receive your results in 3-5 weeks via email.
- How the black travel movement is gaining momentumhttps://www.cnn.com/travel/article/black-travel-movement/index.html
- Chizoba Anyaoha created an app that makes solo travel easier to navigate. TravSolo provides the tools to create your itinerary-on-the-go, meet people and bring back home a story to tell loved ones. @travsolo.
- Phil Calvert aka Philwaukee has partnered with Matador Network for a new travel televison series called PHIL GOOD TRAVELhttp://www.philwaukee.com/, https://matadornetwork.com/read/phil-good-travel/
- The Society for Africans in the Diaspora (SAiD Institute), hosted its 9th Annual African Diaspora Awards, themed "Passport to Africa," on 12/7/19 at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, New York City. The African Diaspora Awards celebrates the accomplishments of exemplary individuals from the African Diaspora who excel in various spheres of life, as well as individuals in society working towards the advancement of Africans in the Diaspora and Africa as a whole.Homecoming #passport2Africa
- 11 Influential Black Women In Travel You Should Know
https://travelnoire.com/influential-black-women-travel/ - Where’s the Travel Writing for Black Women? This article by Sarah Enelow came our several years ago but it is still relevant. It came to my attention again recently and it I thought I would share it.
https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/7773934 https://www.essence.com/lifestyle/travel/10-dope-black-women-travelers-to-follow-instagram/ |
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Afrocentric Travel News/Info - Noirbnb is a global travel community that provides experiences, lodging and events with a focus on including and celebrating travelers of color. https://noirbnb.com/
- Why these African Americans are going 'back' to Ghanahttps://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-50256582/i-have-a-culture-i-have-a-people-i-belong-why-these-african-americans-are-going-back-to-ghana
- Gogalavant – Black Travel Planners specializing in solo travel are on the scene. https://go-galavant.com/
- Black owned yacht charter company, Soca Caribbean is based in the Caribbean and sails to destinations such as the Bahamas, St. Lucia, St. Maarteen, and the British Virgin Islands. www.socayachtcharters.com or find them on social media: @socayachtcharters.
- Indigenous Kokoda Adventures (IKA) is a registered tour operator that has been established to operate along the Kokoda Track and other destinations in Papua New Guinea. They are also the first Indigenous group to offer an authentic, sustainable trekking experience while directly supporting the people, villages and communities along the Track. https://indigenouskokodaadventures.com/
- Travel Noire recently launched their new App.
- Did you know that a Black woman is the CEO of the Los Angeles World Airport. As CEO since 2015, Deborah Flint has made significant transformations to help enhance the experience of passengers who travel to and from Los Angeles, California.https://www.blackbusiness.com/2019/12/deborah-flint-black-woman-ceo-lax-airport.html?
- Barbara Hillary, 88, Trailblazer on Top (and Bottom) of the World, dies, Nov 26, 2019. A retired nurse, she was the first black woman to reach both poles, doing so in her 70s after deciding that she wanted a little adventure in her life.
- Azellia White, trailblazer for African American women in aviation, dies at 106, Nov 18, 2019. She was one of the first African American women to earn a pilot’s license in the United States which she received in 1946.
- If you haven’t done so already, check out this Washington post article by Rhonda Colvin, “TRAVELING WHILE BLACK" - Some Americans are afraid to explore their own country, concerns that evoke the Jim Crow-era Green Book - wapo.st/traveling-while-black
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New Black Travel Books and Travel Writing Tips Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America (Abrams Press) by Candacy Taylor was released on January 7, 2020! http://www.taylormadeculture.com/ Audrey Peterman’s second book, “From My Jamaican Gully To the World” has been published. She takes us with her on the journey from Jamaica to the United States where she and her husband Frank explore the spectacular National Parks and forests and the boardrooms where she strives to help protect their future. http://delnsb.com/ Colored Travelers: Mobility and the Fight for Citizenship before the Civil War by Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor. Its been for a while but I just learned of it. “A City Guide to Africa in Paris” by Jacqueline Ngo Mpii, was recently published. She also provides tours of “Little Africa” in Paris. http://boutique.littleafrica.fr/ The Good Immigrant: 26 Writers Reflect on America Hardcover edited by Nikesh Shukla,s a British writer and diversity activist. The ZORA Canon- The 100 greatest books ever written by African American women https://zora.medium.com/100-best-books-by-black-women-authors-zora-canon-46b3492bdded - Successful Travel Stories: 9 Questions to Ask Before You Pitch https://www.pitchtravelwrite.com/successful-travel-stories.html
- 101 Publishers that Pay for Travel Writinghttps://www.freedomwithwriting.com/freedom/uncategorized/101-travel-publishers-that-pay-writers/
- 7 TIPS FOR TRAVEL WRITERS
communikait.com/2017/11/7-tips-travel-writers - Ever dream of being a travel writer??? Well here is an website full of tips. dreamoftravelwriting.com - It also has a travel magazine database. http://www.travelmagazinedatabase.com
- What We See When We Look at Travel Photography - One of the most thought-provoking perspectives on travel photography and travel writing that I've ever come across. NYTimes.com - nyti.ms/2dsmRjD
- Off Assignment—a home for the tales that writers gather en route to official stories—to prove it. Forged by today’s top journalists, essayists, and travel writers, Off Assignment is a publication dedicated to candid storytelling about moving through space. www.offassignment.com
- The Struggle Is Real -- The Reality of Travel Writing
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Elaine's News Cuisine Noir the leading food, wine and travel lifestyle magazine for the African Diaspora, recetnly published a story I wrote entitled: “From California to The Gambia: Couple Opens the Country’s First Vegan Eatery.” https://www.cuisinenoirmag.com/spicy-tasty-homestauant-the-gambia/ I was invited to teach the first ever travel writing workshop at WICE, an English speaking educational center in Paris. In October, my “Travel Writing 101” sold out class was enthusiastically received by the attendees. https://batw.org/how-elaine-lee-landed-a-travel-writing-teaching-gig-in-paris/
About Elaine Lee Elaine Lee is the editor of “Go Girl: The Black Woman's Book of Travel and Adventure". She is also a San Francisco/Bay Area based lawyer, globetrotter, and travel journalist. She has visited 64 countries and completed two solo trips around the world. Her travel writings have been showcased in numerous national magazines, anthologies and webzines. She has shared her love of travel on many local and national radio, TV shows and travel conferences. Her website ugogurl.com is a leading portal for information on black travel, black travel writing and travel media information. elaineruthlee@gmail.com ugogurl.com |
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