2008 Woodie Awards
A once in a lifetime oppertunity
The World Nomads Travel Scholarship
Alex Hand
Issue date: 3/25/08 Section: Features
There are scholarships that help pay for books and tuition…then there are scholarships that help pay for the experience of a lifetime. The World Nomads Travel Writing Scholarship provides the opportunity for one lucky student to have this experience. This opportunity has recently been opened up to the students at Cal State San Marcos.
The scholarship will send one outstanding student to participate on an i-toi volunteer project to the tsunami-devastated region of Sri Lanka. The chosen student would spend time living in a small coastal village amongst locals of the region. The scholarship winner would also receive mentorship from Sydney Morning Herald journalist and travel writer Keith Austin throughout their stay. Among the perks is also a new Lenovo laptop the student would use to draft up their own feature travel article highlighting their stay.
Upon return, the student's article could be published by the Sydney Morning Herald (www.smh.com.au). If published, the story would be read by thousands of traveler's worldwide.
Previously, The World Nomads Travel Writing Scholarship has sent students on various assignments in locations such as Anhem Land-Australia, Kenya and Cambodia giving away four educational scholarships to date. World Nomads is partnered with key industry leaders such as Lonely Planet and National Geographic. The "passionate about travel" organization was established in 1999. They have been offering travel insurance and travel safety services to adventurous independent travelers ever since.
According to WorldNomads.com, the scholarship program is "designed to create a dynamic, experiential learning opportunity, which offers mentoring, produces exciting content and facilities partnership to publish/broadcast/exhibit student's work." There are currently 4 scholarships open each year in areas of Travel Writing, Podcast Journalism, Photography and Film Documentary.
Any students in the fields of communications, journalism, media, arts, writing and/or lecturers are encouraged to apply. There are no specific eligibility requirements but the scholarship aims to attract "those students who have a passion for travel and a strong desire to learn and contribute to making a difference in the world." The application deadline is May 25th. For full scholarship and application details visit- http://journals.worldnomads.com/scholarships/post/15629.aspx
The scholarship will send one outstanding student to participate on an i-toi volunteer project to the tsunami-devastated region of Sri Lanka. The chosen student would spend time living in a small coastal village amongst locals of the region. The scholarship winner would also receive mentorship from Sydney Morning Herald journalist and travel writer Keith Austin throughout their stay. Among the perks is also a new Lenovo laptop the student would use to draft up their own feature travel article highlighting their stay.
Upon return, the student's article could be published by the Sydney Morning Herald (www.smh.com.au). If published, the story would be read by thousands of traveler's worldwide.
Previously, The World Nomads Travel Writing Scholarship has sent students on various assignments in locations such as Anhem Land-Australia, Kenya and Cambodia giving away four educational scholarships to date. World Nomads is partnered with key industry leaders such as Lonely Planet and National Geographic. The "passionate about travel" organization was established in 1999. They have been offering travel insurance and travel safety services to adventurous independent travelers ever since.
According to WorldNomads.com, the scholarship program is "designed to create a dynamic, experiential learning opportunity, which offers mentoring, produces exciting content and facilities partnership to publish/broadcast/exhibit student's work." There are currently 4 scholarships open each year in areas of Travel Writing, Podcast Journalism, Photography and Film Documentary.
Any students in the fields of communications, journalism, media, arts, writing and/or lecturers are encouraged to apply. There are no specific eligibility requirements but the scholarship aims to attract "those students who have a passion for travel and a strong desire to learn and contribute to making a difference in the world." The application deadline is May 25th. For full scholarship and application details visit- http://journals.worldnomads.com/scholarships/post/15629.aspx
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