The Travel Blog AwardsA little while back, I’d mentioned the open nomination for the Travvies, the brand new travel blog awards initiated by Mark Ashley.

Yesterday, they announced the finalists, as chosen by their panel of prestigious judges, and I’m happy to report that Brave New Traveler made the cut for two categories:

  • Best Travel Blog
  • Best Group Written Travel Blog

I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t exciting to be in the running with the ranks of Newyorkology, Vagablogging, along with the rest of the deserving finalists.

I couldn’t have done it without our fantastic guest contributors, writing quality posts week after week. And of course, a big thank you to our readers, who nominated Brave New Traveler in the first place.

Once again, I must ask for your support.

Voting is now on for the next week, and I’d be eternally grateful if you’d head over and cast your vote.

I’ll report back with the winners once the votes are tallied.

Lastly, if you’re looking for a writeup of all the original nominations, check out a great analysis over at Travel Notes.

 
 

About The Author

Ian MacKenzie

Ian MacKenzie is the founder and former editor of Brave New Traveler. He is a now a contributing editor to Matador, and the network's architect. Ian is also a documentary filmmaker, with his first feature (One Week Job) released in 2010.

  • http://www.ramblingtraveler.com Stacy

    Congratulations, Ian! This is a nice acknowledgement of everything you’ve done in a short amount of time. I wish you the best of luck.

 

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A travel reflection from one of Matador's 2011 Brave New Travelers.

 

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