Feature photo: Reeti Roy; Photo above: gfpeck

Reeti’s writing career is taking off.

When Matador awarded Reeti Roy a scholarship to our travel writing program, we were confident that we’d see Reeti use the scholarship to strengthen her writing, expand her portfolio, and to engage with other writers in the program.

We weren’t disappointed; she did all of those things.

In addition, Reeti continued to look for other opportunities to build her skills, and she applied for the Charles Wallace India Trust Scholarship, which supports creative writing students by funding their participation in a three-week summer course held in Edinburgh.

Reeti won the scholarship, and will be headed to Scotland in August. The writing course coincides with the Edinburgh Book Festival, and Reeti is especially looking forward to connecting with other writers and “fellow students from all across the globe” (including, we hope, Matador’s own Andy Hayes, who is a local expert on Edinburgh for Planet Eye Traveler).

Congratulations, Reeti! We look forward to reading your work from Edinburgh.

Community Connection:

If you’d like to read more of Reeti’s writing, you can browse these articles she has published here at Matador, or visit her blog.

MatadorU
 

About The Author

Julie Schwietert

Julie Schwietert Collazo is a writer, editor, researcher, and translator currently in New York, formerly of Mexico City and San Juan. She is Matador's managing editor and is the lead faculty member of MatadorU's travel writing program.

  • http://cerusso.blogspot.com CeRusso

    Wow, congrats to Reeti! Definitely making me want to join the Matador U crew!

  • http://the-magic-ink-stand.blogspot.com Reeti

    Hey thanks! You definitely should :D

  • http://carlo-alcos.com Carlo

    Wow, that’s fantastic. Congrats Reeti!

    • http://the-magic-ink-stand.blogspot.com Reeti

      Thanks Carlo ! Honoured to be part of the community :)

  • http://www.lolaakinmade.com Lola

    Fantastic news and couldn’t go to a more deserving writer! Congrats Reeti

    • http://the-magic-ink-stand.blogspot.com Reeti

      Thanks Lola :)

  • Khan

    Awesome news!! Congratulations. Much love.

MatadorU →

Laura Cook is going to South Africa after winning The Guardian's contest!

MatadorU →

MatadorU now offers workshops and consulting services, both online and "in real life."

MatadorU →

Adventure photographer and MatadorU alum Jeff Bartlett is launching a new travel and...

MatadorU →

Abbie Mood branches out beyond travel writing to accept editorial position for a running...

MatadorU →

Active, direct feedback and a broader market leads system are two of the major changes...

MatadorU →

The latest MatadorU student to land a paying gig will be PlanetEye's expert on Los...

MatadorU →

Good news for aspiring travel photographers: the next course offering at Matador U is...