Travel Kudos The Labyrinth Society Annual Writing Contest Here are the year’s winning entries: Third Place Essay -- Kathryn Brockman Lost in Magog relates how sometimes walking around in circles can help lead you back to the core of your inner Self. read more . . . http://www.labyrinthsociety.org/html/writing_contest.phtml GoNOMAD Awards Third $500 Travel Writing Grant By Jessica Taryn Always eager to form relationships with new creative talents, GoNOMAD has been reviewing some exciting one-page submissions explaining what writers would do if they received GoNOMAD’s quarterly $500 travel grant. Top Nine Finalists Kathryn Brockman proposed an article that she plans on calling, “The Many Spirits of Iceland,” in which she will write about her travels to Reykjavik, Iceland where she plans to learn about the cultural beliefs in “Otherly Beings.” Brockman hopes to visit destinations like ‘The Valley of the Trolls’ and ‘The City of Elves’ to uncover the relationship between Icelanders and the spirits. She says, “In February 2006, I plan to travel to Iceland to explore the relationship between humans, this shadow community of spirit beings, isolation, loneliness and tourism, whose very existence depends on peace and goodwill among all beings.” Inspired by the Nordic folktales her mother read to her as a child, Brockman continued her studies and received a diploma in elf studies from the Icelandic Elf School, which she plans to use to help her identify and differentiate the spirits and their relationship to the culture of the people of Iceland. “Little is known about Icelanders’ deeply rooted cultural beliefs in Otherly Beings that dwell side by side with them, influencing their daily lives and government,” she explains. Brockman also plans on learning about Iceland’s famous seafood, its thermal waters and thrilling nightlife. GoNOMAD.com Awards $500 to Promising Travel Writer By Jessica Taryn GoNOMAD is always looking for travel writers with new and exciting stories to tell. As an incentive for travel writers to submit their work to GoNOMAD, as well asassisting writers financially so that they have the ability to travel and fulfill their dream stories, GoNOMAD started a writing contest. After careful review of the many one-page synopses submitted, every three months a promising author is chosen to win a $500 cash award. Top Five Finalists Author and photographer, Kathryn Brockman is interested in writing about tourism in Laos. She says, “A history of colonization, and civil and political conflicts isolated the country since the 1970s from the outside world. Today, modern services are being developed so that travelers can enjoy a simpler way of life in a country still unaffected by mass tourism…My proposed feature, ‘Laos Renewed’, will cover the people, lodges, food, temples, caves and rafting that attract adventure travelers and travelers looking to break fresh ground in an unspoiled paradise.” Laos Renewed: An unspoiled paradise breaks from its self-imposed isolation. City of Elves: Uncover the relationship between Icelanders and the spirits © Kathryn Brockman “…to the ends of the earth…”http://www.labyrinthsociety.org/html/writing_contest.phtmlshapeimage_1_link_0

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