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1. Competitions b. Win a city break to Barcelona courtesy of the easyJet holidays website! The easyJet holidays website is celebrating Barcelona being voted as one of Europes top gastro tourism destinations by launching a challenge for food bloggers to create a tapas dish worthy of winning a holiday to Barcelona. Find out more >> 2. Travel writing tips: a. Travel buy the book: via Diverse Traveller interviews with new and established female travel writers; b. Get an introduction to travel writing by booking a place on our London and Sheffield workships. But if you can't make it to Sheffield take an online travel writing course and learn from experts, share your writing and get constructive feedback. c. Still not sure? Here are some practical writing tips from travel community MatarodorU: 3. Travel Photography Tips Here are some great practical tips from the MatadorU Travel Photography Course: *** Help us spread the word, pass DiverseTraveller.com on to your female friends, family and colleagues. Disclaimers: The views and opinions of an author expressed in any information found on DiverseTraveller.com does not necessarily reflect those of DiverseTraveller.com. Unless otherwise stated the copyright for any stories, reviews, features or articles and any accompanying photos belong to the author, contributor or advertiser.
a. Win your dream travel job with Viator. They are looking for four hard-working travelers with a passion for videography! Spend 60 days visiting the hottest travel destinations across North America and Europe and receive up to USD $15,000 per person for expenses! Submit a short video covering one of the following topics for a chance to win your dream travel job! Find out more >>
c. The Telegraph Travel writing competition: Just Back 2012
Each week, a reader wins £200 in our travel writing competition. Here we reveal the winner of our £1,000 annual prize. Read more >>
d. Open Call for Submissions and Volunteers for The New York Food Film Festival 2012.
Filmmakers everywhere are invited to submit their food films for consideration through April 20th, 2012. The only criteria for submitting a film is that it must be about food or drink, and it must be submitted digitally via thefoodfilmfestival.com.
e. New £2,000 prize on offer for talented arts journalists
The Observer and the Anthony Burgess Foundation are offering a £2,000 prize for promising new arts journalists. The prize will be for the best writing on brand new work in the arts which has not previously been published, whether in print or on the internet. The winning essay might take the form of an interview or profile of a writer, artist or musician; a piece on a new artistic movement or venture; or a review of a book, film, a concert, a ballet or a stage play. Find out more >>
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1. Argentiana: Take home cocktail history from Buenos Aires | Travel News from Fodor's Travel GuidesArmchair travel around the world (via the web)
Search this market for a unique souvenir that makes a great conversation piece. Read more >>
2. Exploring the Stylish Side of Brussels, Belgium | Travel + Leisure
Brussels has been shaking off a bad rap for the past decade as the Continental redoubt of the well-heeled and slightly stuffy; a resolutely bourgeois town, suffering from a dearth of...well, vitality. Read more >>
3. Paris exhibition unpacks the first-class careers of luggage king Louis Vuitton and his successor Marc Jacobs | Mail Online
The exhibit at the Musée Les Arts Décoratifs compares the work of the two designers and draws on similarities between the two - including a savvy awareness of their market and a love of first-class train travel. Read more >>
4. De Oude Pijp, Amsterdam's 'Latin Quarter' | Travel | guardian.co.uk
Amsterdam's De Oude Pijp district, nicknamed the Quartier Latin and once the home of the city's poor students and artists, is now a lively mixture of cultures, food and sights. Read more >>
5. The beauty of Hong Kong - in pictures |The Independent
They don’t call Hong Kong ‘the pearl of the orient for nothing. Read more >>
6. Rustic Italy: places to stay for food lovers | The Guardian
Alastair Sawday of Sawday's guides picks 15 places to stay where the food is as wonderful as the surroundings. Read more >>
7. Morocco holidays: Fez without the fuss | Telegraph
Get more than you bargained for in Fez, Morocco's oldest imperial city, says Natalie Paris. Read more >>
8. Marbella, Spain: a family holiday with bling | Telegraph
Looking for an Easter holiday that offers something different? Head to Marbella, the glitzy Spanish sunspot favoured by the stars. Read more >>
9. Stockholm: on the trail of the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Telegraph
Stieg Larsson devotees will find their dark side sated during a port call in Stockholm. Lisa Gerard Sharp points the way. Read more >>
10. Zambia: a walk in the wilderness | Telegraph
Thirty years after her last visit, Margaret Drabble returns to north-east Zambia and finds an earthly paradise scattered with small safari camps and teeming with game. Read more >>
