SATW Canadian Chapter Announces 2023 Awards
04 Oct
The SATW Canadian Chapter announced the recipients of its 7th Annual Chapter Awards Program, representing the best of Canadian travel journalism.
The awards, which include Best Canadian Travel Story, Best International Travel Story, Best Service Story, Virtual storytelling, and Photography (People and Places), were given out on September 21 at SATW’s Canadian Chapter Meeting.
The full list of award winners is below:
Best Canadian Travel Story
- First place: Jennifer Bain, This Island Is Much More Than Its Iconic Inn, Daily Beast
- Second place: Jane Mundy, Sipping & Cycling Penticton / Hungry for Kelowna, BC Magazine
- Third place: Linda Barnard, The Rockies by Rail: The Rocky Mountaineer luxury train, the ultimate way to see the mountains, West of the City Magazine
Best International Travel Story
- First place: Natalie Preddie, In Alabama, I find a historic trail of tragedy and triumph — and the human side of the fight for civil rights, The Toronto Star
- Second place: Heather Greenwood Davis, For Muslim hikers, an empowering community makes all the difference, National Geographic
- Darcy Rhyno, Consider the Stone Crab, Atlas Obscura
Best Service Story
- First place: Robin Esrock,What Happens on a Self-Guided Cycling Trip, The Great Canadian Bucket List
- Carolyn Heller, A Guide to Community Tourism Experiences, Verge Magazine
- Carolyn Ray, Six Reasons Why You Should Use a Travel Advisor, JourneyWoman
Virtual storytelling
- First place: Brandy Yanchyk, Seeing Canada – Black History in South Western Ontario (Distribution, CPAC TV and PBS)
- Second place; Bea Broda, Outta Town Adventures: Ecuador: Quito and Mashpi Reserve: An unexpected Oasis (Distribution: Amazon Prime, SPI, Arait Mulitmedia, SBS Australia, etc)
- Third place: Debra Corbeil, 20 Best Things to do in Grindelwald, The Planet D
Photography: People
- First place: Jennifer Bain,Charlie at the Trump Border Wall, National Parks Traveler, The Challenges (and Rewards) of visiting Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
- Second place: Arlene Karpan , The Grandeur of Lake Athasbasca’s North Shore, Prairies North Magazine (print only)
- Third place : Dave Bouskill, 25 best things to do in Marbella, Spain, The Planet D
Photography: Places
- First place: Lindsay Nieminen, More Than Just a Primal Connection, Carpe Diem OUR Way
- Second place: Barbara Ramsay Orr, Mural Girl, Coffee with Gabo, West of the City Magazine
- Third place: Vanessa Dewson: Joe Batt’s Arm, Newfoundland, Newfoundland: Chasing the Light and Finding Serenity, Dreamscapes Magazine
SATW is a professional organization comprised of the travel industry’s most experienced journalists, photographers, editors, broadcast/video/film producers, bloggers, website owners, public relations experts, and hospitality industry representatives from around the world.