FTF Scholarships
At Family Travel Forum, we want to encourage your blogging and travels by rewarding the best posts with scholarships and stipends.
Cash awards are distributed each fall during the annual Teen Travel Writing Scholarship open to students ages 13-18. Travelers ages 18-26 can apply to FTF's Young Travel Writers Scholarship and win a travel stipend. Many of these merit competitions have been held in conjunction with the prestigious Society of American Travel Writers, who provide professional judges.
FTF Teen Travel Writing Scholarship
The 2013 Family Travel Forum Teen Travel Writing Scholarship is accepting submissions from April 15 to July 22, 2013. Meet the winners of the 2012 FTF Teen Travel Writing Scholarship and check out their great work.
FTF Young Travel Writers Scholarship
The 2012 Family Travel Forum Young Travel Writers Scholarship is now closed. Read the 2012 winner's work now.
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March Of The LivingWe visited Auschwitz, and saw rooms filled with shoes taken from the prisoners. I saw pictures of babies who were tortured and glass exhibits filled with human hair. We visited Treblinka, a camp completely destroyed by the Nazis to hide their crimes, a Nazi made forest in its place, and memorials... Category: Scholarship |
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Becoming A Family Far From Home“She was right there.” The venerable old woman pointed a crooked finger toward the flowerbed in front of her. All four of us stared into the little bed that was brimming with golden chrysanthemums. The scene looked so mild and innocent, but in my mind I watched a young woman weave... Category: Scholarship |
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DiggingAs a five-year-old, I remember sitting on the salty shore and contemplating whether or not my friends could have been right when they told me that if I shoveled long and hard, I would hit China. Now, I have hollowed out some pretty great holes in my life, and not once has my shovel hit... Category: Scholarship |
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Storm WarningAs we pulled through the entry gate of the nearly deserted Nebraska campground, I peered out the car window at the lake— Lake Minatare. It was by far the spookiest-looking lake I'd ever seen. As the fiery sun dipped low and disappeared beneath the water, the surface of the... Category: Scholarship |
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Alaska After DarkThe empty theater was dim at 3 a.m., illuminated only by the strings of delicate lights lining the aisle floors. Our voices came out hushed, absorbed into the thick carpet, the endless rows of red velvet seats, and the heavy folds of curtains sweeping back from the stage. Aside from the... Category: Scholarship |
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Rendezvous With The RapidsThe mist carried by the brisk wind stung my cheeks to a bright pink just as Shadrach’s, our seasoned river guide. On the banks, green in various stages of battle struggled out from under the oppressive grip of rock layers, cracking its competitors and twirling in the wind with momentary... Category: Scholarship |
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Pourquoi Pas?This is me, the health freak who won’t even put dressing on her salad, indulging in ice cream and crepes daily. The same girl who won’t touch beef chomps down on blood sausage and organ meat. When my host mother offers me more cheese with her gregarious smile, I stifle my instinct to... Category: Scholarship |
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Somewhere Between Two OceansIcy air stung as the weight of panniers propelled my bicycle downwards. The steep road twisted and turned until the sign boldly proclaiming: “Roger’s Pass/ Continental Divide/ Elevation 5,610” faded into a distant pinpoint. My wet clothing was of no aid, having just crawled from a... Category: Scholarship |
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Memorial Peace Park In HiroshimaWalking into the Memorial Peace Park in Hiroshima, Japan I fully expected my classmates and I to get dirty looks we were in fact Americans and our relatives may have helped in the development of the atomic bomb, that had destroyed so many Japanese lives. Instead we were greeted with smiles. A group... Category: Scholarship |
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Traveling Far To Reach A Close DistanceTravel has always taken place within the human race, raising the question: what drives the need to travel and why is the pursuit of travel never ending amongst our kind? ► best video 2012 Teen Travel Writing Scholarship ► Honorable mention 2012 Teen Travel Writing... Category: Scholarship |
