What to Read Next: Awarding-Winning Articles From ADVENTURE

We at the ADVENTURE editorial office in New York City were honored to learn that the magazine has won a handful of awards—ten, in fact, including Best Travel Magazine—in the Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards, a competition administered by the Society of American Travel Writers Foundation. While perusing the list of winners, we were impressed, again, by the incredible adventures reported by our contributors. If you’re looking for some inspiration or need an armchair escape, consider giving these articles a read.

Category 3: Magazines; 3A — Travel Magazines
Gold: National Geographic Adventure, John Rasmus, Editor-in-Chief
Judges’ Comments: This travel magazine makes the most of its parent brand (National Geographic) and comes through with stunning photography and gripping storytelling. The overall presentation is fun and challenging. Writers such as Sebastian Junger provide personal, well-researched and reported articles that fill out the feature well. Front-of-book and back-of-book departments provide lots of service. Content varies from must-have gear and best trip packages to an account of an expedition to the Congo.

Category 5: Magazine Article on U.S./Canada Travel
Gold: James Vlahos, “The Arch Hunters”

Category 7: Magazine Article on Foreign Travel
Gold: Scott Anderson, “Fast Track to Tibet”
   
Category 9: Magazine Photo Illustration of Travel Article
Gold: Gordon Wiltsie, “The Vanishing Breed”

Category 12: Article on Adventure Travel
Bronze: Matthew Power, “Escape to Mount Kenya”

Category 13: Travel News/Investigative Reporting
Silver: Christopher Ketcham, “A Death at Outward Bound”

Category 15: Environmental Tourism Article
Gold:  John Falk, “Why the Bonobos Need a Radio…and Other (Unlikely) Lessons
From the Deepest CongoWhy the Bonobos Need a Radio…and Other (Unlikely) Lessons
From the Deepest CongoWhy the Bonobos Need a Radio…and Other (Unlikely) Lessons
From the Deepest Congo”

Category 16: Cultural Tourism Article
Silver: Gretel Ehrlich, “The Vanishing Breed”

Category 17:  Personal Comment
Bronze: Sebastian Junger, “Running Away”

Category 18: Special-Purpose Travel
Gold: John Falk, “Downward Facing Boyfriend”