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YOU can win $500! So get your pencils sharpened, your laptops powered, and your cameras ready, Champlain Area Trails (CATS) has announced its next Travel Writing Contest.
The winning entrant will be awarded $500. The People’s Choice Winner—the entry with the most online votes—will earn $250. All winning pieces will be featured in our online CATS Destination Guide.
Share your favorite adventures in New York’s Champlain Valley. Your story could earn you $500. Announcing the Champlain Area Trails Travel Writing Contest!
With its historic hamlets, rich wildlife, vibrant sense of community, and scenic vistas, you know how unique this region is. So share your story about the places you hiked, the restaurant you loved, the outfitter who went that extra mile, the bed and breakfast that felt like an escape into pure bliss, or the sublime concert you heard. We’re looking for travel stories that will inspire others to follow in your footsteps.
Our guest judge will award a $500 first prize. There’s also a chance for everyone else to pick his or her favorite during our online voting. The People’s Choice—the story earning the most online votes—wins $250.
Get started! Stories must be uploaded to the CATS website by midnight April 30, 2012.
All winning pieces will be featured in our online CATS Destination Guide.
For full details, please click on the contest guidelines below.
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The contest doesn't stop after you turn in your submission. You and your friends--the more the better--will get a chance to have your say. Once we sort through all your fabulous entries and put them online, you'll be able to vote for your favorite starting December 15, 2011. Here's your chance to tip the scale in your favor by getting as many people as you can to visit the CATS website and vote for your entry. (Sorry, only one vote per person.) The People's Choice Winner for each category will receive $250 as well as publication in the CATS Destination Guide.
Interested in meeting our guest judges? Read all about them.
