Hello, Hola, Bonjour, Ciao!
In the spirit of sisterhood and collective upliftment, I am writing to share some travel media related information that recently came my way. I publish a newsletter approximately 3-4 times per year with the goal of informing the African American travel media community about upcoming events, news, calls for submission, residencies and updates on my travel work. Here’s hoping your find something interesting or useful within.
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Awakening the global heart, Elaine Lee
Travel Writing News and Opportunities


Fall Newsletter – 2020
Here is a link to the Fall 2020 edition! https://ckarchive.com/b/d0ueh0hvg0ld Below is excerpt: Wavelength is the Black Travel Alliance’s premier networking event connecting the travel industry to Black travel journalists, creators, and influencers, taking place virtually on 5th December 2020 from 12 noon to 4 pm ET/5 pm to 9 pm BST. – Expedia Group


Special Summer 2020 edition
Link to the newsletter here: https://ckarchive.com/b/mvu7h5hw675m Below is an excerpt from the newsletter: Afrocentric Travel News/Info Feature articles – thanks to BLM there a plethora of them. Here is a sampling. Looking for more information about racial discrimination in the travel industry? Check out Travel Massive’s BLM lounge – a space to share resources, information, links,


Summer 2020 edition
Below is a link to the newsletter: https://ckarchive.com/b/n4uohvheknpq Below is an excerpt from the newsletter: The Root, the premier online destination for news, politics, and culture from an African American perspective, is looking for freelance weekend and evening writers. Travelnoire is hiring a Community Experience Manager, Travel Noire. For more info: visit BlavityInc.com/Careers. Conde Naste


Winter 2020 Newsletter
Below is a link to the Winter 2020 newsletter! https://shoutout.wix.com/so/b8M-K3wec Here is an excerpt from it: Lavinia Spaulding is happy to announce she will be editing another volume of The Best Women’s Travel Writing, published by Travelers’ Tales. THE SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS JANUARY 31, 2020, and the anthology will come out in the fall of


Fall Newsletter 2019 Edition
Below is a link to the newsletter! https://shoutout.wix.com/so/a6MmiLbpJ Below in an excerpt from the newsletter. WITS-Women in Travel Summit is heading to Riga, Latvia from November 8-10 for their first ever Europe Summit. For more info visit: https://witsummit.com/europe


Spring Newsletter 2019 Edition
Below is a link to the Spring 2019 newsletter https://shoutout.wix.com/so/29MdI0qlX Below is an excerpt from the newsletter: Emerging Voices Fellowships has five seven-month fellowships.


Newsletter – Fall 2018
To see the November 28, 2018 edition of the newsletter, just visit the link below! http://shoutout.wix.com/so/87MTIwety Below is an excerpt: Women in Travel Summit is excited to invite dynamic and ambitious speakers to apply to present at WITS ‘19 from May 3-5, 2019 in Portland, Maine! Applications will be accepted until 11:59pm ET on Tuesday, December


Newsletter – Summer 2018
A link to the July 30. 2018 edition is below: http://shoutout.wix.com/so/5MJfNDpE Here is an excerpt from it: Nomadness Travel Tribe presents “Audacity” is a day long, interactive festival for travelers of color. September 8th, Oakland Ca. For more info or to volunteer visit: http://www.audacityfest.com