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Trazzler helps would-be travelers answer the question "Where should I go?" Trazzlers meander through a world of trips—hand-picked, concise, compellingly written slices of life that pull the reader into a real experience. When you enter a contest, get cinematic and zoom in: on a particular moment, action, experience, observation, insight, sensation—sound, sight, taste, smell, feeling—transport us to this place through your writing.

Current Writing Contests: Louisville, Stowe, San Francisco

Past Contest Themes and Winners

Hawaii Writing Contest: Island
People's Choice Award Winner: Adrienne Wilson
Editors' Choice Award Winner: Heather McNeill
Editors' Choice Runners-Up: Kevin Capp, Rich Carriero, Laci Chiodo, Karen Dion, Robert Isenberg, Lauren Ladoceour, Rachel Lebeaux , Breena Kerr, James Mulcahy, Anne Scalamonti.

Summer #NYCGO Contest: Oasis
Grand Prize: Stephen Bramucci, Walking in the Footsteps of Pirates in Ambodifototra, Madagascar
9 Runners Up: Courtney Scott, Alex Dweezy Dwyer, Sandra Foster Lovas, Paul Justin Cox III, Kate Sommers, Marie Elena Martinez, Stephanie Fine Sasse, Paul Koning, and Traci Hui
Editors' Choice Awards: Craig Bridger, Ethan Gelber, Thalia Kwok, and Karen Dion

May/June 2009: Work of Art
Kendra Hoover, Julie Hammonds, David Chachere, Kimberly Wadsworth, Anne-Sophie Redisch, Sami, Hrvoje Karalic, Gladys Glover, Yoshi Salaverry, and Beth Green.

April 2009: Local Institution
Ifang Hsieh, Simon Gray, Amiee Maxwell, Jessica Stout, Diana Springfield, Christina Tse, Adam Bailey, Marian Liou Black, Alicia Miller, Brian Lauvray, Peter Dorrien Traisci, Doug Mack, and Kevin Michael Capp.

February/March 2009: Geological Anomaly
This month something magical happened. We couldn't bear to limit ourselves to just a few winners, so we went for broke:
Winners: Katie Hammel, Bartley J. D'Alfonso, Shara Johnson, Morgan Seag, Chris Ferro, Karl Ritzler, Melinda Barlow, Jodi Tidwell, Daniel Djang, and Tessa James.
Freelancers: Cheri Lucas, Adrienne C Wilson, Ashwin Sodhi, Rachel Zagrocki Pommier, Christina Brzustoski, and Lavanya Kilaru.

January 2009: On the Beaten Path
Winners: Cindy Aitken, Matt Maggi, and Craig Nelson
Freelancers: Courtney Scott, Elliott Gaines, Nicholas Rowlands, Beckie Leung, Eamon Downes, Muon Van, Denise Seith, Marilyn L. Geary, Corinne Vail, and Lori Wilson.

December 2008: Cold
Winners: Jeff Jenkins, Paul Koning, Tai Kuncio, and Greg Thomas

November 2008: Urban Enigmas
Winners: Gareth Thornton and Amanda Scotese

October 2008: Mom and Pops
Winner: Tina Jett