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PureTravel Writing Competition winner 2025
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The 2025 PureTravel Writing Competition – Winner

  • November 28, 2025
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Many thanks to the hundreds of writers who entered Stories For Survival, our 2025 PureTravel Writing Competition, in association with the UK charity Explorers Against Extinction. It’s been a tough job, initially…
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Anatolian Plain
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The Dust of Akşehir

  • November 28, 2025
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by Gurkan Avci Winner of Stories For Survival, the 2025 PureTravel Writing Competition Judges comments: This is one of the shortest entries this year – but also perhaps the most…
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Indian railway journey
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On The Go!

  • August 22, 2025
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by Parag Bhatt PureTravel Writing Competition 2024 “I can’t take it anymore!” a voice echoed in my head. “I have tried for almost a year but it just doesn’t seem…
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view from a plane
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Oh Yes, I Am Flying

  • August 15, 2025
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by Saah Millimono PureTravel Writing Competition 2024 Kwani Trust sent me the news by email. My novel manuscript One Day I Will Write About This War, had been awarded Second Place…
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Diu in India
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An Ending Leads to a New Beginning

  • August 8, 2025
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by Nandini Kulkarni PureTravel Writing Competition 2024 A solo journey is always the best; it creates memories in which you will always be with yourself and the people you meet…
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Dolomites Italy
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Primitif!

  • August 1, 2025
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by Patricia Stammers PureTravel Writing Competition 2024 I was driving alone in my car towards the Dolomites when a sparkling blue, and spreading view changed.  Mediterranean Sea disappeared. The road…
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adventure kumrat kohistan
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Adventure in Kumrat

  • July 23, 2025
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by Sahibzada Basit Ali PureTravel Writing Competition 2024 After the grueling exams, my cousins and I were eager to escape the confines of our routine. We set our sights on…
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The highlands of iceland
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My Greatest Journey

  • July 18, 2025
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by Alicja Zawadzka PureTravel Writing Competition 2024 As a 23-year-old woman with a passion for adventure, I found myself on the precipice of an incredible journey that would take me…
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Montmartre Pais
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A Lonely Adventure in Paris: A Story of Self-Discovery

  • July 7, 2025
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by Sena Zeynep Nasifoglu PureTravel Writing Competition 2024 Life is a journey that often transcends geographical boundaries; this journey manifests itself in physical, emotional and spiritual areas. However, my greatest…
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iguazzu falls
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The Long and Winding Road

  • July 4, 2025
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by Moira Smart PureTravel Writing Competition 2024 One of the lines in Pablo Neruda’s poem “You Start Dying Slowly” reads “…if you do not go after a dream.” Comfort zone…
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