Trip: 2009 Scholarships
There are [18] stories from my trip: 2009 Scholarships
WORLDWIDE | Friday, 23 Oct 2009 | Views [4887] | Comments [120]

Wow! What an overwhelming
response! We received 1050 applications this year which created an
enormous headache (in the nicest possible way) for our judges. The
quality of the work was also brilliant which just made the job even harder! ... Read more >
Tags: antarctica, travel photography, scholarship, photo scholarship, penguins, national, worldnomads.com, world nomads, winner
GUATEMALA | Tuesday, 29 Sep 2009 | Views [283] | PODCAST

Enrique Nunez Mussa of Santiago, Chile and winner of
our 2009 Podcast Scholarship visits “Phoenix School” run by volunteers in the
Mayan community of San Andres de Itzapa, Guatemala. Set against a backdrop of hills, volcanoes
and crowing ... Read more >
Tags: podcast, scholarship, guatemala, maya, san andres de itzapa
VIETNAM | Thursday, 10 Sep 2009 | Views [450] | Comments [1]

Maranatha Hay, winner of our Travel Documentary Scholarship has just returned from the lush Mai Chau Valley in North Vietnam. Maranatha trekked deep into the valley with a group of Doctors to set up health clinics to offer vital medical services to the ... Read more >
Tags: vietnam, trekking, mai chau, scholarship, documentary
ANTARCTICA | Monday, 6 Jul 2009 | Views [74984] | Comments [207]

Join a National Geographic on-assignment photographer in Antarctica! Applications Close: October 4, 2009 NOW CLOSED WorldNomads.com , National Geographic Channel & Gap Adventures are giving one exceptional ... Read more >
Tags: worldnomads.com, travel photography, scholarship, antarctica, penguins, national geographic, world nomads, antarctic peninsula, shetland islands, jason edwards
GUATEMALA | Sunday, 5 Jul 2009 | Views [407]

Enrique Nunez Musa, our 2009 Podcast Scholarship winner recently returned from a GVI run volunteer project in Guatemala where he built an energy saving stove for a local Mayan family, taught at the local school and fell in love with Antigua. Enrique ... Read more >
Tags: guatemala, antigua, scholarship, volunteering, gvi
WORLDWIDE | Friday, 3 Jul 2009 | Views [1978] | Comments [1]

Our winner: Maranatha Hay The judging panel for the 2009 Documentary Scholarship have weighed in their results to announce this year's winner. As you will see from the winning and shortlisted entries below, the standard was exceptional, giving ... Read more >
Tags: scholarship, travel documentary, national geographic adventure, winner, world nomads, maranatha hay, documentary scholarship
WORLDWIDE | Friday, 3 Jul 2009 | Views [5267] | Comments [15]

Jason Edwards on assignment We have been receiving a lot of questions about preparing your entry for the 2009 Travel Photography Scholarship . Our mentor and on-assignment National Geographic photographer, Jason Edwards has shared some of his ... Read more >
Tags: travel photography, scholarship, antarctica, national geographic, jason edwards, digital imaging, world nomads, 2009 travel photography scholarship, photography tips
WORLDWIDE | Monday, 20 Apr 2009 | Views [703] | Comments [3] | PODCAST

We are pleased to announce the winner of the 2009 Travel Podcast Scholarship as selected by our mentor, ABC Radio Journalist, Executive Producer and Author, Tim Latham.......
Winner: Enrique Núñez. Judge's comments: Enrique's radio documentary ... Read more >
Tags: podcast, scholarship, winner, enrique núñez, podcast scholarship winner announced!, world nomads
WORLDWIDE | Tuesday, 31 Mar 2009 | Views [52443] | Comments [69]

Go on assignment to Vietnam and have your video documentary broadcast on Nat Geo Adventure!
Mai Chau Valley, Vietnam Medical Trek
- Applications are now closed -
Kick start your
documentary career by going on assignment ... Read more >
Tags: vietnam, medical trek, mai chau, scholarship, documentary
INDIA | Friday, 20 Mar 2009 | Views [931] | Comments [1]

River Nila, Photo by Jessica Lee Jessica Lee, winner of the 2009 Travel Writing Scholarship has recently returned from her trip to the Nila River in Kerala,India. Jess enjoyed a tour with The Blue Yonder and completed her assignment writing ... Read more >
Tags: india, river nila, travel writing scholarship, the blue yonder
WORLDWIDE | Wednesday, 11 Feb 2009 | Views [13422] | Comments [25]

- APPLICATIONS NOW CLOSED FOR PODCAST - TRAVEL VIDEO DOCUMENTARY SCHOLARSHIP WorldNomads.com will send one exceptional individual on assignment to volunteer on a GVI run project near Antigua in Guatemala. The Indigenous Maya ... Read more >
Tags: scholarship, podcast documentary, guatemala, antigua
INDIA | Thursday, 5 Feb 2009 | Views [1875] | Comments [3] | Video

David Wardell, winner of our 2008 Travel Documentary Scholarship created this beautiful and poignant 5 minute documentary about the effects of climate change in a small remote village in Rajasthan. Nat Geo Adventure Channel Australia loved it, and ... Read more >
Tags: scholarship, documentary, india, rajasthan, nat geo adventure
WORLDWIDE | Thursday, 22 Jan 2009 | Views [5326] | Comments [11]

There has been an electrifying buzz surrounding this year's Travel Writing Scholarship, and with very good reason. We received over 340 entries, and you guys are talented travel writers!!
The judging panel have landed back on Terra Firma after being ... Read more >
Tags: travel writing scholarship, scholarships, world nomads, winner
WORLDWIDE | Monday, 8 Dec 2008 | Views [921] | Video

It seems Nelson Mouellic, winner of the 2008 Travel Photography Scholarship is not just an awesome photographer but a charmer as well! We were flabbergasted when he told us he talked his way into a FIRST CLASS upgrade on his flight back home to ... Read more >
INDIA | Monday, 1 Dec 2008 | Views [16410] | Comments [79]

The River Nila offers countless opportunities to witness thrilling folk performances, far beyond the tourist trail. Photo courtesy of David Stott
Do you want to be a published travel writer? Go on assignment to Kerala with ... Read more >
Tags: scholarship, 2009, travel writing, india, footprint travel guides, world nomads, kerala, scholarships
INDIA | Thursday, 13 Nov 2008 | Views [868] | Comments [1] | Video

I caught up with David Wardell and his mentor Trent O'donnell over a cup of chai in the Thar desert in Rajasthan at the tail end of his assignment. David is currently working on his mini-doco for Nat Geo Adventure, check out what he had to say about ... Read more >
Tags: india, scholarship, thar desert, rajsathan, documentary, travel scholarship, world nomads
INDIA | Tuesday, 4 Nov 2008 | Views [821]

David, interviewing local village women in Rajasthan David Wardell, recipient of the 2008 Video Documentary Scholarship has returned from his assignment in Rajasthan, India. Enduring extreme heat, dodging scorpions and wrangling camels, David ... Read more >
Tags: india, scholarship, thar desert, rajsathan, documentary, travel scholarship, world nomads
SRI LANKA | Wednesday, 1 Oct 2008 | Views [1075]

Susannah Palk, winner of the 2008 Travel Writing Scholarship has just had her travel article published in both The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age (Melbourne based paper). It's a beautiful story about her volunteering assignment in Sri Lanka. Congratulations ... Read more >
Tags: travel writing, scholarship, world nomads, sri lanka, susannah palk, winner