A few months back, I entered a couple of travel essays in the Hackney Literary Awards after seeing the competition advertised via Writers Digest. Yesterday, I found out that that one of them won third prize.
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Aug.30.2012 - 12:18 pm
We're digesting the news that Leigh Weimers, a legendary journalist in San Jose, has passed away after a heart procedure he'd blogged about just the other day (http://leighweimers...
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Nov.09.2011 - 3:53 pm
Last night was the first election night in about seven years that I didn't spend hunkered in a newsroom into the wee hours, munching pizza and debating when it was safe enough to...
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Jun.04.2011 - 11:13 pm
Do you remember when you first fell in love? Or the day you first glimpsed something you knew would change your life forever?
That happened to me two decades ago today. June 5,...
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Apr.07.2011 - 11:50 am
Got an email yesterday from a friend in Bay Area Travel Writers congratulating me on winning a Solas Award. My response: "Thanks, but I didn't know I'd won!" (Ironically...
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Left Bank reverie
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Hong Kong on the Fly
Published Reviews
Jan.01.2010
Published by Rolf Potts' Vagabonding.com
There's no greater thrill than grabbing your pack and passport and getting on a plane -- wherever it's going. Being able to share all those experiences with readers helps me keep...
About Peter
Peter Delevett is a columnist, former editor and occasional travel writer at the San Jose Mercury News. His work has appeared in the Honolulu Advertiser, Miami Herald, (New Orleans) Times-Picayune, Sunset magazine and at WorldHum.com, winning prizes from the...
Causes Peter Delevett Supports
Board member, Books and Authors Vietnam, a national nonprofit that fosters literary exchange between the US and Vietnam and seeks to publish writing by...