We’re excited to announce the third contest in our yearlong series of monthly Grantourismo travel blogging competitions. Once again, we’re inviting you to create an inspiring blog post, consisting of 500 words maximum* of evocative writing and one mouthwatering photograph*.
You guessed it, the theme for May is Food and Travel. Your post should be about a memorable food experience from your travels: a local dish you tried on a trip for the first time that changed the way you feel about food, an exotic street food experience that blew your mind, food markets that gave you a great insight into the local culture and community, a cooking course you did on your travels that took your skills to a new level… you get the picture. You can also search ‘food’ on Grantourismo for more ideas. The post can be practical, observational, reflective, practical… it’s up to you, but it must be focused on food and travel.
This month, we’re adding two prizes into the mix, a cute Olympus FE-4040 ultra-compact camera for those sneaky restaurant pics and so you’re not accused of soul-stealing when you’re taking market shots, as well as someone to take you to that local market or provide insider foodie tips, your own private guide courtesy of Our Explorer.
If your post also touches on some of our other themes, and motivates people to explore more authentic and enriching ways to travel, get beneath the skin of a place when they travel, learn to live like locals, and travel more slowly and more sustainably, then that’s great too.
It’s important that your story and photograph must be your own, they must be original, they should derive from a firsthand travel experience you’ve had, and they should not have been published elsewhere. **Make sure you do not submit more than 500 words and you only post one photograph, otherwise your entry will be disqualified.
FIRST PRIZES A stay at a HomeAway Holiday-Rentals property of your choice anywhere in the world valued at UK£500/US$750, a Viator tour voucher worth £100/US$150 and an Olympus FE-4040 compact camera worth £125/US$190.
SECOND PRIZE Context tour voucher worth US$100, and a private half-day tour with a local guide in a destination of your choice anywhere in the world from Our Explorer.
THIRD PRIZE an annual subscription to AFAR magazine.
The winning entry will be featured on Grantourismo, HomeAway UK’s Facebook page, and we, HomeAwayUK, Viator and Context will tweet your success on Twitter.
To be eligible to enter
Entry submission is by posting and linking, and communication is through the Comments below and by Twitter, which means:
1. You must have your own blog or website, be a contributor to a group blogging site, or post to a travel site such as www.matadortravel.com, www.bootsnall.com, www.travellerspoint.com, www.travelpod.com, etc.
2. You need to subscribe to Grantourismo via email/RSS, join our community on Google Friend Connect (sign up from http://grantourismotravels.com/ not from this post’s URL as it will not work); and join HomeAway Holiday Rental’s Facebook page to enter.
3. You need to follow @Gran_tourismo and @HomeAwayUK on Twitter, then alert us on Twitter that you’re following us for the #GrantourismoComp and we will follow you back.
How to enter
1. Upload your original entry to your blog before end of 28 May. The sooner you do it the better it is for you, because we’ll visit your site to read your post, tweet about the entries, and other entrants will also visit your blog for inspiration.
2. Identify at the beginning or end of your post that “This post has been entered into the Grantourismo and HomeAway Holiday-Rentals travel blogging competition” and link to this post (so your entry appears in the Trackbacks below) and www.homeaway.co.uk. Tag the post with ‘Grantourismo’ and ‘HomeAway Holiday-Rentals’ so we and others can easily search for it.
3. Leave your name and link to your post in the Comments below – this serves as your submission. If there is no obvious way for us to contact you to notify you if you’ve won, then please leave your Twitter address below.
4. Tweet us on Twitter @Gran_tourismo and @HomeAwayUK to tell us your post is up, using #GrantourismoComp in your tweet, which makes it easy for others to find your entry also.
5. Encourage your blog readers and followers on Twitter to engage and re-tweet your entry post. We’re keen to hear their thoughts.
Winning Entries
1.We will notify winners by Twitter or email by 31 May.
2.Winners will be required to email us their photograph and blog post for publishing.
3.The winning entry will be posted on or soon after 1 June.
For more details, read the fine print below. If you have any questions, pop them in the Comments below.
The Fine Print – Terms and Conditions
1. Grantourismo monthly competitions are open to anyone aged 18 years or over except anyone professionally associated with this competition or the sponsors.
2. All information detailing how to enter the competitions forms part of these terms and conditions. It is a condition of entry that all rules are accepted as final and that the competitor agrees to abide by these rules. Submission of an entry will be taken to mean acceptance of these terms and conditions.
3. Submissions must be original, should not have been published before, should not appear on other blogs or websites, and should not infringe any copyrights.
4. Winners will be chosen by a judging panel consisting of HomeAway Holiday-Rentals staff; Scott McNeeley, Editor of the Viator blog; Context Travel staff; and Lara Dunston and Terence Carter. Judges decisions are final. The criteria used will include creativity, originality and quality of writing and photography, ability to engage an audience, and ability to inspire.
5. HomeAway Holiday-Rentals is offering a prize of £500/US$750 towards a stay in one of their properties listed on the HomeAway Holiday-Rentals website. The stay must be a minimum of 2 nights, although can be longer. The winner must use http://www.homeaway.co.uk/ to book the property. HomeAway Holiday-Rentals will release the funds to the property owner and transfer the remainder to the winner to be used toward the trip.
6. Winners will be required to write about their prizes on their blogs, link back to Grantourismo, HomeAway Holiday-Rentals, and the prize sponsor(s) above, and tweet about the post, using #GrantourismoComp.
7.Property stays and tours must be used within 12 months of notification.
8. While copyright of all submissions to the Competition remains with the entrants, winning entrant grants worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual licence to Grantourismo, HomeAway Holiday-Rentals and the sponsors to feature the winning entries on their websites, blogs, or in any publications or promotional materials connected to this Competition.
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Kasandra says:
May 6, 2010 at 9:19 pm (UTC 11 )
Are you asking us to write a post and include a photo or is ok to just submit a photo with a brief writeup? Thanks for your time.
Lara Dunston says:
May 6, 2010 at 10:46 pm (UTC 11 )
Hi Kasandra – the post should consist of 500 words about the experience *and* 1 photograph illustrating the experience. Have a read again of the first two paragraphs of instructions above, also take a look at the winning entries from last time. Looking forward to seeing your entry!
Ashley Hooker says:
May 7, 2010 at 6:36 pm (UTC 11 )
It is going to be torture reading about delicious food adventures for the next month. From what I hear, Monte is not known for its cuisine!
lara dunston says:
May 7, 2010 at 10:49 pm (UTC 11 )
Well, I hope you’re not only going to read the entries, but you’re going to enter this Comp as well?
The food here in Montenegro is by no means gastronomic, you’re right, but if you choose the right dishes at the right restaurants you can eat very well. And I say the right ‘dishes’ because even the best restaurants might have a menu ranging from the traditional ‘konoba’ seafood-based cuisine to generic Italian (spaghetti Bolognese and pizza) and Mexican. Very odd but it’s been fun.
Ashley Hooker says:
May 8, 2010 at 4:21 pm (UTC 11 )
I am loving this months theme- of course I will enter! SmashandSniff is brewing up lots of fun memories, tales and tasty bites for this one. Buen Provecho!
Keith Kellett says:
May 8, 2010 at 10:44 pm (UTC 11 )
May comp entry up at http://travelrat.wordpress.com/2010/05/09/the-pie-cart
lara dunston says:
May 10, 2010 at 11:38 pm (UTC 11 )
Hi Keith – thanks for your entry – a great post on pies! We used to live nearby at Potts Point for many years, so Harry’s was a favorite of ours. Good luck!
Lola says:
May 10, 2010 at 7:35 am (UTC 11 )
Here’s my entry – http://lolaakinmade.com/2010/05/10/a-convergence-at-sues/
lara dunston says:
May 10, 2010 at 11:50 pm (UTC 11 )
Thanks for your entry, Lola – left a comment on your site. What a story – once again it reminds me that travel is as much about the characters you meet as the food we eat! Thanks for your entry!
Miss Expatria says:
May 10, 2010 at 9:10 am (UTC 11 )
Hey gang! I’ve got my post up! This was a REALLY hard one, because it’s almost impossible to choose just one memorable experience!
http://missexpatria.wordpress.com/2010/05/10/the-figs-on-the-train-from-vienna/
Lara Dunston says:
May 12, 2010 at 5:08 am (UTC 11 )
Oh, I love your entry – thank you for entering! I left a note on your blog – reminds me of a lovely fig memory too, from Lebanon.
Good luck!
jane says:
May 11, 2010 at 10:20 pm (UTC 11 )
Hey!
Is this contest limited to any nationality or resident of any country?
Can a 17-year-old join as well??!! with parental consent of course
Thank you!
Lara Dunston says:
May 12, 2010 at 5:10 am (UTC 11 )
Hi Jane
As we’re a site on the big world wide web, anyone in the world can enter. I had never thought about an age limit, and I don’t see it being a problem (esp with parental permission), but I had better check with HomeAway Holiday-Rentals, as they may have some requirements if you won. I’ll get back to you ASAP. Thanks for dropping by!
Sarah Chambers says:
May 13, 2010 at 6:42 am (UTC 11 )
Hi Jane, as Lara says, we see no problem with you entering with parental consent, which you can email to myself or Lara. However should you win, any prize will go to your parents and, should this be the stay in a HomeAway property, they will need to travel with you and sign any rental or other contracts required by the owners/managers.
Anne Le says:
May 13, 2010 at 2:39 pm (UTC 11 )
Is it necessary to have a facebook account to enter? As well as twitter – if it’s a blog entry can the blog entry be sufficient?
lara dunston says:
May 14, 2010 at 3:12 am (UTC 11 )
Hi Anne
Once your blog post is up, you just need to tweet us on Twitter to let us know, and then we’ll re-tweet it – by doing that we’re sending our readers your way, so they can go and read your post. We’re using Twitter as our main means of communication for this project, so we can broadcast news about the competition, who has won & notify you if you do win.
HomeAwayUK, our main partners in the project would appreciate it if you ‘fanned’ their Facebook page, as that’s their main ‘face’ of the company, however, if you have objections to using Facebook or whatever that’s not a problem.
Looking forward to reading your entry!
jessiev says:
May 14, 2010 at 1:30 pm (UTC 11 )
Finally! Eating anemones and saving face in Japan – my entry this month!
http://www.wanderingeducators.com/best/stories/eating-anemones-and-saving-face-japan.html
NO QUESTION this is the craziest – and most memorable – food i’ve ever eaten. thanks!
lara dunston says:
May 17, 2010 at 2:31 am (UTC 11 )
Hi Jessie – OMG! What an amazing story! I’m not sure even I could do that – I don’t know, maybe if pushed… Incredible! Thanks for your entry! Best of luck!
neha says:
May 18, 2010 at 9:14 am (UTC 11 )
OMG!
mycookinghut says:
May 15, 2010 at 10:00 am (UTC 11 )
Hi,
I have my post up on my blog http://www.mycookinghut.com/2010/05/02/tokyo-japan-sights-food/ to enter this competition.
lara dunston says:
May 17, 2010 at 2:45 am (UTC 11 )
Hi – thanks for entering this post, however, we have asked for just 1 photo for each entry. As it makes it hard to compare a post with 1 pic with a post with many pics when judging, I’m afraid we won’t be able to consider this one, I’m sorry to have to say. We’d love to see another entry from you, though!
The article was great though, and it looks like we will be heading to Tokyo instead of Phuket soon as part of our Grantourismo project, so we’ll definitely follow your advice, as it’s been a long time since we were in Tokyo.
Katja says:
May 15, 2010 at 1:17 pm (UTC 11 )
Hi Lara and Terry
This month’s submission is up – hope you like it!
Not English, but Bretonne
Lara Dunston says:
May 24, 2010 at 6:37 am (UTC 11 )
Thanks for your entry, Katja! We’ve been eating a lot of shellfish in Italy recently, so can definitely relate! Apologies for taking so long to acknowledge this but we’ve been in Puglia with little access to the internet. Good luck!
MaryAnne says:
May 17, 2010 at 3:07 am (UTC 11 )
Hello! I’ve posted my submission! It can be found at: http://www.ephemeraanddetritus.com/2010/05/17/on-food-and-kitchens-with-three-stoves/
Lara Dunston says:
May 24, 2010 at 6:09 am (UTC 11 )
Thanks for your entry into our competition. I loved that you leave us salivating – I wanted to know what it all tasted like! And my most sincere apologies for taking so long to acknowledge your entry. We’ve been in Puglia for a week with abysmal internet access. Good luck!
neha says:
May 18, 2010 at 8:06 am (UTC 11 )
Hey Lara,
Adding my entry to the lot – http://nehasweb.com/2010/05/18/pav-bhaji-on-the-beach/
Lara Dunston says:
May 24, 2010 at 7:43 am (UTC 11 )
Thanks for your entry! Took us back to Mumbai… overdue for a visit to India… next year… best of luck!
Ashley Hooker says:
May 19, 2010 at 6:19 am (UTC 11 )
My post is up! A flashback to China.
http://smashandsniff.blogspot.com/2010/05/memorable-meal-yangtze-river-harmony.html
It is my understanding that Blogger does not support trackbacks, coincidentally, we are spiffing up smashandsniff and moving it to wordpress in the next month or so…
Lara Dunston says:
May 24, 2010 at 7:47 am (UTC 11 )
Hi Ashley – loved your tale – could hear all that slurping as I read! Thanks for your entry – good luck!
Lisa @ The World is Calling says:
May 19, 2010 at 4:22 pm (UTC 11 )
Through the wonders of modern tech, as we fly toward Tel Aviv, I’m able to post our entry to your contest…a story about a killer meal in Umbria. It makes me resent my Delta boxed snack at the moment! http://theworldiscalling.com/2010/05/a-dinner-among-friends
Lara Dunston says:
May 25, 2010 at 10:30 am (UTC 11 )
Fantastic! Thanks for the entry – loved your tale – we’re experiencing similar levels of hospitality here in Italy at the moment. Love the Italians – and their food!
jiffer says:
May 22, 2010 at 3:13 am (UTC 11 )
another smashandsniff submission, this time from jiff!
http://smashandsniff.blogspot.com/2010/05/memorable-meal-lunch-with-khmer-rouge.html
lunch with pol pot’s cook… and his third in command.
cheers,
jiff
Lara Dunston says:
May 25, 2010 at 10:36 am (UTC 11 )
Meals don’t get more memorable than that one! Wow…
Thanks for your entry & good luck!
Katie says:
May 22, 2010 at 4:17 pm (UTC 11 )
I write a food blog that is frequently travel-related, but I always include a recipe with my posts. Is it OK to include a recipe in my entry? Could the recipe ingredients and instructions go over the 500 word limit?
Lara Dunston says:
May 25, 2010 at 10:38 am (UTC 11 )
Hi Katie – sorry it’s taken me so long to get back to you… we had spotty internet access all last week in Puglia and we’ve been busy catching up ever since. If you can contain a descriptive narrative about the dish and why it’s so wonderful to 500 words, then that’s fine to add the ingredients & instructions. Hope I’m not too late getting back to you! Would love to see a recipe entry!
Jacqui Bryant says:
May 22, 2010 at 10:01 pm (UTC 11 )
My entry for the May competition is up. Please dig in: http://www.thornsaddculture.com/2010/05/long-term-volunteer-travel-voluntourism/camphill-village-miss-whatsit-in-the-greenhouse-with-a-row-marker/
lara dunston says:
May 26, 2010 at 12:07 pm (UTC 11 )
A lovely post that had me craving apples! Thanks for your entry. Good luck! And once again, apologies for taking so long to acknowledge this – abysmal internet in Puglia put us way behind in our duties.
Katie says:
May 23, 2010 at 10:48 am (UTC 11 )
Here’s a piece about discovering local drinks in the Czech Republic – there’s more than just beer.
http://katieatthekitchendoor.wordpress.com/2010/05/23/na-zdravi/
Lara Dunston says:
May 25, 2010 at 10:46 am (UTC 11 )
Having been in Prague in winter, I certainly appreciate the delights of mulled wine. Great post! Thanks for entering.
And apologies again for taking so long to acknowledge. This pic should explain why: http://twitpic.com/1qzw5u (the best place to access the internet from our trullo in Puglia)
Katie says:
May 28, 2010 at 8:38 am (UTC 11 )
Oh wow, that’s crazy! Great picture.
Thanks for getting back to me. I’ve added a svarak recipe to the end of my post. Basic, but perfect. Puglia looks incredible; I hope you’re having a great time there!
Gourmantic says:
May 23, 2010 at 4:39 pm (UTC 11 )
My entry for the May Food and Travel competition is up:
Tasting the Mediterranean
lara dunston says:
May 26, 2010 at 12:08 pm (UTC 11 )
Well, I could certainly taste the Mediterranean reading your entry! And how nice to be reminded of Lebanon – shukran! Thanks for your entry – best of luck!
Chris (Amateur Traveler) says:
May 23, 2010 at 4:52 pm (UTC 11 )
I would like to submit Saddle Peak Lodge – Restaurant Review – Malibu, California to the contest
lara dunston says:
May 26, 2010 at 12:33 pm (UTC 11 )
Thanks Chris! Clark Gable and game! A great combo as far as I’m concerned. Thanks for entering our competition. Left you a note re the pics.
Liv says:
May 26, 2010 at 10:21 am (UTC 11 )
My entry for the May competition is up. It’s called: Some Like it Raw: Mettbroechten in Düsseldorf.
Here is the URL: http://ieatmypigeon.wordpress.com/2010/05/26/some-like-it-raw-mettbroechten-in-dusseldorf/
Thank you for the opportunity!
lara dunston says:
May 26, 2010 at 12:50 pm (UTC 11 )
We are big fans of the raw and rare too! Thanks for entering! Best of luck!
Russell Bowes says:
May 27, 2010 at 9:48 am (UTC 11 )
This is my entry for the may competition, Its called “Grantourismo Breakfast the Swedish way”
Hope you enjoy
http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/russellbowes/1/1274034021/tpod.html
Lara Dunston says:
May 30, 2010 at 1:49 pm (UTC 11 )
Thanks for your entry Russell – love the Swedes’ smorgasbords. And their grain breads! Yum! Good luck!
Anne says:
May 27, 2010 at 5:26 pm (UTC 11 )
Here is my entry – thanks for the opportunity!
http://buddhabelliesblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/from-fiction-to-reality.html
Lara Dunston says:
May 30, 2010 at 1:51 pm (UTC 11 )
Think we’re going to have to look up this cooking class when we’re in Tokyo soon – eek, in about 10 days actually. Last time we were there was 17 years ago so tips welcome!
Thanks for entering the contest and best of luck!
Vera Marie Badertscher says:
May 27, 2010 at 9:38 pm (UTC 11 )
I have entered this blog post, which is a book review and cuttural guide to Paris;
http://atravelerslibrary.com/2009/06/23/sweet-read-about-paris/
Vera Marie Badertscher says:
May 27, 2010 at 9:38 pm (UTC 11 )
Whoops–that’s book review and CULTURAL guide to Paris.
Lara Dunston says:
May 30, 2010 at 2:00 pm (UTC 11 )
Well, I hope the book is as entertaining as your analysis – thanks for your entry. It’s so refreshing to get a review! Good luck!
Tiffany Stahlbaum says:
May 28, 2010 at 4:15 am (UTC 11 )
Just left an entry: http://estrogenpalace.blogspot.com/2010/05/fresh-coelho-at-chez-lapin.html
Kristin says:
May 28, 2010 at 9:41 am (UTC 11 )
Spettacolare! Thank you for this! Enjoy.
Food of the gods
Robbin says:
May 28, 2010 at 1:09 pm (UTC 11 )
Here is my entry for the May contest!
http://www.vineyardadventures.com/2010/05/28/when-i-fell-in-love-with-markets/
Lara Dunston says:
May 31, 2010 at 12:12 am (UTC 11 )
Thanks for your entries, Tiffany, Kristin & Robbin! Good luck!
Lara Dunston says:
May 31, 2010 at 12:13 am (UTC 11 )
The May competition is now closed. We’ll announce the winners in a couple of days and we’ll tell you about the June competition later today.
lara dunston says:
June 6, 2010 at 10:35 pm (UTC 11 )
May competition winners can be found here:
http://grantourismotravels.com/2010/06/04/grantourismo-travel-blogging-competition-may-winners/
June competition details here:
http://grantourismotravels.com/2010/06/06/grantourismo-travel-blogging-competition-june/
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