New York Travel Writers Association and Family Travel Forum Announce Teen Travel Writing Scholarship

NEW YORK - April 29, 2014 - PRLog -- Family Travel Forum, the award-winning resource for family vacation planners, announces their 8th annual FTF Teen Travel Writing Scholarship program.

After seven successful years, we are thrilled to be able to offer an additional merit scholarship, increasing teen travel writers' chances to win cash grants. Given in association with the New York Travel Writers Association (NYTWA) (learn more at http://www.nytwa.info) we are promoting literacy by encouraging teens to share their travel experiences in words and images.

The NYTWA Teen Travel Writing Scholarship will be awarded to the best travel blog written by a student who lives in the New York City metro area - within 100 miles of Times Square. The winner will receive a $500 cash grant.

The scholarship contest is open to students ages 13 to 18 who are enrolled in a junior high, high school or a homeschool program in the United States, Canada or American school abroad. Students are asked to submit a maximum 600-word essay on any type or any aspect of a trip they have taken in the last five years, along with a photo or video. For more information, eligibility, rules and scholarship applications, visit http://www.myfamilytravels.com/Teen_travel_writing.

The 2014 Teen Travel Writing Scholarship submission period runs from April 1, 2014 to July 27, 2014, and selected blogs will be published on Family Travel Forum's site http://www.MyFamilyTravels.com. The winning students' work will be announced on October 23, 2014.

About FTF
Family Travel Forum is an award-winning media company guiding those who Have Kids, Still Travel!® in print and online since 1996. FTF’s expert and community content has been seen on Disney's Family.com and other sites, in “The Complete Idiots Guide to the Best Family Destinations,” "Amazing Places to Take Your Kids in North America" and by millions of traveling families. In addition to co-hosting the annual TMS Family Travel Summit and conferences, other FTF ventures include MyFamilyTravels.com; an annual Teen Travel Writing Scholarship; the "The Family Vacationist" blog and e-alert; and Family Travel Consulting to the trade in partnership with Taking the Kids.

About NYTWA
The New York Travel Writers Association is a non-profit, professional organization composed of individuals who earn a living as travel writers, editors, and broadcasters. Since 1946 it has brought together journalists for fellowship and for information about issues that impact the travel and tourism industry. Its members are leaders in American travel journalism and important contributors to a broad range of media, including major consumer and trade magazines, newspapers, guidebooks, the Web in all its formats, and radio and television.