Women's Travel Site Now Hosting Hawaiian Themed Travel Writing Contest!

Online, August 7, 2012 (Newswire.com) - The Wanderlust and Lipstick women's adventure travel website just announced its new Travel Writing contest for 2012, this time with a twist: Entries must be about the Aloha State. Fittingly, the Grand Prize is a 5-night stay (with fantastic extras) at the Waikoloa Beach Marriott Resort & Spa on Hawaii, the Big Island, a $3,282 value.

Entrants are asked to write a non-fiction travel story that takes place anywhere in the state of Hawaii, or is about Hawaii, and the story must fit into one of three categories: Earth, Sea, or Sky. Entries will be accepted between August 1st and September 14th, 2012 at 11:59pm PST.

The three best-in-category winners will receive a prize of a pair of La Paz Sandals from Keen Footwear, valued between $60-$70. The contest is sponsored by the Big Island Visitors Bureau.

Wanderlust and Lipstick is the go-to adventure travel website for women travelers, offering over twenty blogs giving the female perspective on everything from traveling with kids, to becoming an expat, to regional and culinary travel. Beth Whitman, founder and owner, is a travel journalist, women's travel expert, owner of WanderTours, and tour leader to destinations including Papua New Guinea, India, Burma, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Bhutan. While she calls Seattle home, she profoundly appreciates the sun, heat, and tropical fruit of the Hawaiian islands, and makes a point to travel there as often as possible.

About Hawaii, the Big Island
The contest is being sponsored by the Big Island Visitors Bureau (BIVB). For more information about Hawai'i, the Big Island or to start planning your vacation, visit BigIsland.org, call 1-800-GOHAWAII or follow BIVB on Facebook at www.facebook.com/hawaiibigisland or on Twitter at @hawaiibigisland.

About Waikoloa Beach Marriott Resort & Spa
Waikoloa Beach Marriott Resort & Spa on Hawaii, the Big Island is located on 15 oceanfront acres overlooking 'Anaeho'omalu Bay and just 18 miles north of the Kona International Airport at Keahole. Offering 555 contemporary guest rooms, suites and cabanas with private lanai and spectacular views, 5,750 square-foot world-renowned Mandara Spa and a fitness center with state-of-the-art equipment from cardio to free weights, Hawaii Calls Restaurant & Lounge with an outdoor lanai for ocean view dining, three pools including the Infinity pool with lava pots, Sunset Luau, nearby Waikoloa Golf Club offering 36 holes of championship golf and shops, restaurants and boutiques at The Kings' Shops and the newly-opened Queens' MarketPlace. For more information or reservations, please visit www.waikoloamarriott.com or call toll-free at 800 922-5533 or the hotel at 808 886-6789.

For more information on the Hawaii Travel Contest or to interview Beth Whitman, please contact Beth Whitman at 206-790-8621, or email her at [email protected]. Images of Hawaii, the Big Island or Waikoloa Beach Marriott Resort & Spa are available upon request to Erin Kinoshita at [email protected].
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