Simonseeks is thanking its writing community once again for the time and expertise they have given to the website. To also encourage new writers to contribute, Simonseeks is giving away £20,000 in travel writing prizes.

We have now chosen October’s winners and will continue to offer cash prizes, totalling £5,000 per month, to writers between now and the end of the year. All guides submitted to the site will qualify for entry.

Congratulations to the winning writers! Please see a list of our winners below. Click on their profile picture or guide title to read their guides and be inspired.

Adam Ruck - Mürren, Switzerland: a dash of ski history under the Eiger

Alexandra Mackenzie - Iquitos, Peru: my Bruce Parry moment

Alice Alech - Mad about Martinique

Amanda Statham - Bagging bargains in New York

Brendan Harding - Altamira: step back in time in northern Spain

Catherine Weakley - Ste-Foy, France: on the way up… but still off-piste heaven

Cathy Wood - Whistler, Canada: a ski resort for Olympians (and kids)

Charlotte Howells - Perfect powder in Fernie

Chris Howard - Moscow: like nowhere else on earth

Colin Baird - Lismore: a truly enchanting Scottish island

Daniel Jones - Aberdovey: real Wales without the crowds

Dave Watts - Aspen, Colorado: the best ski resort in the United States

Elizabeth McInnes - Wildlife and wilderness in Tasmania

Jane Batchelor - Coober Pedy: literally Down Under

Julia Dickinson - Mexico: Cancun with four teenagers in tow

Keri Muller - Eating and drinking in Cape Town

Kevin Hughes - Tranquil Tobago: welcome to paradise

Kim Vernon - Winter in Budapest

Laura Dixon - Spain’s best-kept secret: Tarifa

Lee Cobaj - Acapulco: bringing back the glamour

Lee Marshall - Bed, breakfast & Italian chic: five great locandas in Venice

Natasha Edwards - Small romantic hotels in Paris

Norman Miller - Elche: Costa Blanca gem

Rachel Youlton - The Rio thing: samba for free at a Lapa street party

Simon Ball - Paris – An Ernest Hemingway bar crawl

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