Glen Petrie
Creating travel content for over 30 years
Writing Awards
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SATW Canadian Chapter, Most Impactful Storytelling, Bronze 2025 Pura Vida on Star Clipper, Vancouver Sun
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SATW Canadian Chapter, Best Service Story, Bronze 2024 BC Coastal Cruises, Vancouver Sun
SATW Canadian Chapter, Gold 2021
Slow Boats Through the Solors; Vancouver Sun
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Lowell Thomas Award, Bronze 2013
Sands of Arabia; Cruise Travel
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Lowell Thomas Award, Silver 2004
Northwest Passage; Cruise Travel
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SATW Canadian Chapter, Bronze 2019
Driving the Golden Circle; Vancouver Sun
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SATW Canadian Chapter, Gold
My Mandela Journey; Vancouver Sun 2019
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SATW Canadian Chapter, Gold
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NATJA, Gold
Camping on the White Continent, Globe & Mail 2007
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NATJA, Merit
At Ease in the Amazon, Dallas Morning News 2009
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I'm a writer and photographer based in Victoria, B.C., Canada
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Where I've Published
Vancouver Sun and over a dozen affiliated Postmedia outlets,The Globe & Mail, Toronto Star, Canadian Geographic, Canada.com, The Dallas Morning News, The Miami Herald, Cruise Travel Magazine, South China Morning Post, Boston Herald, Halifax Herald, Deckchair, others.
Why I Travel
To find awe in the natural, cultural and built worlds. To witness the many different ways people have of living their lives, and to share in the experience.
Why I Write
To make you feel as if you're there. To give you the information you need to be there.
Why I Photograph
To surprise and delight, share information, convey a mood, and evoke emotion.
8 Writing Awards and 10 Photography Awards
from The Society of American Travel Writers
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