The ASTW Awards Committee is proud to announce the winners and finalists of the ASTW Awards for Excellence 2022. Finalists are listed in alphabetical order by last name. Winners were announced at the ASTW Awards For Excellence Gala Dinner on Saturday 5 November 2022. We thank our Diamond sponsor Tourism Australia and category sponsors for their generous support. Thank you also to our fabulous judges, who are an integral part of the awards process. To view the list of judges for 2022, please click here.
It’s a thrill and an honour to win the 2022 Travel Writer of the Year gong. I’m stoked, naturally. I did have the great advantage of travelling to stunning places like the Cocos Islands and Queensland Gulf Country — thanks, Tourism Australia — where an inspiring destination will heart-start your best stories every time. Huge congrats are in order to the winners and finalists in all of the 20 award categories.
And let’s give credit to the ASTW’s absolutely ‘arms-length’ judging protocols in which all entries are assessed anonymously by non-ASTW member judges located here and overseas. John Borthwick - Writer Member and winner of the ASTW Awards for Excellence 2022 Travel Writer of the Year
John Borthwick - Writer Member and winner of the ASTW Awards for Excellence 2022 Travel Writer of the Year
John Borthwick – Three for the road
Anabel Dean – Australian made
Sarah Reid – Diving into sustainable tourism
Edwina Hart – Faraway Lands
Justin Meneguzzi – A thawing Arctic
Paul Pichugin – Western Australia
Claire Haigh and Naomi Hammond (Accor Communication Team) - How hotels are redefining exceptional dining experiences
Polly Simmons (Linkd Tourism for Oklahoma Tourism) – Oklahoma, OK!
Polly Simmons and Chris Ingram (Linkd Tourism / IGG Destination marketing for Memphis Tourism) – ELVIS: See the film, live the legacy in Memphis.
Catherine Best – What lies beneath (Escape magazine)
Roslyn Jolly - Meanders in Maryborough (Mindful Puzzles)
Roslyn Jolly – Going beyond the icon (Australian Geographic Travel)
Steven Madgwick – Awakenings from a wild river (Australian Traveller)
John Borthwick – Welcome to barradise (Weekend Australian)
Anabel Dean – Buried treasure (Australian Country)
Andrew Bain – The rebirth of Tasmanian indigenous culture (BBC Travel)
Susan Elliott – Rock star (Signature Luxury Travel & Style)
Caro Ryan – Walking on Country (Wild Magazine)
Nadine Cresswell-Myatt – Best experiences in Moab (TravelAwaits.com)
Aleney de Winter – Fantasy island (Holidays With Kids)
Melissa Delaware – A family guide to the Scenic Rim (Queensland.com)
Flip Byrnes - When punk rock meets fine dining (Hurtigruten magazine)
Carrie Hutchinson – Is this Australia’s next great dining city (Departures)
Jessica Lockhart – Where’s the beef (The Toronto Star)
Lynn Gail – Soul of the Earth
Paul Pichugin – Secret gorge
Kate Webster – Reflection
Ivy Carruth – US travel: Must-sees for music fans in Memphis, Tennessee (New Zealand Herald)
Justin Meneguzzi – A thawing wilderness (Signature Luxury Travel & Style)
Kerry van der Jagt – Budapest a food tour (Traveller)
Sarah Reid – The edge of the world (Qantas magazine)
Edwina Hart – Antarctica dreaming (International Traveller)
Marian McGuinness – Venice by vaporetto (New Zealand Herald)
Sue Wallace – Carpe Diem (Mindfood)
Chris Chamberlin – Virgin Australia CEO Jayne Hrdlicka (Point Hacks)
Susan Gough-Henly – The Australian exit checklist (The Guardian)
Aleney de Winter – Conservation quest at Aquila (BoyEatsWorld)
Jessica Palmer – The amazing K’gari (FamilyHolidayDestinations)
Caro Ryan – How to leave no trace (Lotsafreshair)
Alexis Buxton-Collins – Will of the wild (Australian Traveller)
Alexis Buxton-Collins – Australia’s answer to the Galapagos (Qantas magazine)
Justin Meneguzzi – Diving with great white sharks (The Independent)
Marian McGuinness – Venice by vaporetto (New Zealand Herald)
Steven Madgwick – Awakenings from a wild river (Australian Traveller)
Kerry van der Jagt - Letters be known (Adventure.com)
Kerry van der Jagt - The Yorke Peninsula (Traveller)
Steven Madgwick – Free wheeling (Traveller)
Marian McGuinness – Struck by lightning (Open Road)
Shirley Lowrie (Sinclair) – Love letter to a heavenly river beauty (Sunshine Coast News)
John Borthwick – Rumbles in the jungle (Weekend Australian)
Steven Madgwick – Unique outback stays – Trilby Station (Australian Traveller)
Lynn Gail – The tea man (Published in National Geograophic Traveller (UK)
Jeremy Drake – The land of smiles
Lynn Gail – Wisdom
Caro Ryan – Lord Howe Island’s best guided hike (Lotsafreshair)
Jeremy Drake – Haves & have yachts - Hobart Yacht Charter (Grin Creative)
Caro Ryan – The Overland Track (Lotsafreshair)
Katie Dundas – Tasmania – The Australian island that’s 40% wilderness (Scott's Cheap Flights)
Marie Barbieri – The hot heart of Rotorua (New Zealand Herald)
Rachel Lees – Rising from the ashes – exploring Tasmania (The Times)
