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Traveler and Photo District News are currently hosting our annual World in Focus Photo Contest, and this year we're letting readers preview the submissions and vote on their favorites. We just put a new batch of images up on our website, and here's one of our favorite picks:

This image, by Alasdair Turner, is of four climbers descending Washington's Mt. Baker in very high wind. Click here to view more images, vote on your favorites, and submit your own photos to our contest.

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Traveler and Photo District News are currently hosting our annual World in Focus Photo Contest, and this year we're letting readers preview the submissions and vote on their favorites. We just put a new batch of images up on our website, and here's one of our favorite picks:

This image, of Isla Palenque, Panama, was taken by Adam Elliott. Submit your photos now for a chance to win fabulous trips, gear, and other prizes.

Traveler and Photo District News are currently hosting our annual World in Focus Photo Contest, and this year we're letting readers preview the submissions and vote on their favorites. Here's one of of the featured shots from this week:

It's an new week, which means a new batch of World in Focus Photo Contest photos are up online on our website. The contest, hosted by Traveler and Photo District News let's amateur and professional photographers alike submit their pics for the chance to win amazing trips, gear, and other prizes. And this year, we're letting our readers vote on their favorites. Here's one of of the featured shots from this week:

This photo, by Edward Shmunes, was taken in Rockport, Maine. Vote now for your favorites, and submit your own pictures for a chance to win the contest.

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Traveler and Photo District News are currently hosting our annual World in Focus Photo Contest, and this year we're letting readers preview the submissions and vote on their favorites. Here's one of of the featured shots from this week:

Traveler and Photo District News are currently hosting our annual World in Focus Photo Contest, and this year we're letting readers preview the submissions and vote on their favorites. It's the start to a new week, meaning there's a whole new gallery to check out. Here's one of of the featured shots from this week:

Traveler and Photo District News are currently hosting our annual World in Focus Photo Contest, and this year we're letting readers preview the submissions and vote on their favorites. Each week, we'll feature ten entries on the Traveler website. Here's one of of the featured shots from this week:

We kind of wish were were standing in the sun, taking a photo of an iguana sunbathing in the Galapagos right now. But this picture is by Louise Marie Holst, and she's got a chance to win great trips, cameras, and other gear in our contest. Enter now for your own shot at getting the goods.

Traveler and Photo District News are currently hosting our annual World in Focus Photo Contest, and this year we're letting readers preview the submissions and vote on their favorites. Each week, we'll feature ten entries on the Traveler website. Here's one of of the featured shots from this week:

This shot is of three boys joyfully playing among the sand dunes near Kuri, western India, and was taken by Marco Brazzola. For more on traveling to India, check out our Trip Planner, and get inspired with our Ultimate Travel Library picks for the country. Think you have a shot that's a winner? Enter now for your chance to win trips, gear, and other great prizes.

Traveler and Photo District News are currently hosting our annual World in Focus Photo Contest, and this year we're letting readers preview the submissions and vote on their favorites. Each week, we'll feature ten entries on the Traveler website. Here's one of of the featured shots:

This photo was taken by Andrew Mirhej in Kyoto, Japan. For an inside look at Kyoto, check out our interactive Insider Map to Japan's former imperial capital. Submit your photos now and get the chance to win great prizes, gear, and trips.

Photo: Andrew Mirhej

Traveler and Photo District News are currently hosting our annual World in Focus Photo Contest, and this year we're letting readers preview the submissions and vote on their favorites. Each week, we'll feature ten entries on the Traveler website. Here's one of of the featured shots:

This shot was taken of the hillsides of the central Mexican city of Guanajuato, by Dennis J. Butera. Guanajuato is a UNESCO World Heritage city, and was one of the first sites in Mexico to be colonized by the Spanish. Submit your photos now and get the chance to win great prizes, gear, and trips.  

Traveler and Photo District News are currently hosting our annual World in Focus Photo Contest, and this year we're letting readers preview the submissions and vote on their favorites. Each week, we'll feature ten entries on the Traveler website. Here's one of my faves:

This breathtaking mirror-image was taken in the Uyuni Salt Flats in Bolivia, South America by Hayden Carlyon. He has the chance to some serious prizes, including a National Geographic Expedition, photography workshops, and new camera gear. Enter now to get the chance to win some prizes of your own.

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Submit your own masterpiece! The 2009 World in Focus Photo Contest is well under way, and we want to know which photos you think are the best. Each week, we'll feature ten new entries on our website. You can view each of the entries, download them for wallpaper, and even rate your favorites. Click here to vote for your favorite images. Check back each Wednesday for ten new photos.

Think you're a better photographer? There's still time to enter the contest. Go to worldinfocuscontest.com for details about the contest, which ends August 24. Winners will have their images featured in the Jan/Feb 2010 issue of the magazine, and could even win a safari in Tanzania!

Photo: Geoff Pingree

You've been waiting all week, we know. But we're pleased to announce the winner of our Peeps in Places Photo Challenge! Congratulations to Charlotte Johnson of North Hollywood, California, whose iconic peep pic might just have outdone the Hollywood sign itself. To check out the entire gallery of winners, click here.

Thanks to all those of you who participated, and be sure to pack your Peeps with you as you travel this year, as our contest will be back in 2010.

Photo: Charlotte Johnson

Alexander McCall Smith's No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency book series has been hugely popular since it was first published in 2003. To date there are some ten books in the series, which follows private detective Mma Ramotswe, as well as an HBO series, now airing in the U.S. on Sundays at 8 p.m.

Now the Botswana Tourism Board is turning to Smith's series to give folks a chance to win a trip for two to Botswana. Now through April 19, check out mynumberonelady.com and submit a 300-word essay on your "no. 1 lady," be it your mom, sister, aunt, friend, etc. (just make sure you like the person enough to go on an 8-day safari with). Female entrants who can't think of a better "no 1. lady" can even nominate themselves. After you submit your essay, read the others and vote for your favorite. Reader votes don't determine the winners, but they do play a hand in the final voting (see official contest rules for more details).

If you haven't yet submitted your own photos, now's your chance. Take a photo of one or more Peeps in any travel destination, add your photos to our Flickr pool, and then tag them "NGTpeeps." Please limit your entries to three per person. We'll select photos and feature them on our website and the lucky "peeps" will be featured in an online gallery next week. Check out the photos of the prizes after the jump. 

Photo: hushsweetsharlit via the Intelligent Travel Flickr pool

UPDATE: We've now extended our deadline for entries through Monday, April 13.


Over the last few weeks, we've been promoting our "Peeps in Places" photo challenge, and we've already received over 100 entries from all over the world! Here's a glimpse of the entries so far, feel free to favorite the ones you like best on Flickr. There's still a few days left to add your photos to the mix, you can enter by taking a photo of one or more Peeps (original chicks, pink bunnies, or others--we're not biased) in any travel destination, add your photos to our Flickr pool, and then tag them "NGTpeeps." Please limit your entries to three per person.

We'll select photos and feature them on our website and five lucky "peeps" will be featured in an online gallery. Our favorite Peep photo will get a subscription to National Geographic Traveler and a gift from National Geographic Foods of the World. The winners will be announced on our blog in a week or two, so please submit your Peeps photos by the end of Monday, April 13th, 2009.

UPDATE: We've extended the deadline for entries until April 13th!

What better way to celebrate the season than to put our readers up to a Peeps in Places Photo Challenge!

We want to know where you take your Peeps--in this case, the sugar-coated, marshmallowy kind! Put your Peeps in your suitcase and photograph them in an iconic travel destination or in your own neighborhood. Pick clever and recognizable settings and show us your Peeps!

Here's how it works: take a photo of one or more Peeps (original chicks, pink bunnies, or others--we're not biased) in any travel destination, add your photos to our Flickr pool, and then tag them "NGTpeeps." Please limit your entries to three per person.

We'll select photos and feature them on an interactive map on our website (stay tuned for our online Easter special, launching March 30) and five lucky "peeps" will be featured in an online gallery. Our favorite Peep photo will get a subscription to National Geographic Traveler and a gift from National Geographic Foods of the World. The winners will be announced on our blog, so please submit your Peeps photos by the end of Monday, April 13th, 2009.

Good luck! "Cluck" here to enter the Peeps in Places Photo Challenge and to start putting your Peeps photos in our Flickr pool!

Photos: Stefan Caiafa and Krista Rossow