Japan-Bound? Write and Win a Trip

Long to travel and write guidebooks? WorldNomads.com, in conjunction with Rough Guides, Intrepid Travel and Hotels.com, is sponsoring a contest for aspiring travel writers ages 18 and up. The prize is the chance to travel for a week, all expenses paid, to Tokyo and learn from Rough Guides travel writer, Simon Richmond.

The deadline for applications is Dec. 21. For details and online entry, click here.

The assignment will be to research, review and update essential travel info for the Tokyo section of The Rough Guide Japan, including accommodation, bars and restaurants, entertainment, shopping, tours, activities and transport, as well as searching out local secrets travelers want to read about.

Applicants need to be available between Feb. 15 – 26, 2010 to participate in The Rough Guide to Japan writing assignment and a Flavors of Tokyo independent tour with Intrepid Travel.