Prizes in the 18th Annual NATJA Awards Competition

Grand Prizes: NATJA's Crystal Globe Award and Award Certificate
1st Place Prizes: NATJA's Super Star Award and Award Certificate
Award of Merit: NATJA's Merit Award Certificate
All Winners are licensed to display the NATJA "Winner's Bug" (right) on reprints, dust jackets, covers and websites.

Grand Prizes and 1st Place Prizes will be distributed at the NATJA 2010 Conference in May for those in attendance.

All Winners are eligible to attend the conference at the super discounted "Early-Bird" member rate for their category* (regardless of membership status) if they register on or before April 12, 2010. A special coupon code will be included in your award materials to secure the discounted conference rate.

*Journalists, photographers, editors and publishers at the Media Rate; CVBs, PR Agencies and DMOs at the Organization Rate.

Media Bonus Prizes in the 18th Annual Awards Competition

Additionally, Media Submitters who are Grand Prize or 1st Place Winners will be invited to select a bonus prize from the category and listing below (as updated). You will be advised by email next week of the selection process (streamlined from last year). We expect bonus prizes to be distributed in late March.

Confirmed prizes for 2009 NATJA travel journalists' bonus prizesas of October 1, 2009 (to be updated March 5, 2010)
[all prizes for two guests, exclusive of airfare unless otherwise indicated]

GRAND PRIZES (4)
Alaska Holiday (12-14 nights)
*Amari Hotels & Resorts, Thailand (6 nights)
Laguna Lodge Eco-Resort & Nature Preserve, Costa Rica (5 nights)
Little Polynesia Resort (7 nights)

FIRST PRIZES (35, all prizes 3 nights unless stated otherwise)
Abingdon Manor Country Inn, Florence, SC – 2-night cooking school weekend + 2 dinners
*AirTran (two tickets anywhere it flies)
base2stay, London, UK – 2 nights
*BedandBreakfast.com – $200 voucher at any member inn
Boca Raton Resort & Club – 2 nights
Casa Monica Hotel, St. Augustine – tour tickets + dinner
Comfort Suites @ World Golf Village, St. Augustine – w/Golf Hall of Fame + St. Augustine tour
Eureka Springs, AK package
Four Seasons Hotel, Westlake Village, CA – 2 nights w/breakfast & Calif. Health & Longevity
Institute Journey Package
Glenwood Springs, CO prize package
Golden Nugget, Las Vegas – 3 nights + dinner for two + two show tickets
*Hadsten House Inn & Spa, Solvang, CA – 2 nights + dinner
Hilton Santa Fe Golf Resort & Spa at Buffalo Thunder – 2 nights
*Hoteis Heritage Lisboa (Portugal)
Hotel Galvez, Galveston Island, TX – 2 nights
*Hotel Monteleone, New Orleans – 2 nights
*Hotel Rex, San Francisco – 2 nights
*Hyatt Regency Scottsdale at Gainey Ranch
*J.W. Marriott Desert Springs
*jetBlue (two tickets anywhere it flies)
Kennedy Space Center – four admissions, lunch with astronaut, NASA Up Close tour
Kimpton Hotels – 2 nights at any Kimpton resort
*Linekin Bay Resort, Boothbay Harbor, ME
Maine Windjammer Association – 3-6 day cruise chosen by winner
Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, CT – 3 nights, 4 dinners, 2 show tickets
*PGA National Resort & Spa, Palm Beach Gardens – 2 nights
*Philadelphia prize package
*The Phoenician (AZ)
Rancho de los Caballeros, Wickenburg, AZ
Rosen Shingle Creek, Orland (2 nights)
Seaside Vacation Rentals, Southern Maine – 2 nights
*Virginia Beach prize package
W Retreat & Spa, Vieques Island, Puerto Rico
World Golf Village, St. Augustine – includes Golf Hall of Fame + St. Augustine tour
Whiteface Lodge Resort & Spa, Lake Placid, NY
Wild Dunes Resort, Charleston, SC – 2 nights in condo, bike rentals + dinner
NOTE: CityPass discount coupon booklets will be added to several packages

(*) previous sponsor