Care to sample the life of a golf travel writer? Glamour, fun, laughs. GolfChannel.com and The Divine 9, a co-op of nine courses in the Carson City/Carson Valley area, are offering a $500 paid assignment for national publication and a Wild West trip to an aspiring golf correspondent.
If you're a golfer who likes to write, an amateur travel writer looking for an offbeat gig, or a little of both who can tell a story and keep readers scrolling, take a swing at the big time and reach over 380,000 readers, 50,000 Facebook fans and 30,000 Twitter followers on one of the country’s leading golf media outlets.
Submit a 250 – 500 word story on your favorite golf trip by Sept. 23, 2011 and you could be on your way to Nevada’s capital, Carson City, October 3-7, 2011, for one of the country’s most unusual writing assignments. It’s The Divine 9 Road Trip where golf scribes from around the country are shuttled along with 15 fellow writers who play 2 holes at 9 different courses in 11 hours.
Whether it was the perfect buddy trip, girl’s getaway, top courses, memorable locals, funniest trip – demonstrate your first-person style and you could be aboard the shuttle bus, adjacent to the ice chest, wheeling your way around the courses. A panel of media judges from GolfChannel.com will determine the winner based on writing ability, storytelling and interest.
The grand prize includes a $500 writing fee, a published story on www.GolfChannel.com, round trip air into Reno-Tahoe International, rental car, lodging for three nights at Gold Dust West Hotel/Casino, welcome reception, awards dinner, rolling lunch, numerous hydration opportunities, plus memories for a lifetime. There's an additional 2-night recovery stay at the Carson Valley Inn in Minden, Nev. to explore the area’s activities, history, dining and two 18-rounds rounds at Divine 9-member courses.
Non-Golf Writer Contest
Not a writer, but an avid golfer? A separate contest has also been established offering a lucky entrant a 2012 Ticket to Paradise, a round of golf at each of the Divine 9 Nevada courses, valued at $270. Click here.
The Divine Nine consists of an array of high desert courses in Carson City and Carson Valley that nestle the Sierra Nevada range: Carson Valley, Dayton Valley, Eagle Valley East, Eagle Valley West, Empire Ranch, Genoa Lakes: Resort and Lakes Courses, Silver Oak and Sunridge.
Lodging Partners include Best Western Carson Station, Carson Nugget, Carson Valley Inn, Courtyard by Marriott, David Walley’s Resort, Gold Dust West, Hampton Inn & Suites, Hardman House, Holiday Inn Express: Carson City & Minden, and The Plaza Hotel.
Ah yes, it’s the romantic life: travel, golf, fun, free hotels. But how about those pressure-filled deadlines and prickly interview subjects. Romantic indeed.
For more information on the contest, how to enter, The Divine 9, or the Road Trip, click here. To visit the travel section of GolfChannel.com: http://www.golfchannel.com/news/travel-insider/