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Our August issue covers potholes in Africa, Lighthouses in Mane, New Mexico Wildlife, and how to get an approved Travel ID.

Travel writers, CJ Horn, Joeann Fossland, Michelangelo DeSantis, and Jennifer Germano have crafted stories and photos to share with curious travelers around the globe.

Call for Submissions – Winter Holiday Stories

The December 2019 TPM will feature Winter Holiday articles and photos. Travel Post Monthly wants your Winter Holiday stories.

Send your best stories and pictures showing readers the perfect place or way to celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Winter Solstice, New Year’s or any one of the many winter celebrations from around the globe. Destinations, customs, food, libations, music, art, decorations; all are fair game.

Deadline for submissions is October 15, 2019. Stories should be 500—800 words. Photos are a big +, include your best shots.

Read TPM’s Writers and Photographers guides to learn how to submit your story and photos. ITWPA Membership isn’t required, but members are given priority. Many writers get their first bylines with Travel Post Monthly, will yours be next?

On a personal note, this issue marks my 1-year anniversary as editor for Travel Post Monthly. It has been a challenge and a delight. During the past year I’ve received hundreds of submissions from writers around the globe. I’ve worked with some fascinating writers and talented photographers. It’s been rewarding. I love my job!

Till next time,

Mary Charlebois
Editor, Travel Post Monthly

This Month …

• Potholes in South Africa: From Johannesburg to Kruger (8/9/2019) - For those unaware of the unrivaled views of Bourke’s Luck Potholes in South Africa, the meandering trail and myriad bridges look like a barrier to entry. From the Coca-Cola red postcard frame, literally, a large rectangular frame through which you can take a picture of the landscape, to the sinuous paths of the river confluence, the Potholes are a unique and wondrous sight.
• A Drive on the Wild Side: New Mexico’s Bosque del Apache (8/9/2019) - The heavens swirl in a tornado of shrill cries and powerful gray wings. Thousands of sandhill cranes rise into the sky and the pale light of evening. Their long skinny legs tucking up and stretching out behind them. The cottonwoods and soupy marshes appear blurred and otherworldly in the dim light at day’s end. Every ray of sunshine might allow you one more glimpse of a herd of deer grazing quietly in a soft green meadow, or a tom turkey strutting about in the soft grass, his copper-colored tail feathers fanned out in full display.
• The New Travel ID, Do You Need One? (8/9/2019) - The new travel ID complies with the federal REAL ID Act of 2005. Beginning October 1, 2020, Federal agencies, including DHS and TSA, will only accept state-issued driver’s licenses or compliant identification cards for accessing Federal facilities including TSA airport security checkpoints if the license or card was issued by a REAL ID-compliant state, following the REAL ID security standards. The ID must include the REAL ID Star.
• Grand Lighthouse Cruise (8/9/2019) - Cape May, New Jersey is known for its brightly painted Victorian-style homes, sandy beaches, and bird watching, but there is another fun-filled thing to do in this seaside resort.
• Editor’s Choice – August 2019 (8/9/2019) - Over half of the manuscripts I receive have neither a title, byline, nor contact information. If the manuscript is separated from the pitch email, I can’t publish the piece, no matter how good it might be. That story will end up in the closed file.