Michael Hodgson’s “Running With the Wind” photo wins a Juror’s Award and Best in Show recognition at the 2023 California Sate Fair Photography / Fine Arts competition.
Michael Hodgson awarded Best in Show at the 2023 California State Fair
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Awards
Writing and photography excellence
HITravelTales’ Michael Hodgson wins Excellence in Journalism Award
Michael Hodgson was honored with first place in the IFWTWA Excellence in Journalism Award.
HITravelTales’ Therese Iknoian wins photography gold at InFocus show
Therese Iknoian has earned a gold medal for a photo that in part depicts what Chernobyl looks like today. The medal came from the InFocus Photo Competition in California’s Sierra foothills.
Grass Valley travel bloggers win multiple gold medals for photojournalism
For the fifth consecutive year, the HI Travel Tales team of Michael Hodgson and Therese Iknoian earned top honors for their photography and photojournalism skills, taking home four gold medals and one bronze in the 31st annual NATJA awards competition.
Grass Valley travel journalists win three photography gold medals
Michael Hodgson and Therese Iknoian win three gold medals, a silver medal, and two bronze medals in the International Food Wine and Travel Writers Association 2022 photography awards.
HI Travel Tales wins medals for website & photography excellence
For the fourth consecutive year, HI Travel Tales has won top honors for excellence, with the blog named as one of the three best in North America in the 30th Annual NATJA Travel Media Awards Competition as well as gold and bronze medals for photography.
HI Travel Tales takes home four global photography awards
In the first photo competition by the International Food Wine & Travel Writers Association, Therese Iknoian and Michael Hodgson garnered four awards, including a Best of Show.
HI Travel Tales wins five awards in NATJA Travel Media Awards
For the third year in a row, HI Travel Tales has won multiple awards in the North American Travel Journalists Association national contest, the NATJA Travel Media Awards. For 2020, Therese Iknoian and Michael Hodgson took home five awards, all honoring outstanding travel photography.
Therese Iknoian places 3rd in Washington Post Travel photo contest
From 1,200 photographs, Therese Iknoian’s photo taken in the Sahara in Morocco won third place in the 2020 Washington Post Travel photo contest.
HI Travel Tales wins gold and silver travel photography and writing awards for 2019
HI Travel Tales took home four national awards recognizing excellence in travel journalism from the North American Travel Journalists Association. Therese Iknoian and Michael Hodgson, who run the travel blog HITravelTales.com, won a gold medal, two silvers and an honorable mention for excellence in travel photography and writing.
HI Travel Tales wins multiple travel photography awards
HI Travel Tales has won multiple travel photography awards this summer, with five of our travel photos each winning award recognition on state and regional levels.
HI Travel Tales wins top 2018 national travel journalism awards
HI Travel Tales has won three national travel journalism awards from the North American Travel Journalists Association. Michael Hodgson and Therese Iknoian were each recognized for an illustrated story in an online publication. Our website was also recognized as one of the best independent travel blogs in 2018.
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