Category: Awards
Therese Iknoian wins Best in Show in the IFWTWA 2025 Photo Contest
Therese Iknoian, co-owner of HITravelTales.com, won Best in Show in the IFWTWA 2025 Photo Contest with an “environmental portrait” of a Jamaican drummer at a festival in Berlin, Germany.
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Michael Hodgson wins Best in Show in the IFWTWA 2024 Photo Contest
Michael Hodgson, co-owner of HITravelTales.com, wins Best in Show in the IFWTWA 2024 Photo Contest for the second year, while both Therese Iknoian and Michael take home multiple medals.
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Therese Iknoian named Photographer of the Year, we win multiple medals
Therese Iknoian, co-owner of HITravelTales.com, named NATJA Photographer of the year, while both Michael Hodgson and Therese took home multiple gold and silver medals.
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Michael Hodgson wins bronze at the International Photographic Competition
Michael Hodgson was awarded a bronze medal in the global International Photographic Competition for his image of wild horses galloping through the ocean in the Outer Banks.
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Therese Iknoian wins global minimalist night photo award
Therese Iknoian’s “Stargazing for Centuries” night photo of a moai on Easter Island earned a 3rd in the 2023 Minimalist Photography Awards, night category, amid hundreds of entries.
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Michael Hodgson awarded Best in Show at the 2023 California State Fair
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.
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HITravelTales’ Michael Hodgson wins Excellence in Journalism Award
Michael Hodgson was honored with first place in the IFWTWA Excellence in Journalism Award.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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