Awards

Travelers' Tales logo used to denote Dan Wake's Gold award-winning Solas award for Best Travel Writing story.

An excerpt from Eat the Wind titled “It’s Not Greek to Me” won Gold in the Nineteenth Annual Solas Awards for Best Travel Writring in the Funny Travel category.

Another excerpt titled “Euskadi” won Bronze in the Men’s (adventure) Travel category.

Brad travel guides logo used to indicate Dan Wake's recognition in the Bradt Travel writing competition

Bradt Travel Guides judged an excerpt from Eat the Wind, set in the Belgrade train station, to be “Highly Commended.”

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Logo of Book Passage used in connection with Dan Wake's award-winning Second Place in the Travel Writers and Photographers Conference annual writing competition

A longer excerpt from Eat the Wind, about traveling by bus in Sumatra, won Second Prize at the Book Passage Travel Writers & Photographers Conference 2024.

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