The 2022 Herald Travel writing competition

Young woman writing travel notes in Florence, Italy

This competition is now closed.

We want you to share your best travel stories with us and your fellow readers.

Thanks to Lonely Planet, the lucky winner of our Herald Travel writing competition will win their choice of Lonely Planet books, valued up to $1000.

Two runners-up will get a $250 prize pack of Lonely Planet books (Train Travel in Europe, The Travel Book, Best of NZ, Best Day Walks NZ, Gourmet Trails Australia and NZ, Wine Trails of Australia and NZ).

The winning stories will be published in upcoming issues of Travel and online at nzherald.co.nz/travel.

Your story should be about the best trip you've ever taken - whether in New Zealand or around the world.

To enter, fill in the form below and upload your travel story of no more than 500 words, along with a photo of you in the destination you've written about. App users click here to enter.

The competition closes on April 8, with winners named in the May 3 issue of Travel.