GLOBETROTTERS WRITING PROMPT

February Monthly Challenge — Terrains of the World

Show us the diversity of landscapes on earth

Deserts, oceans, mountains, rivers, glaciers and many more landscape features are to be found on earth. This variety of terrains is what makes travel interesting. Because everywhere we go, we have something different to see and experience.

In days of climate change, travel has often a negative after-taste but travel doesn’t need to be harming the environment. Travel can be focusing on the environment and its precious beauty.

While we focused last month on destinations we’d like to visit this year, we are going to focus this month on destinations we have been to. But not any destination.

We want to focus on nature. Landscape features. We want to focus on terrains that change behind every other corner.

But what is a terrain you might be wondering?

“Terrain is used to refer to an area of land or a type of land when you are considering its physical features.” — Collins Dictionary

We are focusing on the geographical features of the land. We want to see mountains and flatlands, deserts and wetlands, glaciers and oceans, and whatever else you have to show.

We got inspired to this topic by reading Aarti Tailor’s article on Earth celebration day. And as we don’t think one day is enough to celebrate the beauty of Mother Earth, we are going to dedicate an entire month to this topic.

And as Aarti is saying, we are looking forward to your presentation of the world.

“There are many more terrains I have yet to explore and it is so exhilarating to know that our planet is bursting with so much variety.” — Aarti Tailor

But enough said. Here at Globetrotters, we’re calling out for your stories. Tell us more about the terrains and landscapes you’ve been in.

Terrains of the World

Please share with us your stories. We’re looking for some personal narrative inspired by the beauty of the world ready to be explored. These landscapes must be places you’ve been to and we require personal photos. No stock photos are allowed this month.

We want to see the details of the terrain. We want to see the dust in the air and hear the sound of the birds when you are describing a place. We want to feel the spray of a waterfall and smell the rain inside the jungle.

Be creative.

Pull us in with your compelling narrative.

If you need some ideas, here we go:

Ultimate Terrains You Should Know About

The Most Fascinating Terrain I’ve Ever Been in

This is How Walking in This Landscape Has Changed My Vision of the World

XXX — a Terrain I Always Look Forward To

I Didn’t Know I’d Fall in Love With This Landscape Feature

A Very Different Terrain in This Country

Going Into Visiting Terrain XXX Without Expectations is the Key

A requirement this month is to tag 2 articles that either inspired you to go to this place or has quality content about those terrains or landscape features.

You can use the search function to review our publication and look for articles about your destination. It’s easy and a great way to show appreciation to other writers out here.

We’re looking forward to your submissions. As always, at the end of the month, the editors of Globetrotters will announce their winners. While we also submit our entries, we do not participate in the competition.

Please remember to follow our guidelines when submitting an article:

• The maximum article length must be 10 minutes.
• Always credit your images, this month we only accept your own. Please review our image policy if unsure.
• Write your article in the form title-subtitle-title image.
• Please add the tag “monthly challenge”.
• Make sure that travel is still a focus of your story.
• List 2 articles and tag the writers who created them
• The challenge will run from February 1st until February 27th. We reserve the last day of the month to post the results from the challenge.
• For more clarification on submissions, visit the Globetrotters submission guidelines.

We, the team of editors at Globetrotters (JoAnn, Adrienne, Jillian, Michele & Anne ), want to thank each of you for contributing to our publication. You’ve sent so many fascinating articles on past challenges and we can’t wait for the next ones.

Thank you.

Jillian Amatt - Artistic Voyages has kicked off the challenge prompt with:

Read here the final post of our previous monthly challenge. We asked you to share your 2023 Travel Goals. In this article, the editors announce their personal winners: