RALEIGH, NC (June 9, 2013) — Raleigh-based travel writers and photographers Kathy M. Newbern and J.S. Fletcher, a husband-wife team, have earned $525 in prize money for six award-winning entries, including a “best overall,” in the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) annual communications contest, Eastern Chapter.
Newbern and Fletcher took home top prize in a new category, Best Overall Writing, for a series they produced on Examiner.com covering the Currituck Outer Banks featuring the wild horses that roam the beach at Corolla and points north, the Currituck Beach Lighthouse, Whalehead at Historic Corolla Village, and the Outer Banks Wildlife Education Center - all three are located in Currituck's Heritage Park.