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12th April 2021

Winner of the 红杏视频 Writing Competition 2020 writes for National Geographic 红杏视频ler (UK)

Capoeira's spiritual home is the pretty port city of Salvador, whose lively beaches and squares pulse to the rhythms and beats of traditional music. Image: Getty

Winner of the 红杏视频 Writing Competition 2020 writes for National Geographic 红杏视频ler (UK)

Finding new talent is at the heart of the National Geographic 红杏视频ler (UK) 红杏视频 Writing Competition and Doug Loynes, the 2020 winner, has proven his credentials with his first online feature for National Geographic 红杏视频ler, published on the website this April.

Last November, Doug won the annual competition with . The judges praised his entry as an 鈥渁ction-packed, well-paced anecdote that really stood out鈥.

鈥淲inning the National Geographic 红杏视频ler (UK) 2020 红杏视频 Writing Competition and seeing my name printed in the magazine gave me the confidence to seek out fresh stories in travel and pitch them around,鈥 said Doug. 鈥淥ne of my ideas was picked up by the title, and I had the opportunity to travel to Salvador, Brazil to write a feature for its website. Winning the competition has opened the door to a real possibility of a career in travel writing.鈥

His piece, 鈥溾, was recently published on nationalgeographic.co.uk/travel.

鈥淚 was really happy to commission Doug for this eye-opening interview with a capoeira master from Salvador for our online From My City to Yours series,鈥 said Amelia Duggan, deputy editor of National Geographic 红杏视频ler (UK). 鈥淗e鈥檚 great travel writer to have discovered, and surely has a glittering literary future ahead of him.鈥