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Sam Mills
Location: Navarre, FL, United States
Member Since: 22 February 2001
Professional Associations
Travelwriters.com
Introduction
Articles, fiction and photos for publications like the SATURDAY EVENING POST, GRAY'S SPORTING JOURNAL, GOLF and TENNIS magazines, MOTOR BOATING & SAILING, SOUTHERN MAGAZINE, the DENVER POST, the ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION and HOME & AWAY have taken writer-photographer Sam Mills to four continents and nearly 40 foreign countries. Born in Brownsville, Texas, Mills grew up in the mountains of Western North Carolina, locale for his recently completed novel, THE MONEY TREE. He attended UNC-Chapel Hill's School of Journalism and graduate school at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He is a former staff member of the MOTHER EARTH NEWS, the SAVANNAH NEWS-PRESS and ISLANDER magazine, and was Hilton Head Island, SC, sports stringer for both AP and UPI. In 1988, he won the Ned Ramsaur Travel Writing Award, given annually by the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism to the State's top travel writer. He now lives in Pensacola, FL, and may be contacted at sam@sammills.com.
Experience & Expertise
I am or was a member of the following: American Society of Magazine Photographers (ASMP). Outdoor Writers Association of America (OWAA). National Press Photographers Association (NPPA). Society of American Travel Writers (SATW). Professional Photographers of America (PPA). Public Relations Society of America (PRSA).
Publishing Credentials
Golf Magazine (Annual Travel Supplements Of 50-80 Pages: "Meetings On The Green" And "Golf South"), Sports Illustrated, Us, Golf Digest, Tennis, World Tennis, The Baltimore Sun, Southern Magazine, Saturday Evening Post, Denver Post, Home & Away (Aaa), Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Charlotte Observer, Raleigh News & Observer, Resort Real Estate, Sail, Inside Women's Tennis, New Zealand Golf Magazine, Carolinas Golf Reporter, Insurance Conference Planner, Successful Meetings, Meetings & Conventions, Sun City (Az) Daily News-Sun (And 35 Other Papers In The Ottoway Newspaper Chain/Wire), Midwest Motorist (AAA), Motour (AAA), Golf Georgia, Toronto Magazine, Links, Orlando Magazine, Gulf Coast Magazine, South Florida Magazine, Central Florida Magazine, Travel Weekly, Woman’s World, Providence Journal, Florida Real Estate, Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, Pittsburgh Press, Miami Herald, Montreal Gazette, Hartford Courant, Buffalo News, Omaha World-Herald, New Choices, St. Petersburg Times, Florida Home & Gardens, America Ad Lib, Florida Trend, Florida Living, Palm Beach News, Going Places (AAA), AAA World, Travel South, Southern Living, Duluth (GA) News, Golfweek, Jacksonville Magazine, Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville), St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Charles Home, Seen, Chattanooga News-Free Press, Soundings, Senior Golfer, Gulf Coast Condo Living, etc.
Awards Received
Ned Ramsaur Travel Writing Award, given annually by the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism to the "State’s top travel writer." University of Wisconsin Creative Writing Contest. Four "Addy" Awards for both photography and copywriting.
