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Mark Thompson

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New York
As seen in: National Geographic Traveler, Travel Weekly, Metrosource Magazine, OutThere, GED Magazine
Covers:  Hotels, art, architecture, heritage, history, culture, gastronomy, travel
Doesn't Cover: family travel, camping, hiking, sports

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Mark Thompson’s Biography

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As an author and travel journalist, I am a member of Authors Guild, Society of American Travel Writers (SATW), New York Travel Writers, PEN America, and AWP. I have been published in various periodicals including National Geographic, Travel Weekly, OutThere, Out, Metrosource, Frontiers, Global Traveler. As a novelist, I have been an artist-in-residence at various artists’ communities including MacDowell, Yaddo, Blue Mountain Center, and Sewanee Writers’ Conference. During my doctorial studies …

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Ireland: A Cold Dip in the Irish North Sea

Ireland: A Cold Dip in the Irish North Sea

You probably need to be a little mad to go wild swimming in a "scrotum-tightening sea." That's the term that …

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In the Italian Lakes region, taking time to smell the lemons

In the Italian Lakes region, taking time to smell the lemons

In the autumn, when the crowds have thinned along the shores of Italy's Lake Garda and Lake Como, there's tim…

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The Synonymous STYLE and FASHION of MILAN and ARMANI

The Synonymous STYLE and FASHION of MILAN and ARMANI

Over the course of a fifty-year career, Giorgio Armani's sleek design sensibility has embodied the rise of It…

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Historical grandeur at the Anantara Palais Hansen Vienna

Historical grandeur at the Anantara Palais Hansen Vienna

When you walk along Vienna's Ringstrasse, you walk in the footsteps of Baron Theophil von Hansen, the archite…

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Gluttony Is No Sin in Tuscany

Gluttony Is No Sin in Tuscany

In Tuscany, time is measured in meals. That was the lesson I took from our tour guide Gabriele who led us on …

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Coastal comforts impress at Halifax's Muir hotel

Coastal comforts impress at Halifax's Muir hotel

In the Queen's Marque district of Halifax, Nova Scotia, there's a nondescript glass door engraved with three …

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Articles

TUCSON AZ – Stand Out and Proud

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By Mark Thompson
| Metrosource Magazine Verified
“These are stories that confirm humans are good people,” says Feng-Feng Yeh of Chinese Chorizo Project—and, at this point in human history, who isn’t seeking confirmation of goodness? A group of us are squeezed inside a tiny cooking demo kitchen not far from the Chinese Garden at Tucson’s Mission Garden.
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Elegance defines Lisbon's Tivoli Avenida Liberdade

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By Mark Thompson
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LISBON -- For nearly a century, Tivoli Avenida Liberdade has been a beacon of luxury along Avenida da Liberdade, this city's grand tree-covered boulevard that was modeled on the Champs-Elysees. Opened in 1933 as a small boarding house next to Teatro Tivoli, the five-star hotel was transformed in 1957 into an icon of midcentury modernism by the renowned Portuguese architect Porfirio Monteiro.
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The rebirth of Spain's Don Carlos Marbella in Andalusia

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By Mark Thompson
| Travel Weekly Verified
For much of its history, Marbella, Spain, has been one of those fantastical realms -- an enchanted escape, like Xanadu or Shangri-La -- where the fortunate frolic along the Costa del Sol in Andalusian bliss. There's a common belief among locals that "everyone knows Marbella," which holds some degree of truth.
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Awards

Orison Books Fiction Prize Finalist 2025

2025 - Fiction

Fiction (30,000 word minimum) manuscripts for The Orison Prizes in Poetry and Fiction are judged by different prominent writers each year in an anonymous judging process. The winning entry in each genre is awarded publication and a cash prize, in addition to a standard royalties contract. Finalists are selected by the editorial staff at Orison Books, and the winners are selected from among the finalist manuscripts by the judges.

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