Travel opens the world. Writing brings it home.
Honoring the curiosity of the Post’s founder by supporting Milwaukee writers and the stories only they can tell. Meet the recipients, discover their journeys and read their work.
Family, history and a journey to Washington
Living the Legacy She Left Behind
Alivia connects her own childhood trip to Washington, D.C., with a journey her grandmother made years earlier. Her winning essay follows the ties between family history and the places we visit.
Full essay · PDF hosted on Google Drive
Jamaica, community and lessons brought home
Adjua reflects on relationships formed in Jamaica and the lessons those connections brought to her life in Milwaukee. Her profile includes a published excerpt from the winning essay.
Full essay not linked in the published CNS profile; the available excerpt is included there.
A destination still ahead
The One Place I Would Travel To
The second annual recipient answered a question about a place he had never visited: where would he go, and why? Sean’s winning essay explores the possibilities of a journey still to come.
Full essay · PDF hosted on Google Drive
Morocco, memory and a change of perspective
The inaugural recipient looked back on a trip to Morocco. Her essay considers how reflection can change the way we understand a travel experience.
Full essay · PDF hosted on Google Drive
Recipient years, profiles, photographs and essay links follow Carvd N Stone’s official scholarship archive, checked November 4, 2026. The published recipient list currently runs through 2025. Photographs retain their original CNS marks and are credited beside each image. The essays remain on their original hosts.
The CNS Loren Martin Hintz Travel Writing Scholarship honors Loren Martin “Marty” Hintz, the journalist, travel writer and founder of the Irish American Post. Stephen Hintz funds the scholarship in his father’s memory, working with Carvd N Stone.
The annual award has provided $1,000 to a Milwaukee writer selected through an 800-word travel essay. The inaugural recipient was named in 2022.
Carvd N Stone publishes application announcements, eligibility requirements and deadlines. Visit the organizer’s page for the latest program information.
The Post’s earlier archived announcement invited creative essays from middle school and high school students around the theme “Exploring the World Again: Stepping Outside After a Year of Reflection.” It is retained as historical context, separate from the CNS recipient archive above. It is not a current application notice.