Justine Harrington

9+ years contributing content to food, culinary, travel and hospitality publications such as Taste of Home, Real Simple, The Spruce Eats, Southern Living and Travel + Leisure
Winner of the 2024 Hobart Prize for Nonfiction for her essay, ”The Women”
Co-author of the 2023 Lonely Planet Texas guidebook and "Austin Like a Local"

Experience

Justine Harrington has been a writer and copywriter for more than a decade. You’ll find her byline in many well-known food, culinary and lifestyle publications such as Taste of Home, The Spruce Eats, Southern Living and Women’s Health.

Justine also focuses on travel and hospitality journalism and has contributed essays, articles and more to publications like USA Today, AFAR and Travel + Leisure, and writes for destination marketing organizations and luxury hotels such as The Ritz-Carlton, Hyatt Vacation Club and Hotel Indigo. To round out her writing experience, Justine co-authored the "Austin Like a Local" guide in 2022 and the Lonely Planet Texas guidebook the following year. She won the 2024 Hobart Nonfiction Contest with her essay, “The Women.”

In her free time, Justine writes memoirs and reads cookbooks like novels.

Education

University of Arkansas, bachelor’s in French literature and cultural anthropology; minor in African-American studies

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