| Fiction Book Non-Published | ||
| First | Kurt Kamm | Hazardous Material |
| Second | John Wills | The Year Without Christmas: A Novel |
| Third | Patrick Linder | Ghost Music |
| Honorable Mention | Gloria Casale | Pandemic |
| Fiction Book Published | ||
| First | Honora Finkelstein and Susan Smily | The Reporter Who Died Probing |
| First | Ilene Schneider | Unleavened Dead |
| Second | Bill Chipman | Last Seen in the Caribbean |
| Third | David Knop | Mining Sacred Ground |
| Honorable Mention | Maria Larsen | Protect & Serve: K-9 Policewoman |
| Honorable Mention | Jim Guigli | Bad News for a Ghost |
| Fiction Flash Non-Published | ||
| First | John Wills | “The Van” |
| Second | John Wills | “Black Mask” |
| Honorable Mention | LR Swenson | “The Firefighter and the Princess” |
| Fiction Flash Published | ||
| First | Kathleen Ryan | “Ten Cents” |
| Fiction Short Story Non-Published | ||
| First | Gavin Keenan | “An Unsheltered Life” |
| Second | J.L. Greger | “Shoes” |
| Third | David Cropp | “The Gunman” |
| Honorable Mention | Henry Hack | “Larry Beers” |
| Fiction Short Story Published | ||
| First | Quintin Peterson | “Rock Bottom” |
| Second | Lonni Lees | “Dementia Pubilistica” |
| Third | Quintin Peterson | “Guarding Shakespeare” |
| Non-Fiction Book Non-Published | ||
| Second | Pete Klismet | FBI Diary: Field Profiler |
| Non-Fiction Book Published | ||
| First | Ronald D. Corbin | Beyond Recognition |
| Second | Andrew Borrello | Police Promotion Super Course |
| Third | Maria Larsen | When It Reigns, It Pours: Dog Tales |
| Honorable Mention | Keith Bettinger | Murders In McHenry |
| Non-Fiction Creative Non-Technical Non-Published | ||
| First | Ronald D. Corbin | “Shadows of the Heart” |
| Second | Honora Finkelstein and Susan Smily | “Angel Flights and Female Firefighters” |
| Third | Jackie Taylor Zortman | “Amache” |
| Honorable Mention | Joseph Haggerty Sr. | “On the Job Training” |
| Non-Fiction Creative Non-Technical Published | ||
| First | John Wills | “Why I Became a Cop” |
| Second | Andrew Borrello | “The Power of Police Civility” |
| Third | Jackie Taylor Zortman | “Siege at Cortez” |
| Non-Fiction Creative Technical Published | ||
| First | John Bellah | “Investigation Un-Intended Acceleration Issues” |
| Second | John Bellah | “Los Angeles Sheriff Tests 2012 Police Vehicles” |
| Third | John Bellah | “LAPD Upfits Tahoe” |
| Poetry Non-Published | ||
| First | John Wills | Blue Pride |
| Second | John Wills | Why |
| Third | Joseph Haggerty Sr. | Night Patrol |
| Poetry Published | ||
| First | Joseph Haggerty Sr. | Why Wasn’t I There? |