Join us in celebrating the accomplishments of the 2018 PSWA Writing Award winners.

Fiction Book, Published
First Place	Thonie Hevron	With Malice Aforethought
First Place	Robert Jestic	The Last Day
Second Place	Barbara Hodges	Hounded by Death
Second Place	Rena Winters	Holy Cause: Target America
Third Place	Rena Winters and Robert Crowley	The Man with Evil Eyes
Honorable Mention	K.L. Peacock	Don’t Shoot the Messenger
Honorable Mention	Marcia Rosen	Dead in Bed
Fiction Book, Unpublished
First Place	Lonnie Lees	Broken
Second Place	David Freedland	The Pepper Tree
Third Place	Vinnie Hansen	Craze
Honorable Mention	Janice Badel (Satori)	Murder by All Means
Non-Fiction Book, Published
First Place	Victoria Newman	A Chip on My Shoulder
Second Place	Maureen Boyle	Shallow Graves: The Hunt for the New Bedford Highway Serial Killer
Third Place	Scott Decker	Recounting the Anthrax Attacks
Honorable Mention	Robert Jestic	Impaired Driving Shattered Lives
Short Story, Published
First Place	John Bellah	Dumb Crook
Second Place	John Bellah	Off Duty
Short Story, Unpublished
First Place	James Guigli	Always Rings Twice
Second Place	James Guigli	Just a Dream
Second Place	Joe Haggerty	Murder at MIT
Third Place	Joe Haggerty	Tagging Death
Flash Fiction, Unpublished
First Place	Ron Corbin	They Kneel
Second Place	Ron Corbin	Neon Lights, Deadly Sights, Daring Knights
Creative Technical, Published
Third Place	John Bellah	Oldsmobile Police Cars
Creative Technical, Unpublished
First Place	Ron Corbin	It’s Not the Gun
Second Place	John Bellah	Auto Fraud
Honorable Mention	Ron Corbin	Coloring Outside the Lines
Creative Non-technical, Published
First Place	Keith Bettinger	The Lonely Wheelchair
Second Place	Keith Bettinger	Why I Became a Cop
Third Place	Keith Bettinger	The Tragedy in L.V.
Honorable Mention	Joe Haggerty	Why Do They Have Guns
Poetry
First Place	Jason Brett Moore	The Heartbreak
Second Place	Joe Haggerty	How They Lived
Third Place	Ron Corbin	Real Heroes Stand before Kneeling
Honorable Mention	Ron Corbin	Neon Lights, Deadly Sights