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2020 Writing Competition Winners

 

Fiction Book, Published
First Place J.H. Weaver Code Word Rose
Second Place Paula Darnell The Six Week Solution
Third Place Susan Tuttle Piece by Piece
Honorable Mention Kierstin Marquet Reluctant Promises
Fiction Book, Unpublished
First Place Thonie Hevron Felony Murder Rule
Second Place Ellen Kirschman Answers To His Prayers
Third Place
John Schembra
An Echo of Lies
Fourth Place George Cramer A Tale of Robbers and Cops
Honorable Mention  K.L. Peacock No Man’s Land
Non-Fiction Book, Published
First Place Robert L. Bryan Dark Knights
Second Place Jim Plousis & George Ingram Jersey Lawman A Life on the Right Side of Crime
Third Place

Linda Green
Solving the Post Traumatic Brain Injury Puzzle
Non-Fiction Book, Unpublished
First Place Geno Munari Dunes Hotel: the Mob, the Connections, the Stories
Short Story, Published
First Place Vicki Weisfeld Who They Are Now
Second Place Vinnie Hansen The Last Word
Third Place Vinnie Hansen Room and Board
Short Story, Unpublished
First Place John Schembra My Brother’s Keeper
Second Place Ron Corbin The Dark Side of the Badge
Third Place David Cropp Tiny Angel
Third Place Barbara Lloyd Nestor and Gerdie’s Place
Honorable Mention Ellen Kirschman Don’t I Know You
Flash Fiction, Unpublished
First Place George Cramer Joe
Second Place Darlene Daly Record The Beast
Third Place George Cramer Welcome Home
Honorable Mention Ron Corbin We Got “Company” Up Here
Creative Non-fiction, Technical, Published
First Place John Eldridge Nobody Wants To Talk About It
Second Place John M. Weinstein 22 Rules For New Campus Police and Security Officers
Third Place John M. Weinstein The Challenge in Innovation in Law Enforcement Organizations
Honorable Mention David Cropp How a Collaborative Approach Benefits Domestic Violence Investigations
Creative Non-fiction, Technical, Unpublished
First Place Keith Bettinger Where There’s A Hope, There’s Tim
Second Place John Bellah Yew Kin Run, But Yew Can’t Hide
Third Place Ron Corbin Survivors
Honorable Mention Keith Bettinger The Note Was Worth the Wait
Creative Non-fiction, Non-technical, Published
First Place  Scott Decker and Terry L. Kerns The FBI’s Amerithrax Task Force and the Advent of Microbial Forensics
Second Place John Bellah Car 54 Where Are You?
Poetry, Unpublished
First Place David Cropp Pieces
Second Place Keith Bettinger Why the Child Cries
Third Place Keith Bettinger Judiciary Square

 

 

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