2024 Writing Competition Winners
| Colin Conway | Marilyn Meredith Award for Excellence in Writing | Plaque/Sole Award | |
| Frank Zafiro | Hope Dies Last, A Stefan Kopriva Mystery | Best Book Cover | First Place |
| Colin Conway | The Fate of Our Years , A 509 Crime Story | Published Fiction Books–Police Procedural | First Place |
| James L’Etoile | Face Of Greed | Published Fiction Books–Police Procedural | Second Place |
| Thonie Hevron | By Force of Fear | Published Fiction Books–Police Procedural | Third Place |
| Frank Zafiro | All the Forgotten Yesterdays | Published Fiction Books–Police Procedural | Honorable Mention |
| James L’Etoile | Devil Within , A Nathan Parker Detective Novel | Published Fiction Books–Thriller | First Place |
| Patrick Weill | Bad Traffic | Published Fiction Books–Thriller | Second Place |
| Frank Zaffiro | Some Kind of Hell | Published Fiction Books–Thriller | Second Place |
| Colin Conway | The Night of the Dead Boys , A 509 Crime Story | Published Fiction Books–Thriller | Third Place |
| Frank Zaffiro | Hope Dies Last , A Stefan Kopriva Mystery | Published Fiction Books–Suspense | First Place |
| Cindy Goyette | Obey All Laws, A Probation Case Files Mystery | Published Fiction Books–Suspense | Second Place |
| Janet Greger | Escape From A Dark Cave | Published Fiction Books–Suspense | Third Place |
| Charlene Bell Dietz | The Spinster, the Rebel and the Governor | Published Fiction Books–Suspense | Honorable Mention |
| James Bartlett | The Alaskan Blonde: , Sex, Secrets, and the Hollywood Story That Shocked America | Published Non-Fiction Book | First Place |
| Bob Cyphers | Dead End , Inside the Hunt for the Interstate-70 Serial Killer | Published Non-Fiction Book | Second Place |
| Alexandra Kitty | Murder In A Sundown Town | Published Non-Fiction Book | Third Place |
| Tony Reid | Twelve/Twenty-Six/Seventy-Five | Published Non-Fiction Book | Honorable Mention |
| Lisa Beecher | Living With Mr. Fahrenheit | Published Memoir | First Place |
| Bob Doerr | Curiosity Can Kill | Non-Published Fiction Book | First Place |
| James L’Etoile | Lost Life | Non-Published Fiction Book | Second Place |
| Kate Flora | The Darker the Night | Non-Published Fiction Book | Second Place |
| Jim Christ | Right There in Black and White | Non-Published Fiction Book | Third Place |
| David (Chris) Boyd | No God West of Fort Smith | Non-Published Fiction Book | Honorable Mention |
| Marcia Rosen | My Jewish Gangster Father and Me, | Non-Published Memoir | First Place |
| John Bluck | Cold in Chicago | Non-Published Short Story | First Place |
| Michael Brandt | Cherry Blossoms at Night | Non-Published Short Story | Second Place |
| Barbara Butterfield | The Silent Night of Officer Harper | Non-Published Short Story | Third Place |
| James L’Etoile | Parlin Fork Letters | Non-Published Short Story | Third Place |
| Frank Saverio | The Second Degree | Non-Published Short Story | Honorable Mention |
| Victoria Weisfeld | A Brick Through the Window | Published Short Story | First Place |
| Keith Bettinger | The Statues Tell it All | Non-Published Flash Writing Non-Fiction | First Place |
| William Fleming | The Incident | Non-Published Flash Writing Non-Fiction | Second Place |
| Gerald Martin | The Seaborn Scandal | Screenplay Non-Published | Third Place |
| Joseph Haggerty Sr | Lord, I Lost a Friend Today | Poetry Published | First Place |
| Frank Scalise | When Something Slips | Poetry Published | Second Place |
| Joseph Haggerty Sr | Christmas Patrol | Poetry Non-Published | First Place |
| Joshua Lee | Beacon in the Darkness | Poetry Non-Published | Second Place |
| Lisa Beecher | With Limited Treatment Options , ECT Came Through For Us | Non-Fiction Non-Technical Published | First Place |
| James L’Etoile | What’s the Mystery About Therapy Dogs | Non-Fiction Non-Technical Published | First Place |
| Joseph Haggerty Sr | Shut Down the City | Non-Fiction Non-Technical Published | Second Place |
| James L’Etoile | A Snitch in Time | Non-Fiction Non-Technical Published | Second Place |
| Joseph Haggerty Sr | DC Follies | Non-Fiction Non-Technical Non-Published | First Place |
| John Bellah | Missing Teens From South Dakota | Non-Fiction Non-Technical Non-Published | Second Place |
| Keith Bettinger | The Day I Met My Father In Law | Non-Fiction Non-Technical Non-Published | Third Place |
| Keith Bettinger | Breakfast with Paul | Non-Fiction Non-Technical Non-Published | Third Place |
| John Bellah | Retail Cars in Police Use | Non-Fiction Technical Published | First Place |