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 |