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Writing Contest 2007 Winners

This year’s conference was fantastic.  With 40 entries, our judges were able to read a variety of our member’s best work.  All of the judges felt honored to be a part of this competition.  We had entries of fiction and nonfiction, published and non-published, technical writing, books and articles.  Our winners are listed below.  We had two Grand Prize winners: Craig Saari’s non-published fiction book The Mile Marker Murders and Volitta Fritsche’s non-published short story “Routine Patrol”.  Mr Saari received a $1099  publishing package donated by iUniverse.  Ms. Fritsche received a writer’s package donated by Law Enforcement Technology.  Thank you to our sponsors, our judges, and our fantastic members.   

The Winners


Non-Fiction/Article/Published











Robert
Cohen 



“The Avianca
Police”     



First Place


Tim
Dees  



“The Deceptive
Trainer”



Second Place


Liz
Martinez



“Real-Life
Recruiting” 



Third Place


Tim
Dees  



 “Cop
Watch” 



Honorable
Mention












Non-Fiction/Short Story/Non-Published











Volitta
Fritsche



 “Routine
Patrol” 



First
Place/Grand Prize



Volitta
Fritsche 



 “Cops in
Hot Water” 



Honorable
Mention












Non-Fiction/Book/Published











John
Cassara  



 Hide &
Seek
 



First Place


Janice
Law 



 Yield:
A Judge’s Fir$t-Year Diary
 



Honorable
Mention












Technical Writing/Published

















John
Bellah



“2006 Police
Fleet Expo” 



First Place


John
Bellah 



“Oil Change
Intervals” 



Second Place


Tim Dees 


“Powerpoint for
Public Safety Professionals” 



Third Place


John
Bellah



 “Front-End
Alignment Basics” 



Honorable
Mention












Fiction/Short Story/Published


Liz
Martinez  



“Freddie Prinz
is my Guardian Angel”  



First Place


W. K.
Brown



 “The
Unknown” 



Second Place


W.K.
Brown



 “Where is
it”  



Honorable
Mention












Fiction/Short Story/Non-Published


Sunny
Frazier 



 “Armed and
Irritated”   



First Place


Sunny
Frazier 



 “Hangnail” 


Second Place











Fiction/Book/Published











Sunny Frazier 


Fools Rush In  


First Place


W.K.
Brown



 Tunnel
Vision
 



Second Place











Fiction/Book/Non-Published








Craig
Saari    



The Mile
Marker Murders
 



First
Place/Grand Prize



Leonard
Schonberg



Ripple Effect  


Second Place

 

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