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 $1099 publishing package donated by iUniverse. Ms. Fritsche received a writer’s package donated by Law Enforcement Technology. Thank you to our sponsors, our judges, and our fantastic members.
The Winners
Non-Fiction/Article/Published |
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Robert Cohen |
“The Avianca Police” |
First Place |
Tim Dees |
“The Deceptive Trainer” |
Second Place |
Liz Martinez |
“Real-Life Recruiting” |
Third Place |
Tim Dees |
“Cop Watch” |
Honorable Mention |
Non-Fiction/Short Story/Non-Published |
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Volitta Fritsche |
“Routine Patrol” |
First Place/Grand Prize |
Volitta Fritsche |
“Cops in Hot Water” |
Honorable Mention |
Non-Fiction/Book/Published |
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John Cassara |
Hide & Seek |
First Place |
Janice Law |
Yield: A Judge’s Fir$t-Year Diary |
Honorable Mention |
Technical Writing/Published |
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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 |
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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 |
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Sunny Frazier |
“Armed and Irritated” |
First Place |
Sunny Frazier |
“Hangnail” |
Second Place |
Fiction/Book/Published |
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Sunny Frazier |
Fools Rush In |
First Place |
W.K. Brown |
Tunnel Vision |
Second Place |
Fiction/Book/Non-Published |
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Craig Saari |
The Mile Marker Murders |
First Place/Grand Prize |
Leonard Schonberg |
Ripple Effect |
Second Place |