Once again our annual writer’s contest was a huge success. The entries were a pleasure to read. We have an extremely talented membership! Thank you to all who entered and I encourage everyone to start thinking about next year’s contest. I hope to have entries from EVERYONE next year. Happy and successful writing!
The 2010 Winners
| Fiction/Book/Published | ||
| First/Grand Prize | Kenneth Lewis | Little Blue Whales |
First Place |
Mike Orenduff |
The Pot Thief who Studied Ptolemy |
Second Place |
Mark Bouton |
The Second Savior |
Second Place |
W. S. Gager |
A Case of Infatuation |
| Third Place | Michael Black | Hostile Takeovers |
| Third Place | Mike Angley | Finder: Resurrection |
| Honorable Mention | Kurt Kamm | One Foot in the Black |
Fiction/Book/Non-Published |
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First Place |
W.S. Gager |
A Case of the Accidental Intersection |
| Second Place | Barry Ozeroff | The Dying of Mortimer Post |
| Third Place | John Madinger | Hot Shot |
| Honorable Mention | Kurt Kamm | Red Flag Warning |
| Fiction/Short Story/Published | ||
| First Place | Quintin Peterson | “Cold as Ice” |
| Second Place | Ed Nowicki | “The Room of Doom” |
| Third Place | Ed Nowicki | “Same Thing” |
| Honorable Mention | Ed Nowicki | “Big Stan” |
Fiction/Short Story/Non-published |
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First Place |
Barry Ozeroff |
“Charlie’s Angel” |
Second Place |
Keith Bettinger |
“The Reunion” |
| Third Place | Ed Nowicki | “Choo Choo Charley to the Rescue” |
| Third Place | John Madinger | “The Heavy Silver Star” |
| Honorable Mention | Jack Miller | “A Streak of Larceny” |
| Honorable Mention | Morgan St. James | “Rip Off” |
Non-Fiction/Book/Non-published |
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First Place |
Darren Maurer | King 7 |
Third Place |
Mark Bouton | How to Spot Lies like the FBI |
| Honorable Mention |
Joe Don Smith | Trial by Fire |
Non-Fiction/Book/Published |
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First Place |
Edward Courtney | Saving America from the Right Perspective |
Second Place |
Volitta Fritsche | Why Ryan? |
| Third Place | Maria Larsen | When it Reigns, it Pours |
| Non-Fiction/Creative/Non-Published | ||
| First Place | Joseph Haggerty | “The Port in the Storm” |
| Second Place | Dave Cropp | “On the Wagon” |
| Third Place | Jack Miller | “A Soldier over the Wire” |
| Honorable Mention |
Keith Bettinger | “Tears of the Heart” |
Non-Fiction/Technical Writing/Published |
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First Place |
Tim Dees |
“Not quite there yet, but getting close” |
Second Place |
John Bellah |
LA Sheriff Tests 2009 Motorcycles |
Third Place |
Tim Dees |
Digital Evidence Archiving |
| Honorable Mention |
Tim Dees | ALPR Technology Keeps Getting Better |
Screenplay/Non-Published |
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| First Place | Johnny Russell | The Eyes of Bradley Ashe |
| Second Place | Jack Miller & Keith Bettinger | The Master Cheat |
| Non-Fiction/Creative/Published | ||
| First Place | Keith Bettinger | Scars of the Heart |
| Second Place | Tim Dees | Ride-Along War Story |
| Third Place | John Bellah |
Not quite Necessary Shooting |
| Honorable Mention |
John Bellah |
Suspicious Minds |
| Non-Fiction/Article/Published | ||
| First Place | Kregg Jorgenson | “Leadership, Duplicity and Sacrificial Lambs” |
| Second Place | Keith Bettinger | “Both Sides of the Bars” |
| Third Place | Kregg Jorgenson | “Surviving Violent Encounters” |
| Honorable Mention |
Jim Guigli | “Firearms and Writers” |
| Poetry | ||
| First Place | Joseph Haggerty | “Undercover” |
| Honorable Mention |
Joseph Haggerty | “Working the Street” |
| Technical Manual | ||
| First Place | Thomas Edmonds | LE Manual of Criminal Investigations |
| Non-Fiction/Column/Published | ||
| First Place | Ed Nowicki | “There are no Football Heroes” |
| Second Place | Tim Dees | “The Free Cup of Coffee Revisited” |
| Third Place | Ed Nowicki | “Cluster Killings of Police Officers” |
| Honorable Mention |
Ed Nowicki | “Training Adults is Different” |
| Flash Fiction/Non-Published | ||
| First Place | Kathleen Ryan | “Victims of the Night” |
| Second Place | Kathleen Ryan | “ Wal-Mart I love you” |