Join us in celebrating the accomplishments of the 2019 PSWA Writing Competition winners.
| Fiction Book, Published | ||
| First Place | Joe Porrazzo | Deliberate Deception |
| Second Place | Danny Smith | Echo Killers |
| Third Place | Kate Flora | Schooled in Death |
| Honorable Mention | Kathy McIntosh | Murder, Sonoran Style |
| Fiction Book, Unpublished | ||
| First Place | Janice Badal | Witness |
| First Place | C. W. Saari | Prime Impact |
| Second Place | Gregory Renz | Beneath the Flames |
| Third Place | Mar Preston | Accident |
| Honorable Mention | George Cramer | Liberty |
| Non-Fiction Book, Published | ||
| First Place | Adam Plantinga | Police Craft |
| Second Place | Sara Cortez | Tired, Hungry, Standing in One Spot for Twelve Hours |
| Third Place | Robert Bryan | Dark Knights 3 |
| Honorable Mention | C. K. Roberts | Call Me Trooper |
| Non-Fiction Book, Unpublished | ||
| First Place | Pete Klismet and Clarissa Cole | Profiling Violent Crime |
| Second Place | J. Andre Boles | The Monster |
| Third Place | Joseph Haggerty | The Witness Room |
| Short Story, Published | ||
| First Place | Quinton Peterson | Knight Moves |
| First Place | Susan Tuttle | Hydro-synth |
| Second Place | Danny Smith | Exhuming Her Honor |
| Third Place | Vinnie Hansen | Miscalculation |
| Honorable Mention | Danny Smith | In the City of Crosses |
| Short Story, Unpublished | ||
| First Place | Joseph Haggerty | Hurricanes of Life |
| Second Place | Keith Bettinger | Murder by Alimony |
| Third Place | Susan Tuttle | Under the Oaks |
| Honorable Mention | Gerald Martin | What’s in Your Tank? |
| Flash Fiction, Published | ||
| First Place | Susan Tuttle | Figment |
| Flash Fiction, Unpublished | ||
| First Place | J. Andrew Boles | The Night Invader |
| Second Place | Susan Tuttle | The Cab Driver |
| Third Place | Joseph Haggerty | Treasured Love |
| Honorable Mention | Barbara Lloyd | Mall Santa |
| Creative Non-fiction, Technical, Published | ||
| Third Place | John Bellah | LAPD Motorcade |
| Creative Non-fiction, Technical, Unpublished | ||
| First Place | John Bellah | Howie |
| Creative Non-fiction, Non-technical, Published | ||
| First Place | Alf Edwards Virgil Alexander |
Wild and Wooly Days of a Miami Town Marshal |
| Second Place | Keith Bettinger | Who Received the Gift of Christmas? |
| Third Place | Keith Bettinger | Merry Christmas–You’re Dead |
| Creative Non-fiction, Non-technical, Unpublished | ||
| First Place | Rena Winters | Southwest Adventure |
| Second Place | John Bellah | Yew Kin Run–But Yew Cain’t Hide |
| Third Place | Vanessa Rutledge | Hello? |
| Honorable Mention | Keith Bettinger | A Great Partner |
| Honorable Mention | R. Scott Decker | Tradition of Crime |
| Poetry, Published | ||
| First Place | John Tolley | Sheep |
| Second Place | Rena Winters | Voting Privileges |
| Poetry, Unpublished | ||
| First Place | Keith Bettinger | The Mistress |
| Second Place | Daniel Hudson | Broken Windows |
| Third Place | Joseph Haggerty | Is It Enough? |
| Honorable Mention | Keith Bettinger | No Need for My Gun |