Public Safety Writers Association Writing Competition
2007 PSWA Writing Conference 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 $1099 publishing package donated by
iUniverse. Ms. Fritsche received a writer’s package donated by Law
Enforcement Technology. Thank you to our sponsors, our judges, and our
fantastic members.
The
Winners
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Non-Fiction/Article/Published |
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Robert
Cohen |
“The Avianca
Police” |
First Place |
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Tim
Dees |
“The Deceptive
Trainer” |
Second Place |
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Liz
Martinez |
“Real-Life
Recruiting” |
Third Place |
|
Tim
Dees |
“Cop
Watch” |
Honorable
Mention |
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Non-Fiction/Short Story/Non-Published
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Volitta
Fritsche |
“Routine
Patrol” |
First
Place/Grand Prize |
|
Volitta
Fritsche |
“Cops in
Hot Water” |
Honorable
Mention |
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Non-Fiction/Book/Published |
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John
Cassara |
Hide &
Seek |
First Place |
|
Janice
Law |
Yield:
A Judge’s Fir$t-Year Diary |
Honorable
Mention |
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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 |
| |
|
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|
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 |
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|
Fiction/Short Story/Non-Published |
|
Sunny
Frazier |
“Armed and
Irritated” |
First Place |
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Sunny
Frazier |
“Hangnail” |
Second Place |
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Fiction/Book/Published |
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| Sunny Frazier |
Fools Rush In |
First Place |
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W.K.
Brown |
Tunnel
Vision |
Second Place |
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|
Fiction/Book/Non-Published |
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Craig
Saari |
The Mile
Marker Murders |
First
Place/Grand Prize |
|
Leonard
Schonberg |
Ripple Effect |
Second Place |