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
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“The Avianca
Police”
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First Place
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Tim
Dees
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“The Deceptive
Trainer”
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Second Place
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Liz
Martinez
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“Real-Life
Recruiting”
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Third Place
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Tim
Dees
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“Cop
Watch”
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Honorable
Mention
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Non-Fiction/Short Story/Non-Published
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Volitta
Fritsche
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“Routine
Patrol”
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First
Place/Grand Prize
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Volitta
Fritsche
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“Cops in
Hot Water”
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Honorable
Mention
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Non-Fiction/Book/Published
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John
Cassara
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Hide &
Seek
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First Place
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Janice
Law
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Yield:
A Judge’s Fir$t-Year Diary
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Honorable
Mention
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Technical Writing/Published
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John
Bellah
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“2006 Police
Fleet Expo”
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First Place
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John
Bellah
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“Oil Change
Intervals”
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Second Place
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Tim Dees
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“Powerpoint for
Public Safety Professionals”
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Third Place
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John
Bellah
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“Front-End
Alignment Basics”
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Honorable
Mention
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Fiction/Short Story/Published
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Liz
Martinez
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“Freddie Prinz
is my Guardian Angel”
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First Place
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W. K.
Brown
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“The
Unknown”
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Second Place
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W.K.
Brown
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“Where is
it”
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Honorable
Mention
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Fiction/Short Story/Non-Published
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Sunny
Frazier
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“Armed and
Irritated”
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First Place
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Sunny
Frazier
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“Hangnail”
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Second Place
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Fiction/Book/Published
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Sunny Frazier
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Fools Rush In
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First Place
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W.K.
Brown
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Tunnel
Vision
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Second Place
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Fiction/Book/Non-Published
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Craig
Saari
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The Mile
Marker Murders
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First
Place/Grand Prize
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Leonard
Schonberg
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Ripple Effect
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Second Place
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Results of the 2006 Writing Competition
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