2022 Public Safety Writers Association Award Winners: Jim Guigli, Ellen Kirschman, Frank Zafiro

The SMFS would like to announce and congratulate our list members, Jim Guigli, Ellen Kirschman, and Frank Zafiro for their award wins at the Public Safety Writers Association conference held last weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada.

 

Jim Guigli came in third place for his short story, “Looking for Mishka,” in the “Short Story Published” category. The tale was originally published in Rock and a Hard Place, Issue 7: Winter 2022 (January 2022).

Jim Guigli also came in third place for his flash fiction short story, “Listen to the Gunsmith,” in the “Flash Writing Fiction” category. It was then published online at Guilty Crime Story Magazine: Flash! and can be read for free.

 

Ellen Kirschman won second place for Answer to His Prayers (the fourth book of the Dr. Dot Mystery Series) in the “Fiction Book Published” category. Published by Hillcrest House Publishing in digital last December and then in print last March, the book also took second place in the “Fiction Book Unpublished” category in 2020.

 

Frank Zafiro won three awards in the “Short Story Published” category.

In first place, “One Fine Day” which appeared in The Tattered Blue Line: Short Stories of Contemporary Policing anthology. Independently published, Mr. Zafiro was also the editor for the anthology.

In second place, “Hallmarks of the Job.” Published by P. I. Tales, this novella was published in the book titled, Hallmarks Of The Job / Aloha Boys: A P.I. Tales Double Feature, by Frank Zafiro and Michael Bracken last August.

Mr. Zafiro also won a “Honorable Mention” for the short story, “The Last Cop,” which appeared in the To Serve, Protect, and Write: Cops Writing Crime Fiction anthology published last February. Published by Publicious Pty Ltd, the book was edited by A. B. Patterson.

 

The full list of the Public Safety Writers Association Award winners can be found here.