SMFS Member Winners for the 2023 Public Safety Writers Association Awards

The SMFS would like to announce and congratulate our list members for their award wins at the Public Safety Writers Association conference held earlier this month.  

 

David Dean came in first place for his book, The Wisdom of Serpents and Other Stories of Tragic Misunderstandings, in the “Long Form, Short Story Collection.” The book was published by Genius Books.

 

Jim Guigli came in second place for his short story, Blood on the Stairs, in the “Short Form, Fiction, Short Story, Published” category. The tale was originally published in Crimeucopia: We'll Be Right Back -- After This! From Murderous Ink Press. Edited by John Connor.

 

James L'Etoile came in first place for his novel, Dead Drop: A Detective Nathan Parker Novel, in the “The Marilyn Meredith Award for Excellence in Published Book-Length Fiction” category. The book was published by Level Best Books.  

 

Mr. L'Etoile's short story, Convict Code, won an Honorable Mention in the “Short Form, Fiction, Short Story, Published” category. The story appeared in the anthology, The Tattered Blue Line: Short Stories of Contemporary Policing. Edited by Frank Zafiro.

 

Vicki Weisfeld came in second place for the book, Architect of Courage, in the “Long Form, Fiction, Published” category. The book was published by Black Opal Books.

 

Frank Zafiro came in third place for the book, TheRide-Along: A Charlie-316 Novel in the “Long Form, Fiction, Published” category. Cowritten with Colin Conway and published by High Speed Creative, LLC.

 

Mr. Zafiro’s book, The Worst Kind Of Truth: A River City Novel, won an Honorable Mention in the “Long Form, Fiction, Published” category. The book was published by Code 4 Press.

 

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