2011 MWSA Awards
2011 MWSA AWARDS
Special Recognition Awards:
Founder's Award 2011 - Out of the Mist: Memories of War by Michael “Moon” Mullins
President's Award 2011 - Gated Grief by Leila Levinson
Author of the Year 2011 - Jack Woodville London for French Letters: Engaged in War
Korean War Book Award - Truman and MacArthur by Don Farinacci - Gold
NOTE: The Center for Korean War Studies has underwritten a cash award to Don Farinacci for $250
Korean War Book Award - War Remains by Jeffrey Miller - Silver
Korean War Book Award - The Untold Experiences by C. Gilbert Lowery - Bronze
Korean War Book Award - Eddie & Bingo by Katherine and Kathleen Taylor - Honorable Mention
Korean War Book Award – Chitose Road by Bob Ruehrdanze- 1st Runner UP
William E. Mayer Award for Literary or Artistic Excellence - Bonnie Bartel Latino for CHRISTMAS WHISTLES - Gold
William E. Mayer Award for Literary or Artistic Excellence - Jim Greenwald for False Honor - Silver
Gold Medal Awards
Historical Fiction – Event - Victory Road by Mark Bowlin
Historical Fiction Chronicle - Shall Never See So Much by Gerald Gillis
Historical Fiction Protagonist - For Love of Country by William C. Hammond
Fiction/Mystery - Laos File by Dale A. Dye
Fiction/Thriller - The Mullahs Storm by Thomas W. Young
Literary Fiction - War Remains by Jeffrey Miller
Non-fiction/History - Keeping the Promise Donna Elliott
Non-fiction/Memoir - DAI Uy Hoch by David R. Hoch
Non-fiction/Reference - Aerial Aces of the Universal Newsreel by Philip W. Stewart
Non-fiction/Biography - Women in the U.S. Armed Forces by Darlene M. Iskra
Non-fiction/How To/Business - Disability Compensation by Thomas VanHees
Non-fiction/Creative Non-fiction - Incoming Jack Manick
Non-fiction/Spiritual/Religious - A Prayer Journey Through Deployment by Donna Mull
Artistic/Graphical - Sgt. Rock: The Lost Battalion, HC by Billy Tucci
Book of Poetry - Kings of the Green Jelly Moon by King, Greenwald, Jellerson, Mullins
Children's Book Under 12 - Klinger by Betsy Beard
Military/Air Force - Two Gold Coins and a Prayer by James H. Keeffe lll
Military/Army - Alan's Letters by Nancy E. Rial
Military/Marines - Obediently Yours, Orson Welles by Ulman Bray
Military/Navy - The Seventh Angel by Jeff Edwards
Military/Coast Guard - The Coast Guard by Tom Beard
Silver Medal Awards
Historical Fiction – Event - David & the Mighty Eight by Marjorie Hodgson Parker
Fiction/Mystery - Loose Ends Kill by Bob Doerr
Fiction/Thriller - Pirates & Cartels by Lee & Vista Boyland
Literary Fiction - The Book in the Wall by John F. Simpson
Non-fiction/History - Lost Eagles by Blaine L. Pardue
Non-fiction/Memoir - Lullabies for Lieutenants by Franklin Cox
Non-fiction/Biography - Grey Eminence by Edward Cox
Non-fiction/How To/Business - Breastfeeding in Combat Boots by Robyn Roche-Paul
Non-fiction/Creative Non-fiction - Inside the President's Helicopter G.T. Boyd & J. Boor
Non-fiction/Spiritual/Religious - I Want to be the Fat Pretty One by Lori Kathleen Cline
Artistic/Pictorial - SAF Interceptors by Mary Isham & D. McLaren
Book of Poetry - Blooming Red by C. Howard-Johnson & M. Ball
Children's Book Under 12 - Our Daddy is Invincible by Shannon Maxwell
Military/Air Force - Safe Landings by Fran McGraw
Military/Army - Still Standing by Jim Kosmo
Military/Navy - The Untold Experiences by C. Gilbert Lowery
Bronze Medal Awards
Historical Fiction – Event - Once a Knight By Walt Shiel
Fiction/Mystery - I Know Why the Dogwoods Blush by Bill Cain
Non-fiction/History - American Guerilla by Mike Guardia
Non-fiction/Memoir - Wing Wife by Marcia J. Sargent
Non-fiction/Biography - Beyond All Price by Carolyn Poling Schriber
Non-fiction/Spiritual/Religious - Bringing Courage to the Courageous by Don Williamson
Book of Poetry - Through the Years by James Jellerson
Children's Book Under 12 - The Sandpiper's Game by Charles Boyle
Military/Air Force - The Men Who Killed the Luftwaffe by Jay A. Stout
Military/Army - The Sentinel & the Shooter by Douglas W. Bonnot
Military/Navy - Listening to Ghosts by Robert (Bob) Stockton
Honorable Mention Awards
Historical Fiction – Event - Beyond Those Hills by M.H.A. Menondji
Non-fiction/History - T-41 Mescalero:The Military Cessna172 by Walt Shiel
Non-fiction/Memoir - We Came to Fight a War by Jack Flynn & Alvin E. Kotler
Non-fiction/Biography - True Blue: A Tale of the Enemy Within by Joe Sanchez & MoDhania
Non-fiction/Spiritual/Religious - God + Military Spouse by Lori Kathleen Cline
Children's Book Under 12 - Eddie & Bingo: A Friendship Tale by Katherine & Kathleen L. Taylor
Military/Air Force - Belle of the Brawl by Gary A. Best
1st Runner Up Awards
Historical Fiction – Event - The Corydon Snow by Richard Whitten Barnes
Non-fiction/History – Eisenhower & Montgomery by William Weidner
Non-fiction/Memoir - Life Interrupted by War Thomas van Hees
Children's Book Under 12 - The Adventures of Briskey Bear by Steve Bolt
2nd Runner Up Awards
Historical Fiction – Event - Look Long Into the Abyss by A.R. Homer
Fiction/Thriller - Project Dragonslayers by Kathy Rowe
Non-fiction/History - Targeted Killing by Thomas B. Hunter
Non-fiction/Memoir - Earning My Wings by Shirley Dobbins Forgan