2012 MWSA Awards

MWSA 2012 Award Winners 

Founders Award

• Medals, Flags and Memories by Stacey & John Holley

Presidents Award

• Terry Gould
• Chris Wyatt
• Jim Greenwald

Author of the Year

• Michael Angley

Historical Fiction

• Project Seven Alpha  by Leland "Chip" Shanle Jr.    Gold Medal
• A Passel of Hate by Joe Epley   Silver Medal
• The Power and the Glory by William C. Hammond   Silver Medal
• No Paved Roads to Freedom by Sharon Rushton   Bronze Medal
• Pass in Review-Duty by Brian Utermahlen   Bronze Medal
• A Wound in the Mind by Francis J. Partel   Honorable Mention
• Aldric & Anneliese by Harry E. Gilleland Jr.   First Runner-Up

Thriller/Mystery

• Child Finder: Revelation by Michael Angley   Gold Medal
• Silent Enemy by Thomas W. Young   Gold Medal
• Solomon’s Men by Glenn Starkey   Silver Medal
• Another Colorado Kill by Bob Doerr   Silver Medal
• Mining Sacred Groundby David E. Knop   Bronze Medal
• Rogue Crusader by John R. Monteith   Honorable Mention
• Black Wings by Kathleen Jabs   First Runner-Up
• Wraith by James R. Hannibal   Second Runner-Up

Science Fiction

• The Warrior Among Us by Dick Hrebik   Bronze Medal
• The Centauri Intervention by David Michaelson   Honorable Mention
• Bittersweet Colony by David Michaelson  First Runner-Up

Literary Fiction

• True Surrender by Tracey Cramer-Kelly   Gold Medal
• Small as a Mustard Seed by Shelli Johnson   Silver Medal
• Seven Lives to Repay Our Country by Edward H. Carpenter   Bronze Medal
• Lost in the Blue Room by Richard Barone   Honorable Mention
• A Golden Weekend by Larry Carello   First Runner-Up

Short Story Collection

• Tales Mark Twain Would Have Loved to Steal by Glenn Wasson   Gold Medal

Military Super Romance

• Your Gift to Me by Bonnie Latino & Bob Vale   Gold Medal

History

• That Time, That Place, That War by Margaret Brown   Gold Medal
• The Insurgency in Chechnya by Robert W. Schaeffer   Gold Medal
• The Boys of Diamond Hill by J. Keith Jones   Gold Medal
• CALLSIGN: SPECTRE by Jeff Noecker   Honorable Mention

Memoir

• In the Gray Area  by Seth Folsom   Gold Medal
• In Our Duffel Bags  by Richard C. Geschke & Robert A. Toto   Silver Medal
• G-Day, Rendezvous with Eagles   by Stephen D. Wiehe   Bronze Medal
• Follow Me  by Elizabeth Carroll Foster  Honorable Mention
• Surviving Serendipity  by Lawrence Enders  Honorable Mention
• Letters From Long Binh  by  Randy Mixter   Honorable Mention
• Crossing the Line   by William “Bill” Cain   First Runner-Up
• Hollywood Through My Eyes  by Monica Lewis Lang   Second Runner-Up
• South of Heaven  by Daniel Flores  Second Runner-Up

Biography

• Fahim Speaks  by Fahim Fazli w/ Michael Moffett   Gold Medal
• Front Toward Enemy  by Barbara Allen   Silver Medal
• W.I.A. (Wounded in Action)  by Thomas C. Robison  Silver Medal
• Shadow Commander  by Mike Guardia   Bronze Medal
• Marcia Gates: Angel of Bataan  by Melissa Bowersock  Honorable Mention
• My Friends & Heroes  by Allen F. Hooker   Honorable Mention

Reference

• Henry Ford’s Moving Picture Show  by  Phillip W. Stewart   Gold Medal

How-to/Business

• Separated by Duty  by Shellie Vandevoorde   Gold Medal
• The Frugal Book Promoter  by Carolyn Howard-Johnson  Silver Medal
• The Second Mouse Gets the Cheese  by Carolyn Schriber   Silver Medal
• Many Genres One Craft: Lessons in Writing  by Lynn Salsi  Bronze Medal
• DOD Security Clearances & Contract Guidebook  by Jeffrey W. Bennett   Honorable Mention
• You Can’t Outsource Weight Loss  by Ed Boullianne   First Runner-Up

Creative Non-Fiction

• Military Fly Moms  by Linda Maloney   Gold Medal
• The Hidden Legacy of World War ll  by Carol Schultz Vento   Silver Medal

Humor

• Staff Monkeys  by Peter Clark   Honorable Mention

Spiritual/Religious

• Miracles of the American Revolution  by Larkin Spivey   Gold Medal
• Faith Deployed…Again  by Jocelyn Green   Silver Medal
• God in the Trenches  by  Larkin Spivey   Bronze Medal
• Missing Max  by Julie Burget Schrock   Honorable Mention
• In the Shadow of a Badge  by Lillie Leonardi   First Runner-Up
• Walking the Tiger’s Path  by  Paul Kendel   Second Runner-Up

Poetry

• Depictions  by Chuck Habermehl   Gold Medal
• Emotional Mélange  by  jim greenwald   Gold Medal
• Deeper Into the Pond  by Carolyn Howard-Johnson & M. Ball   Bronze Medal

Children Age 12 & Below

• Jack & the Dragon  by  Lynn Salsi   Gold Medal
• My Daddy is a Marine  by Alia Reese   Gold Medal
• When Grandma’s False Teeth Fly  by Mary Lee   Silver Medal

Young Adult

• Believing in Horses  by Valerie Ormond   Gold Medal
• Saga of the Sioux  by Dwight Jon Zimmerman   Gold Medal
  
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