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October 9, 2009 - 9:00am EST
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GUESTS TALKED ABOUT THE
2009 MILITARY WRITERS SOCIETY OF AMERICA
2009 Annual Conference
And the "People Choice Awards"
People on the Internet Voted For the Winners!
www.militarywriters.com
SEE BELOW THE COMPLETE LIST OF THE BOOK AWARD WINNERS AND ALSO THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD FINALISTS!
Talk Show Host: Bob Calvert
GUESTS:
Bill McDonald
Bill will talk About how and why he founded MWSA and what he wants for the organization.
Connie Beesley
Connie will Discuss about the Event and the Agenda
Maria Edwards
Maria will Talk about the Awards Ceremony
Pat Avery
Pat will Talk about the Reviewers & Volunteers -- thanking them for their efforts and talking about our private breakfast to recognize their efforts.
Mike Mullins
Mike will Talk about the OPEN MIC
Lynn Salsi
Lynn will Talk about the Hotel, Banquet, and Orlando Activities
Eddie Beesley
Eddie will Talk about the Media and how they can get in touch with him. He can also talk about the MWSA Bucks Auction.
Jeff Edwards
Jeff will Talk the medals and awards.
Richard Lowry
Richard will Talk about the People's Choice Awards
Here's the Book Award Winners List:
Anthology:
GOLD -- Jeffery Hess -- Home of the Brave
SILVER -- Gail Chatfield -- By Dammit, We're Marines!
1st Runner Up -- Andy Luben, et. Al. -- Uncle John Salutes the Military
Children:
GOLD -- Thea Zitzow, et. al. -- You and your Military Hero
SILVER -- L. M. Romognoli -- Memories of Me
1st Runner Up -- Sandra Miller Linhart -- The Elementary Adventures Books 1-4
2nd Runner Up -- Mary Sullivan and Autumn Rayne Sullivan -- If I had a Daddy
Fiction:
GOLD -- John Takacs -- The Take-Us
SILVER -- Michael Angley -- Child Finder
1st Runner Up -- David Lucero -- The Sandman
2nd Runner Up -- D. H. Brown -- Honor Defended
Historical Fiction:
GOLD -- Erin Rainwater -- True Colors
SILVER -- Kathleen Rodgers -- The Final Salute
1st Runner Up -- Margit Liesche -- Hollywood Buzz
2nd Runner Up -- Jack Woodville London -- Virginia's War
Memoir:
GOLD -- Virgil Erwin -- Cat Lo: A Memoir of Invincible Youth
SILVER -- Del Staecker -- The Lady Gangster: A Sailor's Memoir
Music CD:
GOLD -- James Jellerson -- Goin' Home
Non-fiction:
GOLD -- Tom Ruck -- Sacred Ground: A Tribute to Veterans
SILVER -- Ray Morris -- The Ether Zone
1st Runner Up -- Lee Kelley -- Fire in the Night
2nd Runner Up -- Raymond Scurfield -- A Vietnam Trilogy
Poetry:
GOLD -- Jim Greenwald -- Tears for Mother Earth
SILVER -- James Jellerson -- Poems of Passion and Songs for the Soul
1st Runner Up -- Jim Greenwald -- Sugar, Zeroes, and Lemon Drops
Reference:
GOLD -- Dwight Zimmerman -- The Book of War
SILVER -- Phillip W. Stewart -- America's Film Vault
Spiritual:
GOLD -- Charles Sasser -- God in the Foxhole
SILVER -- Larkin Spivey -- Battlefields and Blessings
1st Runner Up -- JM Barnes -- Bible Promises for Soldieres
2nd Runer Up -- Derek W. Clark -- I Will Never Give Up on God Again
Army:
GOLD -- Latoya Lucas -- Immeasurable Spirit: Lessons of a Wounded Warrior
Navy:
GOLD -- Tommy Thomason -- Strike from the Sea: U.S. Navy Attack Aircraft from Skyraider to Super Hornet, 1948-Present
Air Force:
GOLD -- Dennis Jenkins and Tony Landis -- U.S. Air Force Prototype Jet Fighters Photo Scrapbook
Marines:
GOLD -- Wesley Gray -- Embedded: A Marine Advisor inside the Iraqi Army
Congratulations to the winners! I hope to see you in Orlando to shake your hand and have my photo taken with each of you! They will be keepsakes that I will treasure my whole life.
Now, for the People's Choice Award Finalists. Like the Book Awards, the judging went on for several days -- and the list changed constantly as the various pieces were scored and ranked. The very nature of trying to winnow the works down to a workable number means that some excellent work cannot appear among the finalists.
Peoples Choice Award Finalists
Mindy Phillips Lawrence -- Calling
Jack L. Wells -- Six Bronze Men
James R. Jellerson -- Freedom isn't Free (MP3)
Jerry Yellins -- Iwo Jima, August 14, 1945
Bonnie Bartel Latino -- A Rush of Butterflies
John Cathcart -- Flag from a Grateful Nation
Marlyce Stockinger -- The Choice We Make (MP3)
Jeff Senour & CTS -- Way Back Home (MP3)
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